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Recent Contender Boats Reviews

• Contender Boats - 27 Open: contender My close friend has one, the fishabilities amazing but with twin 250s it rides like shit and porposes with all the weight in the back Contenders are amazing boats tho the Tournament series is superior Reviewed by Logen Connor on Nov-27-2008 | Rating:

  Contender Boats - 25 Open: Still The Best 25 Footer Available This has still got to be considered the best 25 footer for a mass produced boat. The flat deck and 3 piece hull gives the fisherman exactly what they need when fishing offshore... I don't see why other manufacturers insist on forward seating and such as they are just a waste of fishing room. The steps on regulators and bluewaters are just annoying. Competition are making great contender like boats for a fraction of the price. Worth checking out. Reviewed by Matt Mogle on Jul-25-2008 | Rating:

  Contender Boats - 36 Open: awesome I've fished on these boats. They are really nice. good riding boat. love this boat. Reviewed by tom on Oct-11-2007 | Rating:

  Contender Boats - 35 Side Console: Family Boat that can Fish Hard Comfort takes highest marks, fishing is the big plus. Plenty of storage for a long Bahama weekend for the family or your hard core fishing buddies. Gen, air, tv, micro , express style L lounge,etc. About 60 sq feet of cockpit, livewell, tackle center, huge fish box make it nice platform for most fishing. Need a captain at the helm though as your going to have a tough time if the fish runs ahead of the boat - no walk-around here. We kite fish, swordfish and bottom fish no problem but its no center console so you need to be alert as to how to react to an active fish. The ride is nice, tabs down you can run resonably hard in some slop and we've fished the humps in 6 plus and felt safe. Our boat has 2 x 250 Yam 2-strokes. Reliable and she'll cruise 30-34 at 1.1 MPG. If I had to ask for changes - more cockpit space, more freeboard forward (the boat tapers down not up)and wider gunwales going forward so you could walk forward with a hot fish. Overall though (as I get older) we appreciate the blend of comfort for the wife and kids and ability to get there in crummy conditions and fish hard. If cash were no issue I would go for the 36 Fish Around (if I could convinvce my wife). Overall we're very satisfied. Reviewed by LMP on Feb-28-2007 | Rating:

  Contender Boats - 23 Tournament: Kingfish Circuit Boat This boat is great for us and we fish the kingfish circuit and make the right category at 23 feet. We are running 2 -200 hp 4 stroke yamaha. The boat ripps and handles 2-4 chop no problem. Gets a little wet in seas bigger, but we have full eisen glass to keep us dry when running right into big seas. I think the baitwell could be bigger for this boat, that is why I give it 4 stars. Reviewed by Matt Mogle on Dec-01-2006 | Rating: