I'm looking to buy an aluminum boat, 12'-14', starter boat. I'm looking at craigslist and finding boats between 1500-2500, how do I determine quality? Do you guys have any recommendations?
14 foot with a 15-20 hp motor. I went 12 foot with a 10 hp for my starter boat. Wasn't happy. To small and under powered even for a starter on desert lakes IMO..
Yep save your money. 2500 is just going to get you a shit box that will ****ing sink in 3 footers......unless your fishing like Tempe Town Lake, or some shit like that
I fished out of my little 14' modified v jon boat for years on saguaro, canyon and apache:
I did a bunch of mods to that little boat building out the decks, installing a cooler, etc, etc. With the 25 yamaha on there "little jon" would just touch 30 mph, LOL. Now it just sits in the yard since I got a real bass boat
Thanks for all the advice everyone! Paulm you v hull jon boat is something I am looking for to be honest. That is what I grew up on in iowa. We have an old jon boat that was actually 60 in across believe it or not and you could stand on the edge and the boat wouldn't come close to tipping. I guess I'll keep looking on craigslist for the best deal...
I am going fishing tomorrow using my brother in laws ascend fs12t at canyon lake or Bartlett.
Well shit, you could pretty much tow anything with that.
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