Big6ft6

Thanks DonMac, you're right and I suspect I will eventually follow the same boat "evolution" as you. However I'm at the canoe point right now and it is basically perfect for my needs and small waters I fish. However I'd like to get my dad out some times, he is 67 years old and although in good shape, has trouble sitting in a canoe for very long. I definitly look to have a bigger boat someday, but I need to wait for more $$$. I've purchased a couple very used trailered 12' boat/motors over the years in $1500 range, and they all are maintenance and storage nightmares and made fishing more painful (20 pulls on a motor ruins by day). I need to wait until I can buy a newer (not new) quality boat with a newer motor that will be reliable. I've seen some nice jon's with newer motors in the $5000 range...but I'm just not there financially and don't have patience to store and maintain that boat the way it would deserve to be. From a flexibility and manouvering ability the canoe is tops....I'd never leave the canoe if I could take a partner and both of us could stand comfortably to fish. So I keep dreaming about something with the simplicity of a canoe but with more comfort and stability.

Thanks Tayler, you did reply earlier in this thread. I checked out the river hawks...look great but are 2-3x the cost of these two boats. I can pick one of these up at the local dicks for $550 right now. I can get a Nissan 4-stroke 3.5hp motor for $900...if these are stable boats. I could have comfy boat with motor to get my dad out with me (he can't handle the canoe) for $1500 without the hassles of owning a full-fledge fishing boat/trailer/etc. I just want to be sure if there is a difference between the two stability wise I get the more stable of the two. It seems on the pond prowler the livewell might actual just take up valuealble leg-room (i'm 6'6"!)

Bump!.....Bass Raider or Pond Prowler? It seems the Pond Prowler has a bit more hp capacity. 5hp motor vs. 3.5 max for BR? Also write-up for the Pond Prowler says "rib" design is for more stability for two adults to stand and fish. This is KEY for me. I love fishing from my canoe...but I HAVE to stand..and when I take others with me...they don't like me standing in the canoe (a bit tippy!). Has anyone actually fished from both boats? Any stability difference?