saltwater-brackish/freshwater boat

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17-18 foot

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open bay

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not smart IMO

The reason I was leaning Aluminum is stumps and towing.

You are gonna have to make a decision which way you want to go if you are getting serious about it. There are some good aluminum boats out there. It's going to depend on what type of fishing you will be doing the most of.

If you fish inland marshes, freshwate, with the occasional crossing of big bays n lakes, I would go aluminum all day. If you are gonna be fishing open water mostly or in the gulf, an aluminum will beat you to death.

There are plenty of 17-19 ft glass boats that will give you a nice ride in chop and they are really not that much heavier than aluminum rigs once u start comparing the weights. Thing about glass is you got to baby it a bit more


Hope this helps.

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Biggest issues will be the wind pushs tin around compared to a heavy glass rig...and depending on the type of hull you get on a tin rig the ride could be a wet one.

But there are lot of plus's to owning a tin rig especially for the type of fishing you are looking at.

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This! also IMO you can get twice the boat for same money if you're willing to buy a used boat. Most people don't use their boats that much and when times get hard they unload the boat note before the truck or house.