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Thread: Deep V Boats

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    I have a 1988 StarCraft Super fisherman, 16 and half foot, v bottom with walk through windshield and 90 hp 2005 Mercury Optimax. It's old, bought it new, but I really like it. Yes, a strong wind can be a bit of a challenge with the trolling motor ... but I feel a lot safer on rough water. It does well on LOZ. I can stand on the gunnels and rock up and down and it hardly moves. It was a great family boat when my kids were growing up. The 90 hp Opitmax moves it along at about 32 mph which is as fast as I need to go. Pulls one skier real well.

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    If I was looking for a deep V aluminum boat I would look no farther than a Lund. Best aluminum boat made IMO!

    Dan

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    Thanks for all of the advice.Looks like I'm leaning towards the 1650 Fishawk with 60hp 4stroke.It's a little less expensive than Lund or Alumacraft for similar boats.I'm thinking about a 9.9hp kicker with the savings.
    Thanks again for all your help.Hope to see you on the water.



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    What kind of fishing and where are you going to be using it at ?

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    Assuming I can catch them,Crappie,perch,walleye and maybe green carp. I will be using it on Lake Shelbyville,Rend,Lake,Lake Delavan and Lake Michigan[not to far from shore] and lakes in Northern Wisconsin and Northern Michigan.
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    are you planning on doing any spider rigging, the reason I wonder is because of the space up front on a deep V like you are talking about.

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    I really like my deep-V. Super stable, dry ride and on cold runs out or back (head to wisconsin every spring for a fishing trip) the windshield comes in very handy. I happen to have a Tracker V-175 Combo (fish n ski) but I have heard good things about crestliner as well. It just comes down the the layout you like and price you are willing to pay.

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    Might want to look at the crappie option Lund has. I can sit two people up front when spider rigging which is nice. I think I looked at many of the major brands Lund, Alumacraft, Tracker, Crestliner, Lowe, G3, etc and they all had certain features/layouts that I liked specific to that make/model. Not one manufacture offered it all. I encourage you to look and sit in each one and take your time. Good luck!!

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    I picked the Crestliner 1650 Fishawk.I checked out Lund,Alumacraft,Lowe and Tracker,The Fishawk seemed to be the best fit for me. It had a ton of rod storage and plenty of storage in the bow.They didn't have the crappie option but I saw that Crappie Extreme had a solution to that problem.Thanks for all of the input.
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    Congrats, Steve! Now you can show me how it's done on the ville!

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