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My first boat was a one man boat, foot pedal steer with 50lb thrust trolling motor. Still have it got it in 2020. Just got my Dream boat yesterday. 17ft Seapro 170CC 2002 90hp Yamaha . I'm the 3rd owner of it and it was well taken care of. cant wait to get it registered and hit the Bay
My 1st boat was a 1994 Lowe L170 and bought it for 3 grand 6 years ago. Swapped the 50hp for a used 25 hp so I could fish power plant lakes here in Illinois. Still used it today and continue to upgrade electronics every couple years
We started with a 12' aluminum boat growing up. We were only 12 so we would have to beg family members that had trucks to drop us off and pick us up when we went fishing. I now have a 16 foot aluminum boat that i use in fresh and saltwater. Aluminum boats are really a great way to cheaply enter the sport.
You nailed the point perfectly. Status versus fun. Fun equals memories. Building on something gives you agency and ownership. Lower complexity is lower cost of ownership. Not to mention, these old aluminum boats need some TLC and need to be back on the water. Get out there and start making memories.
You’ve literally got one of the most down to earth channels. This video destressed me a little. I’m currently trying to budget for a boat in a couple years. I’m mainly a kayak angler but want my kids to fish and once they start walking/are able, I need a boat. I started in my grandfathers stick steer panfish bass tracker. Used to break limits
Currently rebuilding my 17ft bass tracker tournament v17 from 1987 new floor new to me motor new seats new deck and carpet all over new wood wherever it’s needed including the transom and I must say it’s been the most fun I’ve had working on a boat plan on putting electronics on it next month also extending the front deck out about a foot. It has been a journey and it has been a blast!! I’m so glad I decided not to sell it and rebuild it instead it’s the perfect boat for me and my 7 year old son to get out on the water and bass fish and panfish love your inspirational videos Brian I’m sure there has been a lot of people you have inspired with these keep it up man
My first was a 14 foot aluminum that I bought for $400 at wal mart. We would slide it in back of my truck and caught lots of fish. I bought it with money that I got for graduation. I graduated in 1993. The memories that was made with it was the best.
Growing up we were bank fishers. My dad started buying junk boats, because they are dirt cheap. He went through a dozen over the years and I fished out of most of them. As an adult, I only had kayaks, but wanted a boat. Two years ago I bought my dream boat, a Tracker Classic, when they had a good sale price on one, $14,099. I didn't pass it up. It will likely be the only boat I ever own.
My first boat was a kayak with a paddle. My next boat will be a kayak with a motor but I’d like to have a john boat/bass boat that I can put a bigger outboard on to use on bigger bodies of water. I don’t need to get across the lake in record time but some of the places I fish would take an hour or more to go from one end to the other in a kayak with an electric motor. I’ve fished from larger boats and honestly I prefer fishing from a smaller boat. I like getting back in the tough to access areas the big boats can’t get into.
I fish the Upper Chesaeake Bay rivers, I've got a 1999 Ranger R61 w/ a 1999 90-hp 2 Stroke Merc. Cost me $5k w/ a trolling motor a few years ago. In the past 3 years I've got 3 graphs, livescope, powerpoles, and customized it to fit my needs perfectly, put about 5-6k into it. There are so many options out there, just keep your eye on the used market and know what to look for to make sure you're buying something that isn't a money pit! Also know how to perform your own maintenance!
Thanks for the video been watching you for a while now, found an old 1232 jon boat online for 200 bucks, sitting in the shed now but have plans to get something for bigger waters, for now I have a kayak with a trolling motor to get on the water for fishing. This video gave me some gameplan options and really appreciate your content and tips!
Got my first boat last year. Paid $800 for a 15’ Lowe. It’s old. Has some leaking rivets. But $800 for boat, motor, and a trailer. That’s a steal. I now use it for solo fishing or hunting. I have another boat for fishing with the family now. Point is you’re 1000% correct. You don’t have to spend a ton of money to get out on the water.
I remember doing that back in the 70’s. Getting and old used aluminum boat then putting a slat floor in it. There was no trolling motor, just a paddle and anchor with a small hand operated outboard. There is always a lot places you can putt around and anchor or tie up and fish without getting into rough open water. Catching bass will still be just as much fun as catching them out of a big boat
I made one last summer. 1976 crestliner. Replaced a lot rivets. Rivet in side supports to support an aluminum frame. Put on a deck with hatch’s. Glassed my transom with mate and resin. It’s not hard go for it. It’s so easy to use it’s cheap on gas. I use far more than I did my bass boat.
