Depends. I had an X21 and was fishing a TTT on Toledo bend. This was back in 2001 or 2002. We launched at cypress bend park. I was about the 8th boat in line going north when we went thru the cut by the island just north of the launch. Thats when the wind showed its ugly face. Every boat in front of me except 1 let down....we all about speared each other in the arse. After they all turned around I told my non boater partner to hang on. I saw the other boat (it must have been the leader or 2nd boat cause he was way out there already) I punched it and ran north past the bridge, crossed the lake to Tx side and got to my fish. Coming back the waves were bouncing off those cliffs like an ocean....it was a surreal feeling going thru that. Anyways that boat had a Yamaha 225 and I could keep that nose up better than most glass boats could. I did crack the transom welds on both sides and needed an 1/4 aluminum plate welded in but that day showed me my aluminum boat could go anywhere I was able or daring to take it.

Lots of guys with short man syndrome are going to come on here and say �go glass�..... they�re compensating. They also drive lifted trucks and have white costas and flat bills and just glare at you on the water in order to feel like a BA. It�s comical. If you�re a serious tournament angler and fish big water lakes a lot, then yes, get glass. It�s better for those conditions. But for 80-90% of the guys on here, tin would work fine. If money is no object, do what you want. But don�t let the many guys on here who�s nickname was �tater tot� in high school football tell you that you have to run glass and glare at people in order to be a man and catch fish. Every one of them has had their ace handed to them by a guy in a tin rig.