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36' Uniflite Sport Sedan, 40'LOA and 13.5' of beam, twin diesels... Lots of cabin and almost enough deck... Some good times have been had there and literally dozens from here have been there...

One of my favorite photos on the rear deck of the boat...


pak standing beside the boat with a decent lingcod.


One of my favorite pictures of Riley listening for the grunt...


Some big fish have come over the rail.


A more recognizable boat in the harbor...

When you said "nifty", it brought this one to mind ...



(Scott F's boat)

I've gotta' get over to kill some (more) of your fish. They're so damned ugly, most of 'em bottom feeders, hell there oughta' be a bounty on them. Do you AK cats a favor by culling a few thousand of them...

Oh, and what, only like a 100' sq dance floor? Slumming, I see...

Whaddaya' run for power? Yanmar 500? Very nice rig. If I weren't happily married, I'd own a downeaster. Buck honest to God ten foot rollers on that and never even hiccup.

Oh, snap. I believe that's the one. No offense meant, Scott F. I hear they have some serious, freak electrical storms out there in OR or WA or thereabouts. Be a damned shame to hear it got struck by lightning and burned some stormy eve. Yessiree, a damned shame, what with you excited to do another 8900 hours of restoration work, along with the $18K in hardware!

Sorry man, just funning ya. But seriously, I'm curious. Update?

Leighton-my brother bought a big old Chris Craft sitting in a guys yard down in Ohio. It had been sitting for over 10 years and was beyond repair. He ended up salvaging the motors and other drive parts and hardware. It was a big one-something like a 50 footer if I remember right. The darned thing was painted pink. 'Come to find out the thing had been a floating whorehouse down on the Ohio River. The boat had quite a checkered past. It's name was The Pleasure Pallass II. Once can only guess what Pleasure Pallass I had been like!

Oh, but for the stories that pink boat could've told, though, Jeff, eh?

I sure wish some of you idiots would stop "Quoting" every damn photo! For some of us,(that know how to scroll up and down)and have less than stellar internet connections... ONE photo of the same boat is enough!!!! My poor old computer is smoking....

19' Triton LTS 150HP 4 Stroke Yamaha. Catch a lot of fish on this boat when I'm in Fla or Ga.



Use this boat for general goofing off on the rivers and when I need to kill pigs.
13.5 Gheenoe. Had a 6HP Nissan, now has a 15HP Yamaha 2 stroke.

Well, here's my Bay boat I sold last year to pay for the construction of my Pole Barn. It was a 22' Sea King with a 150 Evinrude Etec Salwater outboard.

Had some great times in it down south on the Gulf, and here in the Great Lakes on Saginaw Bay, Lake Michigan, and Lake Erie.



Ended up trading for this Lund so that I can at least get on the lakes and rivers to whack Walleye! Life wouldn't be complete without some way to chase those toothy devils!



And when I want to get into really skinny water, I take this Malibu Extreme out for a spin. Whether it's chasing Redfish on the oyster bars, or Bluegills on the beds....it's sneaky!


I've owned MANY boats over the years, Skeeter, Champions, and even Ranger brands, they all served their purpose at one point. The key to boat ownership is that no ONE boat will do everything you would like, just get one that will do what you like to do the most!

Keith

VERY true.
I got my Starcraft, and sold my Lund. The Starcraft is MUCH better on Erie with a 19* dead rise vs the Lund with about 12 or 14.
The Starcraft is to big for the smaller lakes I use to fish in this area, but with all the great fishing in Erie, it's working out great...

Very enjoyable thread. Like many of you I have boated all over the country seeing the various lakes, rivers and ocean views in the background brings back fond memories.

Here is my 26 yr old bayliner trophy. It has served me well in waters from San Carlos Mexico to Lake Ontario and too many bodies of water in the west to mention. Saw one on Lake Powell in 1982 and had to have one.







A few views of Roosevelt Lake Az

My Yankee Walleye boat in it's second life as a big reservoir
Crappie rig We vertical fish deep water when it's cold,
and troll big spreads of crankbaits w planer boards in the summer.

Marathon 120 lite jet


turns AND stops on a dime!(grin)

Ran 'er right onto the beach that year to keep it out of the storm!

Cat

78' Glastron. Dad bought it new in 78. Its mine now. The picture is out on Canyon lake last summer.

Here is mine with two of my favorite boating partners:



...and here it is with another classic:

she ain't much to look at BUT the places she's been and the things she's done.....

she's got some good stories and a lot of pleasant memories for me, course some unpleasant ones too,



don't have an entire shot of her on puter but here's the composite







also love this one but she sucks for going upstream!

16ft Clackacraft drifter

Is that Beavertail?

My little boat