Fishing boats glass or aluminium??

[drakebob01]

I'm in the market for a 16-18ft fishing boat? I fish 99% of the time from state parks(willard,rockport,echo,east,lost creek,etc) with great boat launches. In the classifieds(ksl) it seems you can get a great glass boat in the 5-7k range. But it is nearly impossible to get a alum boat in that range? Why are the alums so much higher? I need some advice, I don't want to spend 7k and make a big mistake. Thanks for the help!
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