Thread: Fiberglass vs Aluminum

I have fished out of both and if you can pick and choose the days your going to fish I would go with a good aluminum boat. If you are like me and only get a few days off a month to fish I would go with glass boat. I recently bought a glass boat and love it. The wind isn't as big of a factor anymore

Originally Posted by Joey Clark

I have fished out of both and if you can pick and choose the days your going to fish I would go with a good aluminum boat. If you are like me and only get a few days off a month to fish I would go with glass boat. I recently bought a glass boat and love it. The wind isn't as big of a factor anymore

Exactly why I went to a glass boat. Also, like Joey, we fish big lakes that can get torn up real quick. Again, boat control is the key.

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For where I fish, there's just no comparison. My glass nitro has a nice deep hull and is very comfortable and safe. I don't think I'll ever go back to aluminum.

I've had several bass boats glass, deep v,s aluminum, Jon boats, 26 ' cuddly cabin lake mich. boat, canoes, kayaks, and now back to a G3 flat bottom aluminum and not afraid to use it on any lake in the US or river. I also,have a very good builge pump in the back. But my fav. No maintenance is this G3 easy to pull down the road easy to launch and gets me into tons of fish. It's whatever floats your boat and just set it up the way you want it to fish out of and enjoy your boat.

I like my bass tracker but when the wind gets to blowing hard I have to head to the launch while the bass boats keep on trolling!

I bought my Tracker 175 in 2011. It is a very good boat for what it's designed for. I fish in 10 mph winds on a regular basis in smaller lakes and rivers. On big water find the side of the lake with less wind. Since you have already made the purchase, set up the boat like you need and deal with the nuances until you can do better. You may want to try longlining out the back of your boat but just a warning...it's addictive. You can find info on this technique on this site and on youtube. Just my .02

Wind and two up front. Go with a glass boat bass boat or bayboat. Both should have lower sides. 20' would be best but you could get by with an 18'. I would go to bassboat central and ask on the general forum who makes the widest front deck at the pedestal base. It won't take long to get that info. With two up front, you want as much room as you can get.

I have a tracker 175 as well and have set it up to spider rig with two up front and have not had any issues. They all have ups and downs with the wind, you just have to learn the lake you fish and learn how to play the wind. I only get to fish the weekends and as my luck goes most weekends the wind is kicking. I just figure out he direction and find some fish where I know the wind wont be as bad. Before I got the tracker all i had was a 1436 jon boat so hiding from the wind was a every time out thing.