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