NOLA Boat Show reports?

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How's the aluminum bass boat selection?

I heard it was a waste. Not a lot of variety. Zero surface drive boats, kayaks, etc. Just a lot of sticker shock boats.

That's because the majority of people that attend don't go there looking for kayaks or surface drives.. And I believe Cottonmouth Boats is there, so that at least one surface drive boat dealer that is there.

It was cool, the 43' Everglades with 4 350s was dreamy.

They had some high prices but a few deals were reasonable.
If you like bay boats, it's a good visit.

I went last night to look at trolling motors....no trolling motors.


Overall it pretty much sucked. There were some nice Blackjacks and a very nice 45' Everglades

Just came back really enjoyed looking at the bay boats. Kinda picking out what we want in our perfect fishing setup. Honestly I was always a fan of the 24 foot bay boat but after looking.. for fifteen thousand cheaper I think the 22 gives you just as fishable of a boat and setup almost exactly the same.

Boat show winner for me was the 2200 purebay followed closely by the 22 foot nauticstar. Surprise contender was the 22 for sportsman.

My ranking was mostly decided off of fishing deck platforms configurations, storage and center console configurations.

Went yesterday kicking tires on a potential next boat. Having gone to this show for a long time but haven't been last few years, it's still by far the best way to get hands on about every major brand of bay boat around. No not the boutique builders but most that you see on the water. Wall to wall boats and vendors

Leaning toward Sportsman after spending a lot of time crawling around in them. Have had two Nautic Stars and don't have a lot to complain about but Sportsman is using better hardware on the hatches and has some other nice access and storage features that NS has still not improved.

In any case, if you're in the market, it's worth going to see them all in one place.

I was there yesterday afternoon. I thought there were not a lot of people there from what I remembered. Last time I went was 9-10 years ago.

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I liked the Epics also

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