My son-in-law has owned one for the last 4 years. He loves it. It has plenty enough room for his family, wife, grandson, family dog and plenty of storage. He live baits, so mostly pulling BBs. The 175 HP on it is large enough to pull a tube for the boy. The past 3 summers we have gone to New Town Area to fish for a couple of days and the last 2 I've pulled it with my Chevy 1500 4x4 with a 5.3 in it and have no problems pulling it. The 3 of us fish out of it and we have had 4 in it one summer with no problems. Live-well big enough to hold 20 eyes. Handles the big waves pretty good. He has taken it out a couple of times to the river that I know of and had no problems (Cattail & Desert areas) He only fish 4 or 5 times a year due to schedules and the kids soccer. But like aluminum, fiberglass doesn't rust. I had an opportunity to buy one when I bought my 17' Crestliner and I wished I would have. You know those could of would of's. Hope this help.