I last year purchased a 10 foot quest angler trolling motor used trailer and AUTO BOAT motor adapter that works by remote control. This must be heaven. I have not pimped my boat yet maybe a deck and wood flooring i will see.
My first boat was &1900, w/ trailer and 9.9 HP motor, 2 swivel seats and slow trolling motor. It was a 1973 13.5 foot fiberglass Louisiana crab fisher modified for bass fishing.
Mine is a 12x32, builder a small casting deck on the front and uses it as a storage box for life vest planos anchor battery for German sticker 4 FF, built a 3 rod deck, under that more planos and fire extinguisher, 2 trolling motors 1 front 1 back
My first boat was a 14ft flat bottom Meyer. Got it when I was 13. Put a 28lb minn kota on it that I got for my 12th birthday. Than a junkyard 76 4hp Johnson outbound. You couldn't keep me off the water.
It's funny. When I was 12 I had a 12 ft boat from sears. As time goes by I got boatietis .When I was 50 I got a 50 ft sportfish. Now I'm in my 70s and rebuilding a 16 ft aluminum boat with tiller motor so I can go crappie fishing.
My dad always told me his worst decision when it come to bass fishing when he went from a 25 hp boat to a 90 hp boat. He said once he went past 25 hp he stopped seriously catching bass and started split tail squirrel monkey hunting.
Gonna be watching this closely. I've been thinking of doing the cheap aluminum boat and making it into my own. I have a fairly decent Yak now, but that's a solo thing. Need a boat before the wife ever start fishing with me.
Definitely recommend a boat but I also recommend a Nucanoe Unlimited if you like kayaks. It’s a 12 foot yak that can also run 2 people and also can support a bow and stern motor!
@@CollinBeBassinI have an 11ft Vibe RN, and I love it. I opted to go without a peddle & motor for extra exercise... while I don't mind paddling it takes forever to get across certain lakes. Also the wife will never get on a yak 😅
Bought my first boat last year 93 18 foot pro craft I have 4 units on it with live scope and a mercury 150 on it gave 5,500 for it in cash and have spent about 6,500 grand in upgrades
If you’re willing to put some elbow grease in and watch out for good deals, you can fix up a boat for really cheap. I found a 2015 tracker with a 75 horse four stroke for $2000. It had been caught on fire, but it was an Aluminum boat so I knew that the damage couldn’t be that bad. I ripped everything out and replaced the deck replaced the cowling put about $300 with the parts into the engine and now I’m about $3500 into a 2015 17 1/2 foot bass tracker. It’s definitely possible.
I have a 2007 Stratos 176xt with a gen1 Humminbird Helix 10 SI at the console, gen1 Humminbird Helix 12 DI at the bow with gen1 360, a Minn Kota Edge 70lb thrust 24v, 70hp Yamaha for sale. Great starter boat! For $10k
I was very luck to find my 1432 for 150 bucks. Sure. I had to rivet the entire thing 😅 and took almost a year and a half. But I made a lot of memories with my wife. The boat build cost me about 1500. It would hurt my heart to get rid of it now.
I'm @5:19 mark,. Yeah that's what I was think about getting an inflatable boat. I live in a cul-de-sac. My area that I live in, well it's the small piece of the pie. But I can say that my house is on the higher end of the cup-de- sac. So yeah I have the high ground where I live 😂✌. Ok I'll keep watching.
Here in South Florida… GOOD LUCK finding a decent JonBoat that isn't destroyed for under $1200. they're asking RIDICULOUS money for Jon Boats and Kayaks because of the increase in popularity in small boat fishing. That said, like you state int he video, if you're handy AND patient, you can find amazing units at respectable price points that only need a little knowhow to restore to new with little or no money. Personally, for the money, you can find dreamboat that rivals today's absurdly overpriced 6-figure boats for around what you'd pay for a Jon Boat, but for those you need a little more knowhow or the money to pay someone with the knowhow to restore back to almost showroom new and you can be out on the water with a state of the art rig that's 18'-21' for a couple grand give or take.
