Quote Originally Posted by cray View Post
When talking glass boats 90% are going to be bass style boats. By design they are going to have quite a bit of taper to the bow. So when you put 3 across seating close enough to fish off the front it is going to squeeze down the area your sitting in. Even some of your Bay style boats have a pretty narrow front end. Plus on most you have very little gunnel area to keep things in the boat and when turning around you end up with your feet dangling out over the water. I understand why a lot of tournament guys fish out of large glass boats but for practicality and this is just my opinion for what it is worth, with your family in mind there are 2 aluminum not boats I would consider. That is the Wareagle Blackhawk center console and that SeaArc ProCat 200. I think that ProCat with 2 aditonal seat bases in the rear and 3 on the front would be a outstanding boat for every type of crappie fishing. Friend has the Blackhawk with 140 suzukie and it's more than enough motor and lots of room for several people to fish.
Agree the Sea arks are wider but thier sides are so damn tall. THey would catch alot of wind in my opinion. They also are very deep so their draft depth could be an issue in our style of fishing particularily in the spring. I love the interior layouts tho for sure.