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Stumpalump

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What's in your neck of the woods?


Found this 1957 today and it's on a trailer.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/boa/d/1957-texas-maid-16-aluminium/6361774997.html
 
LDUBS said:
You got me curious so I took a look at the local CL. Found this one --
That thing should fly with a 60 on it. After I found the one above I bought a 14' Alumacraft with a 15hp Evinrude, trailer, Mincota troller and decent Humingbird fish finder the guy even went to the DMV and we got it all legal. $450 plus about 75 for tags and boat registration. If that was not enough I had to pick up a real clean 6 hp Evinrude with a nice metal tank and roll around outboard stand. $300 for it but we have a lot of lakes with a 10 hp limit. Tomorrow I'm looking at a square back canoe. I've got a little 2hp johnson itching for a ride. Woohoo boats and motors to play with! I love craigslist!
 
If I started looking at Craigslist listings, I'd probably be in line for a divorce.

Saturday, I sold the last of three kayaks.

I have my new-to-me 2007 Lowe to mess around with. There is a paddle boat in the pond in the back, and my 1652 G3 waiting in TN. I guess that is enough to keep me out of trouble.
 
richg99 said:
If I started looking at Craigslist listings, I'd probably be in line for a divorce.

Saturday, I sold the last of three kayaks.

I have my new-to-me 2007 Lowe to mess around with. There is a paddle boat in the pond in the back, and my 1652 G3 waiting in TN. I guess that is enough to keep me out of trouble.

I did the looking for you. Now we just need to sell the wife..."Bu Bu but honey the fish are all in shallow water and its tall enough for us to climb up to the tall docks out of." "I wuv you, please oh please can we keep it?" "I wheele wheele wuv you..." Jokes aside this is one nice rig in your area!

https://houston.craigslist.org/boa/d/2013-shallow-sport-x3/6378914696.html
 
Wasn't somebody on here looking for an 8 footer? Price is right with a trolling motor.
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/boa/d/8-ft-boat/6350391526.html
 
Stump, at $70,000 bucks, even I don't care how shallow they think it will go.

I had my new-to-me 2007 Lowe 1756 in about 8 inches of water the other day. It floated along fine. I'll have her out tomorrow after removing the "coffin" that the previous owner put in. That ought to lighten her up some.

After and before shots below.
 

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Stumpalump said:
What's in your neck of the woods?


Found this 1957 today and it's on a trailer.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/boa/d/1957-texas-maid-16-aluminium/6361774997.html
Not a fan of boats with the stern cut out if they aren't self bailing. I know it's mostly used in a lake and all but lots of water can come over that cut away real quick in a bad situation.
 
These two would make a good pair of lots to buy:

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/d/allumacraft-16-6-boat-25-hp/6336724836.html

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/d/12ft-sea-king-boat-and-trailer/6330775467.html

As you can imagine, there are a lot of boats for sale in Baltimore. But for the most part, they seem either uninteresting or over priced.

Here are a few others:

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/d/16-sea-nymph-hull-aluminum/6348230216.html

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/d/duel-console-fish-and-ski/6376004883.html

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/d/starcraft-hull-19-foot/6379189516.html

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/d/reservoir-rig-16-aluminum-and/6358733777.html




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Here is another 1957 but what is that gem behind it? Could it be aluminum?
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/boa/d/vintage-1957-crestliner-18/6377661755.html

Edit: I had to call the guy. It's a 1961 19' aluminum Duracraft. Get this.... 283 V8 jet drive!
Said he had a whole collection and invited me down. Guess I better go because you can't have too many freinds especially freinds that like tin boats!
 
I was shopping for a "bigger" boat for use in Kentucky. My little 14' MirroCraft with a 15hp Yamaha worked, but I'd have felt better with something bigger, as Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley are big hunks of water..
I had a wedding to go to in La Crosse, WI and looked at CL in the area, and I found a perfect Wisconsin boat.. Deep and wide Smoker Craft with a 40hp Merc.. Barely used, it's a 1999 setup that's spent a lot of time in the garage, rather than on the water. I'm the third owner and I hope I use it a lot more than the previous two did, but I thank them both for preserving this boat..

I looked at it before the wedding, paid the nice folks for it, and picked it up the next morning on my way back home.
It's currently getting a good once over at a shop.. The water pump was probably the original, and I'm having them change that while it's there.. I know I could do it myself, but I figured I'd get a better inspection this way..

Anyway.. I'm happy with my Craigslist find.. It's going to look a bit out of place in Kentucky Bass Boat water, but it's what I wanted..

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Thank you!
I told the guy I’d cringe the first time I pulled up on a gravel shore. There’s not a single scratch on the hull..
The part that impressed me the most was the lack of fading of the dark carpeting.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to fishing out of it in a few weeks. It needs a bit of catfish slime, somewhere. :lol:
 
I like the new ride! My 14’ Starcraft began its life on Kentucky Lake 50 years ago. Looks like a neat area, although I’ve never been.


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SeaFaring said:
I like the new ride! My 14’ Starcraft began its life on Kentucky Lake 50 years ago. Looks like a neat area, although I’ve never been.

The whole LBL area is pretty amazing. The "sorry, but we're taking your land" part doesn't sit well with me, but it's an area that's unlike any place I've been..
The wife and I were camping at the Energy Lake campground a couple weeks ago with a dual sporting motorcycle group. The main roads are paved, but the majority of roads are trails.. A off roading paradise.. The fishing is also great!! I look forward to more exploring of both lakes and also the land between them.. :wink:

https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/
 
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/boa/d/1958-crestliner-14ft-jet/6316119663.html
 
Shaugh said:
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/boa/d/1958-crestliner-14ft-jet/6316119663.html

Gotta love those fins! How to you mount the outboard?
 
Not exactly a high water mark for engineering.

https://retrocrestliner.com/viewer_photos_page%2026.htm
 
Early mud motor?

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/bpo/d/vintage-1916-outboard-engine/6399380898.html
 

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