Thread: Alumacraft Boats

Have a 1995,16-48 with a 95 merc 50 hp jet.Before jets where in this area! one of the first!! in our area.Got it to guide fish for trout on the white river.No telling how many trout have been taken from that boat.Retired it to crappie fish'n !!LOL. Love it fish just about every where in arkansas big lakes,small lakes,River's slough's ect. Love fishing out of it.Every one that ride's or fish's out of it wants one.Have been offered my money back several time's.LOL Have owned several other brand's.One of if not the best boat ever owned.Would buy another one just like it tomorrow if I could.!!!

Well I pulled the trigger and bought the Alumacraft 165 Prowler. I got a good deal on it, and happy with the construction of the boat. I have it in the garage and doing some final personal modifications to the boat such as hooking up the electronics up front. I was happy to pull the front panel and discover Alumacraft had enough fore thought to have an additional 12 volt dc wires ready to go. I added a bus bar to the panel, fused it, so it will make it super easy to add any additional electronics to the system. I drilled and prepped the panel with two additional D.C Connectors ready to hook up at any time, such as an aerator or whatever. I added to spyder lock rod holders, wow are they nice. Removed the battery trays, of course no drain holes and they were filled with water so drilled weep holes in the battery trays, re-positioned the battery trays so I can add an additional deep cycle battery for a 24 vdc Motorguide XI5 I have. Added some trim edging on the deck lids so they are a little quitter when closing. Overall happy with the boat, just little details I like fixed. Maybe just me after working on aircraft 20 years.