jolynnferguson:

Lowes and Triton also make some entry priced boats. Those four pretty much round out the lower end price spectrum. All are good boats. Most models in a cheaper bass boat are going to be aluminum. If you want a fiberglass, you will need to expand your price range. I have owned both aluminum and glass bass boats, and there is a plus and minus side to both. Glass, being a heavier material, gives you more stability in rough water. Aluminum, drafts less, and easily repaired if damaged. All for all, I would go with a aluminum, for just being a better multi use platform. Sure your aluminum won’t go as fast, and be a bit rougher ride, but I just seem to like them better for multi species. Glass you have to worry about scratchin it, etc. Now your die hard bass anglers will tell you they want that glass so they can put 250hp on the back. That said, I have never seen anyone catch a fish running 70 miles an hour. Take my words for what they are worth. -B-

hotwire2:

Here is what I did to find a cheaper bass boat, I went to my search engine and typed in cheap bass boats for sale, I didn’t care about the brand name I just didn’t want to spend a lot of money, as I know there are a lot of brand name Bass boats out there.
I ended up at iboats.com looked in there classifieds and thats were I found my Bass boat,
2002 Ranger 175vs (17′ 5″) with a 125 Mercury motor 4 blade S/S prop, 3 fish finders 1 with GPS, 5speed 101 thrust MinnKota trolling motor, and trailer w/ spare tire,tires brand new. And more.
All this cost me $8995.00 Tax, Tag, Title
List price for this boat is around $18000.00 per NADA. (NADA is what car and boat dealers use for pricing).
So just search the web I’m glad I did and you’ll find that theres a lot of brand name boats.
I hope this helps, good luck.
P.S. I wasn’t looking to buy a Ranger it was just the best price I found.