Smoker Craft Boats??

[hoss70]

Looking to upgrade my 18' Alumaweld flat bottom to a 20' or so and I keep hearing people talk about the Smoker Craft Boats. Does anyone know much about these boats??

[Blind Bobber]

I own two Smoker Crafts. A Alaskan 15 SS and a 12 foot car top model. I like the hull design on both and nether leak and seem to be indestructable. They are extremely popular here in the North West. They are a good mid market boat for the money. Are they the best? No probley not. I know they work well for me. I had the oportunity to fish out of a Lund in June and did not like the handling as well as my Alaskan. Best of luck to you in your search.

[Just Fish]

I have a 17 foot osprey and its a fishing machine.No its not a north river but I didnt pay $30.000 grand .It handles the columbia well its a deep wide boat for its size and it fish 3 very well.

[hoss70]

Thanks for info, my current boat has short sides and not really good in big rough water, looking for a better boat for Columbia fishing and Crabing boat that will still fish well on Clackamas and Willamette. Is the alum pretty sturdy and thick?

[shorthair]

had a 17' stealth worked just fine for sturgeon 50 hp 28 mph with 2 big guys

[Coastalfisherman]

I had a 20' smoker for a year and a half. It was a good boat and ran great. Very wide and stable. The problems that I had: Poor welds that broke when the boat flexed. Never a hull weld, but support welds. They use screws to hold down the deck. Whenever I ran in windchop the screws would pop come loose. After a while they would not even tighten up and I had to put in bigger screws to hold the deck down. No fishbox.

[No Time]

I had a 15.5' Pro-Alaskan (deep-v, 6' beam, starboard console) fitted with a 40hp for several year. Great little boat, tooks lots of abuse and never had a problem or bad rivet. I miss that boat:(

[Halfhooked]

I had a 1995 Sylvan Yukon That i bought new and jst got rid of it. (same as a Smokercraft).

The boat required nothing and was bulletproof. No regrets.

My buddy has one of the new flatbottoms for a duck boat with a 50 merc 4 Stroke.

Nothing but good luck.