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BGunn
Great minds think alike. My next boat is the 196 Fishmaster. You hit on the key points. The 19 degree deadrise, and the deep ****pit make the boat, especially the high rear splash well.
For 14 years I had a glass boat with a 24 degree deadrise and then I got a glass boat with a 20 degree deadrise, which I owned for 5 years. The ride on the 24 degree deadrise boat was way way better than the 20 degree deadrise boat. Going from 24 degrees to 20 degrees doesn't sound like much, being only 4 degrees different, but when it comes to deadrise even 1 degree can make a difference in the ride.
On a thin skin tin boat like Lund, Alumacraft, Crestliner, Starcraft etc. 19 degrees is the best you are going to get.
If you go to a thick skin tin boat using 1/4" plate then you can get up to 24 degrees, but less than 1% of us at Walleye Central have this kind of boat. These 1/4" plate boats are very expensive and are made in much smaller volumes than the Lund, Alumacraft, Crestliner, Starcraft etc boats.
A Lund may have better fishing amenities than a Starcraft, but you can't have it all. If a good ride is the most important thing to you, go for the most deadrise.
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