@@BrianLatimerFishingYou got that backwards. Lol My problems were the reason I bought a kayak. Storable in my backyard and can car top the yak. Solution to every problem. Still would have rather had a boat. 😂
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My first boat was a one man boat, foot pedal steer with 50lb thrust trolling motor. Still have it got it in 2020. Just got my Dream boat yesterday. 17ft Seapro 170CC 2002 90hp Yamaha . I'm the 3rd owner of it and it was well taken care of. cant wait to get it registered and hit the Bay
My 1st boat was a 1994 Lowe L170 and bought it for 3 grand 6 years ago. Swapped the 50hp for a used 25 hp so I could fish power plant lakes here in Illinois. Still used it today and continue to upgrade electronics every couple years
Do you want to go to newton with me im boatless.
We started with a 12' aluminum boat growing up. We were only 12 so we would have to beg family members that had trucks to drop us off and pick us up when we went fishing. I now have a 16 foot aluminum boat that i use in fresh and saltwater. Aluminum boats are really a great way to cheaply enter the sport.
You nailed the point perfectly. Status versus fun. Fun equals memories. Building on something gives you agency and ownership. Lower complexity is lower cost of ownership. Not to mention, these old aluminum boats need some TLC and need to be back on the water. Get out there and start making memories.
You are 100% correct, glad to see someone mainstream talking about this.
Love when Bass Pro's get real with it!
You’ve literally got one of the most down to earth channels. This video destressed me a little. I’m currently trying to budget for a boat in a couple years. I’m mainly a kayak angler but want my kids to fish and once they start walking/are able, I need a boat. I started in my grandfathers stick steer panfish bass tracker. Used to break limits
Currently rebuilding my 17ft bass tracker tournament v17 from 1987 new floor new to me motor new seats new deck and carpet all over new wood wherever it’s needed including the transom and I must say it’s been the most fun I’ve had working on a boat plan on putting electronics on it next month also extending the front deck out about a foot. It has been a journey and it has been a blast!! I’m so glad I decided not to sell it and rebuild it instead it’s the perfect boat for me and my 7 year old son to get out on the water and bass fish and panfish love your inspirational videos Brian I’m sure there has been a lot of people you have inspired with these keep it up man
My first was a 14 foot aluminum that I bought for $400 at wal mart. We would slide it in back of my truck and caught lots of fish. I bought it with money that I got for graduation. I graduated in 1993. The memories that was made with it was the best.
Timely video! Been looking lately and never thought of TBN for a build kit even though I’ve seen their videos before. Thanks for sharing!
Growing up we were bank fishers. My dad started buying junk boats, because they are dirt cheap. He went through a dozen over the years and I fished out of most of them. As an adult, I only had kayaks, but wanted a boat. Two years ago I bought my dream boat, a Tracker Classic, when they had a good sale price on one, $14,099. I didn't pass it up. It will likely be the only boat I ever own.
My first boat was a kayak with a paddle. My next boat will be a kayak with a motor but I’d like to have a john boat/bass boat that I can put a bigger outboard on to use on bigger bodies of water. I don’t need to get across the lake in record time but some of the places I fish would take an hour or more to go from one end to the other in a kayak with an electric motor. I’ve fished from larger boats and honestly I prefer fishing from a smaller boat. I like getting back in the tough to access areas the big boats can’t get into.
I fish the Upper Chesaeake Bay rivers, I've got a 1999 Ranger R61 w/ a 1999 90-hp 2 Stroke Merc. Cost me $5k w/ a trolling motor a few years ago. In the past 3 years I've got 3 graphs, livescope, powerpoles, and customized it to fit my needs perfectly, put about 5-6k into it. There are so many options out there, just keep your eye on the used market and know what to look for to make sure you're buying something that isn't a money pit! Also know how to perform your own maintenance!
Best video this year thank you
Great video!! Keep on doing what you are doing. You snd thresher fishing are my 2 favs
Thanks for the video been watching you for a while now, found an old 1232 jon boat online for 200 bucks, sitting in the shed now but have plans to get something for bigger waters, for now I have a kayak with a trolling motor to get on the water for fishing. This video gave me some gameplan options and really appreciate your content and tips!
