Lund Boats

Mark, I used to be in the boat business back in the late eighties early nineties. Sold some aluminum pontoons and fishing boats. Never sold Lunds, but always considered them to be a well made boat.
At least you won't have to worry about those stripers flopping around on the carpet in the Correct Craft!

Jim, I have only put one striper in the Mustang - I have another little fishing boat that is just not big enough for me and the kids and I want to upgrade to something a little larger and more stable, but still fit in the garage.

Is there any wood in the aluminum hulled Lund boats or is the floor sub-structure all aluminum?

Great boats! Well made and rugged. I bought a WC14 in 1988 amd have used it for everything from a work boat to fishing to teaching kids how to ski. With a Johnson 9.9 hp it goes almost 25 mph. Great in rough water, too. It'll handle 3-4' chop. Not much fun, but it'll handle it.

My lund has a wood ply floor covered in carpet. hope that helps

jimsport93 wrote: Did you hear on the local news the other day about the three people that spent the night on an island at Lanier? They went out fishiing in a jon boat. It took on water and capsized. The three guys swam ashore with life vests on and managed to start a fire. It was a cold night...but they survived! Definately not enough boat.

This was one time smoking was very good for their health!

My goal when I graduated from college was to buy a brand new Lund. Well after seven and a half years of college to get a four year degree (too much cheap beer and herbs) I bought a brand new Lund. Well after a couple of months after the hull warranty it start to leak. I called Lund they said they could fix it but they would have to charge me at 70 bucks an hour having to tear out the floor at least a couple of grand. I then called the dealership that I bought it from the sales guy who I bought it from admitted to me that they had about three boats from that year 1997 that were put on the wrong kind of trailers that caused the keel to cause spider cracks around the rivets. I could not believe the boat dealer admitted their mistake and were going to make me pay for it. I have always thought the world of Lund til this expierence. The boat leaks so bad you can not leave the boat in the water over night. My buddy is going to help me pull the floor this winter because it needs to be welded from the inside. Sorry for my long post but I am done with Lund boats.

Waldo

Sorry about the experience Waldo, but I did purchase the boat after the test drive and it doesn't leak a bit. Had my 3 kids out there on New Years eve fishing (only caught one) and I am thrilled with the purchase for our new fishing boat. I don't think there was enough water in the back to fill a kids medicine cup after we came off the lake. The old Spirit (suzuki) 40hp starts right up and runs great at trolling speed as well. I will keep an eye out for any problems so thanks for the heads up. I am tickled to death though in fact there is no wake behind this boat and my daughter told me she thinks she could ski better behind the fishing boat than our Mustang - I thought that it was funny when a 10yr old looks at the wake behind boats now

I watched it the other day when my daughter drove the boat for the first time and it didn't move and I also pushed on it as hard as I could before I bought it and there was no movement I could see - it does not look like a hard used boat and from the story I got it was owned by an old man as the original puchaser and for the most part spent time in his garage - I think I got a steal for what I invested and the condition of the boat/motor.

THANKS for the input