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Dive into the world of Quintrex Top Ender — a perfect blend of power, precision, and versatility for any fishing enthusiast. The Quintrex Top Ender is an open side console boat with the handling, ride, safety and performance to fish inshore and in open bays and choppy water. For many years now, the Quintrex Top Ender side console boat range has been popular with anglers. These sturdy pressed alloy boats combine an open-deck fishing layout and elevated front casting deck with a deep-sided vee-monohull bottom for rival-beating performance.
Revamped and upgraded just recently, the latest Quintrex Top Ender range encompasses seven models stretching between 4. You can also choose between Standard and Pro versions — the latter outfitted with a range of options that most buyers will add to the package anyway. The advantage with buying the Pro version is that the cost of the extra features on the Pro works out to be cheaper than if you itemised them on the standard boat individually.
For this review we have a standard Quintrex Top Ender, albeit one that has been heavily optioned — and rigged with a maximum power Suzuki hp four-stroke outboard engine.
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The Quintrex Top Ender has an overall length of 5. A full-length keel, welded lateral cross ribs, corner gussets and bracing struts provide the boat with inherent strength and rigidity. Internally, the boat has a plywood floor, carpeted for weather protection and to provide decent grip underfoot.
Notably, the hatch lids inside the boat are all carpeted on both sides for protection against mildew and rot. Inside the Top Ender there is a large, elevated front fishing deck, a compact side console helm station and a full-depth, high-sided aft cockpit with a flat, 2. The front deck is elevated mm above the main cockpit floor — which allows for a very large storage compartment beneath it, complete with a carpeted false-floor.
For recreational fishing, however, the plumbed port side transom live bait tank should do the job nicely. Our test boat was optioned with a port side welded bow trolling motor plate upon which was mounted an optional Minn Kota 80lb thrust Ulterra 60in 24V i-Pilot electric trolling motor. The dual deep cycle batteries to run the Minn Kota were secured nearby in a poly plastic storage bin — just aft of the open bow anchorwell and bowsprit.
Another cool option on our test rig was a full-length, lockable, carpeted horizontal rod locker beneath the side deck coaming on the port side. Other notable features include the optional starboard side transom door, optional alloy bait board, the four included plastic rod holders, a pair of sub-floor plastic storage bins and corner scuppers for the cockpit drainage system.
The Top Ender has a narrow, single-person-wide alloy side console that is wrapped in carpet and then topped with a moulded plastic fascia panel, a tinted windshield and a very useful grab rail. The helm console also has space for the Suzuki engine gauge, the switch panel and for the head units for the optional Fusion sound system and GME VHF radio.
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The sports steering wheel and side-mounted throttle are comfortably within reach of the skipper when seated — and when standing up. Our test boat was optioned with a pair of comfortable Bass Sport pedestal chairs in lieu of the standard Angler Sport models. The helm and passenger chairs can be moved to four different locations within the boat; there are two floor pedestal sockets aft, one amidships and a fourth up on the casting deck.
The Top Ender is rated for a single, longshaft 20in outboard engine to a maximum of hp — but the boat will perform well with —hp.
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For optimum engine response, mid-range grunt and agility, however, I would be opting for the maximum power motor as our test boat was good fun to drive and quick. With a Suzuki DFB bolted to the transom, our test rig zoomed across the Gold Coast Broadwater to average a top speed of 36 knots at rpm. The Quintrex variable deadrise Blade hull beneath the Top Ender works a treat, especially in rougher conditions.
Developed and refined over several decades now, the Blade hull is particularly good in short, sharp chop, the very fine bow entry shape cleaving easily through waves … while also shedding water out and away from the hull. The Top Ender is also stable at rest, well mannered in a following sea, nicely balanced on a fore and aft axis and responsive to engine trim at speed.
The Quintrex Top Ender is a ripper fishing boat and a great all-rounder, suitable for rough water, remote creeks and everything in between. This second-to-largest Top Ender model is compact enough to take inland to fish the dams and impoundments, yet large, safe and seaworthy enough to fish coastal offshore waters. Fuel range figures calculated leaving 5 per cent in reserve.
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