Princecraft Super Pro 169 DLX Tournament Edition

This year I treated myself to my first fishing boat. I bought a Princecraft Super Pro 169 DLX Tournament Edition. It is a 16 foot, 93 inch wide multi-species, side console boat with a 4 stroke 90 HP Mercury outboard.

So far I would say I'm quite happy with the boat, even though I had a somewhat rough time with the trailer this summer. I took the boat up to the Parent area a few times, the only way up there is by a logging road. I have been there many times in the past, but only once with the boat. The second time, the transom saver hit a rock, which made the boat shift. This in turn crushed the bow support on the trailer, which means I had to drive around the boonies with a makeshift support for the front of the boat. This made a mess of the paint job, but it taught me several lessons.

1- I'm never going back up that road without mud flaps. My truck has them, but this was a rental pickup truck. Bad mistake. The truck was kicking up stones right onto the boat, this damaged the paint badly.

2- Never install a transom saver underneath the trailer, but rather set the attachment on top of the cross bar. At least if you're going offroading. This will prevent it from hitting whatever those logging roads may have for irregularities.

3- Cover up your boat completely, I heard there are wrappers out there. A simple boat cover may do the trick for shorter trips, but this is a 3 hour ride on a sometimes rough logging road.