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Article: Battleships aluminum: five hot aluminum bass rigs square off to see who's best.(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Bass & Walleye Boats
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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When editor Steve Quinlan and I converged on Missouri's Stockton Lake last spring to conduct an aluminum bass-boat shootout, I debated the amount of excitement I'd feel, especially when the hottest of the quintet was only supposed to top out in the 70-mph range. However, I was pleasantly surprised; despite the fact that the top speeds didn't get my adrenaline flowing, the overall performance and quality of these five rigs really got my attention.
CONCEPT TEST
Quinlan's idea was to get at least five of the top aluminum bass-boat builders together on the same day and the same lake, and "run what they brung" (with a 200 hp cap) through our standard battery ...