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Toss up between War Eagle and Excel due to the features we are looking for. Found an excellent deal on a lightly used 2013 Express that BRM took in trade, but it just didn't have the features we wanted. Found a new left over 2012 Excel at a bargain as well. Just wanted to see what ya'll thought. Feel free to be brutally honest in your opinions.
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Express all the way, best built aluminum boat on the market IMO.
Or whatever carol says :)
I know this is right. The Express has lot's of nice features I like. I don't think a guy could go wrong with one, and I know where there is a great deal on a nice 17 footer right now. We were kinda set on the lower front deck. We aren't getting any younger and we aren't nearly as sure footed as we once were. A fellow looks high and low and before long, things start running together. I wouldn't be surprised if I haven't looked at several thousand boats in the last few months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Midsouth Man
Excell is the toughest build boat on the market.the lower deck is nice. I have been fishing out of both a lot this year and I still like excel the best!!!!
I had a dealer price me a comparably equipped Excel center console $5,000 cheaper than the War Eagle 2170 Blackhawk I bought. That's about as brutally honest as I can be.
If ya can't hide Money I would go with Excell. For me the Lowe STinger 175 if the widest most stable boat on the market with two large live wells and three base plates installed across the front deck, for easy double up front seating or single seating. The best buy on the market for the Money RCC. You and carol will be comfy on that seven foot deck and not feel like your going to fall off the side when fishing. And... no excuses when Carol fishes side by side and she has her own live well to show how badly she outfished you. HAHA!!! Good Luck on what ever you decide.
i own a stinger 175 and CP is right on the money. very stable boat. the only problem i have is getting up and down out of side console all day. the older i get the more i wish i had a c.c. if i were to ever get another boat their are two things i would have for sure. one is a center console for ease of getting up and down and a boat with no carpet. a real pain keeping carpet clean. if money were not a object it would be a ranger center console glass bay type boat or in tin it would be a lowe or war eagle center console with no carpet. whatever you get good luck with it...
WarEagle for me. Super tough,well built. If not that and wanted a boat set up from the factory to crappie fish that Lowe Stinger would be hard to beat. Very wide and stable with most of the features you would build into one all ready there.get a look at CrappiePros up close.
I have put my greedy paws on Crappie Pros' boat, and it is a very nice rig that I wouldn't mind fishing out of at all. I also took a loot at the Triton vt17. I sure have seen some nice rigs.
There is an awesome deal on the red boat if anyone is interested. Carol and I had decided when we first started looking that we weren't going to buy red, so when I ran across the add for this boat, I noticed something in the back ground. If anyone wants "GPS coordinates" to the red one, I'll be happy to supply by pm. Here is the one that we're kinda looking at.
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RCC -- I know how you feel. My boys and I looked at boats for over a year before I finally bought one this year. I was working from the theory that this was going to be a one-time purchase that would last me for the rest of my life -- or at least for a good portion of it. I kept weighing the options that I wanted against purchase price. In the end purchase price won out. I got most of what I wanted in a left over 2011 boat (still new) and I got a great deal on the price. I am VERY satisfied with my boat! I plan to still be fishing out of it 15-20 years from now. :biggrin
My biggest question is "will this boat make me catch more fish"? If it does make me catch more fish, where am I to put these fish, since my freezer is now full of chicken because my fish catching has been so bad. If I still can't catch a fish, would someone be willing to trade me chicken for a really nice boat? Many, many questions need to be answered before a person buys a boat.
I like your boat Tony. It is big enough that it would be fine on big water, and not so big that a person wouldn't worry about putting it on smaller water as well. It looks like you and the family have enjoyed it. I hope I can find something that fits Carol and I, and our fishing style.
I have got a feeling your just about to find the boat of your dreams !!!! Could it be a meatgetter edition???? You might want to name it "SPANKY" cause ms.carol will really be putting a spanking on them slabs whenshe can set up front and you can't be front ending her LOL...
I have got a feeling your just about to find the boat of your dreams !!!! Could it be a meatgetter edition???? You might want to name it "SPANKY" cause ms.carol will really be putting a spanking on them slabs whenshe can set up front and you can't be front ending her LOL...
That looks like the front of a Stinger 175 to me. Don't keep us in suspence Randall.
I've got to figure out if he actually needs money for the rig first. I'm surviving pretty well on the looking at a boat stage. I don't know how I'm gonna make out on the paying for the boat stage.
You can't hide Da Money when it comes to boats. B.O.A.T. (Bank On Another Transaction). HAHA!!!
I asked the dealer if this boat was the Meatgetter edition. He said it was very similar to the Meatgetter edition, but didn't go into detail. As I am putting my "sales, sweet talk" on Carol. I explained to her that "this is the Meatgetter edition and you know how he catches". She explained to me "No, I'm sure at best, this is only SIMILAR to the Meatgetter edition cause the Meatgetter edition has a motor". I knew there had to be a hitch at that price, and I suppose no motor was the small detail I had overlooked. I offered to buy her a new paddle to propel us up and down the lake, but that was a no go. It was a nice boat.
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Looking good!
Look at it like this , if you do not have a motor to run and down the lake ms. carol will have more fishing time !!!!
They all look good.
I have a Lowe Stinger 195 with 115 four stroke. 84" beam........ I have owned very few boats, mostly old flatbottoms that I rebuilt the deck, etc.........but I had one Sea Ark alum with 60 hp and now this one. I can't imagine any boat being better than the Lowe. I do like Triton, just from the looks, though. Only think I liked about the Sea Ark crappie model was that the integrated minnow livewell was raised.......course to feed it, it had to have a good water pump, and it didn't, it burned up after 3 months........... I have no problems with my Lowe, other than the 6 degree hull is still basically a flatbottom.........and all of them are not great in rough water. But you have to compromise somewhere. If there is a better invention than a four stroke motor, I don't know what it is. Not as fast (like I care), but quiet (can talk to anyone in boat at full speed) and no oil mixing, and runs all day on a gallon of gas.
My two cents. Probably worth less.
That Excel was very very very quiet on the test run, a little slow, but quiet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckrub
Im sure u know what my vote is :)
No doubt about your vote, and for a very good reason. You know I love it. PREDATOR!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by hawgdog
Where is the new boat???????
Went to the local metropolis near here and ran across this little cream puff. Which one of you owns this? It could be a lurker, but I could definitely smell crappie slime on it.
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I don't know but I looked at it Friday and think its a sweet ride !! little bit salty for 06 I thought ...but sure is in good shape. been kept inside for sure .
You need to turn loose of the bucks and own it. After all, it's just money and you can't take it with you.:biggrin Motor is an 02 with 62 hours. It is a "dab" high. Love the trailer. It is a dandy. I wonder who owns it? Maybe they are quitting fishing and would give away their good fishing holes.Quote:
Originally Posted by joekiller
I know the owner RCC and everything on it is first class. That's actually a 150 on it also. I also think it is priced a little high but I guess you never know.
You do know this boat. I have a camera shot of the options and price, and it is a 150. They did a slick job mounting the TM. They also have the jet foot to go on the motor. Someone stopped and took a look at it at least every 10 or 15 minutes yesterday afternoon. Maybe more often than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Handicrappie
There is a 2007 predator in the classifieds. Little steep I think.......
I took a look at the pic of that one on craigslist. It's a pretty nice boat. Looks like some wear around the console area, but it could be the pic. It's probably not too bad out of line with the electronics he has on it. It appears to be a guide boat, so probably has a few hours on it. If the sonars are gen1's, if they break there is no fix. Still a really nice looking rig.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawgdog
Randy, what TM are you running on yours?
80/24 terrova ..US2
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