Looking at a 1998 fisher 1700 dominator. 40 hp merc. Anyone have one. Thoughts on it?

Fisher boats are generally well built. Just ask the seller to take you on the water for a test run. Check out livewells, bilge area for water intrusion. Ask him to put fuel in the tank if it is buit in. Some built in tanks on Fisher boats were hard to put gas in tank. I owned a 1992 brand new SVT17 and it was a darn nice boat, but I had too many problems with it. A 1998 should have all bugs worked out and you should be fine. Fishers are expensive boats and they handle rough water very well. Hope this helps you sir.

Fisher is/was part of Tracker Marine

Thx. I had heard they had some quality issues when they were bought by tracker around 98 or 99 but don't know how reliable this is.

1998 should be a Tracker built boat.  I wouldn't be afraid of it if.  The late 90's Trackers did have some weld issues with the hull framing however.  Many were fixed under warranty and the biggest problem I heard about them was they rattled.