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Help.Bass Tracker pro team..Aluminum Bass Boats

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Help..Bass Tracker pro team. Who makes the better aluminum bass boat? Additional comments welcome. Thanks, Scott

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If you are specifically looking for a Bass boat, you will be very satisfied with the Ranger Cherokee.Bass Tracker pro team A little pricey, but the best aluminum out there. Help… Who makes the better aluminum bass boat? Additional comments welcome. Thanks, Scott

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Scott,Bass Tracker pro teamBass Tracker pro team It really depends on your desires and the type of water you will be fishing. I own a couple of aluminum boats: a 1969 Monark 14′ and a 1992 Tracker TX 17. Both are great boats depending on how you want to use them. One quality that I look for in a boat is stability. To get this you will need to find a boat with either a thick hull material (which will add weight to the boat) or braces across the width of the boat. The Monark boat I have is made of .070 hull material which makes it very strong and stable, but very heavy for such a small boat. My Tracker is made of much thinner hull material, but has many cross braces and decks which help provide stability. Another thing I like in a boat is a built-in livewell. My Monark does not have one, so I have to carry a 48 quart cooler with me and keep fresh water in it.Bass Tracker pro team It makes for a little trouble and a lot of inconvenience while you are trying to fish. Another thing I really like is a foot controlled trolling motor. Again, my Monark does not have this. I might put one on it in a year or so, but if I bought a boat to replace it I would demand a foot controlled trolling motor. The convenience it provides while fishing is wonderful, especially in windy conditions. My Monark is a jonboat… it does not have raised decks, electric start motor, or good electronics. These are all desirable if you are wanting a bigger boat for major lakes or rivers. As for name brands, I have fished from Tracker, Monark, Lowe, and Alumicraft.Bass Tracker pro team My favorite hull is the Monark because it is so heavy and stable. As for the packages that come with the boats, Lowe offers good packages on their boats. Tracker is OK, but things like power tilt and trim will cost you extra… they are standard on the Lowe’s with a 40 HP or bigger motor. One other piece of advise… be sure you get a big enough outboard. My Tracker has a 40 HP motor, and it will run about 25 MPH empty. I got to use a Tracker (18′) with a 75 HP this summer, and it was wonderful. The motor had plenty of power to plane the boat and still run at about 50 MPH. You might not want to run this fast, but having enough motor and running it slower is better for the motor than running it wide open all the time. Hope this helps. Good

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Mr. Gattis had some good advice in his post. I own a 17ft. Grumman (I think they are the same as a Lowe) and we really love it. One feature that helps is the width of the boat, with a 74″ beam. This gives a good sized casting deck fore and aft. I have a foot-controlled trolling motor which I also couldn’t live without. 50 HP Johnson comes out of the hole quickly. I find the auto trim/tilt to not be as useful in this aluminum boat, as it is so light in the bow. If I am weighted in the bow – such as with camping gear – then I can plane it out better. Otherwise, I tend to keep the motor down when running to avoid high bow and porpoising. I suggest you try to find a boat with a good sized beam. The extra width adds stability, and also adds so much more room it is amazing. With three dogs fishing with us, the extra room is a great feature.

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Help… Who makes the better aluminum bass boat?

Have had a Sea Nymph, friends with Bass Tracker, Fisher, Ranger, Alumaweld, Lowe, and Alumacraft. For the money, I think the Alumacraft is the best equiped and best aluminum bass boat available. Look at the “Bandit” model. If it’s too much, the next size down is a good all around boat. If money is no object, check out the Fisher. Great boat but definately more $$. Forget the Bass Tracker. Every one I’ve seen has trouble with leaks and cracks after 2 years.

