Thread: Ranger 177tr

Pointy nose or not, it's still a sit in floor, kick your gear off the deck that's too high, multi-level floor bass boat. Not that I'm critical or anything but I fish out of one and know all the drawbacks of crappie fishing (primarily trolling) out of a rig designed for bassers.

The 177TR is a nod to Ranger's past. It has the lines of the old TR that was widely used in advertising in the 1970s.

What is does not have is the same bow. The keel, starting at the bow is a deep v shape and the boat runs on a pad, just the Z series. It won't be a wet ride due to the bow shape.

What the wide bow does do for it is give you the feel and storage of a boat that is about 1.5' longer than this one. You have to get up to the 20' range to get the same spaciousness on that front deck. Lots of storage under that huge casting deck.

But, its still a bass boat.