Who has a Thompson Fisherman??

[skinny5382]

Thanks Russ for posting your experience. I agree, I think many boats have rot of some sort.

What do you think of the Aluminum boats like StarCraft Islander? Not sure how they would handle the Erie chop.

[fishin2]

I owned a 22' Islander for many years. It had a small 4 cylinder, I/O, trim tabs. It was a breeze to tow and launch, handled the big waves good but you had to not beat yourself up. Aluminum sounds like it's gonna pop if you hit some of those 4 footers too hard. Trolled Lake Ontario for salmon a lot too, overall, a very good starter boat as well as a trailering boat, could probably pull it with a 2 wheel drive 1/2 ton easily, Mike