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| I saw two of them yesterday at Crystal Pierz in Rice Lake. I have a friend with a 620 that wants to downsize and I stopped on his behalf.
Nice looking boats, they appear to be built on the Reatta hull. Reatta's have had pretty good reveiws and from the one's I've seen on the water perform nicely.
They come rigged with the standard Ranger features. (Included in sale price) Minn-Kota Maxxum or Power Drive trolling motor, cover for trailering or storage, spare tire for trailer, basic lcd sonars at the consol and on the bow.
Rod storage and other storage looks nice.
Price without adding kicker is as stated earlier 1760's are around $27k depending on motor brand and the 1860 is just a little higher than that.
For most people upgrading the sonar would be about the only thing that should add extra cost unless you wanted a kicker. But unless you troll A LOT it's not necessary with today's motors.
Compared to the 600 series... For most recreational fisherman I suspect the Angler series will be a good fit. Nice storage, ample room on the floor, nice livewell for suckers, walleyes, panfish, and a price that is much more reachable for most of us. The 600 series are at least $14,000 higher than the angler series.
One other feature I noticed on both Angler models that is very user friendly to us musky anglers. The pedistal bases on the rear deck are "offset". Instead of putting just one in the middle, they have two of them offset. This will allow the angler to comfortably fish leaning/sitting and still be able to complete your cast ( 8 or L turn) without having to get up every time. This is something that I have modified on all of my boats, finally, it's nice to see a manufacturer that does this from the factory.
For the money, this will be a hard boat to beat. Ranger features/quality/value and a very nice layout on a working-man's budget. Suspect they will be selling quite a few of these. | |
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