Quote Originally Posted by blairarnold
One thing I forgot to mention. As I said before, both the Tracker Crappie Pro & the Lowe Stinger 175 are terrific boats, but I have seen this come up before on other threads, and even though the Tracker folks loved their boats & the Lowe folks loved theirs, I believe every single person I have read who had used both of them preferred the Lowe. I think that is significant. Of course there is an awful lot to be said for dealers who are easy to deal with and provide good service. Bottom line is I think I would go with the Lowe, but I don't think you would go wrong with either. My biggest question is that most of my crappie fishing is on oxbow lakes, and both of these boats are wide, and I wonder if I would have trouble getting between cypress trees or around snags, etc.
I have never fished the oxbow that you fish in but have fished Otter Lake and Dota Old River several times and I would not try to put my Tracker in either. I have a smaller stick steer for those lakes.