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Randy discusses the difference between a fiberglass and an aluminum bass boat…#bassboats #angling #bassfishing #bass #fish #fishinglife

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  1. Good for you Randy, all I have to say my experience I have caught bigger fish in aluminum. I’m fishing in bass pros anniversary boat. I change the trolling motor to 24 volt. I use the out board off and on the trailer. Very little use moving around. Last year was 12 gallons of fuel. I don’t fish tournaments anymore but I fish Clearlake and the ca delta. It works for me. Good luck!

  2. nitro Z18 pro w/ mercury pro sx 150. All the features of the $100k boats at half the price, 40 g livewell,, 40g fuel tank, all the storage you'd 3ver need – I have 20 rods in the boat with room for more. Aluminum just doesn't compare

  3. Randy, I agree with your advantages.
    But here's some what I consider important disadvantages.
    Most don't have dry storage. If it rains, everything will get wet.
    A lot less lockable storage.
    You can't mount a through hull transducer. It can be really hard to get a good depth reading at speed with an externally mounted transducer. I don't care what you do.

  4. Tried aluminum in 2021 for all of the reasons you mentioned. 19"10" 150 ProXS. Loved the boat, great fuel economy, much cheaper, awesome in shallow water or deep with spot lock, the boat fished better than any of my glass boats, until it busted on Sam Rayburn. Back to glass but I did love my aluminum.

  5. Ranger makes some good aluminum rigs. The one problem I have found is the “One Piece Livewell lid”. When the livewell is opened, both the pro’s and co-anglers livewells are exposed. A feisty spotted bass can leap from one side to another. A bass can completely leap out of the boat. A pro is busy up front fishing, and a co angler can accidentally swap bass, or cause a pro to loose his fish. A simple couple hundred dollar modification with “Two Separate lids” at the Ranger factory can fix this issue.

  6. Welcome to regular guy life. No boat sponsor have to pay for your rig. Ive deployed 4 times to get what i wanted and paid cash for my truck and boat. Its a tough life bein a regular joe blow fisherman but you will make it.

  7. I can count how many aluminum rigs you have ran maybe one. I have seen glass boats with holes through a charger boat and Gambler and they finished the tournament that day, not happening in aluminum. Aluminum being lighter is a misconception they have to thicker Guage to make it as strong foot for foot. My Z19 weighed as much as a 20' express.

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