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Location: minocqua, wi. | i'd take an esox magnum over a ranger you could buy for $10k. if you go to the '94 and newer Ranger you may acquire it for close to that (a couple or few thousand more than $10k), but once you have it you will spend $5k before you scratch your head and wonder what happened.
for $10k you can find a rigged later model Esox Mag ... i had one and it's an absolutely fantastic boat and unless you are fishing Green Bay all the time it will fish for you. i took mine to Eagle and did just fine, that said i do prefer my 690 but there are days i miss the Esox Mag for how easy it is to pop around lake to lake.
the day i remember being most impressed by one was while standing in my Ranger 200C (basically a 620 with a center console top cap) right next to my buddy in his Esox Magnum. as i looked at his boat i remarked that it was bigger than my boat (fished bigger) an it's true. you could land an airplane on the deck of an Esox Mag. if it's fully powered it's like driving a race car too. fun #*^@ boat!
Edited by jonnysled 5/19/2015 2:03 PM
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