Aluminum or Fiberglass?

[wtucker]

I have an avatar with my name that shows me holding a 65 lb. blue I caught while bass fishing below the falls of the Ohio. I was fishing out of my Fisher Marsh Hawk 180 with a 90 Merc on it. I never felt anything but safe in that boat. I traded during Christmas to a 2004 Polar Kraft HP180 with a 150 Yamaha on it. It too is aluminum. I've had fiberglass from Bass Cat to Skeeter up to 20 feet long. The biggest difference you will see is in the wind. Aluminum doesn't draft as much water and can get blown around. The upside is they are very responsive to a trolling motor. I bought another aluminum and don't regret my decision. The one piece of advice I can give you is to make sure it has ample power for what you are doing with it.

[onemorecast56]

Hey Tiger, you got a great boat there in that Polar Kraft. The river is coming down. So when you going to let me take you out in my Ranger I bought. I want to try it out. I want to take you this time.....

Hey Apex...I still got that Stratos! We can make a deal,,,got it running good.

Doug

[lov2fish]

I sold my 20.5ft. Stratos and bought a 16.5ft. PolarKraft and set it up for a jet motor just for river fishing. I don't regret one minute of it and don't miss my big boat @ all with the exception of storage space. Other than that I can go anywhere in this boat as I did in my bigger boat.



Ray Rigby

[apextrail]

Hey Tiger, you got a great boat there in that Polar Kraft. The river is coming down. So when you going to let me take you out in my Ranger I bought. I want to try it out. I want to take you this time.....

Hey Apex...I still got that Stratos! We can make a deal,,,got it running good.

Doug

Hey Doug. I still have not bought anything. If you get a chance call me. I have been out of state allot since the first of the year. Should be settled back at home for the rest of the summer.

[wtucker]

Hey Tiger, you got a great boat there in that Polar Kraft. The river is coming down. So when you going to let me take you out in my Ranger I bought. I want to try it out. I want to take you this time.....

Hey Apex...I still got that Stratos! We can make a deal,,,got it running good.

Doug

I see the river is on the way up again. The fish are going to rock when it hits the magic numbers. How is that Ranger running?