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BASS BOAT THE WIDE STANCE OF BASS TRACKER'S IMPRESSIVE ENTRY-LEVEL BASS BOAT

By Go Boating Test Team ne brand-new Bass Tracker ProTeam 190 TX reminds us of the lyrics of a popular song: "fat- bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go 'round." In this case, however, an acceptable substitu- tion might be "fat-bottomed boats you make the fishin' world go 'round." For the ProTeam 190 TX, Tracker basically took the 185 ProTeam and widened the bottom to 60 inches and the beam to 89 inches, which gives you a wider stance for more stability and an increased casting area. The extra girth also allows the ProTeam 190 TX to accommodate the heavier four-stroke engines that...

» BASS TRACKER PROTEAM 190 TX OIn most cases an aluminum boat Looks like an aluminum boat. Bare gray aluminum, hard-edge corners, bulging welds and bumpy rivets are par for the course. In the case of the Bass Tracker ProTeam 190 TX, however, a lot of people don't realize that ifs an aluminum boat at first glance. Its sleek low profile, clean welds and baked-on painted sides and gunnels make it easy to mistake it for a fiberglass bass boat. When you look at the craffs weight or its notable performance numbers with rel- atively lower horsepower motors, however, ifs easy to tell that you're...

BASS TRACKER PROTEAM 190 TX We had two people aboard and a full tank of fuel (about 21 gallons or 131 pounds) for our test of the Pro Team 190 Mercury OptiMax 90 spinning a three- blade aluminum propeller. Even though 90 hp is considered mod- est in most cases, we were still expecting impressive performance due to the craft's lightweight aluminum construction. Acceleration was decent with a time to time of 11 seconds. Things got more inter- esting as we pushed to wide-open throttle — after trimming out for top speed we GPS, which is great considering our load and modest power. We dialed it...