06-02-2015, 04:26 PM
FWIW, and you're asking about specific boats here, I've fished out of a lot of boats on the market, including the ones you mention. First off, there's no way I would ever own a framed boat ever again for a lot of the reasons mentioned here.
I have fished out of a couple of scadden frameless boats and they are awesome. Expensive but awesome.
However, my current go-to is the Scout from Outcast. Relatively light weight, super-comfy seat and as stable as they come.
We did a review on it a while back: http://www.flyfishfood.com/2014/11/produ...scout.html
One caveat, I sold my trolling motors and that type of gear because I am not a fan of using a pontoon as a motorized watercraft because I found myself fishing close enough to shore and on smaller waters to not warrant the hassle. I've seen people dump close to $2K on a personal watercraft setup when they could have saved a few more pennies and got a decent smallish bass boat -- especially when you consider two people's gear cost.
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I have fished out of a couple of scadden frameless boats and they are awesome. Expensive but awesome.
However, my current go-to is the Scout from Outcast. Relatively light weight, super-comfy seat and as stable as they come.
We did a review on it a while back: http://www.flyfishfood.com/2014/11/produ...scout.html
One caveat, I sold my trolling motors and that type of gear because I am not a fan of using a pontoon as a motorized watercraft because I found myself fishing close enough to shore and on smaller waters to not warrant the hassle. I've seen people dump close to $2K on a personal watercraft setup when they could have saved a few more pennies and got a decent smallish bass boat -- especially when you consider two people's gear cost.
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