Lets see your first boat.

[Turbine]

First boat was 18' Targa, This was my second 19' Lund Pro V, 225 E-tec just a great boat.

 

[big rod]

First boat was 18' Targa, This was my second 19' Lund Pro V, 225 E-tec just a great boat.

A smart up grade from the Tracker. Very nice. P.I.M.P.

 

[Ramrod]

Did you have dice to match the snakeskin back then?LOL.

HAHA No dice but that would of been a nice finishing touch .

 

[DaveJ]

Mine was a 1988 Starcraft SS 180 with a 100 hp Merc 2+2...same boat as in the picture. I had Cannon mini-mag electrics, Lowrance graph, Locan-C...great boat even with the problems inherent with rotting wood decks etc. Put a lot of Pt. Glascow and Erieau walleye in that boat ..and learned a bunch about fishing 12 miles offshore on Lake Erie when it blows up...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[big rod]

Mine was a 1988 Starcraft SS 180 with a 100 hp Merc 2+2...same boat as in the picture. I had Cannon mini-mag electrics, Lowrance graph, Locan-C...great boat even with the problems inherent with rotting wood decks etc. Put a lot of Pt. Glascow and Erieau walleye in that boat ..and learned a bunch about fishing 12 miles offshore on Lake Erie when it blows up...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice those boats were the weekly prize in the Toronto Summer Salmon Search in the 90's only in a centre console. My Smoker Craft Sea Monster had two mini Mags also.

 

[mick]

Heres my first boat..A classic 1985 17ft deep V wilker..had it modified & custom ordered..just paid $12000 cash and pickin it up here in the photo..
plenty of power 115 merc 2 stroker 6 cylinder..power trimmed & maxed out 45 mph 5500 rpms..

Ya some know these wilkers were first prizes in many fishin derbys on erie and huron..



35 years later.. 2020 photos below... its still going strong..sold it this march for $6000 to a happy owen sound salmon fisherman..I am happy and satisfyed to get it right and buy a fishin boat that lasts a life time..



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[fish hawk]

Heres my first boat..A classic 1985 17ft deep V wilker..had it modified & custom ordered..just paid $12000 cash and pickin it up here in the photo..
plenty of power 115 merc 2 stroker 6 cylinder..power trimmed & maxed out 45 mph 5500 rpms..

Ya some know these wilkers were first prizes in many fishin derbys on erie and huron..

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35 years later.. 2020 photos below... its still going strong..sold it this march for $6000 to a happy owen sound salmon fisherman..I am happy and satisfyed to get it right and buy a fishin boat that lasts a life time..

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Looks like you kept it in good shape. Nice boat!

 

[Minnownite]

wilker 20'? with a 302. only took it out once. Ran out of fuel on the way to the silver barn. landed about 200 perch between the 6 of us. Drank fuel like a pig so sold it lol.

 

[highhopes]

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1989 17 foot Wilker. Still using it today!!

Buddy your grandkids well own that thing someday great boats built to last

 

[mick]

Ya theres still wilker country around..huron & owen sound..

Heres a nicely rigged and ship shape wilker below I ran into launchin my lund at erieau boat launch last season..



Hey high hopes..I forgot to get married and have kids or grand kids..and the blue wilker is sold my friend..

 

[big rod]

Ya theres still wilker country around..huron & owen sound..

Heres a nicely rigged and ship shape wilker below I ran into launchin my lund at erieau boat launch last season..

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Hey high hopes..I forgot to get married and have kids or grand kids..and the blue wilker is sold my friend..

Wow that thing is nice!! What a tank.

 

[Wolkovitch]

14’ tinner with a 9.9.

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

Well she wasn’t much but I did some things with this boat you maybe shouldn’t do. 14 foot thornes with 15 hp 2 stroke Johnson.

 

[cmac]

My first and favorite...caught lots of fish with her, took her every where, brought me home safe and never let me down! '80 Silverline 17', 115 rude...sure miss her.

 

[Thirstystone]

1987 14ft Lund, 25Merc & 4hp Johnson.This pic is in Goderich, it had a Hummingbird fish finder that marked a fish as a 4 pixel square box.LOL.View attachment 22816

My 1990 springbok, Which I use to this day, My very first boat was also a 1989 Springbok with a 90 Johnson .

 

[big rod]

Well she wasn’t much but I did some things with this boat you maybe shouldn’t do. 14 foot thornes with 15 hp 2 stroke Johnson.

My buddy had a 14ft Thornes , was the floor not sky blue on your boat or did you paint it?

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

My buddy had a 14ft Thornes , was the floor not sky blue on your boat or did you paint it?

Oh I sanded the whole thing down, fixed a couple leaks , reinforced all the seats with aluminum angle pieces and yes painted it afterwards. When I got it it looked like that, picked up a little 2 hp Honda for the back lakes too.

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

Oh I sanded the whole thing down, fixed a couple leaks , reinforced all the seats with aluminum angle pieces and yes painted it afterwards. When I got it it looked like that, picked up a little 2 hp Honda for the back lakes too.

And yes the floor under another layer of paint was an aweful robin egg blue ...

 

[Dmanwithnoname]

And yes the floor under another layer of paint was an aweful robin egg blue ...

 

[mick]

Ya the springbok 12 & 14 ft and Thornes were popular aluminum fishin boats..fished many of times in them..also trolling the thames river every spring

back in the day shoppin for a new boat made right here in Canada..there were a few good choices in the mid 80s ...I also seriously considered buying a Grew... looked at the Thundercraft..my uncle bought a 1986 Cadorette with a 140 merc inboard and docked it right beside me in stanley..lol
Including Tom Crawfords wilker boats made it easy walkin in and order a boat on the spot in Hyde Park London ...
fellow 68 member has a really nice classic thundercraft..

Some here come from and remember the smoking hot camero, firebird and mustang etc, era..