| Looking around on the web for an aluminum | | | | the Tracker Pro Angler V-16. The Tracker |
| fishing boat? You'll soon enough find out there are | | | | features large lockable rod storage that holds up |
| a number of different ways to go, depending on | | | | to 7'6" rods, divided aerated livewell with Flow-Rite |
| your needs and budget...Are you looking for | | | | aeration, a deluxe console with a simulated |
| something very straightforward and | | | | burlwood switch panel and more.On the Tracker |
| uncomplicated you can quickly fit on your pickup? | | | | there's always plenty of room for tackle, people |
| Or maybe you want something more | | | | and gear. Even an amateur would know that this |
| sophisticated you can use for both tournament | | | | was a great aluminum fishing boat after only one |
| fishing and recreational fishing?Another option - if | | | | ride!Then there's the Ranger Cherokee 217, which |
| money isn't your biggest concern - could be to | | | | is known for an extremely wide front casting |
| look into a custom built boat with everything just | | | | deck. It also features an extension-deck option to |
| the way you want!You will probably know why | | | | make it even bigger. (Note: Unfortunately Ranger |
| you're looking for an aluminum fishing boat as | | | | stopped making them, but if you can find one, |
| opposed to a fiberglass or steel boat, but lightness | | | | rest assured it's a solid boat. Crestliner's boats can |
| (greater performance or fuel savings) and | | | | now offer a similar quality in a bass boat).You |
| strength (around 35,000 pounds per square inch | | | | may also want to look at unique boats like those |
| (psi) will deform it as opposed to 30,000 psi for | | | | of Design Concepts. Their aluminum fishing boats |
| mild steel) are probably the greatest | | | | are crafted with a revolutionary hull configuration |
| advantages.Price also come into play as many an | | | | called Drop-Keel. Instead of being flat on the |
| aluminum fishing boat owner have reported | | | | bottom like other boats, Design Concepts boats |
| looking around for similar fiberglass boats and | | | | are engineered to drop just below the water line |
| being put off by the prices.In addition it is not only | | | | before turning upward at the bow. This feature |
| the purchase price, but also the maintenance | | | | keeps the cutting edge of your boat in the water |
| costs afterwards which one need to take into | | | | at all times.Design Concepts also offer a "true |
| account.Aluminum is practically maintenance-free. | | | | lifetime warranty": even if you sell your boat, the |
| If left unpainted aluminum will form a supertight | | | | warranty stays with it, ensuring you the highest |
| layer of aluminum oxide on its surface and then | | | | value retention of any boat you can buy.How |
| will stay that way indefinitely.What else is great | | | | about a custom-built aluminum fishing boat? As an |
| about owning an aluminum fishing boat? Aluminum | | | | example, King Salmon Marine lets you choose |
| is fireproof and non-toxic; it is natural, and the | | | | many details like the position of the console, |
| most abundant metal in the earth's crust. It is | | | | overall length and hight, bottom width and |
| easily repairable, and a great advantage for boats: | | | | thickness - even the type of aluminum alloy!For |
| aluminum won't absorb water!What about price? | | | | more information visit |
| Well, you can start looking at something that was | | | | Theron of has written many fishing related |
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| like a Meyers Explorer 12 Jon Boat. This one goes | | | | full-time on the Web. Copyright of this article: |
| for only a few hundred dollars!Then you can | | | | Neels Theron. To republish this article please leave |
| move up to something much more advanced like | | | | the links and resource box intact! |