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Xpress, made by AlumaWeld .  I have and 18′-3″  tournament ready rigged with a 115 oil-injected Yamaha.  Best all-round boat I have ever owned.  I fish two national women’s circuits with this boat.  It takes rough water real well, is going on gasoline, oil and is a very safe boat. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Help… Who makes the better aluminum bass boat? Additional comments welcome. Thanks, Scott

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| | | Help… | | Who makes the better aluminum bass boat? | |Have had a Sea Nymph, friends with Bass Tracker, Fisher, Ranger, Alumaweld, |Lowe, and Alumacraft. For the money, I think the Alumacraft is the best |equiped and best aluminum bass boat available. Look at the “Bandit” model. |If it’s too much, the next size down is a good all around boat. If money is |no object, check out the Fisher. Great boat but definately more $$. Forget |the Bass Tracker. Every one I’ve seen has trouble with leaks and cracks |after 2 years. Have owned three trackers (so I do like the boats), but all did develop leaks, although minor around the rivets.   I found that an automatic bilge pump that would cycle on about every four hours of fishing or so, gave me peace of mind….. Tony Elrod 770.569.9486 770.663-4064 (fax) http://www.flash.net/~telrod/

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I’ve been running a Monark 16′ since 1981. It has a  .72 guage aluminum hull and after all the use and sometimes even abuse in both fresh and salt water it is still water tight. BE SURE TO GET A BOAT THAT IS SUITED FOR THE WATER YOU PLAN TO FISH!!!! . I fish mostly in the La. swamps and marshes – thus have a shalow draft with little freeboard. The boat is powered by a 40HP Johnson and runs about 28 – 32 MPH. There may well be better boats out there, but I am well pleased with this one.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – | | | Help… | | Who makes the better aluminum bass boat? | |Have had a Sea Nymph, friends with Bass Tracker, Fisher, Ranger, Alumaweld, |Lowe, and Alumacraft. For the money, I think the Alumacraft is the best |equiped and best aluminum bass boat available. Look at the “Bandit” model. |If it’s too much, the next size down is a good all around boat. If money is |no object, check out the Fisher. Great boat but definately more $$. Forget |the Bass Tracker. Every one I’ve seen has trouble with leaks and cracks |after 2 years. Have owned three trackers (so I do like the boats), but all did develop leaks, although minor around the rivets.   I found that an automatic bilge pump that would cycle on about every four hours of fishing or so, gave me peace of mind…..

Funny, I’ve owned a Tracker Pro17 for 7 years now, and can’t find a leak on it. Should I write the company and ask them why I didn’t recieve any leaks with my boat, I feel cheated.

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Funny, I’ve owned a Tracker Pro17 for 7 years now, and can’t find a leak on it. Should I write the company and ask them why I didn’t recieve any leaks with my boat, I feel cheated.

Did you buy your boat at sale price.Sometimes sale prices don’t include all the options

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Help… Who makes the better aluminum bass boat? Have had a Sea Nymph, friends with Bass Tracker, Fisher, Ranger, Alumaweld, Lowe, and Alumacraft. For the money, I think the Alumacraft is the best equiped and best aluminum bass boat available. Look at the “Bandit” model. If it’s too much, the next size down is a good all around boat. If money is no object, check out the Fisher. Great boat but definately more $$. Forget the Bass Tracker. Every one I’ve seen has trouble with leaks and cracks after 2 years.

I owned a BassTracker for 4 years, not the same one mind you. During that four years the boat was replaced 3 times due to popped rivots and broken welds. I must say that Tracker does have a great warranty though. Each boat had the same problem of popping rivots in the same place (passenger side, where front of bench seats meet the side and on the bow where side and bottom were welded together). Was afraid the last boat would break too so traded the 4th boat in on a 17′6″ Fiberglass Stratos. That was the best move I could have made!!      Would suggest any other boat that is welded and wish them better luck than my experience. -Tom This article was posted from <A HREF=”http://www.slurp.net/”Slurp Net</A.

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Forget<BR the Bass Tracker. Every one I’ve seen has trouble with leaks and cracks<BR after 2 years.

I’ve never had a problem with this.  Anyway, isn’t the hull warranteed for six or seven years? Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.

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Xpress, made by AlumaWeld

I second this vote whole-heartedly.  Have owned an XPress 18-3 with the 115 for 3 years now and find it by far the best boat I’ve run.  Previously had Alumacraft, SeaNymph and HydraSport (glass).  The Champion and Ranger are too pricey for me, but I’ve fished many tournaments out of them.  They’re nice rigs, but don’t compare to the XPress for the way I fish.  That’s the key–how do you want to fish?

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