Got my first boat last year. Paid $800 for a 15’ Lowe. It’s old. Has some leaking rivets. But $800 for boat, motor, and a trailer. That’s a steal. I now use it for solo fishing or hunting. I have another boat for fishing with the family now. Point is you’re 1000% correct. You don’t have to spend a ton of money to get out on the water.
You is so right brother I build my own boat. It’s on my channel.
I remember doing that back in the 70’s. Getting and old used aluminum boat then putting a slat floor in it. There was no trolling motor, just a paddle and anchor with a small hand operated outboard. There is always a lot places you can putt around and anchor or tie up and fish without getting into rough open water.
Catching bass will still be just as much fun as catching them out of a big boat
I made one last summer. 1976 crestliner. Replaced a lot rivets. Rivet in side supports to support an aluminum frame. Put on a deck with hatch’s. Glassed my transom with mate and resin. It’s not hard go for it. It’s so easy to use it’s cheap on gas. I use far more than I did my bass boat.
I last year purchased a 10 foot quest angler trolling motor used trailer and AUTO BOAT motor adapter that works by remote control. This must be heaven. I have not pimped my boat yet maybe a deck and wood flooring i will see.
Glad to hear you love your AUTOBOAT unit! It works great on those plastic boat setups!
@@nickbarr3105 they came out with a new one thats just the head looks like i will be spending more money
My first boat was &1900, w/ trailer and 9.9 HP motor, 2 swivel seats and slow trolling motor. It was a 1973 13.5 foot fiberglass Louisiana crab fisher modified for bass fishing.
Love to see this
I usually dont comment, i just enjoy the content. B-lat keep sending those heat seeking missiles in the comments😂😂😂😂😂
Mine is a 12x32, builder a small casting deck on the front and uses it as a storage box for life vest planos anchor battery for German sticker 4 FF, built a 3 rod deck, under that more planos and fire extinguisher, 2 trolling motors 1 front 1 back
My first boat was a 14ft flat bottom Meyer. Got it when I was 13. Put a 28lb minn kota on it that I got for my 12th birthday. Than a junkyard 76 4hp Johnson outbound. You couldn't keep me off the water.
Great video on how to get started building an affordable fishing boat.
Yeah it’s definitely doable!
@@BrianLatimerFishinghighly appreciated.
would be cool to see you do a build on a boat like this with Tiny Boat Nation.
well... this is a build with tiny boat nation. lol that't what the whole video was about!
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It's funny. When I was 12 I had a 12 ft boat from sears. As time goes by I got boatietis .When I was 50 I got a 50 ft sportfish. Now I'm in my 70s and rebuilding a 16 ft aluminum boat with tiller motor so I can go crappie fishing.
right back where you started!
My dad always told me his worst decision when it come to bass fishing when he went from a 25 hp boat to a 90 hp boat. He said once he went past 25 hp he stopped seriously catching bass and started split tail squirrel monkey hunting.
Your dad was amazing!
I got a outback mirage + sounder + life jacket + trolly + 2x kayak rods and reels + paddle + turbo Finn’s for $1350 Australian as I live in Australia
Yeah me and my friend were thinking about saving up for a boat so this will definitely help
I’ll pass you the link to sub to the school. I really think you’ll find tons of inspiration and value
5 grand got you a 16 foot bass tracker with electronics and a 25 hp mercury back in 86
First I'm getting a truck, and then a boat is otw. I've got a kayak I car top, but a jon boat is next.
Gonna be watching this closely. I've been thinking of doing the cheap aluminum boat and making it into my own. I have a fairly decent Yak now, but that's a solo thing. Need a boat before the wife ever start fishing with me.
Definitely recommend a boat but I also recommend a Nucanoe Unlimited if you like kayaks. It’s a 12 foot yak that can also run 2 people and also can support a bow and stern motor!
@@CollinBeBassinI have an 11ft Vibe RN, and I love it. I opted to go without a peddle & motor for extra exercise... while I don't mind paddling it takes forever to get across certain lakes. Also the wife will never get on a yak 😅
@@CollinBeBassinalso I'm a bigger guy.. 6ft 2, 240lbs, a boat might be a bit safer lol
Definitely a nice upgrade if you want to take multiple people along with you!
@@andrewboyce7268haha I don’t blame you man! Definitely can’t go wrong with a boat. Tight Lines!
