bobothewizard
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- May 8, 2007
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Evening all, I am currently torn and have come here looking for some suggestions.
I am looking for an aluminum boat, preferably in the 14-17 foot range. Let me give a list below of what items I am looking for in this boat and hopefully you all can give me some suggestions.
I do local bass tournaments here in the south central PA, so I would need a boat with a decent live well.
Also since I fish the river I am leaning towards a 25/20 jet but I am not leaving the option of a tunnel prop (20 hp) out of the qestion.
The reason the 20hp is a must is becuase I also fish a local lake where maximum hp is 20. Most if not all of the other lakes are trolling motor only. So really the boat should be able to handle the weight of 2 deep cycle batteries and 1 starting battery.
For a console, I am leaning toward a stick steer just for the simple fact that I would like to be up front so a forward center console is also not out of the question..
Now some of the dealers I talked to are steering me away from the 25/20 jet since it really would not push the boat well, but I'm not looking for a speedy boat, I had that and got rid of it... Good bye triton
I have done some reasearch into some boats and sent some emails out to companies, but believe it or not, not very many replied.
Bascially I am looking for a aluminum boat with some casting decks/livewell that will fit the need.
On a side note, one of my favorites so far is the seaark forcast 156 but i do not like all the little live wells in it, it has 3 live wells totals but 2 of the 3 are like 8 gallons... Way to small, and I do not think you can customize the boat when they build it to have them removed and changed out to tackle storage or something like that.
Thank you all in advance for the suggestions.
I am looking for an aluminum boat, preferably in the 14-17 foot range. Let me give a list below of what items I am looking for in this boat and hopefully you all can give me some suggestions.
I do local bass tournaments here in the south central PA, so I would need a boat with a decent live well.
Also since I fish the river I am leaning towards a 25/20 jet but I am not leaving the option of a tunnel prop (20 hp) out of the qestion.
The reason the 20hp is a must is becuase I also fish a local lake where maximum hp is 20. Most if not all of the other lakes are trolling motor only. So really the boat should be able to handle the weight of 2 deep cycle batteries and 1 starting battery.
For a console, I am leaning toward a stick steer just for the simple fact that I would like to be up front so a forward center console is also not out of the question..
Now some of the dealers I talked to are steering me away from the 25/20 jet since it really would not push the boat well, but I'm not looking for a speedy boat, I had that and got rid of it... Good bye triton
I have done some reasearch into some boats and sent some emails out to companies, but believe it or not, not very many replied.
Bascially I am looking for a aluminum boat with some casting decks/livewell that will fit the need.
On a side note, one of my favorites so far is the seaark forcast 156 but i do not like all the little live wells in it, it has 3 live wells totals but 2 of the 3 are like 8 gallons... Way to small, and I do not think you can customize the boat when they build it to have them removed and changed out to tackle storage or something like that.
Thank you all in advance for the suggestions.
