Crestliner 1750 fishhawk

[Ben]

I bought my boat in 2000 and my friends thought I was nuts because they thought it wasn't a good boat for local walleye tournaments and they also say I should of bought a Lund or a Alumicraft because Crestliner is just ok for the weekender. Was I wrong or right about Crestliner?

[Look-A-Like]

First thing I would do is tell your friends to visit this web site before making such a statement. This subject has been covered on here many times since I have become a regular visiter and the large majority of posts will say they are all great boats just pick the one that fits your needs for the type of waters you fish. Also price and local dealers have allot to do with your decision. I have a 2001 Crestliner Fishawk with F115 Yamaha and T8 kicker and its been a great fishing boat for me on the waters I fish and an excellent boat for the family when they want to tube and ski. My boatless friends and Lund friends never complain when I ask them to go fishing and I enjoy fishing out of my buddies Lund also. I say worry less about the ride and enjoy the day on the water with friends catching our favorite fish.

[Osprey]

Crestliner is acually owned by Genmar the same company that ownes Lund. It's the same aluminum, carpet, switchs,etc. that go into both boats. I recently got a Crestliner 1850 Sportfish it replaced a Crestliner 16' Angler. The 1750 FishHawk is a great boat it was acually the other boat I was looking at. The only reason it wasn't chosen is that I fish with 2 or 3 others people at times and wanted the extra room. Don't let anyone tell you you didn't get a quality boat. The "C" in the RCL tournement is for Crestliner. It wouldn't be there if it wasn't deserved

[riverrunner]

don't let anybody knock your crestliner, they make a ##### of an aluminum boat. besides, all of the little lund lovers would be jumping in a meyers alum. boat if all of a sudden all the pros were given one to use, or if al lindner started using one.

[SnellTier]

laughing here. That was pretty funny, riverrunner.

[SnellTier]

Ben,

I have a friend who bought a 1750 FishHawk. He uses it on LOW and fishes some pretty nasty weather while on it. I know ... we usually wind up at the same fishing camp for a week together during July ... and on one of the days my wife and I took 4 waves over the bow of my Alumacraft Magnum 165 CS. Both my Alumacraft and my buddy's Fish Hawk stand up well fishing that kind of water and he loves his boat.

I came within an inch of pulling the trigger on picking up an 1850 Fish Hawk this spring. The only reason I decided not to was all the changes going on in motors right now. I figure if I wait 2 years I will get the Yamaha 4-stroke 150 hp on my 1850. I am betting they come out with one next year and I want an extra year for them to shake it down before I buy it.

Enjoy your boat. You got a good one. Check the welds occasionally. Posts on here indicate that if you run your boat hard in rough water you might break some. My buddy did in his older Crestliner the first year he had it ... but he is 6'5" and weighs 300 pounds (played football for Iowa) and says he feels it was his fault. He busted one right under his seat in rough weather. He says he did not have any other problems but wanted a wider boat (his fishing partner is my size ... 6' and 190 pounds) and the old boat just did not give the 2 of them the room that the 1750 does ... so he traded "up".

TomD