Tons of guys use them on the Columbia River for salmon Sturgeon etc.
Hewescraft vs raider. Nicer welds Raider is a great boat just laid out weird in my opinion. 20 bf90 efi 90 efi. We looked at Raider Alumaweld Duckworth Hewescraft.
Skip the jonesin for just 2ft and a hardtop cabin. But you also see them on every lake bay and big river in ORWA. Raider has a local dealer in Portland with a Suzuki tech in the shop.
Raider boats 185 pro fisherman. We set our sights on the 22-24ft category as basically its just my wife and I who are avid fisher folks. Ranger - 185 vs.
Top 14114 - 041306 1142 AM Re. A custom built boat will get you a better built boat because they the welders and owner can put a face to who is getting it. I think the worst welds I saw had small stringer beads and loads of undercut.
Hewescraft is a boat builder in the marine industry that offers boats for sale in a variety of sizes on Boat Trader with the smallest current boat listed at 17 feet in length to the longest vessel measuring in at 30 feet and an average length of 2099 feet. Handled the water just fine. Are all well known brands here that you may want to look at.
Compare Hewescrafts large doors and tall windows to those in other boats and its easy to see the difference. We looked at several boats when we were getting ready to buyRaiderHewscraftAlumaweldNorth Riverand ThunderjetOnly Thunder Jet had fit and finish that outshined them allWe dropped several makers from our list rite from the startRaider didnt seem like a fit for us just seemed cheap builtHewscraft didnt have high sides we wanted and didnt like the look of. 14 plate is not necessary 316 all the way around is still super stout.