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haganjeff · #1 Post by **haganjeff** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:01 am

Hello all,

I just purchased my first boat a couple of weeks ago. After a 32 degree water run (wow!), it went to a storage unit. It's a 2006 Sun Tracker Bass Buggy 18 (20 foot oddly enough). It has a 60HP Mercury Bigfoot 2 stroke, live well, and Motor Guide Trolling motor. It was clean as a whistle and was a bank repossession, got it for around $8,500 with tax.

Can't wait to get out on it. Buying a boat and putting it in storage immediately is killing me!

I hope to tow it home for this coming weekend if it doesn't rain. I have new JBL Speakers and a cover to install.

Thanks for being such a resource. i have been reading the new posts daily on tis forum since I bought the boat!

Jeff Hagan - Murfreesboro, TN

WILD MAN · #2 Post by **WILD MAN** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:49 am

Welcome, nice toon, and what a steal!!! That will most likely be the best $8,500 you ever spent.

curtiscapk · #3 Post by **curtiscapk** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:45 am

WElcome! Agreed great find! With a bigfoot that thing has to scoot!

Thin Ice · #4 Post by **Thin Ice** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:07 pm

[quote=It's a 2006 Sun Tracker Bass Buggy 18 (20 foot oddly enough).[/quote]

Thats Suntracker for you. Great boats but the labels never match the dimensions. I have a Regency 22 and its 24' Long!

Congrats on the new pontoon! You're gonna love it!

Bamaman · #5 Post by **Bamaman** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:22 pm

Welcome. You're in the back door of Percy Priest Lake, and I'm sure you'll learn every inch of that large lake. It's held up very well since they closed the dam in 1968.

After high school, we hung around a big island out from Smith Springs Road. It's the one with the 50' cliffs that to jump off from. It's got good deep, clear water on the eastern side.

My father started going to Percy Priest Dam @ 4:00 a.m. every morning (when he retired.) He claims to have had "rockfish fever," and it is a disease.

Now you've got the boat to enjoy your lake from.

#6 Post by **badmoonrising** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:55 pm

Welcome !

haganjeff · #7 Post by **haganjeff** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:03 pm

curtiscapk wrote:WElcome! Agreed great find! With a bigfoot that thing has to scoot!

It hit 23.1 mph on the GPS during the water test with 4 people aboard. I was kind of surprised. It feels pretty quick. I'm still learning the differences between the 2 stroke and 4 stroke, but I was told the 2 stroke will give it a little extra grunt.

haganjeff · #8 Post by **haganjeff** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:07 pm

Bamaman wrote:Welcome. You're in the back door of Percy Priest Lake, and I'm sure you'll learn every inch of that large lake. It's held up very well since they closed the dam in 1968.

After high school, we hung around a big island out from Smith Springs Road. It's the one with the 50' cliffs that to jump off from. It's got good deep, clear water on the eastern side.

My father started going to Percy Priest Dam @ 4:00 a.m. every morning (when he retired.) He claims to have had "rockfish fever," and it is a disease.

Now you've got the boat to enjoy your lake from.

Hey Bamaman, the plan is to keep it at Fate Sanders Marina on Percy Priest during the warm months. We shared a 22' Party Barge with a friend for 3 years (we paid the slip rental, man I miss that deal!) I got to know Percy Priest pretty well and camped on the island right across from the tall bluffs. It's a busy lake sometimes and not as clean as Center Hill, Dale Hollow or Tim's Ford, but still a nice lake with pretty solid fishing.

Bamaman · #9 Post by **Bamaman** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:46 pm

You're just 1 1/2 hours from Center Hill, 2 hrs. from Dale Hollow and 1 1/2 hrs from Tims Ford. Don't forget that there are some other beautiful lakes close to you--like Old Hickory (30 minutes) , Woods Resevoir (1 hr.) and Lake Normandy (45 minutes). They're just all different, but every one has fabulous fishing.

You know, Murfreesboro is a centrally located place for a boater to live. You also have Tennessee's largest undergraduate university in town.

PlaynDoc · #10 Post by **PlaynDoc** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:53 pm

Welcome to the forum...

ROLAND · #11 Post by **ROLAND** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:58 am

Welcome to the group.... you got a deal at 8500.

ROLAND · #12 Post by **ROLAND** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:59 am

Welcome to the group.... you got a deal at 8500.

wwind3 · #13 Post by **wwind3** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:53 am

23 is a great speed without the lifting strakes and with the 23 in tubes it looks like. Welcome to the forum--you are surrounded by beautiful lakes..

WILD MAN · #14 Post by **WILD MAN** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:25 am

haganjeff wrote:
curtiscapk wrote:WElcome! Agreed great find! With a bigfoot that thing has to scoot!
It hit 23.1 mph on the GPS during the water test with 4 people aboard. I was kind of surprised. It feels pretty quick. I'm still learning the differences between the 2 stroke and 4 stroke, but I was told the 2 stroke will give it a little extra grunt.

That's not bad, my boat is 22 ft and with 4 people onboard I only get 19.7 mph with a 4 stroke 70hp

dockholiday · #15 Post by **dockholiday** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:58 pm

Welcome............good find.......probably could keep it a few years and turnaround and get what you paid for it if you chose to.........just keep the oil tank filled and that's about all you need to do
on the 2 stroke and enjoy it,,,,,,,,,,

doc

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