Boat Recommendations

[admin911]

I guide and fish out of a 18' lund. I have a 90 4 stroke merc and wish I would have gone with the 115. I feel you should always max every thing your boat can handle. I'm on my third trolling motor. I recently put a 101 terova on my boat and couldn't be happier. If you max every thing out you will never be left wishing you had more power when you need it.

As far as aluminum. I regret not going with fiberglass. Don't get me wrong I love my boat but afer running my buddies ranger for a week I realized how much easier boat control is with a glass boat. My next boat will be glass.

Hope that helped a little. Good luck.

Thanks Pete!

[Captain Doug Kloet]

I guide mostly in S.E. Wisconsin but have spent a lot of time in the Eagle River area. I have a 2000 Ranger 681 Fisherman with a 135hp Mecury Optimax. When I first bought this boat I fished Eagle River most of the time. I know you said that you wanted aluminum but consider this boat if you can find one. The nice thing about this boat is that it is almost 18 feet long and holds well in the wind when trying to hold on a spot vs aluminum that blows around a lot more in the wind. It is also a very stable boat in waves.