What is special about a crappie boat?

[Dongotto]

Technically speaking the Lowe 180 is no longer on the market anyway. The Stinger 175 though is pretty much an 18-60 boat. A good buddy of mine has one and it is very nice. It has the recessed front deck with livewell, 3 across seating, and at times the rednecks and their discussions:D. I've got an Excel 860 Crappie that I really like. The .125 hull was one factor that set the Excel apart IMO. There are a lot of good prerigs out there. It's just a matter of price and personal preference if you ask me.

Yes, good point. If I were buying another one and I would I would look on the used market. My 180 is a 2006 and after reading this thread and looking at my boat I have decided that lowe made this a crappie boat but didnt really market it that way. Two front livewells, 3 front seat spots, Bait well and dividers in in the rear livewell. I can easily seperate 5 different sets of fish with 2 in front and 3 divided spots in rear well. Also it is super wide up front and will fish two big guys around 300lbs side by side with plenty of room. I hadnt really thought about it before but after looking at the layout of the boat they must have been thinking more about the crappie fisherman than the bass even if it is not called a "crappie boat". I have also noticed that the seats on mine are a lot higher quality than my friends 2004, and the new 2008 I looked at a few years ago. So I either got lucky and bought a 2006 with upgraded seats or maybe they were all that way?

Good luck.

[kingkrappie]

NOT. A crappie boat has dual live wells, three across seating in the front along with two fat rednecks bragging about crankbaits, minners, poles, women, drinkin, well you get the picture.

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ok salesman, inaccurate right off the bat, 2 BIG livewells, 87' beam, set three across the front no problem, rides like a dream, floats at 55mph, and tough as nails, I've bounced mine off a million stumps, no problem. but splitshots right, now its a stinger, I've got nothing against an Express, got a buddy with a big white one, it looks nice, but just my opinion I'm not trying to sell anything, I just love my boat.

[BigRiverMarine]

ok salesman, inaccurate right off the bat, 2 BIG livewells, 87' beam, set three across the front no problem, rides like a dream, floats at 55mph, and tough as nails, I've bounced mine off a million stumps, no problem. but splitshots right, now its a stinger, I've got nothing against an Express, got a buddy with a big white one, it looks nice, but just my opinion I'm not trying to sell anything, I just love my boat.

I'm sure you got the fat redneck option also? Lmao. Wasn't talking about YOUR boat. I was talking about the Xpress with the dual livewell etc. I put the not there because everybody thinks THEIR boat is the best there is. No harm meant.

[kingkrappie]

Haha no prob, u know rednecks get sensitive about their boats, even us skinny rednecks!

[CrappieMasterboats]

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[barrelslime]

Don't know about this. Mine says it in writing on the sides. Crappie Jon.Rofl

To me a crappie jon is a place to take a dump..................

[Eager Beaver]

Don't know about this. Mine says it in writing on the sides. Crappie Jon.Rofl

You need to change the name to Crappie Tom, CP Rofl EB

[Kman]

I think to answer the original question that started this thread would be to say "what is special about a crappie boat" to YOU, may be different to ME, or the next guy. That depends on lots of things like they style of fishing you do or the type of water you cross to get there most often, or specific designs that you always wished someone would do.

Have any of you thought of a totally custom hull? Getting it the way YOU want it costs a bit more, but you are done with it.

[CrappieMasterboats]

A custom hull would be very expensive. The title "crappie boat" is just that. The crappie boats I deal with have a more comfortable , spacious, user friendly floor plan without the step in the center like the traditional bass boat has.