If you are fishing open water, I' say fiberglass... The ride in a glass boat is a lot better than aluminum when the wind picks up. Also, the wind doesn't blow the boat around as much... Both of these are due to the weigh of a glass boat.
Now that I have said that, I have a 2072 Sea Ark. It of course is aluminum and I love it. It is probably the heaviest aluminum boat of it's kind with .125 guage alum and double ribs from center forward... as stated before 4-stroke is a no brainer. I mainly fish rivers and intercoastal salt water, so shallow draft is important as well as size (high sides), the wind wasn't a big factor for me.
I have the perfect boat in my opinion, very versitile and not too expensive and the best thing is I can customize it to suit me, with it's open floor plan.
The only other boat I would have is a Kenner like D. Morris shows in the pic above. It was a toss up...
Last edited by stumpbumpers; 10-27-2006 at 06:09 PM.
This only my opinion, but nothing you can say will change my mind. That makes it a FACT.
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