1990 ChrisCraft FishHawk 254 - Johnson 225 outboard

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  Ok this is Todd writing the description on this boat and ya'all know I am a collectible Chris Craft fanatic. And just let me say this at the outset:

   While this vessel is not a true and correct Fish Hawk, she has had all the same mods done to her that I would and have done to many of my personal Chris Craft boats.

   From the get go the most popular mod for these boats is to get rid of the I/O and put on a real outboard engine. Whoever did this one did it right. The stinger tail is light and skinny but strong enough to be respectable on a boat 4 or 5 feet longer and a lot heavier than this particular boat.

   There is a Big Johnson 225 Ocean Pro Series on the back that wont let you down. This is one of the Johnsons you hear about from your buddies as the one that cost real money new. They are legendary for being beefy enough to run you out wide open or kick her back and just sip the fuel. The part that made the real legend though is that they can idle along for days on end without fouling their plugs like a lot of other 2-strokes of this (and the current) era are prone to do. At trolling speeds, this engine on this boat should sip less than 1/2 a gallon an hour which means she wont kill you at the pumps when you top her off after a couple days worth of hardcore Gulf fishing trolling the wrecks.

   There are good sized storage compartments in abundance. There are Ample live wells located right in the fishing deck and someone took the time along the way to upgrade the aerator pumps to more modern ones that I would not be afraid to put 100 dozen medium shrimp in and would know that the last dozen a couple of days later would still be alive. Plus with all that deck space there is plenty of room for a couple of barrel tanks and with that big, thick Chris hull under you, you know you are not going to squat the boat like you would with a lot of lesser hulls.

    Lets look at the Hull, not a soft spot in her - not even the top of the cabin. I walked this boat stem to stern and she is still just as solid today as she was the day she left Chris Craft's factory. But then again you can expect that from a Chris Craft boat. She has Thick, Laid in fiberglass throughout that you wont find on a lot of other boats - Chris Crafts Philosophy has always been "damn the money - build it to last" and you better believe they do. Knock down the sides of the hull on this boat and you are not going to find resonance anywhere, just a good  sharp knock sound.

the captain and mates seats are comfy, good all day seats with footrests to relieve the strain. At the helm all the controls are in easy reach and there are large easy to read gauges so you dont have to strain to see or wonder what they are reading.  Nice little VHF radio already installed too.

  Below decks there is a head that has enough holding capacity for those weekend camping trips with the family, nicely sealed up one that doesn't leave tha cabin smelling like a lot of others are prone to do. There is a roomy V-berth you would expect on aboat of about 28ft or more but Chris Craft managed to get the cabin arranged for maximum space usage. There is storage under the V-berth for all you gear too. There is a full sized kids bunk that can easily hold an adult no prob (2 if they like each other). A marine stereo with some pretty good speakers is installed below as well.  A little stove and a nice cabinet of drawers round out the cabins complements.

   All in all this is one sweet old Chris Craft boat that needs nothing to run out today and will still be rugged when you are ready to pass it on to your kids Years from now.

      Call Mark at 941-716-4200 to arrange a sea trial of this timeless Chris Craft fishing machine today!