Best Aluminum Bass Boat??

[NHBull]

@Mbirdsley, I purchased  the boat for all the reasons you mentioned as well as having small grandchildren.  It is a great set up.  I have done many tournaments and get that "look", but at weigh in, it disappears?.

The downside for competition is that it is not as fast as bass boats, but that just changes how you prepare and the wind can push you around a little.  After a short time, you figure it out.  I also end up netting most fish as it a long reach to the water and 8 knees surgeries don't help.  Truth be told it has not held my bass fishing back at all and has made rainy cold days on the water far more enjoyable 

[Mbirdsley]

Yesterday day we fished out of my grandpa’s millentia.  We get to use it when ever We want. as he does not fish any more and bought it more for the marina/boat storage/boat repair placeS he owns.  So my brother brought it down from frankfort. 
 

seeme like the millentium sits lower in the water and has lower sides so it’s almost a bass boat with a deeper-v.  I also have a 2 year daughter that higher sides would be better for. The bow also isn’t so high in the air.  Like you guys said might just have to use a net more.

 

 After walleye fishing in it yesterday it has me leaning more that way than an actual bass boat. It only has a 70 hp merc but, it scoots.  

[gim]

Ask yourself this question: if you were a professional bass angler on tour and had to choose what would help you catch the most and biggest fish for a living, what rig would you select?  Your answer is the handful of fiberglass bass boats you see on tour with regularity.  There's a reason they use them and its to be the best they can be.

 

Obviously that has to be taken with a grain of salt because not all of us can afford to or even want to spend thousands of dollars on a souped up tournament rig.

[slonezp]

12 hours ago, Mbirdsley said:

Do you find any issueS bass fishing out of somthing like that?.  Only reason I ask is am looking to upgrade within a year.  I want to start doing bass tournaments.  However, I also only live 45 minutes from the Saginaw bay.  Home to millions of walleye.  I also could use it for salmon fishing in the fall.
 

I guss what negatives from your experience have you noticed bass fishing out of a deeper v higher sides boat like that.  Also pure bass boats are more expensive up here. Where as those lund type boats are a dime dozen 

Don't kid yourself, Lund is a premium boat and will run more than a dime a dozen. I fished bass tournaments for 8 years out of a 17ft deep v Mirrocraft. That boat lacked storage, but today's deep v's, especially Lund, are very well laid out for a tournament angler.

[Mbirdsley]

9 minutes ago, slonezp said:

Don't kid yourself, Lund is a premium boat and will run more than a dime a dozen. I fished bass tournaments for 8 years out of a 17ft deep v Mirrocraft. That boat lacked storage, but today's deep v's, especially Lund, are very well laid out for a tournament angler.

They are a dime a dozen and we deal with them all the time.  No where did I say they were not a good boat.  A boat is nothing but, a tool to catch fish. Nothing more nothing less 

[slonezp]

2 hours ago, Mbirdsley said:

They are a dime a dozen and we deal with them all the time.  No where did I say they were not a good boat.  A boat is nothing but, a tool to catch fish. Nothing more nothing less 

Miscommunication. You stated that bass boats are expensive and Lunds are a dime a dozen which I interpreted as Lund being low priced. Lunds are priced at a premium and well deserved. 

[J Francho]

5 hours ago, gimruis said:

Ask yourself this question: if you were a professional bass angler on tour and had to choose what would help you catch the most and biggest fish for a living, what rig would you select?  Your answer is the handful of fiberglass bass boats you see on tour with regularity.  There's a reason they use them and its to be the best they can be.

 

Obviously that has to be taken with a grain of salt because not all of us can afford to or even want to spend thousands of dollars on a souped up tournament rig.

I'd say the bodies of water commonly encountered would dictate what boat, along with sponsorship dollars, and maybe influence the design of that handful of boats.  If all tournaments were held on the Great Lakes and similar waters, those pros would be fishing out completely different boats.