Thread: RCC question for you.

What boat do you have now? Is it an Excel? What model? I am considering getting a new boat since Amelea is getting old enough to fish, I know it wont be long 'til Kristen and Amelea will be wanting to both go fishing with me, so need something besides the stick steer that can fish three out of. Don't have to worry about trying to fish four since Angela doesn't fish, but Kristen loves to and I am sure Amelea will also. I have looked at everything from DuraCraft, WarEagle, Lowe, Excel, G3, Xpress, Alumacraft, Tracker, Ranger, and Triton. Right now it is a toss up in my mind between H17PFC, an Excel 1754 Crappie, and a War Eagle 761 Blackhawk. Kinda' leaning towards a War Eagle to get a Evinude 115 since I have had such good luck with my current Evinrude.

Love my express crappie edition

Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter

Love my express crappie edition

What engine is on your Xpress and how has the boat and motor held up for you? My Dad and his partner had a 1542 Xpress with a 25 Merc on it for over 20 years and they liked it.
Thanks

I think he has a Meatgetter edition War Eagle.

Originally Posted by Cmj

I think he has a Meatgetter edition War Eagle.

OK, let me show my ignorance, what is a "Meatgetter" edition?

Originally Posted by gzrglide

OK, let me show my ignorance, what is a "Meatgetter" edition?

Read the two old threads. One of them shows the War Eagle pretty good and how he rigged it.

Originally Posted by Cmj

Read the two old threads. One of them shows the War Eagle pretty good and how he rigged it.

Thanks for the bumps on the threads, I found the rigging thread, but not the new boat thread. I looked at the rigging thread and the picture showing how Randall built the mount for his 998, that lid on the compartment is what made me think he had an Excel, either a 1860 Crappie or a 1754 Crappie. I looked and haven't found a War Eagle with that type of lid on the bow. Looking at the Excel site, it looks like the pedestals on both the 1754 and the 1860 are spaced far enough apart that you could fish three on that front deck. Decisions, Decisions, guess I will just have to keep looking, eventually I will find the boat that has everything I want. But I really like this layout...

Originally Posted by Cmj

I think he has a Meatgetter edition War Eagle.

Man was I wrong!!!

Yea, but it's all good. I still want to know what a meatgetter edition entails though.

Originally Posted by gzrglide

Yea, but it's all good. I still want to know what a meatgetter edition entails though.

Jerry aka Meatgetter bought an Excel VSC and rigged it for crappie fishing and it became known as the Meatgetter edition. Many have tried to duplicate this setup, but none have succeeded. Jerry's runs faster catches more fish and is purtier than all the other knockoff Meatgetter editions. I love my boat, but at the end of the day, it's just another knockoff. Here's another "knockoff" Meatgetter edition

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/arkan...-new-demo.html