IMPRESSIVE 23' Fishing Boat Under $75k [BOAT REVIEW] 

I was about to say...lol. Great video otherwise!

@james braselton Did you get this from a dealer? How do you like the boat so far. Thinking of reefrunner or other similar.

New is great. Used means you are getting someone else’s junk 92% of the time.

@@bobbyrobbins9816 Yup, unless that person is loaded and just wants a bigger toy

I buy used hulls with no motor and just put a brand new engine on then

I built a awesome 25 ft mako 350 zuke and everything is new i rigged it all . New simrad 12 evo, and dont have nearly the new boat price tag, and i have almost 600 miles of range! Check out my channel i will be putting up some vids of my boat build on there soon!

kodiak536 at least you have a boat 😅

What'd you buy?

So what did you buy? It will help everyone else.

Glasstream 221 cc. They look nice and are fuel efficient. However none if the electrical connections were heat shrunk. It doesn't draft as shallow as they say. Within a year went through 3 float switches, washdown pump, and bilge pump. Cleats are chrome and peeling. All wiring and wire harnesses are just laid into the bottom of the bilge and soak in saltwater when you take it out, and there is very little bilge access to rewire anything and finally it lacks any decent storage. Hope this helps

@@wadebass5600 man sorry to gear that. And they aren't cheap... we've got a key largo 168 bay that had 3/4 inch holes drilled through the wood and glass laid right over it. And as you can expect the glass is falling through so theres just holes straight through to the subflooring. I called them and they don't give a shit...

@@wadebass5600 wow brother sounds rough, even the high end boats have some issues when new, but your case sounds rough.

Over $100k well optioned

No Pearl Jam? Great selection.

Please oh please take some video of your SeaChaser running in 6' chop.

@@aIIan_p gladly well next time I'm out in that condition.

Life after 60 Oooo...more speakers. And led’s too. Fish gonna beat a path to yer stern😂.

Parker still uses wood in their construction. Someone needs to tell them it's 2020.

Might be small for a 6 pack.

Matt INLO it’s Haulover Inlet

Reef Runner

Reef Runner boats

Hahahaha

Heading back to factory this week to install fuel tank and then bracket.

You named production boats… not interested.

@@ReelReports OK. You stated under a certain dollar amount. Those are more than adequate. For us regular people they work just fine. I'm not into boat snobbery. Goodluck with keeping viewers on your channel. I'll definitely be tuning out.

100% Correct. I misspoke. A solid VHF is very important and very small cost. Thanks Graham.

@@ReelReports and an EPIRB especially with how affordable they have become!!

@@Tyler-kw9ce Absolutely. I carry my PLB with me on other boats as well.

@@ReelReports you should do a review on some of the newer units. Like the ones that allow texting or satellite calls and other new features. Would make a great video!

@@Tyler-kw9ce It's on my list! Thanks Tyler.

My mistake. Must have.

You haven’t priced used boats. Everyone trying to get what they paid for them new. The cost of boats stay high now because banks finance them for 20-30 yrs so more and more people can afford them so they are buying them. Using them for a year or two then want to sell them but they haven’t put a dent in the principal.

You're partly right. Boats this size jump up in price really fast to keep the used boat market high. It benefits dealers because most people will finance a new one. Especially if they don't have the cash.

Used boats have a huge demand and have adjusted prices to match. Some are selling for more than they sold for new.

@@larrygolden167 You're right. When I made this original comment, 6 months ago I wasn't up on current used boat prices. Since then, I've actually been shopping for a used 23' CC and have educated myself on used boat prices in today's world. In an effort to explain my incorrect, original comment, I live in Northern Illinois. Land of small to midsize fresh water inland lakes and the great lakes where CC boats are for some unexplainable reason not popular. For instance, I currently own a 21' deep vee Alumacraft Trophy. It's a 2007, low hrs and completely loaded for great lakes salmon fishing and family use. It's a great boat for the midwest. A boat, equipped this way is app. $68k new. My boat is worth around $30k with everything on it. Fiberglass CC's, years ago didn't hold their resale value like they do now. They were more in line with the market example I gave for my boat. That's not the case today. I'm not sure if it's due to simple supply and demand? Banks loaning long term "boat mortgages "? But regardless, the original poster of this video is correct and my original response was inaccurate. I could delete that original comment but I won't. And only because I believe it may be beneficial for others to read this .

R H I have been looking for a bigger boat also. Fiberglass boats are built a lot better now because most manufacturers don’t use wood in there boats anymore which was the biggest down fall in older boats. There are some small builders here in Florida that builds some nice boats. I have been looking at Hanson boats in Tampa they have what I am looking for in a boat they just make 23’ boats. They are supposed to make a 26’ which is the length I am looking for. I bought a new 20’ boat in 2016 for 21k that same boat new will cost you 40k now. I also had a friend sell his boat which is the same as mine for 30k a month ago.

That Merc gets me every time :)

Key west is a p.o.s. You can’t even compare it with a RR

No sound system for fishermen??? Quite the opposite for me, its like the dinner bell. For me big mutton like Jack Johnson, sail fish love Two Live Crew for some reason, flag yellow tail ball up by the boat when they hear Don Williams, 50 lbs Mahi jam to Stick figure and like it so much you dont have to wire em cuz the stay stationary alongside the boat so you can slam the gaff in them. Wahoo....not weehoos, if you want more than two you better be thumping Radar Love by Golden Earring and you’ll see them as if Neptune fired them out of a torpedo tubes toward your boat. I cant tell you the “secret sauce” on the music to thump when you try to get a grander/grandeur to swallow a 12-15 pound yellowfin but its new school and you’ll never guess it. You can try, i will let you know if you got it right.

What's heiko been up to lately?

KINGDREW 66 Same as Capt Mike, boatless but still making awesome videos

I got a great trailer for $5,500.

It's a very narrow inlet and rather shallow, so the current really moves. The outgoing tide and east winds stack it up pretty good.

DTruth850 Speakers? For what?...see previous comment

Everything came with the boat.