Reply With QuoteIf $$ and your not limited by the truth you have go glass you want be sorry. I've had both and if possible I'm going to have a glass boat. Lot smoother ride and way better in wind
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For myself, it came down to they type of water I usually fish. The three major lakes around me all have standing timber. I would be major concerned about damaging a fiberglass boat. Yes, you can damage aluminum too. I just don't get as concerned with tree branch scratches on my new TX 190. It goes with the territory. The larger aluminum bass boats, (18+ feet), can handle Kansas windy lakes very well
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If $$ and your not limited by the truth you have go glass you want be sorry. I've had both and if possible I'm going to have a glass boat. Lot smoother ride and way better in wind
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Tin for the win. Wood rots, even covered in glass. Aluminum doesn't rot in fresh water.
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Originally Posted by Locator79
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Keep in mind most new boats don't have much or any wood. They are built much better now days
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Your right...they're called Meadow Muffins!lol
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That was true at one time in older boat, but after 2000 boat makers started going all composite and no wood to rot. Mine is an ‘88 and had the transom redone, and is tougher now than when it was first made. The only concern I would have in any newer boat would be the years that Triton was bad about stress cracks in their transoms and I don’t know which years they were. Mine is a Bumble Bee and has a skinny nose on it and side by side would be tough. Definite trade offs between glass and metal.
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Most all of your fiberglass boat builders started switching over to 100% full composite hulls by the mid 90's. I have a 91 stratos that is wood encased in fiberglass on the transom, decks and floors. All still solid as the day it was built, well taken care of. I've owned tin and glass and for my everyday type fishing glass just suits me better. Not to say they're aren't any big aluminum boats being built now that will ride and fish better then my old fiberglass boat, but they ain't giving them away either. I will comment on the stump thing as well. I wouldn't hesitate to bump stumps in my glass hull one bit, wouldn't want to hit one on plane in either glass or tin. But fiberglass is as easy if not easier then repairing a hole in an aluminum hull.
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Well it seems to me that aluminum catches a lot of fish. That's my take away from watching Richard Gene videos!
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Heck for the price of a 188c you can get a Nitro Z17 or dang near a Z18.
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