Quote Originally Posted by Catfish Bob View Post
Recently I bought a 14ft alum boat from a guy at work. Today I took it out for a test run and was not to happy with it. Too tipy.

Its a good setup but I just need something more stable in deep water. I got it for a lot less than its worth so I;m thinking of reselling it an making a little off of it. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...ke/newboat.jpg

I'm on a budget of about 2k. I've been seeing nice bass boats with no motor on them for sell. Their is a 91 ranger on the local craigslist.com with everything but the motor for 1700.

MIGHT BE A CRAZY IDEA but has anyone ever heard of someone using one of these boats with just the trolling motor? Or with like a 10hp Johnson? I was thinking I could put an electric winch on the trailer to pull the boat in.

Any help greatly appreciated.
catfish bob, look on lexingtons craigslist. under boats. scroll down to friday january the 15 and theirs a < skeeter bass boat with a 80 mercury > in the picture it don't look bad, and the add says it runs good. priced for 1300.00 it may be what your looking for. located in georgetown. theirs a river right in town, to try it out in. tip on checking motor. run it long enough to get it warmed up real good. cut it off and restart it. some older motors start good cold but don't start good after they get hot. ps.. I don't know anything about the boat or the owner, just read your post. and saw this boat and thought it may be one you might like.