Fish Rite Boats

I bought this boat in 2012 and have had nothing but problems with it. The first thing that happened was the fuel tank design.

After filling the boat, it quickly discharged about 15 gal of fuel all over the decals completely them. The repair cost $3,600 including paying the mechanic to properly vent the fuel tank. The insurance would not cover the repair because it was a manufacture defect! The hull leaks like a sieve, the boat consistently hops at speeds over 15mph, and now a barring in the jet unit gave out and destroyed the impeller and the housing!!

This repair will cost me at least $3,500 and of course its out of warranty.

With that said, the boat has a wapping 86hrs on it!!!!! DO NOT BUY A FISH RITE!!!!!

To say Fishrite puts out a quality boat is a laugh!. I have a 24' Performer, a few months after I bought it my wife kept complaining that here legs were getting wet any time we were in semi rough water, after crawling under the left side console I noticed a

4"x6" square hole where they didn't finish fabricating the bulkhead. I thought I was in luck due to the boat show was during the week I found the hole, I went to the boat show and found Jamie and told him the issue and his exact words " you must be mistaken, there can't be a unfinished bulkhead" I had to go home and take a video and bring it back to the boat show and when I showed him while other people around he quickly had me ushered away.

Great way to treat your customers! Currently I have a bad fuel leak, I took the seats and flooring out and didn't find the problem there so I pulled up the back decking and found the dumba***** ran the fuel pick up lines over a sharp aluminum strut instead of under it and the decking pushed down on the hose until the strut cut into the fuel line causing a severe fuel leak.

If anyone would like a picture proving they make *** boats I can send you pictures.

Fishrite, the custom boat builder out of Oregon that was down from production for a bit is now back building quality welded aluminum boats. The company was purchased by River Hawk Boats and are now being built in the same plant as River Hawk boats in Oregon.

They are as nice as ever and are equal in quality & value as any custom aluminum boat on the market. Esspecially matched up with Yamaha outboard power and can be seen from their new website.

The "Performer" of old is still a mainstay in the production line.

As with the other complaints, i have had my boat for a year but it only took me 1 week to figure out why this boat never sold. it doesnt drain water, is nose heavy, switches for pumps are on the wrong end of the boat, pumps dont work as they are suppose to, water collects at the main entrance door and spills into the cabin, heater is pointed at the back of the drivers seat, fuel filter is buried, literally buried, under numerous hoses and electrical wires, so there is no way to get to the filter for replacement or to drain it.

on and on and on and this is a $100,00.00+ boat.

The owners, wont even take a call or call back after leaving messages. NUMEROUS emails with no response my suggestion

DO NOT BUY A FISH RITE BOAT

I was devistated to hear that as of February 2013 that Fish Rite was forced into bankruptcy. I am really sorry to all of the supporters of this fantastic and honorable nationwide aluminum boat manufacturer.

I am still in really close contact with the owner/president of this fine company. If you are a fan and customer of this company I would be honored to pass on any encouragement or concerns (customers only). Feel free to contact me, Ms.

Caswell, at (541) 944-**** or E-mail me at : thecaswellclan@***.com. It appears that this economy just is not strong enough to support this family business.

Thought about purchasing a custom aluminium boat from them and I am glad I did not. My first initial call they answered my questions but could not give me a estimate even a ball park for the cost of the boat mind you they have been building boats for 20+ years. And the boat I was looking at was one of their standard models nothing out of the ordinary. I happened to be going on a buisness trip the following week and it took me through the town and state they are located in (Medford Or.).

I met with a salesperson and looked at a couple of differnt types of boats and asked him what they cost and he gave me a low ball rough estimate, I then asked for a estimate a specific model with some chosen options. They e-mailed me the estimate and I asked them to please re-work it because it was at least twice as high as the boats I looked at.

Well the came back with a estimate that was 15% higher, can you believe it.

I called back and this time I talked with the owner Jamie Dorsey and he said he would look into the matter.

He said "JD" must have made a mistake working up the estimate. All the estimates I recieved from them were written up signed by "JD". Well believe it or not the estimate went up another 10%. On the next one I recieved by "JD". Turns out you probably figured out "JD" is the one and only Jamie Dorsey the owner.

Now my phone starts ringing off the hook from the saleaman giving me the hard sell.Just unbelievable no wonder when I went to their shop it was like a ghost town with no visible boats being built.

Also remember Web Sites are very decieving and look great but go to the shop or place of buisness and you can see the true picture.