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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marbleyes" data-source="post: 176294" data-attributes="member: 675">I have a 2014 trophy 185 LE with a yamaha 175 and a Yamaha 9.9 kicker. I really like the boat. I primarily fish sakakwea and it handles the big waves nicely. Not as nice as a fiberglass of course but it's a stable heavy pig of a boat. If you mostly fish smaller protected lakes, I would look at something lighter and not as deep so loading and unloading on smaller lakes is easier. This is is the second trophy I have owned. The first was an 03. Since 03, they have made some really nice improvements. For example, the wide gunwales on both sides of the boat have storage. The passenger side has rod storage and the drivers side has a deep storage area. There is also a rod locker in the bow of the boat that's really nice. The LE trophy also has a sliding drawer on the passenger and drivers side on the floor. Above the sliding drawers on both the passenger and drivers side has cargo netting for additional storage, which can be accessed from the bow of the boat via locking doors or from underneath the dash from the drivers and passengers side. Also, there is cargo netting on both sides of the bow. There are 3 storage compartments on the bows floor and a livewell/cooler. The back of the boat has 2 jump seats which are nice. Under the drivers side jump seat is another livewell. Not sure how much more storage a person really needs because I carry a stupid amount of gear and it all fits nicely. I am also a huge fan of their built in track system for easy movement of rod holders. I know alumacraft redesigned the trophy in 2015 and made them more of a fish/ski boat. I have zero interest in a ski boat so I went with the 2014. I haven't seen another 185 trophy with a 175 motor on it and was glad I found one that did. The 03 I had had a 130 Honda on it, which was a great motor but it was underpowered being that those 2xb hulls are so damn heavy. I traded the 03 trophy in for a fiberglass Skeeter 1880. I soon regretted that decision because of the $6000-$7000 I was quoted to repair the gel coat damage and interior structural damage on the Skeeter. I had bought warranty coverage for the Skeeter and they would not stand behind their product and had the worst customer service I have ever seen. They told me it was just cosmetic. They based that on a few pictures the repair place sent them even though the repair place said it was clearly caused by interior structural damage. Anyway, I soon traded that in and decided I would never own another glass boat again and bought a new alumacraft trophy and haven't looked back since. The trophy has held up real nice and has been in some really nasty sakakawea shit. If you do get a trophy, I highly recommend maxing out the hp at 175 but wouldn't get anything lower than a 150hp motor since they are so heavy and you need all the power you can get to reduce the bow lift and porposing that the trophys have. Anyway, you asked for an opinion and I gave you a long winded one.</blockquote>

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