Boat Friends, Help on buying

What do you plan to use it for?

Assuming just light bass and panfish in protected freshwater bodies of water, its a good boat. Could do some light marsh fishing for reds and specks. I had a deep V tracker 17 a long time ago and it was just too small to use in an open bay if it got choppy at all. But I used to fish it in Lafitte area a lot for reds.

Motor is good and new. Trailer is in good shape but is not aluminum and just need to watch for rust. Boat is simple welded aluminum and not riveted which is good. If not too expensive it would be an easy no fuss small fishing boat suitable for 2 adults comfortably maybe 2 adults and a child or two.

That's a nice rig, will run about 35-40. However I wouldnt own a boat with carpet or a freshwater trolling motor, that's just my opinion. With that boat you can fish just about anywhere inshore. I have the same size haul in a center console and fished everywhere from Bell Pass to the spillway.

I bought a new 175 with a 60hp four stroke in 2012. Very nice fully loaded with some good electronics. Great boat great on gas. I could get it up to about 38mph but usually ran it about 32mph. Took some getting use to as I had always had big bass boats with 175hp motors but as I got older I needed something easier to handle. I really liked this boat. I worked part time at Bass Pro so I got about a $2000 discount I think my final price was about $14500.

Probably not quite 40 mph w/ fishing load, but that's a perfect rig for the Spillway/marsh.

I have a much bigger boat that I bought when I was doing a lot of tournament fishing. Every trip to the spillway or Verret/marsh areas (where I do 99 % of my fishing) I see bateaux like the one the OP is looking at everywhere I go (they just get there a little slower).

Just stay off of Lake Verret and any big bays in the marsh when the winds are strong. Everywhere else it will do great.

Depends on what you want to do.

Great spillway, oxbow lakes, Okissha, and light marsh boat. Inshore marshes in canals and light winds catfish lake, etc it is fine.

You can fish some evening or weekend tournaments if you are into that.

Eventually you may sell the trolling motor and upgrade once you find you what you like.

Looks to be in decent shape still got to check it out. Price is not that bad if the boat in decent shape.

They sell trackers so ask and get in writing if the warranty is transferable.

I have a 2019 Tracker and it has been sitting at the shop waiting to go back to the factory for paint chipping. Tracker kind of the it is what it is. Lower end of the aluminum boats but works. Service wise it takes time on welds or paint. Atleast they are taking care of it though.