New Ranger Bass Boat at Clark Marine

[aero320]

I was getting my engine serviced today at Clark Marine and looked at a new Ranger bass boat in the showroom. Took a photo of the card showing the price tag ...

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$692 per month for 20 years!


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[luckystratos]

If that is the anniversary edition boat, only one per dealer.That is no excuse for that kind of cabbage.How much longer can folks afford new boats?$70-100k for boat then $50-60k for truck.Not me.

[TNBronzeback]

Is that all???? Put me down for 2.
One for during the week and one for the weekend!
Insanity! But, good for the manufacturer and the dealers cause they will keep making them and selling them as long as guys rush out to get the latest and greatest and charging a small fortune for them.
To each thier own.

[Texas_Rig]

That's insane.

[XxthejuicexX]

New boat prices just blow me away.

[ttitan27]

Good lord! You will have it paid for in 20 years! $700 a month for 20 years? Laughable to me but folks will go out and buy it. I would venture to say that 90% of them can't afford it. If you have to finance a boat for 20 years then you probably shouldn't be getting that boat.

[Alphahawk]

Pretty sure that boat was at Fishing Expo. Yep lot of money.....but here is the way I look at it. Lot of folks above me, and some folks below me on the food chain. Many will look at someone with a boat that cost maybe 5 grand...and think that is too much money. That’s because it is a lot of money to them. Money is being spent on rigs like that every single day. So called crappie boats are going out the door for 60 grand. I say if you got it....good for you.


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[Heiny57]

WOW that would be about $10,000 a fish for me.

[notorious]

Ranger is a fine boat, this is a professional level sponsored fisherman class rig nearly out of reach for the average guy. The new aluminum designed rigs of equal class will perform nearly identical in performance and only lack marginal ride quality for much less. I'll stick with my smaller aluminum rig, continue upgrading my electronics and have as much fun with a heaver wallet and peace of mind.

[luckystratos]

We are also over looking 10% down or $10k cash + $692 a month..$10k cash buys a pretty decent boat in my book.

[Headhunter]

Just bought a stratos, 17'3", tops out at 65 with 150 johnson for $5,000. guess it is a "junker".

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[ddyyak]

WOW that would be about $10,000 a fish for me.



Lol!!! If I did a cost per fish analysis I would quit fishing


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[ttitan27]

Just bought a stratos, 17'3", tops out at 65 with 150 johnson for $5,000. guess it is a "junker".

9492

I wouldn't be caught dead in that thing!!!! :D

[Dakota]

I went ahead and purchased this Ranger. I figured all of FishingTN could split the payment, we could get down to 10.00 a month, not bad. The only bad thing is when my wife found out she kicked me out of the house sooo does anyone have extra room for me to stay? :) LOL.

[aero320]

I was told that most of the guys purchasing the $50K rigs are financing for 12 years. Most of the nice boats are $50K or more. Check the prices of the Wakeboard boats the 19 year olds are towing to the lake with new jacked up pickups. That is the one I can't figure out. Price travel trailers, houseboats, etc. Toys are expensive. If I had a nice Ranger, I would keep another boat around just for fishing so the Ranger could stay shiny! For most of my life, I fished in boats most people would not ride in (and still caught fish).

If you can afford the boat, buy it and take it out as much as possible.

[Schleprock]

I purchased a Tracker 40th anniversary edition for $10,000 , was kicking myself in the azz because everybody says do not buy a depreciating asset on credit

feel so much better now lol

[Texas_Rig]

We are also over looking 10% down or $10k cash + $692 a month..$10k cash buys a pretty decent boat in my book.

I fish out of a 19' Ranger 461vs with a 175hp Mercury EFI. I paid $7500 for it last summer. That's a lot of money to me. I got a great deal on it. I looked at many many boats and waited many many months for the right one for me. I've upgraded a lot of things on this boat and it has almost every accessory that a brand new bass boat has. But if I had several million dollars in the bank and expected to make a few more then your dang right I would buy a $100k boat.

[skillet]

I fish out of a 19' Ranger 461vs with a 175hp Mercury EFI. I paid $7500 for it last summer. That's a lot of money to me. I got a great deal on it. I looked at many many boats and waited many many months for the right one for me. I've upgraded a lot of things on this boat and it has almost every accessory that a brand new bass boat has. But if I had several million dollars in the bank and expected to make a few more then your dang right I would buy a $100k boat.



I’m with ya....I’d damn sure have a 100k rig if I had that kind of dough. Probably a 200k rig once the truck was factored in!!


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[TNBronzeback]

So maybe somebody can give me an answer i can understand. Take the name right off that boat.....just a fiberglass un branded bass boat. What on earth can they possibly put in/on that boat that is that much better than an equal size & equally equipped boat that costs say...$50k? No motor or "add ons" included. Do they use better fiber glass? Shinier glitter? Denser foam? A little lighter to go 1-2 mph faster?
If the answer to those questions is yes....is the difference that much more significant to cost a hypothetical $50k more? Dont get me wrong....im all for quality, but that carpet will rot just the same, that glass with scratch and break hitting the same rock or log, the vinyl seats will come unstitched and crack.
Is the overall quality that much better to justify the price or is somebody paying for the name cause they have been around forever?

[notorious]

...not only is the glitter shinier it is heavier;kind of like Harley Davidson's...but you knew that.

[notorious]

If anyone is looking for a nice boat... search and get one of the older Kevlar Stratos hulls. Strip it of hardware, repair the gel coat, wet sand and buff it, install all new gauges hardware, seats, carpet, trolling motor, big engine and custom trailer and have a dynamite boat that will perform with today's Bullets, Skeeters, and Allison's for half the cost.

[Scott715]

It kills me that folks buy fishing boats for that much when you can get so much more boat for the money. .

I just bought a 2014 Carolina Skiff 18' JVX with Simrad GO7 series, 70hp 4-stroke Suzuki, Ipilot Minnkota, stereo and other goodies for $17k. It will fish just like a bass boat, but I can actually put other people on it without stepping on each other. It's strange to me that states just to the south of us have a lot of center consoles, but they're almost non existent up here. I think it's a great alternate to a bass boat and I've owned several bass boats over the years.

For that kind of dough I would never limit myself to a bass boat for fishing. Honestly I would never drop that kind of money on a boat, even if I had it to spend.