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Center Console recommendations.....Want a boat, Help me out please...
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:29 pm
In a year or so i'll be buying. I want a center console (preferably Aluminum so i can bang it up, im rough with my shite), I'd like it at least 18 feet long. I'd also like it to be wide on the rear end so i can take it in 1-2 feet of water with no problem (do alot of redfishing in the flats). Don't want a redfish flat pushpole type boat bc i'll occasionally be taking it into lakes (pontch- causeway & twinspans) and occaisionally into the edge of bays (like black bay and larger lakes around delacroix like 4 horse)
Im ok with used as well.
So what would should i get?
Help a brother out. We've always had bassboats growing up so im new to this.
Im ok with used as well.
So what would should i get?
Help a brother out. We've always had bassboats growing up so im new to this.
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Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:30 pm to Ignignot
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In a year or so i'll be buying
Unless you have money in hand, don't start looking, it will eat you up...
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:34 pm to Ignignot
Wait til you are closer to buying. You will get tons of options and only set yourself up for disappointment when you look at boats that you want but aren't ready to buy.
This post was edited on 3/13/13 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:35 pm to wickowick
go 4 feet bigger than your original plan
also add at least an extra 100hp than originally planned
also add at least an extra 100hp than originally planned
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:35 pm to MoreOrLes
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go 4 feet bigger than your original plan also add at least an extra 100hp than originally planned
i hate youPosted on 3/13/13 at 3:37 pm to Ignignot
quote:
I want a center console (preferably Aluminum so i can bang it up, im rough with my shite),
Xpress or War Eagle
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:40 pm to Ignignot
just being honest 
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:40 pm to Ignignot
Get an express
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:40 pm to treble hook
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Xpress or War Eagle
Both of these have the ease and ability to go in 1.5 - 2 feet of water with no problem? even the larger 20 ft models?
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:44 pm to Ignignot
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Both of these have the ease and ability to go in 1.5 - 2 feet of water with no problem? even the larger 20 ft models?
Definitely. You may not be able to get up in 1.5 ft of water but you can run in that once you are up.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:45 pm to Ignignot
I had a 18' Express and my friend has one now. They are great boats but there is a big difference in the hulls between the 2. I had the X18 bay with the deeper V. He has the regular center console with a flatter bottom and it is much rougher. Mine rode really well. Wish I still had it.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:48 pm to Ignignot
Carolina skiff
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:53 pm to Ignignot
Just about any aluminum center console will get you in a foot n half of water with no problem.
Now at 18 ft long you gonna get beat to hell in rough water.
So yeah 4 ft longer is good advice.
Now at 18 ft long you gonna get beat to hell in rough water.
So yeah 4 ft longer is good advice.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:56 pm to Who Me
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Now at 18 ft long you gonna get beat to hell in rough water. So yeah 4 ft longer is good advice.
yeah, i say aluminum bc i put my shite through hell, and i know how much more the same boat is in fiberglass
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:01 pm to Ignignot
Nowadays a good aluminum center console cost just as much or more than some fiberglass boats.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:14 pm to lsu mike
lsu mike speaks the truth.
Express may be your best bet...I wanted one but had a hard time justifying the price increase when compared to similar fiberglass bay boats
Express may be your best bet...I wanted one but had a hard time justifying the price increase when compared to similar fiberglass bay boats
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:18 pm to Ignignot
G3 makes a really nice CC aluminum boat as well.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:33 pm to JAB528
quote:Eff that. Those things are rough as hell.
Carolina skiff
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:58 pm to Ignignot
Lake P will devour those aluminum hulls.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 5:00 pm to Ignignot
I have a 20 foot Sea ark and Love it, My buddy I fish with most of the time has the 22 express. I think my boat fishes better and his rides a little better. I dont think you can go wrong with either of these. If you go with the express you have to get the hyper lift hull for the smoother ride.
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