You won't find any Legends in his price range Chuck. 
Just do alot of research Thomas, and make sure you know what you are buying.  Don't want to make a bad purchase.  You could almost get in a new smaller boat if you can handle the less HP.  If you fish smaller lakes that can work out for your advantage.

It all depends on what you are wanting to do if you are looking for a boat for small lakes a aluminum boat would work ok. If you are looking at fishing big bodies of water like the river I would look at a glass boat one thing for sure if you buy from a private owner make sure you take the boat in and have everything checked before you make your purchase. It will cost you a few hundred dollars but can save you thousands. In the price range you are looking at you should be able to get a pretty nice boat


Good luck

Thayne

I've had both tin and glass boats myself, the advantage of tin is you can get into skinny water alot easier and the fuel cost isn't as costly. The advantage of glass is smoother ride in rough water more space to hide (or loose) all you secret baits.   If you go for a tin boat, make sure that it has welded seams (no rivets) and that you max out the hp. that the boat allows.

Don't buy a boat that starts with "N" or "T", or comes from BPS. Just my opinion. Bought one, got two hulls free, and had to pay to rebuild the last one. The fiberglass guy said they just cut too many corners, and for $200 more spent building it, I wouldn't have had to pay him to rebuild it. The plywood in the transom wasn't bonded together, or wrapped in fiberglass, just put in place and covered over. Not good. They might make it to the end of the 5 year hull warranty, but they won't make 10 years.

Also, FWIW, I can't really understand the function of a small fiberglass boat. It's too fast for small lakes, and just not big enough for large lakes. With the price of gas, I'd recommend a welded aluminum boat with a 4 stroke. Xpress and Crestliner would be high on my list of boats to look at, but I'm sure there are others.

If you want a 'glass boat, I'd suggest Ranger, Champion,  or Stratos. I'd also suggest looking at Pro-Staff boats. They're usually not more than a year old, usually sell with new boat loan rates, and normally will be well maintained, well rigged, and fully sorted. A lot of used bass boats are NOT setup well, drive like crap, and either don't go as well as they should, or will scare the crap out of you. A lot of the dealers don't know how, and the customers don't either. I'd consider going to California to get a good used boat. Redding isn't that far, several dealers, and you can test them at Shasta in a few minutes.
C&R, Steve

With everyong else on the bandwagon here we go...
go to the fish-in at Sammamish and take a spin in the miriad of boats there....a rare chance to step in and check out some boats on the water and get some first hand questions answered.
I have a ProCraft and a multitude of hardware on my wall that can attest to the quality of the ride...tons of storage and instant holeshot when paired with the Merc 150 EFI.
Back deck offers lots of space for the fishing partner and with 48 gallons of fuel and 46 gallon livewell there is no reason to come off the water to fuel or tend to ill fish!
Hope to see ya at the fish-in and good boat hunting!

Mark,

If your boat is a snake boat, then what is a skeeter? The anti-venom?

Wah, wah, wah, waaaaaaah.

Can't... help... making... stupid... jokes....

I have fished Kathleen before Bob.  That lake is pretty darn good.  I had a buzzbait strike that almost gave me a heart attack, who knows how big she was.  I'll go out there sometime, send me a PM anytime.  I know you're talkin to Sarge, but figured I'd throw my name in the hat.