Thread: What crappie boat would you buy?

For that kinda of coin I would buy a War Eagle 861 Predator...861 Predator - War Eagle Boats.

Friend just bought a new WarEagle Blackhawk 20 ft center console. That is a fishing machine. Handles rough water, shallow water. He crappie fishes and cat fishes out of it. Enough room on front to fish 3 side by side spider rigging.

Lots of ideas pop into my head.

I really like like the idea of a stick steer boat for certain times. A Royal stick steer would be the cadillac, a Gator would work too.

Since i I don't just crappie fish, something like the Stratos 1760DV would be in the running.

I really like the Tracker 175 TF that my buddy just bought. With vinyl floors (I'd want vinyl in whatever I got) and the double seating up front, it makes a nice crappie boat.

A Hyper lift Xpress would be sweet, as would a War Eagle predator. I really like center console boats, I'd have to research to pick one.

Talk to Bill Burnett at Big River Marine. He knows boats! All boats.

for 35K get a used Ranger Bay boat

Originally Posted by tncrappiebass

What is the best crappie boat to buy if you have a max of $35,000 cash to spend and why?

It all depends on the lakes you fish and the style or method of crappie fishing that you do.

Originally Posted by warhawk

Lots of ideas pop into my head.

I really like like the idea of a stick steer boat for certain times. A Royal stick steer would be the cadillac, a Gator would work too.

Since i I don't just crappie fish, something like the Stratos 1760DV would be in the running.

I really like the Tracker 175 TF that my buddy just bought. With vinyl floors (I'd want vinyl in whatever I got) and the double seating up front, it makes a nice crappie boat.

A Hyper lift Xpress would be sweet, as would a War Eagle predator. I really like center console boats, I'd have to research to pick one.

That is nice looking boat that may do what I wanted. I have two questions. One is does the big windshields get in your way with the long spider rig rods? What do you do with the long rods? I fish with 14' rods. Second question is how does it handle waves? Not Lake Erie waves. Just waves that come from say 15mph winds for example? Seems like a very light fiberglass boat and that gives both pros and cons. I would like for ease of pulling and less gas. It would also easily fit in my garage. Not sure about how it would take the wind and waves being that light and short. I also like it because it is cheap enough that I could put a lot of bells and whistles on it too.

Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by Dutch

For that kinda of coin I would buy a War Eagle 861 Predator...861 Predator - War Eagle Boats.

Can you get two seats up front on the 861 boat?