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<blockquote data-quote="raider" data-source="post: 224159" data-attributes="member: 353">i just picked up a new zv18 a month ago...&nbsp; have owned lund, crestliner, and the suntracker toon, and have fished alot out of bigger aluminum boats...&nbsp; the fishing toon just wasn't working for me anymore as i fish western sak almost exclusively now with a few trips to devils mixed in...&nbsp; yesterday we pulled a nice limit of eyes on a day i wouldn't have even put the toon in the water...&nbsp; was fishing a wind blown point mud line as close as 10' from shore against a quartering wind - had the 112 terrova up to 8 at times to get the speed to 1.3 or more, but still had 1/2 battery life left when we got home...&nbsp; the boat is planted in the water and worked well in 3 footers with a 60&quot; shaft...&nbsp; i'm sure the 21 would be more stable in the front, but was way over my budget...when i started shopping i built 18 to 19' aluminum online in every flavor i liked the design of (big fishable front) and was shocked by the prices...&nbsp; i ended up finding a new nitro with a 150 4 stroke and a bow mount and graph at the helm for 42ish - bout the price of a new aluminum the same size...&nbsp; gotta do some homework...the ride - i'm a bad 1 to ask as they all kill my back in the chop so i don't run hard...&nbsp; i'd say the glass is more stable running in chop, but still not what i'd say was comfortable...&nbsp; the toon was, but i couldn't fish the way i wanted to most days i had off where i fish now...&nbsp; i really think like some have mentioned that the length has more to do with the ride...&nbsp; in the end i'm thankful to say that i've already had hundreds of eyes in the boat this year, and that all comes down to handling the waves and wind better than any aluminum boat i've ever fished out of...&nbsp; that's what it's all about for me...&nbsp; good luck allen...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="raider, post: 224159, member: 353"] i just picked up a new zv18 a month ago... have owned lund, crestliner, and the suntracker toon, and have fished alot out of bigger aluminum boats... the fishing toon just wasn't working for me anymore as i fish western sak almost exclusively now with a few trips to devils mixed in... yesterday we pulled a nice limit of eyes on a day i wouldn't have even put the toon in the water... was fishing a wind blown point mud line as close as 10' from shore against a quartering wind - had the 112 terrova up to 8 at times to get the speed to 1.3 or more, but still had 1/2 battery life left when we got home... the boat is planted in the water and worked well in 3 footers with a 60" shaft... i'm sure the 21 would be more stable in the front, but was way over my budget... when i started shopping i built 18 to 19' aluminum online in every flavor i liked the design of (big fishable front) and was shocked by the prices... i ended up finding a new nitro with a 150 4 stroke and a bow mount and graph at the helm for 42ish - bout the price of a new aluminum the same size... gotta do some homework... the ride - i'm a bad 1 to ask as they all kill my back in the chop so i don't run hard... i'd say the glass is more stable running in chop, but still not what i'd say was comfortable... the toon was, but i couldn't fish the way i wanted to most days i had off where i fish now... i really think like some have mentioned that the length has more to do with the ride... in the end i'm thankful to say that i've already had hundreds of eyes in the boat this year, and that all comes down to handling the waves and wind better than any aluminum boat i've ever fished out of... that's what it's all about for me... good luck allen... [/QUOTE]

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