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Like my bay boat. I'm just careful with it in the stumps. The ONLY time I've hurt it was at Grenada and it was my fault. Going to fast and hit stump. It's wide, has plenty of room and no carpet. Just spray some bleach mix on it, let it set 15 minutes and pressure wash it. easy clean up
I currently have an aluminum boat, Tracker 175. Great fishing boat for what I do. The plans for the next boat is fiberglass once the finances allow and I am willing to wait. Then I will be able to fish big and small, high and low winds.
Call Big river (BRM) he has plenty of boats and he got the good stuff.
What Slabin said....BMR will do you right. He's got a decent selection of about anything you'd want, or can get it. I personally fish out of a 1999 Xpress 56, and for the limited amount of fish aggravating I do, that's good enough for my needs. Had a smaller Tracker, but the Xpress is bigger, heavier and that 1999 model is built like a tank for a tin boat. IF I ever get a different boat, doubt I'll buy a new one, but if I did I'd remortgage the house and get a War Eagle....yeah, pretty sure that's what I'd do.
I sold my bass boat and bought a Pontoon boat and will never go back, room to move around and much more comfortable to fish out of, on windy days we drop an anchor and drag it to slow us down, works great I have different sizes of anchors so I can control the speed in the wind. Its a fishing champ.
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he got me hooked up, love my xpress. my boat is big, roomy, and handles rough water really good for a metal boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by slabin
Go see bill at brm. I love my xpress boat. It's my pride and joy. I bought mine brand new from him almost 5 years ago come this June. I have had zero problems out of it and it was everything he said it was. I also duck hunt out of it. I have ran the piss out of the boat and still looks great today. Nice boat rides good with the hyper lift hull. I have a 50 Yamaha on the back It's 17ft 60wide explorer series boat. Runs about 32 mph with me in and gear in the boat. I couldn't xpress how happy I am with mine. Trust me you will like it.
Yes, I dont get as much run time from my batteries on the Skeeter. Even though it's a 36 volt system, I dont think I can get 5 or 6 hours running 1.6 mph. Ive never tried it, lol, but have researched it. Im not going to Idle my 250 for that length of time. On the Wareagle, I have trolled for 8-9 hours without problems, being a much lighter boat. Hope this answers your question.Quote:
Originally Posted by tigerinfielder3
how do you plan to fish,, troll, cast or spider rig? Your boat choice could change accordingly. The layout will also be very important depending on your fishing method. I have a deep V aluminum boat that works well but I mainly long line troll.
I have owned Ranger, skeeter, Venture, monarch glass boats. Sold all of them when I started training retrievers...I have a Triton 176 aluminum boat that serves me well..to me, it boils down to floor plan that fits the way you intend to fish...there are allot of good boats out there.