Yes people, a kayak can serve as a serious fishing machine! Hobie Mirage Pro Angler Editor's Note: since this article published pricing has gone up by about $2,700 and now slightly exceeds the $20,000 mark. Check out our complete review, G3 Gator Tough 17 CC: Pull the Trigger. Pricing can be kept below the $20K barrier with engines up to 50 horses, which is plenty of power for this size rig. Plus, if it bangs into anything the aluminum is a lot less likely to be damaged than fiberglass.
That aluminum hull might get bounced around more easily than a fiberglass boat of the same size, but it also weighs less, so it doesn’t require nearly as much power, is easier to trailer, and easier to handle around the dock. This aluminum boat is ideal for the fisher-hunter who wants to be able to fish light-tackle for stripers in the shallows one day, and go gunning for ducks the next. If a cast-and-blast is your style, this G3 should be a boat of note. Editor's Note: Since this article published Carolina Skiff ceased publishing MSRP pricing. For more information check out Carolina Skiff. That’s all she wrote – but that simple, Spartan layout is well-finished, rugged, and maintains its value well so you don’t get financially slaughtered when it comes time to sell the boat. The beauty in this boat is its simplicity there’s a small foredeck with stowage compartments, a small aft deck with stowage compartments, a console, and a helm seat (available in the form of a flip-back cooler seat or a leaning post). Carolina Skiff JVX 18 CCĬarolina Skiff doesn’t publish pricing so it’s difficult to nail down an exact number for the JVX 18 CC, but as long as its outfitted with a small powerplant (they sell this model with outboards as small as the Yamaha F25), you can keep the bottom line under the $20,000 mark. Carolina Skiff makes a no-nonsense fishing boat. See our BOTE Rover Stand Up Paddleboard Boat Video Preview, or get the manufacturer’s take at BOTE. This is a one-of-a-kind single-handed fishing boat, which can break a plane with just six horsepower on the transom and should be utterly awesome for probing cuts and creeks in areas like the Tangier Sound or Mobjack Bay. But we did inspect it closely at the ICAST fishing tackle show, and we were so impressed we decided to include it in this round-up anyway because so many people will want to know about it - especially considering that this micro-fishing-machine starts for under $5K (without an outboard). And we admit that we’re stretching the definition of “center console” a bit here, as in this case the console consists of a glorified grab rail.
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In the interest of full disclosure we need to point out that this is the one boat in this article which no one at FishTalk has personally sea trialed. Still, we think lots of anglers will like the Bote Rover. And calling it a center console is a stretch. Editor's Update: Since the publication of this article Bayliner stopped offering the fishing version of this model the Element 16 can still be purchased in family trim (starting at $15,299) and the T18 Bay is a new fishing model built on the M-hull, starting at $21,999. To get the complete story on this center console fishing boat, read our full Bayliner Element F16 Boat Review.
We like the Element M-hull design, which is extremely stable if a bit bumpy in rough water (what 16-footer isn’t?) and we love the fact that this is a wood-free, self-bailing boat. The Bayliner Element F16 MSRPs at a hair over $15,000 with a 60-horse Mercury four-stroke outboard and a trailer, and comes ready to fish out of the box. The Bayliner Element F16 is Bayliner's fishing version of the Element M-hull boat. ( Editor's Note: we're constantly updating pricing info but please remember that these prices can change at any time and the numbers you see here may differ a bit from those on the current market.) So we asked him to ID some of the best buys he's run across in recent years, and pick some real winners in this category. If you’re looking at lots of boats for sale, a center console fishing boat is what you desire, and you want to buy new, check out these picks. He’s poked, prodded, and sea trialed literally hundreds of models. Our Angler in Chief Lenny Rudow has been doing center console fishing boat reviews for multiple publications for over 25 years. When it came to picking 10 top center console fishing boats under $20,000, even though we’ve only had Fishboat Reviews in FishTalk since last April, we felt we could nail it down without a problem.
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