I've had the same skeeter for a couple of decades, it's good, but after a while, there's more to fix than time/money to fix it.

I've never been a threat to win tournaments, but was actively fishing tournament when I bought it. I don't fish them much anymore. Anyone have first hand experience on pros and cons of aluminum? I was looking at Xpress and they have some $30k boats the size of my Skeeter. I have a 150 and I've read an aluminum boat with a 115 will perform as well or better than a 150 on a fiberglass boat.

Bonus question, what's the maintenance look like on a four stroke engine? I've only ever owned 2-cycles motors that burn oil. How often do you change the oil? Is the lower unit the same?