5-9” 225 in a regular badger. Big shoulders. Bigger gut. Plenty of room. Wake up in the middle of the night giggling about how comfy I am. So much room and loft. I wiggle and thrash to wherever I want in that thing.
Also. If you go aluminum. Avoid riveted at all costs. You don’t to be spending time on the water hassling with leaks. Or time off the water fixing them.
If you can, go fuel injection. You don’t want to be wasting time trying to get your boat running on a cold morning. That can suck the fun...
Lots of good info here:
As stated. Bass boat central has a wealth of information. However, as with anything, beware of opinionated fanboys.
As stated. Try not to get an underpowered boat. They are very hard to sell. Gas hogs.
As stated. Take the boat to a mechanic and get a compression...
We saw him from the road in the Mendocino national forest. We snuck up to him for the pictures. He didn’t mind posing for us. I’m not sure if he was on private property or in the forest. The ranch’s in the area did have wilderness unlimited signs on them.