|
|
Posts: 130
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI | Does anybody out there run one of these? If so what opinions do you have about them? ie: ride, room, fishability, etc.... Any info is appreciated.
Thanks! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 433
Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | Had one about when they first came out in 1979 and used it for 12 years. Great small water boat. Very stable for casting, ran nice with a 50HP, and could weather some serious water. Had it out in 5-7 footers on Lake Mich once, and survived. Weathered a few 50+ mile an hour blows too. But it is a wet boat, you will be in rain gear sometimes on sunny days in waves and wind. Great tracking for back trolling, great tracking for forward trolling, and you can row them to fish suckers too if you don't mind putting in some serious arm work. They are just a little scary in the bigger waves till you get used to seeing rivers of water running down the carpet from the nose to the bilge or coming over the transom back trolling into the big waves. You learn what they can do and adapt your fishing accordingly. I got rid of mine when I started fishing more on Lake Michigan and less inland stuff. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 906
Location: Warroad, Mn | Believe it or not I had a 1600 Ranger. I think I got it the first year they came out, and went through two 50 Hp Mercs with it.
Not a bad fishing boat, but not a great LOTWs boat, although at the time (30 years ago) I thought I was kicking a$$. I got wet lots of times, and eventually the center live well came loose from the floor and bounced all around the boat (it was screwed in). I think after around around five or six years the floor finely developed a big long crack along one of the stringers, from hitting too many waves. But I never sank! Even guided a little out of it.
This was my first true muskie boat, and I caught many-many muskie out of it.
I have many fond memories of a 1600 Ranger. If you are fishing smaller lakes, it's a very nice boat. Just the right height to do figure-8s and handle the fish. Pretty fast with a 50 Hp kicker. If you are fishing water like this, and the boat is in good shape I'll bet you'll like it.
Doug Johnson |
|
| |
|
Posts: 3150
| I still have one of these,,,,,they were the boat to have once upon a time
there are a couple of very annoying traits,,,,theres no inside storage for batterys they just lay on the floor and theres no built in gas tank you use the 7 gallon kind =2 ,,,plus 3 batterys on the floor 1 for the main motor 2 for a 24 volt trolling motor. this makes for a cramped rear 2/3s of the boat.
very stable, ride is decent but wet
I dont know that you cant get a 16-17 ft aluminum tiller boat with alot more modern storage design for the same price
watch the front wiring control pannel I dont think they were designed to handle the modern high power electronics mine would blow fairly often
Edited by happy hooker 2/10/2010 6:01 AM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 1249
Location: Walker, MN | *Old Thread*
Anyone else have thoughts on this boat? I bought a 1986 for very cheap and am planning on restoring it. T.I.A. for comments/advice. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 3870
| Whoops. Never mind, I had a 16' Lund. Didn't like it, 50hp motor was a giant pain the butt to lift (no power trim). That alone led me to sell it ASAP.
Edited by Ranger 10/8/2022 4:11 PM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 1762
| My old memory is failing me but wasn't Crestliner making hulls for Ranger back then? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 32892
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | They were building Lund glass then. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1762
| sworrall - 10/8/2022 8:19 PM
They were building Lund glass then.
I believe you are thinking of Larson. Crestliner never has had a glass boat have they? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 32892
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | You are right, Larson in Little Falls. Crestliner did have glass bats way back when. I'm pretty sure Ranger built their own from the beginning. I remember talking to Forrest at IMTEC in Chicago when they introduced them, direct competition to Tuffy, and several Tuffy staffers went with them. The move forced Tuffy to innovate and develop new models.
(fCrestliner_Boat__1800_Watertown_62d4cfe719e51.jpg)
Attachments
----------------
 fCrestliner_Boat__1800_Watertown_62d4cfe719e51.jpg (52KB - 231 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 110
| I can't tell if the picture is a crestliner angler. The crestliner angler was a fiberglass boat in the mid 1980's that many traded in their aluminum boats for. Exceptional ride for mid 1980's. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 32892
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yup, that's the model. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1762
| I guess I'm never to old to learn something. Thank you gents. |
|
| |
|
| As an older fisherman, have seen a lot of different boats, including a lot of older Larson boats but don't recall ever seeing a glass Crestliner. Maybe I have and didn't realize it. That an interesting piece of boating trivia. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 110
| Around the same time there was a fiberglass lund nisswa. The crestliner angler, tuffy rampage, ranger 1600, and lund nisswa were all glass boats available in tiller models. A lot of guys who ran aluminum boats decided that some of the glass boats has a better rough water ride and switched. |
|
| |
