So, the ex wife absconded with my little 15' fishing boat during all of the divorce nastiness last year. I've been itching to get back on the water & my GF absolutely loves being in or on the water. She likes to fish, too. Yes, she's a keeper. No, she doesn't have a sister 🙃
We decided a pontoon was what we needed & figured out what we could afford. We were gonna wait till we get back from Europe in May, but I wanted to get a good hands-on look at the boat we wanted & swung by Bass Pro on my way back from running an errand. Looked at a Suntracker Sportfish 20DLX with the Mercury 90. Nice middle ground between a pure fishing rig & a cruiser. Just a really nice rig. Well, they had leftover '23s on "clearance" for $4000 off, plus they throw in a $1000 gift card, a 10% discount "VIP card" & Mercury kicks down an additional 2 years' warranty on the motor (extending it out to 5 years).
I pick it up Wednesday 😆
Boat's pre wired for 24V trolling motor & I have a Garmin UHD73 Echomap that was bought new & (thankfully) not installed in the little boat before it disappeared. Bass Pro has the Minn Kota Terrova 80lb, 24V with i-Pilot on clearance for $1499, so I'm kinda leaning that way.
Angler's chairs at the front left & rear right corners, couches opposite the angler's chairs, power bimini top, 8 gallon live well, nice stereo, LED docking, anchor & nav lights, seats way nicer than my truck, crap ton of storage, just super nice. Gonna make a fine combination old man fishing rig/party barge.
Oh yeah- sales tax in KS is atrocious. Between state & KCK it's a 9% kick in the teeth.
We decided a pontoon was what we needed & figured out what we could afford. We were gonna wait till we get back from Europe in May, but I wanted to get a good hands-on look at the boat we wanted & swung by Bass Pro on my way back from running an errand. Looked at a Suntracker Sportfish 20DLX with the Mercury 90. Nice middle ground between a pure fishing rig & a cruiser. Just a really nice rig. Well, they had leftover '23s on "clearance" for $4000 off, plus they throw in a $1000 gift card, a 10% discount "VIP card" & Mercury kicks down an additional 2 years' warranty on the motor (extending it out to 5 years).
I pick it up Wednesday 😆
Boat's pre wired for 24V trolling motor & I have a Garmin UHD73 Echomap that was bought new & (thankfully) not installed in the little boat before it disappeared. Bass Pro has the Minn Kota Terrova 80lb, 24V with i-Pilot on clearance for $1499, so I'm kinda leaning that way.
Angler's chairs at the front left & rear right corners, couches opposite the angler's chairs, power bimini top, 8 gallon live well, nice stereo, LED docking, anchor & nav lights, seats way nicer than my truck, crap ton of storage, just super nice. Gonna make a fine combination old man fishing rig/party barge.
Oh yeah- sales tax in KS is atrocious. Between state & KCK it's a 9% kick in the teeth.