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I found this little gem 1/2 mile from my house. It is a 12' DELHI ??? made in LOUISIANA with a trailer and a 7.5 hp gamefisher and a 40# electric motor all for $125 !! need's some work but will be a nice small lake boat when done. Now I have 2 boats to work on
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Damn good find. The 7.5 run?

nice ...love finds like this..... looks like my v when I bought it...

both motors run great , just realy dirty , should be a 4 day project (I hope)

cany find anything like that. would have dove on that one.

Some of the most fun I ever had was w/a boat about like that...GREAT find!!:beer:

Nice - rig it for serious offshore tuna and marlin fishing.

Yea I am going to enter some shark
tournaments with it this summer LOL

My first boat was a 12 foot Sears Gamefisher with a 6 hp Johnson, use to fish every where in that thing!! All saltwater for stripers and stuff use to have a blast!! If I ever get another boat I will be going back that way, no more big boats, I would love a nice 14 or 16 foot tin boat to get back to some of my close spots!! Good Luck

MJ, Gamefisher was a little plastic like tri-hull wasn't it? My parents had the Montgomery Wards brand, SeaKing, it was a semi-V. Fond memories, I still recall scooting under the front bench seat to get a nap as a young child. I have seen my parents pull 100+ crappie and panfish on many occasions from the livewell of that boat. Even the fishing tackle was simplified back when. We had about 4 fishing rigs to our name, Zebco 33's and one Mitchell 300,(Mom's bass fishing rig) Didn't need anything fancy, couldn't afford it if we wanted it. A certain fun factor comes built-in with a simple rig IMO. I like my little boat as much as the Wellcraft, $/trip is a whole lot better. Nice score.

They also sold aluminum hulls under the Gamefisher name.

looks like fun.

CB is right mine was the alum!

Great find, at a fantastic price. You done good. :beer: Love the little boats on a lake or slow river...some of the most fun from fishing comes from that setup.

waddya mean needs some work?

and yes, I had a small sears alum boat when I was a kid. Had the square\pram type bow, but was a great little boat... until it got stolen :bat:

rkc

MJ enjoyed it thoroughly after you were "done with it".:booty:

I have a 12 foot plastic (not fiberglass) gamefisher with a deep v hull, not a tri hull. Great little boat, storage built in under the seats, etc. Only thing I don't like is it actually has a small drain plug in the stern. Would have been much better without that hole in the back. Boat that size you bail with a coffee can... no need for a drain plug to get lost...especially an odd sized one that's hard to come by in the first place.. Still, it's a great little boat. I have a 7 1/2 hp Gamefisher outboard on it. Great for lakes and rivers around here.

I clean'd it out today (it had small trees growing in it ) filled it with water for 3 hrs. no leeks so that is a good sign . The old seat's with swivels work good just need a good clening . I am going to power wash it . and put some aluminum primer on it . some paint and I will be shad and striper fishing on the CT. river by late APRIL , then the V20 will take over !!
I love these old tin boats I have had so many of them since I was a kid fromm 8' to 22' they never let me down. This one reninds me of one my Father had when I was young , a lot of good memories there

Father & son ???
 

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freshwater & seaspray FATHER & son together for the love of fishing ( as pened by the book of emerson lake & palmer ) LOL ??

Love it....I bought an old fiberglass skiff that had trees growing in it. That just means it don't leak. :fam:

Rig it up with a 50 -70 hp outboard..........