Wood_Duck
Well-known member
I'm looking at options for a small creek/river/trout boat. I currently have a 10ft Alumacraft jon and although it's excellent for what it is, I don't trust it much fishing two people if we're standing/casting actively. My problem doesn't come so much from instability as it does the fact that with my 230lb butt in the back and outboard it wouldnt take much side to side movement to swamp the back of it. So it's more a side height thing. So I've been looking at Towees, Gheenoes, and such and a friend at work suggested I get a small deep v. So I've been looking at the Lunds, Alumacrafts, Smokercrafts, and other 12ft Deep Vs. Seems most are around 170lb give or take so I can still wrestle it into the truck. I'm not sure how much deeper one would set in the water vs the jon given it's got more width but I dont think it'd be bad. Anyone run such or have experience with one? It'd be powered by either my 4hp or 7.5hp Merc.