Freshwater Fishing boats for sale

Smaller boats for lake and stream fishing.

Read our helpful guide to Freshwater Fishing Boats

Freshwater Fishing boats

Freshwater fishing boats

Often smaller fishing boats, which are designed to provide a fishing platform on lakes, rivers and streams. These freshwater boats include a variety of different specialized boats, such as aluminum fishing boats, jon boats, duck hunting boats, and bass boats.

What are freshwater fishing boats?

Freshwater Fishing boats are vessels generally used for boating pursuits such as a variety of commercial and recreational boating activities. These vessels can vary in size from 14 feet to 36 feet with an average length of 19 feet. They are built by a wide variety of boat makers with hull types including modified vee, deep vee, flat, pontoon and other designs. Boat Trader currently has 2,151 freshwater fishing boats for sale, including 1,602 new vessels and 549 used boats listed by both private sellers and professional boat dealers across the country.

What are the best freshwater fishing boats?

Some of the most popular designers of freshwater fishing boats presently include: Ranger, Lund, Alumacraft, Boston Whaler and Crestliner. These builders construct freshwater fishing boats models with outboard, outboard-4S, inboard, outboard-2S and inboard/outboard propulsion systems, available in gas, diesel and other fuel systems.

What are the most affordable freshwater fishing boats?

Freshwater Fishing boats for sale on Boat Trader are available for a variety of prices from a sensible $2,192 on the lower-cost segment all the way up to $247,158 for the bigger-ticket boats. Models with more power can accommodate motors up to a tremendous 2,800 horsepower, while the most compact and efficient utility models may have as modest as 25 horsepower engines on them (although the average engine size is 150 HP).

Why are freshwater fishing boats popular?

Freshwater Fishing boats are popular for their shallow draft and generally wider beam, qualities that make these boats appropriate for a variety of commercial and recreational boating activities. Freshwater Fishing boats are also popular boats for rivers and lakes and other shallow fresh bodies of water.