Alabama anglers get high on aluminium bass boats

For adventure sports lovers the more lightweight their vessels or vehicles are the better- rather, speedier! Hence, the racing enthusiasts, surfers, or even bass anglers find materials such as aluminium or fibreglass of more value as they enhance the performance of their props and vehicles by reducing their weights while making them more durable and high on aesthetics.

Aluminium bass boats are one such category of sports vessel that has caught the fancy of bass anglers in Alabama in recent times. With an exceptionally shallow draft, these light and durable boats have been found to be even speedier and far affordable than their fibreglass counterparts.

According to the amateur as well as professional anglers of this part of the world, the bass boats made of new generation aluminium and its alloys are a lot more performance oriented than their heavily-built predecessors or factory-matched trailers. The Tracker 195 TXW, for instance, which comes with a standard Mercury Optimax ProXS 150 outboard, has been clocked at almost 60 mph speed.

“These reinforced pad boats are absolute rockets, ready to give even the faster fiberglass rigs a run for their money,” says one bass angler who is a regular on Lake Wheeler.

 Aluminium, especially high-end aluminium alloys have the advantage of being able to bounce off rocks and stumps with the minutest of dents and scratch on the paint, and they help get excellent fuel economy compared to glass rigs and other metallic rigs as well.