If you make it to Truman and go to Warsaw they have several of the 178's in the bass and crappie versions and also the 188's in both models. I spent a couple hours down there going through and climbing around in all of them. I wanted to see what all the options were to see exactly what I wanted to order. Pete, Bryan or Jerry will all be glad to show you as many of them as you want to see to help narrow down what you want. I would advise looking at several brands/makes of boats and then decide what works best for you. There is a lot of great boats being made right now in the aluminum market. I have been in the Tracker, Lowe, G3, Triton, War Eagle and Crestliners. All have there positives and negatives. I feel the Ranger has a better fit and finish than the others. I also like the layout/storage better on the RT188 bass version. They offer some add on's like the front trailer step system that others don't offer.