I have a 16 foot Lund Alaskan the I use to fish Puget Sound, Willapa Bay, and a variety of lakes for kokanee and bass. I fly fish out it for salmon, sea-run cutthroat and ling cod (all in Puget Sound) mooch, jig and troll for salmon. Also crab and clam out of it.

It is equiped with downriggers, 80# riptide bow mount electric. I pull it with a Ford Ranger and get 14.5 mpg and between 6 and 7 mpg for the Yamaha 40 horse.

Have had it 7 years now and launched more than 450 times. It does not leak a drop. Love the boat and it does everything that I want. Of course after much thought and investigation about what fisheries interest me and what was available I'm not surprised.

As always when ever buying a boat you are looking about making a number of compromises.

BTW -
I previous boat was a 14 foot Hewes Craft that was also a riveted hull. After 20 years of hard use on both fresh and salt water it did not leak a drop!

Curt