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| I have been looking at buying another boat and I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for a nice musky boat. I am looking for something reasonably priced as my budget is about 5,000$ I was looking at buying something in the spring figured I should start looking now so any suggestions will be apprciated!! |
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Location: Appleton | Depends on where you plan on fishing. I have a Tuffy Esox I fixed up for northern WI. Works great for 250 to 500 acre lakes. I wouldn't want it on big water and it wasn't designed for that use. You can normally find a bunch of them for sale and almost all are in that price range or well under. |
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| I have been looking at the boat classifieds and have found a couple of options princecraft or tuffy I have been looking at both |
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Location: Dane Country | Tuffy. I think about letting my go for around 7k.All i have left is rewiring this winter and setting up the giant trolling motor on it. You can see pictures in the forum (1987 Tuffy Muskie Rampage) |
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| Look for an older Tuffy. Great boat for fishing any kind of species. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i agree with the tuffy esox or a magnum if you can find one although there you may acquire a project. a worthwhile project tho. i've fished out of big boats, but for the money the biggest fishing platform and among the best for muskies is the esox magnum. it will fish in bigger water than most think ... i'm not saying leech, mille lacs, lotw or eagle when they really get up and rolling, but i brought mine to eagle and fished safely and in some tough stuff.
as previously stated ... define the water you want to fish and understand there might be limits. i know if i were limited on cash again i'd be looking hard for an esox mag. it's also a great stepping stone to upgrade down the line because it's a highly desired boat in the used market. |
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| I will be fishing mostly smaller lake some of the bigger would be the Fox Chain and Shelbyville mostly fishing illinois waters with some trips up north in wisconsin but one again smaller water |
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Location: Dane Country | I truly believe a Tuffy or Ranger is your best bet. Both are great boats, offer great options and have excellent resale value. |
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Location: Madison, WI | In that price range, you will not find a better boat than a tuffy esox mag. Its the biggest little boat you can get and like others have said, the resale is great! good luck! |
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Location: NW WI | Esox Mag hands down |
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| If you have never been in a esox mag let me know i fish the chain every sun and monday |
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Location: MN | Another excellent platform is the Ranger 680t. They typically sell around your budget. |
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| Is the Tuffy esox mag good for casting and trolling? |
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| sold a Lund rebel last fall, picked up a older Mag over the winter. best move I made. very stable, trolls well. easy to tow. |
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Boat suggestions?