02-01-2011, 04:23 PM
The big three in aluminum are Lund, Crestliner and Alumacraft. Probably in that order. Lunds cost a little more feature for feature but have a higher resale. 5-8 people means a 20ft or bigger. For 20k you are going to be looking at the used boat market. The deck boat idea might work. They are more of a pleasure than fishing boat and you would need to do some adapting if you wanted to run a kicker motor for trolling. FYI get a deep V hull. Drier and tracks better in the wind.
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