Deep V Boats

[FryDog62]

I'm in the North and of the brands listed by the OP - my personal pick would be an Alumacraft Competitor 175 side console with the rear casting deck option.  Great boat, great layout, and choice of Yamaha or Suzuki motors you really can't go wrong.  

 

Up here, many refer to Crestliners as "Wetliners."  Decent quality boats but not known for a dry or smooth ride...   

 

Just my personal biases ~

[Further North]

Up here, many refer to Crestliners as "Wetliners."  Decent quality boats but not known for a dry or smooth ride...

I've heard that...but never experienced it...unless the weather is really awful...or the guy driving the boat didn't know what he was doing.

 

It's hard to get whet when only the last two feet of the hull is in the water.

[tiredbobmarley]

Being in Texas, I'm not sure why you are set on a deep V, unless it's going to be a family boat, like a F&S and you want the smoother ride to keep the wife happy.   Probably the reason the dealers don't carry them is because not very many people want to deal with them bass fishing.  Spring and Fall, you can be fishing pretty shallow water and I don't care how good you are, you are going to get hung close to the bank from time to time.  Deep V's are going to make it more difficult to get into real skinny water close to the bank to retrieve your lure.

 

If near the coast and fishing bays, the deep V will cause you problems there also.  Most back bay boats are flat bottoms or tunnel hulls just so they can deal with the shallow water better.

 

Now, if you are not a bass fisherman or don't fish the spring and fall shallow water bass, and don't have to deal with skinny water, and want to keep the wife happy with the ride, the Deep V is probably the way to do.

I'll be honest...I have an alumacraft v-haul (maybe not fully considered a deep v) but I get in skinny water all the time.  Yes it drafts slightly deeper than a flat bottom but ive had it in less than a foot of water with two of us on it and only got stuck a couple times.  If you think you'll get stuck in skinny water just open it up and plane across, haha. 

[Bob C]

I had a Javelin and really liked it. Thought it was time to try a deep V. I bought a Tracker Targa. Great boat but it just wasn't right for fishing all the small lakes. I sold it and went back to a bass boat. I think a guy really needs 3 boats. (good luck convincing the wife) That would cover most anything we want to do. It doesn't take much wind to push an aluminum deep V across the lake.

[Brent Christian]

smoker craft is a real good boat also

[Catch 22]

I have a1999  Lund 16-6 Pro V,50 hp Honda 4 stk used mainly in saltwater.I have been in some nasty rough water that was handled well by  this rig,but note knowing how to use a boat in the rough is all important. Iv`e been twelve miles out in the ocean with no fear .

I`m not to proud of one of the three floor panels that turned to mush, while the other two right next to it are fine??

 

Iv`e owned the boat for ten yrs now. I don`t buy boats as an investment ,I buy to use them.

Zero leaks because of the rivet system Lund uses.

Love the rig, would buy again

 

C22