Boat advice needed

[bobothewizard]

So I currently have a 2013 crestliner storm 16 and the wife wants me to get rid of it to get something a little bigger where we can move around a bit more. I also troll for walleyes on a local lake with this boat and its just not big enough to move around in. I was thinking about getting a lund deep V boat but I was wondering if anyone is successful in spider rigging off these boats? I have a 18 inch driftmaster and it works great because the front deck is a raised platform like a bass boat, well it is a bass boat.

[satdoc1]

Ask Feelay , on the Miss board, about his 20'+ ranger center console. It is big enough for a party!

[Ranger R61]

I have been in a 19' center console and it was cramped or difficult to get from the back to the front. was not wide enough around the center console

[Cray]

Wizard, PM Creekslick on Arkansas board. He fishes out of a Vhull just don't know what size it is. He spider Riggs and pulls cranks. I think he also does some Walleye fishing out of it. He will shoot you straight.

[skiptomylu]

I have a 17' Lund Crappie Edition and it has a place for 2 seats side by side in front for just that, spider rigging although I do not spider rig my self. I do enjoy the amount of room in the boat for moving around. I did look at a 18' when I picked mine up and it sure looked bigger than just 1 foot difference. I have a friend that has a 21' Lund and that thing is huge! Personally I don't think you can get a better boat. I have had a 20' Skeeter Bass Boat and several other boats and for the kind of fishing I do now I don't think I could have a better boat!

just my 2 cents!

[smokercraft]

Triton 19xs with 225 merc pro xs has plenty of room and good on big water i had same problem as you the wife loves the 19xs she feels safer and likes the room to move around when we spider rig or pulling cranks

[bobothewizard]

Had a 19 foot triton back in 2004, wont ever go back to a fiberglass simply because the lakes I fish here in PA are just a little on the small side. Although I do miss the Potomac every now and then until I look at the gas prices at the pump Thanks for the advice guys its appreciated. And why does my enter key not work on this board lol...

[flyboy2610]

You're wife WANTS you to get a bigger boat??!! What a woman!

[jaxsprat]

you're wife wants you to get a bigger boat??!! What a woman!:handsclapping

x2 & X3 & X4

[bobothewizard]

You're wife WANTS you to get a bigger boat??!! What a woman!

Lol yeah. One of the things she likes to do is when I drag her out fishing at 5am in the morning she like to take a sleeping bag and fall asleep on the boat. This 16 foot crestliner storm is a nice boat, don't get me wrong, its just that there isn't enough room in it.

I have been giving some though to a Lund Rebel 1650, since they have a crappie front deck option, also something where I can move the seats to the back to troll for walleye but my big concern is using that T bar up front for crappies.

It just seems a little weird since the front deck on those boats are lower than what I am use to on a bass boat type front deck.