Poor Guy Crappie Boat

[DockShootinJack]

Half the Motor, half the weight of a glass boat. Half the fuel used . Gas is expensive thses days

[BluegillHunter]

Will have to settle for a used, 48" wide, welded jon boat until I can do better.

Luckily, I have a good trailer, motor and Minn Kota foot-control to go with it.

I'm going fishing.... not racing anyway.

[TX Garage Guy]

True on all counts, but also a bugger to keep in place in the wind or going across the lake of the wind and white caps are up. Had a Pro V 17, great boat and was very light and easy to load and unload alone at the ramp.
The metal gets hot in the sun so watch where you sit.
Now have a 21 ranger, she's a beast and weighs a ton and guzzles gas like crazy.... But she's 23 yrs old, she's not the prettiest on the lake, but she's paid for and we love her!
Hope you find the boat the meets your needs.

Half the Motor, half the weight of a glass boat. Half the fuel used . Gas is expensive thses days

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[DockShootinJack]

True on all counts, but also a bugger to keep in place in the wind or going across the lake of the wind and white caps are up. Had a Pro V 17, great boat and was very light and easy to load and unload alone at the ramp.
The metal gets hot in the sun so watch where you sit.
Now have a 21 ranger, she's a beast and weighs a ton and guzzles gas like crazy.... But she's 23 yrs old, she's not the prettiest on the lake, but she's paid for and we love her!
Hope you find the boat the meets your needs.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

1995 18.5 foot Stratos Dual console 150 Johnson. Brings to mind of riding in an Cadillac.

[dead minner]

I chose a used (2015) Tracker 175 TF for my new crappie boat after I looked at all options. Spent the 10 grand I saved on latest, greatest, electronics and Millinium rod holders all the way around. Works for me.

[DockShootinJack]

I chose a used (2015) Tracker 175 TF for my new crappie boat after I looked at all options. Spent the 10 grand I saved on latest, greatest, electronics and Millinium rod holders all the way around. Works for me.

Will work great

[Atimm693]

Caught lots of crappie out of an old 14' Alumacraft semi-v. Boat, motor, trailer cost me $600. Was a good rig for fishing solo, and not bad on big lakes unless the wind was up. That boat would handle just about anything if you knew how to drive it, and it was a rocket with an old 25hp Johnson that I found on FB marketplace for $200.

There are loads of old tin boats out there for not much money. Cheap to buy and run.

JMO, a good crappie boat is one that floats and is affordable to you. The boat doesn't catch 'em, after all.

[scrat]

My boat is a 1991 tracker pro 16 with a 25hp johnson and I don't have any problems with fishing out of it. Friends say that I probably have had more fish thrown in it than a lot of those 50 to 60 thousand boats with 200 or 300hp motors on them. I also have a friend with a tracker pro 17 with a 30hp mercury 4 stroke that sips very little gas that catches crappie all the time. I will say buy what you can afford then save your money up and buy the biggest best sonar you can get. Millennium boat seats would be nice also and your back and back end will thank you.

[DockShootinJack]

The boat I miss the most was a 64 model 14 foot tri hull Crosby Sled with a 25 hp tiller steer Yamaha. Small little open fishing boat with two bench seats.

[BluegillHunter]

Even old Tracker's such as a Pro 17 are around $4000.... the price keeps going up.