Nitro 185 Sport

Pros: Nice gauges, smooth, dry ride, fair storage, comfortable seating
Cons: Hard to load and unload from trailer,casting seats hard to get out

A nice boat for the most part. I bought mine used from the original owner who purchased it new directly from the factory in MO. Mine has the 120 hp Force/Mercury OB. I can achieve roughly 53 mph with 2 people aboard. It could use a little more room...

Pros: Good Layout, Front/Rear Livewells, Good Standard Features. Ice Cooler. Swing trailer tongue. Good gauges.
Cons: Hull issues, Poor Customer service and repair procedures. Priced higher than similar quality boats.

I purchased a used 2000 Nitro 185 Fish & Ski in excellent condition. The boat is rigged with a Mercu ...

Pros: Fun and functional. Easy to tow and store.
Cons: seats site low.

We love our Nitro 185. It's a 2004 model. We bought it new from BassPro in 2005. It was our first boat and had little knowledge about owning and operating a boat. BassPro spent about an hour showing us how to operate the boat, maintain the motor, towing, ...

Pros: lots of room to fish from and storage compartments
Cons: I wish the front bow had a little more room

What can I say, an 18ft boat that can do almost anything, mine has a Mercury 150hp Optimax, and let me tell ya, she goes over 60mph and is very stable. I enjoy family time and fishing time with my buddies, hey I have even done a couple of local tourneys - 2 nice sized live wells, this boat is able to get into 2ft of water and move through without any issues, this boat and motor package is great on fuel, and best of all, I take it home, washer her up and put it away in the garage until the next time I go out. very versitile, best of both worlds, it's really two boats in one, a functional bass boat and a run-about style boat. this boat offers a very dry ride, and great handling especially in rough water, room for 6 peoples no problems.

over all I give this boat a 9 out of 10