Jack's New Boat

Well she ain't real pretty but she is mine and I won't live in deathly fear of 15 MPH wind any more like when I was confined to my 14 foot Jon Boat.  Here are her stats.

Make and Year 1984 Performance
Length 16 Feet
Motor John 2 Stroke 115 HP rebuilt three years ago
Top Speed 50 MPH (yea shocked me too)
Trolling Motor Motorguide Tour Edition 67 LB with foot control
Electronics, etc Hummingbird Widefinder and Leisure Lectronics Temp Gauge, Bilge Pump, two live wells.
Trailer Custom Roadmaster only 3 years old.


Special Note - This Boat Has History

I just bought this boat from David and Jerry Hartnett who are somewhat legendary on lake Joe Pool.  Dave, Jerry and this boat have fished on Joe Pool almost since it was originally impounded and stocked with fish.  They are masters of the sand bass on pool and David recently caught the Joe Pool lake record sandie on this boat.  In the years they fished the lake with it one could easily make a case that this boat has caught more fish then any other boat ever has (or possibly will) on Joe Pool.

It has been dumped off a trailer, burned by a reckless kid during the fourth of July, had the original trailer wrecked beyond repair, outlasted one original motor (hence the rebuilt Johnson) and been a good friend to the Hartnett's for over 13 years.  It has fished lakes like Tawakoni, Texoma, Cedar Creek, etc but it will always be remembered as a 13  year part of the Joe Pool landscape.

I really considered buying a brand new boat but this one will do all I need and more and I know I will be a person who will appreciate the history of this old girl and perhaps one day pass her one with my own added history.  Perhaps the boat that caught more catfish on Joe Pool then any other will be my addition to this old gals history.