Are you buying new or used?
I have had a tracker bass boat and a couple 17' aluminum Sea Nymphs v hulls. I think Lowe bought Sea Nymph. I considered the Sea Nymphs mid range quality boats. They were plenty good for what I did and I put them through the some gruesome tests. Once it got to almost white capping though I had to slow down to about 17mph and then 12 mpg in rough water because the boat would bang on the waves and it was limiting as to where I could go and when. I was always worried about damaging the boat by banging it on waves. Always.
I now have a 1600 Lund Pro Sport v hull. It has 24" sides floor to top of gunwale like the Sea Nymphs. I like the 24" height. It is good compromise between super high and low. The quality of "everything" from trailer chains, to the paint job, to the hull construction is far far better than the other boats mentioned above. It really kind of amazes me. I never worry (much) about damaging the Lund in rough water and I can go where and when I want.
This boat is a 2000 model. I assume they still make them this well?
The boat Kstonich mentioned here would be my ideal boat for striper fishing for lake Cumberland. I would think that it would take any kind of water you can throw at it within reason and you could striper fish 3 to 4 people out of it without tripping over each other.
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