Small bass boat?

[tbone1993]

On 3/12/2016 at 8:19 PM, fishnkamp said:

Go to http://greensboro.craigslist.org/boa/5487181648.html.  Now there is a ready to fish 16 foot Tracker with a perfectly running 50 HP outboard.  Includes a good trolling motor and electronics. It looks clean and as it is a 16 footer with a console you should be able to enter some larger tournaments. It will not be a 60,000 dollar glitter sled but as a first rig should be fine.  Take a look at it.  I also saw a lower cost option here  http://greensboro.craigslist.org/boa/5468972175.html.  These type of boats are out there.  You just need to spend some time and look..  If you contact them ask to look at them, ride them, and then before purchasing it have the outboard checked out by a marine mechanic.  I always offer to fill their fuel tank and I always pay to have the outboard checked out (but only on a boat I am sure I want to buy).  Good Luck.

Did alright out of a tracker this past year. Perfect rig to get out and go fish. 90% of the time I pre-fished in college I was fishing out of the boat I was going to fish the tournament in. The console steering is a plus because then you can enter pretty much any tournament. 

[fishonfire]

I would also look at a 1448 or 1648 jon boat. The folks over at tinboats.net can help you to build it into a nice little bass rig that is light weight and set up to your specific needs. Personally for me i use a 1648 all welded boat. I keep mine very simple as far as layout and prefer having the motor set up for tiller but I use my boat for fishing and hunting.  Just make sure you get a boat big enough and wide enough to have a decent size front deck to stand on which is important for bass fishing.

[Team9nine]

Sounds like a customized jon boat or V-bottom is what you need. Here's the 1648 Lowe I customized with decks, storage, livewells, electronics, onboard charger, troll motor, etc. Ran it for 8 years.

-T9