Wow, Schodackbassman, thanks for the intro! My name is Dave, I live in Northwest Vermont. I fish mostly smallies on Northern Lake Champlain, not a tournament guy but ever since I was a kid fishing the mohawk river Ive wanted a bass boat. This summer I sold my Lund and just dragged this boat home from Michigan–and I saw it on boattrader, but I ended up contacting the guy through this site, so thanks BCB! Ive been looking halfheartedly for 18 months and seriously for maybe 4 months at 19 Champions and basscats, but Im really impressed with how welcoming folks have been and how much of a family it really seems to be–that speaks volumes about you folks, so thank you, and especially thanks to the schodackbassman for the help and encouragement along the way.The boat is gorgeous and in fantastic shape–the owner apparently is an aircraft mechanic and very particular about his stuff and how its used and maintained, and this boat only has 21 hours on the console gauge. Im still a little skeptical of that on a 11yr old boat, but looking at the condition I could believe it! I havent had the boat out yet except to test drive it before I purchased it so i dont know the setup numbers–looks like a 15x25p prop but theres no markings other than that–I assume its a yamaha prop but I dont know. The test drive it handled well so it seems like setup is at least in the ballpark right now. I definitely hope to take Up the offer of driving assistance, this sucker is FAST and I will clearly have a lot to learn. Registered her yesterday AM, she goes in to get a hotfoot and blinker trim next week, and Im shopping for a new trolling motor and sonars right now…rigging will be my winter project. Ill probably have a million (possibly stupid) questions, so i hope you folks will put up with me. Thanks a ton for the welcome!Dave (Mac is my dog, in the fall Im an avid partridge hunter so right now Mac and I are more likely to be found in the woods than on the water)Here she is drying out after a long wet drive.
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