Bit the bullet and bought a boat

[matt duarte]

whats up guys! once again its been a good minute since ive been on here, hope all is well with everyone, new members and the OGs.. cant believe im finally posting in the boat section after years of shore fishing float tubing.. way way back to the pontuber days, pontubers vs the goonies lol.. so many memories.. anyway like the title says.. i finally bit the bullet.. went down to Last Chance performance marine a few weeks back and looked at there 2017 Lund 1775 renegade with the 75hp.. took about 2 weeks to get the wife down there and we ended up walking out with the same boat.. a 2017 Lund renegade.. but the upgraded version with the 90HP, helix 5 sonar/GPS at the wheel and the bow, upgraded trailer, trolling motor, pretty much upgraded everything lol.. cant wait to get this on the water and test it out.. gotta pick up a few things before i take it out like life jackets and lil things like that so the lake police dont bug.. but anyway here are some pix of the new rig! see you guys on the water! will be hitting perris, DVL, skinner, and silverwood
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51111_zps0tucyejh.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51121_zpsa9krvae4.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51141_zps6cgoe8yy.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/a634ca11-5a0d-459a-ab23-e4b13adfed42_zpsjkqzz0ns.png
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/0b0cdad7-c170-4eea-8eba-e56c8df735cd_zpsr4hi3iyd.png

also i figured id put the boat in the smaller side of the garage cause its actually longer then the regular garage door.. turns out the boat is 95" wide and the garage door is 95" wide lol... got lucky that my truck fit.. it has a long travel race kit on it and barely squeezed through.. had maybe 1" per side on the tires lol..
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51321_zps4sbfdqya.jpg
so the boat got the big side... gotta pull it out tomorrow and sweep and clean up the garage.. cleaned out the smaller side since i planned on the boat going there..
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51261_zpscb97fv9x.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51251_zpskvvovzir.jpg

[CHUCKY]

whats up guys! once again its been a good minute since ive been on here, hope all is well with everyone, new members and the OGs.. cant believe im finally posting in the boat section after years of shore fishing float tubing.. way way back to the pontuber days, pontubers vs the goonies lol.. so many memories.. anyway like the title says.. i finally bit the bullet.. went down to Last Chance performance marine a few weeks back and looked at there 2017 Lund 1775 renegade with the 75hp.. took about 2 weeks to get the wife down there and we ended up walking out with the same boat.. a 2017 Lund renegade.. but the upgraded version with the 90HP, helix 5 sonar/GPS at the wheel and the bow, upgraded trailer, trolling motor, pretty much upgraded everything lol.. cant wait to get this on the water and test it out.. gotta pick up a few things before i take it out like life jackets and lil things like that so the lake police dont bug.. but anyway here are some pix of the new rig! see you guys on the water! will be hitting perris, DVL, skinner, and silverwood
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51111_zps0tucyejh.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51121_zpsa9krvae4.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51141_zps6cgoe8yy.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/a634ca11-5a0d-459a-ab23-e4b13adfed42_zpsjkqzz0ns.png
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/0b0cdad7-c170-4eea-8eba-e56c8df735cd_zpsr4hi3iyd.png

also i figured id put the boat in the smaller side of the garage cause its actually longer then the regular garage door.. turns out the boat is 95" wide and the garage door is 95" wide lol... got lucky that my truck fit.. it has a long travel race kit on it and barely squeezed through.. had maybe 1" per side on the tires lol..
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51321_zps4sbfdqya.jpg
so the boat got the big side... gotta pull it out tomorrow and sweep and clean up the garage.. cleaned out the smaller side since i planned on the boat going there..
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51261_zpscb97fv9x.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/fishing/IMG_51251_zpskvvovzir.jpg

Sweet boat!!!!!! Is that a total chaos kit on your taco? Looks great.

[matt duarte]

thanks dude! no its not a chaos kit, its a race kit from Dezert toy fab outta santa maria.. its 6" wider per side and pulling 19" of wheel travel.. used to have a chaos kit on my old 04 tacoma.. needed much more travel this time around so figured id do it right lol

[Dci4me]

Nice boat, congrats! Looking at getting something similar as well. If you get lonely drop me a PM. Professional back of the boat fisherman here. Bummed ever since my by buddy with moved to Utah. He had a nice Ranger. Big swimbaits, stripers, bass, trout, whatever, I'm down. Tournaments too.

Mike

[jaggerbub]

Nice boat! And nice taco too...

[Yogis fishing partner]

You'll really like the boat being a new aluminum model. I was over at Last Chance having my boat getting a new carpet and some other small items to spruce it up after having it 18 years. I saw the first models that were brought down from Minn. they were the slickest bass boats that I've seen in a long time. Take care of it and you'll have it for many years.

YFP :Fishing Catch::Fishing Hole::Fishing Hole::Fishing Catch:

[matt duarte]

thanks guys! took the boat out today for its maiden voyage and man its a awesome boat, it gets on plane quick and handles perfect in the water is super stable.. i couldnt be happier with this boat.. only thing i wish i did different was not forget the sun block lol
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/IMG_52091_zpsitihclxc.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/IMG_52131_zpsledcrbzb.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/IMG_52121_zpsbri3usll.jpg

[Socal Bassman]

Congrats! That's a sweet looking ride

[matt duarte]

Congrats! That's a sweet looking ride

whats up man! glad to see ya still on here! havent seen a familiar name in a minute lol.. how you been? are you still hitting the lakes on the tube with anyone?

[Socal Bassman]

I've been good. Man, it's been a long time since I've checked in here and almost just as long since I've hit the water. I sold the old tube a couple years ago.

[fishmounter]

Hey Matt, welcome back. Awesome boat, congrats bro. You are going to have some really great times with it. Are you considering taking it out in the saltwater? Should be able to fly to Catalina pretty quick in the morn while it's glassy. But the salt does do some crap to a nice new boat/mtr..

[EL JEFE]

Sweeeet boat! That boat will be great at all the locales you mentioned PLUS Colorado river up at Willow Beach, Mojave, Katherine's, etc. Perfect all around boat.