I studied on this same question last year.
I wanted something I could fish for what ever was biting.
Bought a Grizzly 2072 and so far I'm pretty happy with the decision.
I particularly fast but it handles big waves well, I can get catfish bait all over it then just stop and power wash the whole inside on my way home
For me it will be a custom built aluminum center console 1856 tunnel hull with a 150 Yamaha SHO, dual hydraulic jackplates, a timber deck or pods, 8" cat walks, and a removable bowfishing deck. Probably built by WC out of East Texas or from Prodigy out of Georgia
I mainly duck hunt but also fish a lot of shallow back waters and stumpy lakes. My tournament partner already has a zx225 that we use for most of our tournaments so having an aluminum rig makes sense so we could use it for stumpy lakes without worry of tearing up his glass hull and the dual jackplates and tunnel hull allow me to get most of the benefits of having a surface drive but still be able to fish tournaments.
For me it will be a custom built aluminum center console 1856 tunnel hull with a 150 Yamaha SHO, dual hydraulic jackplates, a timber deck or pods, 8" cat walks, and a removable bowfishing deck. Probably built by WC out of East Texas or from Prodigy out of Georgia
I mainly duck hunt but also fish a lot of shallow back waters and stumpy lakes. My tournament partner already has a zx225 that we use for most of our tournaments so having an aluminum rig makes sense so we could use it for stumpy lakes without worry of tearing up his glass hull and the dual jackplates and tunnel hull allow me to get most of the benefits of having a surface drive but still be able to fish tournaments.
I bought a bare rig, 1860 aluma-kraft tunnel hull with sponsons and a 90 Yammer haw on it... I put an aluminum and stainless front deck with lights under the deck for bowfishing/floundering, Minn-kota riptide 80# 24 volt hand control troller... It has been a very versitile boat for me. inside the sides/floor is covered/textured aluminum (no exposed ribs). It does everything I want it to do and it will cruise in 10 inches of water and I can get it on top in not much more than a foot of water... Its only drawback is much like most boats of this design is it is rough riding in choppy water...
Since we went off on a tangent about the personal preference, I'd be tickled to be the owner of a Phoenix 921 Pro XP, Yamaha 250, 8' Blade PP's, dual Lowrance HDS 12's at console, Lowrance HDS 12 at bow. Photo of motor does not match motor of preference, but I wouldn't complain too much. I'm just much more familiar with Yamahas. [emoji14]
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