To me, a crappie boat is an ambiguous term. Lots of different boats used to catch crappie. Methods, type of water fished, no. of people normally aboard, all determines what will work for you.
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I'm looking at a boat purchase in the next year or so, and am starting to look at the different types of boats: bass boat, deep V, etc. I'm wondering about crappie boats. What features make a crappie boat a crappie boat? I've seen some that allow spider rigging, otherwise it seems like they are designed to get tight into cover - am I right? Is that the main difference?
Thanks.
To me, a crappie boat is an ambiguous term. Lots of different boats used to catch crappie. Methods, type of water fished, no. of people normally aboard, all determines what will work for you.
And welcome to the board.
It's more about the accessories and how you set up the boat for how you will use.
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I to think it depends on how you like to fish. For me I want a boat that I can easily put two seats up front and have plenty of stability and room. I also like having front livewells for fishing two up front. I love the ride and wind bucking ability of a glass boat, but I also love the gas millage my lowe 180 gets. I also like to pull cranks with my trolling motor and feel like I get more time out of my batteries with a metal boat. Others might not care one bit about the things I just mentioned so it really comes down to what you want in a boat. If you go metal take a look at a Lowe stinger 180. They have a huge deck and ride very well for a metal boat.
The biggest difference between a bass boat and a crappie boat I see is
Crappie boats have fish in the livewell for dinner when ya get home.