Originally Posted by
sac-a-lait
For Ross Barnett you better get something built to take a pounding if you get out there and it gets bad (assuming you hadn't fished out there)...DM is high...So is BPS. I would look for a used boat. Find a Bass Rig and deck it out. Those bassers buy um, park um under a shed and claim to be fishermen and go out once or twice a year and then the old lady says get that thing outta here and like magic someone gets a deal on a good rig. Best time to find one is about 3 weeks before Christmas, and hope the guy has kids...
I got a used Stratos 18.5' w/150 on a super deal. The only other boat I could see being better would be a 20'+ Ranger or Stratos and the price goes way up.
I had 16.5' alum on RB previously. NOW with the fiberglass and a 150 every time the alum boat would have been pounding in the waves, the fiberglass just cuts right thru no problems..Most the time you never even feel a bump. I did add about 150 pounds of lead just center of the console closer to the bow than stern.