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    Impressed with Gambler.

    I am a Champ guy so dont hold it against me but I fished 5 days out of a friends Gambler at Lake Fork and it is an impressive ride. I like how his trolling motor is mounted and the boat fished really well. I believe his boat is a 2003 rigged with a 225 EFI, and all the goodies. He also has trim tabs. He could get that thing on plane at such a low speed it was incredible. I had a chance to drive it and the performance was awesome. It was just like sitting down into a cockpit of a race car.

    You guys have one nice rig.

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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (06champ198)

    Thanx for the compliments,I came from a 203 ChampioN,different world for sure!
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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (Purple Haze)

    There's no other brand that I'd look at..........absolutely love the Gambler.
    Takes a little getting used to sitting down so low but once you're used to it, it's awesome!!

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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (Al from Canada)

    Yer right Al,feels weird sitting in another boat,feel EXPOSED
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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (Purple Haze)

    In most other boats it feels like you're sitting ON them instead of IN them. Feels like you're sitting in a sports car.......takes a couple of days to get used to it but then anything else feels strange.

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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (Al from Canada)

    I also came from a Champion and Champion still rates very high in my book, but the Gambler, different ball game. Take the ride to decide, I decided on the Gambler. Go Dice K.





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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (FishNH)

    Gotta love them Gamblers, nothing else like em on the water! You sit in a Gambler and not on one, its funny when you ride in another brand doesn't feel the same at all!

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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (06champ198)

    I moved over from a 06 Z21 and I have not been disappointed at all if I run my Gambler at the same speed that my Z21 would run the ride in the gambler is better but that's kinda slow in a Gambler.. Even at 80 in the Gambler the ride is as good as my Z21 at 72 and there just isn't anything else that feels like the ride down inside a Gambler except maybe a Lamborghini..





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    i have been used to skeeters for years. i bought a gambler 209te with a 225 merc pro maxand couldnt beleive it the hole shot is incredible and i expected it to fish like crap but its great. im sold on it except for the livewells on the outside and little storage space.

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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (06champ198)

    hey guys, you know Bob was a race car driver back a few hundred years ago. seems like he won a "late modle" track championship at Orlando Speedworld back in the 80s'. i remember that red gambler bass boats car on the local florida short tracks. no wonder the boats are a different breed. seems like steve wrenched on those cars for him also
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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (cripplesnake)

    My Bullet sits low as well.... Maybe not as low as a Gambler. If you sit in a Skeeter, It feels like your on top of a butt seat while driving. It's all in what you get used too.

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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (21XDC)

    If you want to "sit in" a boat...take a ride in an Allison XB2003. The wildest boat Ive ever owned...


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    Re: Impressed with Gambler. (06champ198)

    I agree... the Gambler's are a very sweet ride.

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