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Question:
Looking for suggestions / recommendations
/ comments about those small plastic
boats I've seen. You can put a gas
motor and trolling motor on them.
Some come rigged for electronics and
have live wells.
Answer:
I have the 11.3 and it's a great little boat. Far better than a
Jon boat as it is 53" wide and a very stable fishing platform. Although rated for a 15hp, it runs best with a 9.9 (about 18mph). I used it a lot here in FL in the spring as water was so low that it was the only thing that you could get in the water in most places. If you need any more info, email me and I'll be glad to help. BTW mine is for sale now if you're interested.
I live in the Central Florida area.
For those who have read this 100 times, I apologize; I fish on a 25 acre pond/lake. I've fished the place for 3 years now. The first 2 I had a Pond Prowler from BPS. I kept is outside at the lake. I stored it face up because
I got tired of the anxiety of turning over a perfect nesting area for a snake/skunk/hornet. I loved it the first year. It has an incredibly shallow draft. The second year, my buddy, Rat, started fishing with me. Between the 2 of us, we add up to about 500 pounds of good living. The boat, not surprisingly, rested quite a bit lower in the water. This could be problematic with wake or wind.
Also, the boat has the directional stability of a drunken housewife. I bought a rudder, which I still have and am looking to sell ($25), to put on the back and that did wonders for the drunken housewife syndrome. The rudder also works with jonboats.
At the end of two years, the hull was pretty much full of water. Although the problem could have been fixed, I was looking for an excuse to buy an aluminum boat. I called BPS and they told me the boats were not meant to be stored outside. (?!) Nevertheless, the gave me $200 back on the boat. (Cabela's would have refunded the entire amount. I don't mean to suggest they should, but, right, wrong, or indifferent, they do. It's a competitive thing, I'm sure.)
I am now the proud owner of a 14 ft Alumacraft V bottom. I love it. A jonboat may be more stable, but a V was what I *wanted*, so a V was what I bought.
I would never even consider a plastic boat again.
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