Bought my first boat last year 93 18 foot pro craft I have 4 units on it with live scope and a mercury 150 on it gave 5,500 for it in cash and have spent about 6,500 grand in upgrades
For three grand, you can have the boat of your dreams and then you just need to add a motor and a trolling motor and graphs
If you’re willing to put some elbow grease in and watch out for good deals, you can fix up a boat for really cheap. I found a 2015 tracker with a 75 horse four stroke for $2000. It had been caught on fire, but it was an Aluminum boat so I knew that the damage couldn’t be that bad. I ripped everything out and replaced the deck replaced the cowling put about $300 with the parts into the engine and now I’m about $3500 into a 2015 17 1/2 foot bass tracker. It’s definitely possible.
I grew up fishing a 14-foot. V-hull, and I'll say that I'd like to have another 16-ft tri-hull with a walking deck.
I agree, having that space to move around is great.
Brandon, show us some more videos of you doing work to your new jonboat .
did you watch the first one?
I have a 2007 Stratos 176xt with a gen1 Humminbird Helix 10 SI at the console, gen1 Humminbird Helix 12 DI at the bow with gen1 360, a Minn Kota Edge 70lb thrust 24v, 70hp Yamaha for sale. Great starter boat! For $10k
Boats n’ Joes B-Lat!
my partner and I use our pelican kayaks we got off marketplace for 100 bucks! lol Gunna upgrade someday tho
I'm in the middle of building the floor in my 1964 Sea King with a kit I bought from Tinyboat Nation.
I was very luck to find my 1432 for 150 bucks. Sure. I had to rivet the entire thing 😅 and took almost a year and a half. But I made a lot of memories with my wife. The boat build cost me about 1500. It would hurt my heart to get rid of it now.
Sounds like you got a real steal!
@@BrianLatimerFishing i got extremely lucky. Gang of worked was needed though.
I just bought a 14 by 48 with a 2002 40 horse Merc,Minn Kota with with foot pedal on the front and trailer for 700 bucks oh and the boat is a Allweld
That’s awesome dude!
@BrianLatimerFishing I got very lucky!!
Good video!!
I'm @5:19 mark,. Yeah that's what I was think about getting an inflatable boat. I live in a cul-de-sac. My area that I live in, well it's the small piece of the pie. But I can say that my house is on the higher end of the cup-de- sac. So yeah I have the high ground where I live 😂✌. Ok I'll keep watching.
Banger
I literally Just did this spring of 2024 for me and my son
What if you don’t have the time to do it
I think the best thing to do is buy a boat that doesn't need work in that case
LOL>.. Billage pumps.... or bailing pails... had to do that one time.
Gotta have them BILLIGE PUMPS
Would love to come help build it.. local guy looking for inspiration
My lakes too big for tiny boats (Michigan)
@@Fulksarchery people fish the Great Lakes out of kayaks. You’ll be fine
@ crazy people lol i use Jon boats for inland lake, Great Lakes I use my buddies 16 ft Deep V boat
My tournament boat still goes in my truck bed.
Here in South Florida… GOOD LUCK finding a decent JonBoat that isn't destroyed for under $1200. they're asking RIDICULOUS money for Jon Boats and Kayaks because of the increase in popularity in small boat fishing.
That said, like you state int he video, if you're handy AND patient, you can find amazing units at respectable price points that only need a little knowhow to restore to new with little or no money.
Personally, for the money, you can find dreamboat that rivals today's absurdly overpriced 6-figure boats for around what you'd pay for a Jon Boat, but for those you need a little more knowhow or the money to pay someone with the knowhow to restore back to almost showroom new and you can be out on the water with a state of the art rig that's 18'-21' for a couple grand give or take.
If you don’t have the space to store the boat or a way to pull a boat, all of the above is null and void. 😢
There’s a problem to every solution you find!
@@BrianLatimerFishingYou got that backwards. Lol
My problems were the reason I bought a kayak. Storable in my backyard and can car top the yak. Solution to every problem.
Still would have rather had a boat. 😂
Anything over a 25 hp becomes more about split squirrel monkey hunting then it is about bass fishing
Split tail, squirrel monkey hunting
Brian guess what
Because we live in a society where "go big or go home" or "Yolo" or just being dumb and going into massive debt is supposedly the norm!
What’s the name of the dudes company?
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