No One Is Telling You The Truth About Budget Fishing Boats So I Have To

In this video two professional fisherman go over their top 5 budget fishing boat for 2022. After a combined 60 years on the water this pro's want to help you pick the right boat for your money. Filmed at the 2022 Minneapolis Boat Show.

Boat in this video

Smokercraft Pro Angler

2:14 Alumacraft Classic 165

1:00 Lund Fury

1:32 Lund Rebel

2:55 Grizzly Tracker

3:44 G3 150T

4:11 Caroline Skiff

5:43 Lund Renegade

Crestliner Fish Hawk 1850

Todd Larson of Basswood Trails Guide Service.

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[joeltuck]

These are the kinds of boats that I love the most! Please keep up the good work guys!

[workenhard]

Always loved little boats. Nothing to go wrong. If the engine fails bad enough you just slap an new outboard on the next day and worry about the broken one this winter.

Being a mechanic I always wanted somthing simple because guess who gets to fix it?

Small boats just make sense. Doesnt matter if you make 100k. Year or 30k you can afford to get out there.

[no_regerts]

“4 more inches makes a big difference” - what she said.

[TheOnlySgtRock]

I saw Todd standing there in this video and said to myself, "I know this guy". In 2007 we were up in Ely at Deer Ridge Resort and he came to the resort and talked to us about fishing up there and to promote his Guide Service. I went digging thru my old stack of business cards and there it was, "Todd Larson, Basswood Trails Guide Service". Strange what the mind can remember.

[Rick_Sanchez_C_]

I love my 18 foot Lund with 50hp Honda, but I’m in the Inside Passage and need a bigger boat for when the weather isn’t perfect…..

[kencleg]

Still use my express looking for a reason to move up to a cc fiberglass skiff she’s beats
Me up at times w 60 hp tlra yam 30-33 20 years. ? Iam on the fence

[touger]

I can say the tracker grizzly is a good bidget welded boat. I have a 2002 16fter that ive beat the crap out of on the upper Mississippi fishing and duck hunting. The welds look terrible but none have cracked yet. Ran a '95 25hp evinrude on it till it finally died and have a 30hp etec on it now. Great little boats that can get into pretty skinny backwaters.

[bostonbeanman]

All great boats but prices are inflated and out of control.

[dbriggs]

Whats your pick on 18' side console with a top boat for the pacific northwest best bang for the buck?

[kencleg]

Just sold a 1961 Texas lone star 12’ label say little fisherman original paint

[treychastain]

Why ask all these questions but you answer them all yourself and never let the other guy get a word in?

[gradbuckie]

15 grand for a bare bones aluminum hull and this is supposed to be budget...

[brianpeter]

You need to buy a noise cancelling mic if you're going to try and get a message across. Sounds like the charlie brown teacher.

[PH-dmew]

any of these cut it in a river with lots of other big boat traffic

[BigMaC]

So what's the truth about these boats?

[DUB]

Couldn't get past the horrible audio! A small investment in mics would do a world of difference 😢

[GreatLaker]

This guy is the world’s worst interviewer. Asks a question then interrupts him 3 seconds later. Its obvious he has no interest in hearing what others have to say.

[CarlJ-xygr]

You would think guys making a video about budget boats would think to include the prices - right? NOPE - making this - uh - completely useless

[thedailyruns]

You have great videos CaptP but please let the man speak.

[mattwaters]

Captain Peterson, should read the posted comments. You were asking questions and then answering them and interrupting your guest. You need to improve on your interview skills tremendously. 👎