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Location: Kodiak, AK | I'm in the boat market. I'm buying Sled's boat mentioned above. On another forum I posed this question. (Eric is a member there as well.) And 99% of the replies were for glass boats. I emailed a couple of local guides on LSC, where I'm moving to, and will be using the boat, and I got back replies like, "you couldn't pay me enough have an aluminum boat on this lake."
The guys out here that run rivers have aluminum boats with jet drives. The guys that troll offshore have more glass boats. I think if you're going to be bouncing off stumps and log jams, aluminum may be a better choice. If waves and rough water are your opponents, I've gotta say glass....in my limited experience. A good point was made about looking at what the charters and guides use. These dudes make their living on the water and comfortable customers are their business.
Jeff |
