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| Any one have any input on these boats, quality, storage, rough water, dry ride? etc
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Location: one foot over the line | Lots of them around my neck of the woods, most are bare-bones jon-boats so that guys can strip them down for duck season. Have seen some walleye guys using the fishing models on the Mississippi. Very well built and can handle some heavy stuff. They did have an issue with the flotation foam sucking up water, but i believe that it has been addressed. Is there a particular model that you're looking at? |
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Location: Plymouth IA | My friend Billy has 18 ft deep v windshield model and it handles rough water very well. |
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| Which model are you looking at specifically? I have a 2009 168 SC with a 2012 90 Merc 4 stroke. This boat is quite a bit different than their longer deeper V models, so I don't know how much I'd be able to help without knowing what you are looking at getting.
I love mine, perfect size for the garage, tows easy with a Trailblazer. It has more than ample room for storage...fishes way bigger than any other 16 foot class aluminum boat I've been in. Its very noticable when loading the boat up with the brother in law, niece, and nephew for crappie trips. The cockpit is big enough for the little ones when they aren't fishing and deck space is enough to fish everyone at the same time too. To this point I have had no issues with quality or build of the boat. Did build a casting deck/bait box to fit between the console and port rod locker and can get 3 guys to cast comfortably as the back deck is decent sized and the shallow V inhibits side listing at rest.
The 168 is a shallow V and not the best for rough conditons on bigger water (thousand acres and up) but is awesome for smaller lakes/shallow ramps and manageable conditions on big waters. Gets on plane fast and can cruise on plane at a crawl, so it just sips gas on bigger runs and or during long weekends without having to worry about refilling. Their larger boats have a steeper deadrise and should handle water similar to a comparable size Lund, Crestliner, etc. Although with the shallow deadrise, the sucker really rips when needed, I've hit 45 on the gps myself and will do 43 fully musky loaded with another guy, though I normally just cruise at 30-32 though.
If you have more specific questions let me know, but I'm pretty limited to this boat. Had looked over the old 1910 SC similar to what Babe Winkleman fished out of and it looked solid, but never fished out of one. |
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