I have an opportunity to buy a '93 Nitro 17 footer, Rick Clunn edition. It has a 1993 115 Johnson on it. I now have a 1992 Alumacraft Competitor 17 ft/ with a 1992 60hp Johnson. My Competitor works great for larger lakes like Mille Lacs and it is set up pretty nice for a multi-species boat. If I buy the Nitro and sell my boat it would cost me literally nothing. My question is, what is your opinion of bass boats. To me it seems like they would be great for bass, muskie, northern, and panfish. I do about 50% of my fishing for walleye, though. Usually myself and one other in the boat. Will a bass boat handle a lake like Mille Lacs? I am just looking for any opinions that I can get. I have fished out of probably 30+ boats in my life, but not one single bass boat. What do you guys think I should do?
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I have an opportunity to buy a '93 Nitro 17 footer, Rick Clunn edition. It has a 1993 115 Johnson on it. I now have a 1992 Alumacraft Competitor 17 ft/ with a 1992 60hp Johnson. My Competitor works great for larger lakes like Mille Lacs and it is set up pretty nice for a multi-species boat. If I buy the Nitro and sell my boat it would cost me literally nothing. My question is, what is your opinion of bass boats. To me it seems like they would be great for bass, muskie, northern, and panfish. I do about 50% of my fishing for walleye, though. Usually myself and one other in the boat. Will a bass boat handle a lake like Mille Lacs? I am just looking for any opinions that I can get. I have fished out of probably 30+ boats in my life, but not one single bass boat. What do you guys think I should do?
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