Boat Shops from the Past – Leaches Sporting Goods

Anyway, it was at Leaches where I saw my first actual, dyed-in-the-wool bass boat up close. It was also the place where we bought our first bass boat in 1976 or ’77 – a 15-foot Sea Nymph Jon/bass boat loaded with a 35-horse Johnson and a 23-pound thrust foot-control Pfluegar trolling motor (we didn’t get a depth finder until about a year later).

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