West Coast boats making a mark on Lake Erie’s big waters

While looking for a fishing boat years ago, one style that intrigued me was those commonly used on the big rivers and coastal waters of the Pacific northwest. 
After owning an aluminum 20-foot Lowe Roughneck boat that leaked through the crimped keel, the biggest appeal of the Northwest Coast boats to me is their heavy gauge and welded aluminum construction. I have seen Starcraft, Lund, Crestliner, Meyer, and other popular aluminum fishing boats all eventually develop leaks through their rivets that become severed, loosened, or stretched by the twisting and pounding they get in Lake Erie’s notorious closely spaced, twisting, choppy waves.

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