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Bass Boat Forums (by boat brand) => Tracker Bass Boats Forums => Topic started by: Mitz on January 27, 2015, 02:03:54 PM
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Looked around for a while and just didn't' want fiberglass but all the aluminium boats were just not big enough.
After many google searches and a few phone calls I found my boat. about 5-6 years ago the last week in January I drove down to VA and picked it up. Drove it back to RI used the snow thrower to clear a spot in the yard and starred at it through the window for a few months.
2004 Tracker Avalanche
2004 115 Merc Optimax
105lb Minnkota
8' Power Pole
Humminbird 898c on the console
Humminbird 788CI up front
My only gripe about the boat is the motor size. With 2 HUGE livewells and all my junk on it I just don't get enough punch to get it out of the hole.
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@Mitz I remember looking at these when they first hit the market and loved them. Everything that a glass boat has without the worries about glass maintenance.
If that boat had a 150 on it, I think you'd have no gripes whatsoever ;)
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Sounds great. (y) Where's the pics! ???
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@Mitz We're still waiting for pics!!!
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Ha! Just got done ripping out a bathroom. After I fire up the grill and make some steak tips and crack open a beer I'll dig around for the pics. Plus i need to catch up on posts I missed.
-Mitz
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Ha! Just got done ripping out a bathroom. After I fire up the grill and make some steak tips and crack open a beer I'll dig around for the pics. Plus i need to catch up on posts I missed.
-Mitz
LOL.. no sweat. Sounds like you've been a busy man. And I was just putting a bug in your ear :)
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Here's one pic. As I find more photo's I'll post them.
I have pics from: Installing my Humminbird Fishfinders, Recessed TM foot pedal, PowerPole and installing a new shaft in my Minnkota.
(https://www.bassboatboards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbassfishingphotos.com%2Fimages%2F4%2F14%2F00000001.JPG&hash=681fa5a88314e992abf59467c5ac9e13554e1fb1)
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Sharp looking boat @Mitz (y)
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@Curt now can you name that pond? LOL Don't think there is enough to go on but it is one of your Fav!
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@Curt now can you name that pond? LOL Don't think there is enough to go on but it is one of your Fav!
LOL.. funny you should ask that @Mitz I was looking at that pic when you posted it and I'm reasonably sure it's Chapman Pond 8)
And you're right. It's my absolute favorite early Spring lake (woohoo)
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Finally a pic.
And it's a good looking rig. (yes)
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Finally a pic.
And it's a good looking rig. (yes)
You're right. It is a nice looking boat! I remember when they first hit the market. I looked at them and really liked what I saw. Unfortunately, they didn't stay available for very long.
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Is there a reason you didn't want fiberglass?
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Is there a reason you didn't want fiberglass?
I'll let @Mitz answer that for you, since this is his post.
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Is there a reason you didn't want fiberglass?
When these boats came out they peaked my interest because it looks like no other aluminum bass boat. The deck is huge at 8'6" and the amount of storage is crazy.
My first fresh water boat I had for 5+ years and it was a aluminum hull Tracker Mod-V 18 and it found ALOT of rocks because I was fishing new water almost every week and I love to fish the shallows. So when it came to looking at another boat it made me thing of how I fish and how that could be really bad on a fiberglass hull.
It also helped I found this boat for such a deal I wouldn't have been able to touch a fiberglass boat for that price.
Would I buy a fiberglass boat now?. Yup in a heart beat
Would I change my decision now that I have had my boat for 7+ years? NOPE
Plus I'm really easy to find in RI.. I tend to stick out like a sore thumb, haven't seen any others in RI or CT. o/
-Mitz
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Is there a reason you didn't want fiberglass?
Plus I'm really easy to find in RI.. I tend to stick out like a sore thumb, haven't seen any others in RI or CT. o/
-Mitz
Yep@ @Mitz is always easy to find on the water, especially in a club tourney! He's the only bright red boat out there (yes)
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I remember when those came out too. They have an extruded aluminum hull don't they? Wonder why they did not produce more than they did?
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I remember when those came out too. They have an extruded aluminum hull don't they? Wonder why they did not produce more than they did?
@Carter From what I understand, they were pretty expensive to manufacture and they didn't sell as well as they had hoped. I really liked them and if I had been in the market at the time, I would have snapped one up in a heartbeat (yes)
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Sounds good. (y)
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Yup it was all about cost. They couldn't keep the price low enough to chip away at the fiberglass market.
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Yep,
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Yep,
Post padding @ranger361v ?? (no) (giggle)
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Ohhh yeahhh. (y) (y)
Trying to make small mouth status!
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Ohhh yeahhh. (y) (y)
Trying to make small mouth status!
LOL... maybe I'll just raise the required number of posts for Smallmouth status (giggle)
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Or
Great white I'm jealous of @Jimmy RodandReel.
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Yeah you would. (fp)
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Yeah you would. (fp)
he he (yes)
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If you want to get the hole shot put a 4 blade on it...it's a rocket out of the hole after the and handle 10 time better in turn. I put one on my 2011 190 and my regular fishing partner calls it a rocket ship. His boat we use for tournaments is a 21ft skeeter with a 250 so I take that as a compliment.
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There you go @Mitz! Great suggestion right here (yes)