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Old 02-06-2012, 07:27 PM
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thinking of buying used express bay boat . Any pros & cons
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Old 02-06-2012, 07:57 PM
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Dont buy the hd hull
Get the hyperlift hull
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:20 PM
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dont buy the hd hull
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:35 PM
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Don't buy at all....get a fiberglass boat
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:41 PM
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Dont buy the hd hull
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I agree. I had a 18' HD, it was rough.
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:50 PM
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Go with a custom built hull. Will last twice as long. Xpress and any factory made aluminum boats are built with thin metal(1/8" or less)!
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:55 PM
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I had a hd20 xpress I renamed it hdwetarse/ sore back! If u plan on fishing open water prepare to suffer!
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:00 PM
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Yea xpress is pretty much junk....unless your just staying in a river with no wind....they scare fish in open water
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:01 PM
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the wind will whip them around! You'll have to stay on the trolling motor!
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:23 PM
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The welds will split over time.
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:31 PM
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Yea xpress is pretty much junk....unless your just staying in a river with no wind....they scare fish in open water
What about all the other people on here that has an xpress. You saying they all have junk?


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Old 02-06-2012, 09:36 PM
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I have x 22 with the hyper lift hull and it does well in a chop..it is .125" thick alum...sure it is not a hiney (but nothing is) but for the amount I fish a year (20 -30) times it is all I need plus I saved about 10k vs a glass boat. now if money did not matter or all you did was fish a lot I would get a glass boat.
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:45 PM
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I have x 22 with the hyper lift hull and it does well in a chop..it is .125" thick alum...sure it is not a hiney (but nothing is) but for the amount I fish a year (20 -30) times it is all I need plus I saved about 10k vs a glass boat. now if money did not matter or all you did was fish a lot I would get a glass boat.
Hate to say it, but I have to agree with ASR. I have a H20CC. Hyperlift hull rides WAY better than a HD.
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:48 PM
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Hate to say it, but I have to agree with ASR. I have a H20CC. Hyperlift hull rides WAY better than a HD.
going sell mine tomorrow since w said they were junk....i had an hd, good boat for strictly marsh fishing.
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:51 PM
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If you got the money I would check out Sportsman Fab in Morgan City. Mine is a 21x6 bay boat and I've been rough on it. It handles rough water well and last summer I had it 30 miles offshore. It floats in 11" of water and has no problem getting on step in 16" of water. It isn't as quiet and doesn't ride quite as well as a fiberglass boat but it will outlast any fiberglass hull, even a Haynie. Not hating on Haynies in fact if I were to buy a glass boat it'd be a Haynie its just hard for me to get away from the durability of an aluminum boat.
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:25 PM
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to me, if the price was pretty much the same for a glass vs alum boat...glass all the way....as I mentioned for the amount I fish a year I am very happy with my x22b xpress...
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:31 PM
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I am the proud owner of an junky X19 Xpress bass boat, I have fished in fiberglass boats, aluminium boats and even wood boats covered in glass and they all fish about the same..... no boat catches more fish then the other, it all comes down to how good of a fisherman you are.
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:59 PM
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I am the proud owner of an junky X19 Xpress bass boat, I have fished in fiberglass boats, aluminium boats and even wood boats covered in glass and they all fish about the same..... no boat catches more fish then the other, it all comes down to how good of a fisherman you are.

Believe that in saltwater...... If you fish aluminum in rivers and lakes with no chop....great...I use my 15ft all the time in marsh...

When your in open water with chop aluminum boat (DON'T MATTER WHAT KIND) will scare fish and kill a bite....

I have seen it 10000000000000000000000000000000000 xs
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Old 02-06-2012, 11:08 PM
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I agree. I had a 18' HD, it was rough.
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Go with a custom built hull. Will last twice as long. Xpress and any factory made aluminum boats are built with thin metal(1/8" or less)!
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I had a hd20 xpress I renamed it hdwetarse/ sore back! If u plan on fishing open water prepare to suffer!
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Old 02-06-2012, 11:12 PM
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huge difference in HD hull and Hyperlift hull
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