Quote Originally Posted by Bonefish View Post
Do not buy a boat with rivets period.
I agree with this. Every bass tracker and similar aluminum bass boat with rivets I have ever owned or been on, will eventually leak. It is fixable - but sometimes costly and time consuming, but the leaks will happen to some degree eventually.

I would look for one of the early 2000 models - I think that is when they started making all-weld hulls. The pro-v will have a deeper hull than the the pro team. It will ride a little more smooth in rough water, but sits a little deeper. I had a pro team, and I loved it, I could get in some skinny water with it.

If I were fishing smaller lakes, there is no doubt in my mind I would still have an aluminum boat. The only reason I went to a bigger glass boat was because I moved to the KY lake area - and the aluminum gets blown around much more, and is a little less stable while fishing main lakes.