Howdy, I'm going to revive an old thread. I am new here, so I'll do a quick intro. 53 years old, originally from Kansas but live in Texas now, been fishing and hunting all my life except I've kind of slacked off the last few years.

All I've ever had are small boats, and prefer to fish in small waters.

But we are about to move to Hot Springs, Arkansas and I am going to get a real boat and do some fishing. I like to troll, crappie fish, and drift for walleyes, not necessarily in that order. I like to bass fish too, but am not going to get caught up in that rat race.

I am very interested in the Tracker Super Guide 16, for several reasons.

* It's enough boat for my wife and I, and that's how this boat will be used at least 90% of the time.
* It's small and light enough to tow behind my 4 cylinder Tacoma pickup.
* I prefer the Deep V design to the "bass boat" design
* With a 40hp 4 stroke this one should be very easy on gas

I've been reading everything I can find online about this boat, which isn't much. I've also looked into a comparable Alumacraft, the Fisherman 160 CS, but the Tracker Super Guide has it beat for features.

* Trolling motor, depth finder, and folding trailer are extra on the Alumacraft
* No gauges at all on the Alumacraft
* side by side seating in the Tracker

Also, the Alumacraft I looked at had dings and dents all over it, just from sitting in the lot. So I checked the hull thickness, .070 versus .100 for the Tracker. I fail to see the "higher quality" of the Alumacraft vs this Tracker.

What am I missing? I am an aircraft quality inspector and haven't seen anything about the 2 Tracker SG's that I've seen that makes me think they are sub par.