These seem to be what is for sale in my area, Maine-NH for my budget and interesting to me. Most of the time it will be only 2 fishing. I dream about a larger fiberglass boat but don't really have the truck for it. 23 Honda RL.  

 

 

What do you run ? and maybe some pro/cons ?

 

 

I would go with the bigger boat, personally.  I didn't even realize that Nitro made a 16 foot fiberglass boat.

 

A Ridgeline can pull and stop both of those safely.  As long as you can fit the 17 footer in your garage, that would be my choice.

Trackers will do just about anything a nitro can do. Might not be  as flashy but, I think you’d be happy with it. Always go with the bigger boat if you can. I had a tracker 160 before my current boat. I had no complaints. I just wanted something bigger and more specific to where I fish. 

Found a Lowe Stinger 175. 

Picked it up yesterday. 2009 

9 minutes ago, Unnamed said:

Picked it up yesterday. 2009 

Nice Rig

Congrats !

A-Jay

Excellent! 

 

My Dad and Brother had an old Lowe back in the day. Very solid boat, served them well for 20+ years!

 

Tight lines!!

Awesome pick up!

3 hours ago, Unnamed said:

Picked it up yesterday. 2009 

Congrats, I had a Honda RL I put 90k miles on it in three years and I didn't do anything expect oil and filter and tire change for it 🤣, Awesome truck for home use and fits your boat very well.

Owned boats for well over 60 plus years, first couple were wood Lymans, great boats but painting was to much !!  Then moved to aluminum hulls, around early 70's tried a fiberglass hull for a few years.  After some glass issues, went back to aluminum and stayed with them up to current Sylvan aluminum boat.   Would never go back to anything, aluminum hulls all the way for me !!   Aluminum hulls give me far more time fishing and boating rather than fixing and maintaining.  To each his own, but look at the number of 50 year old aluminum boats out there, how many 50 year old fiberglass boats do you see ??  Good luck with whatever you choose !

Thanks for the welcome and comments. Hondas are all we daily drive in my family. I have been a Fleet mechanic for 20+ years and prefer not to work on things outside hobbies and maintenance items, these vehicles pretty much fulfil that. 23 Ridgeline RTL-E. Nicest "truck" I have owned. 

 

Excited to get the boat cleaned up, serviced and ready for the water. 

 

 

Good luck with your new boat.