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Float Finance Boat Buying Guide

Jon Boats

Flat, light, indestructible and cheaper than most kayak setups. The jon boat is where thousands of fishing lives begin and where plenty of practical ones happily remain.

The Type

Boating with everything optional removed

The jon boat is boating with everything optional removed. A flat bottom draws inches of water, a bench or three seats the crew, and the aluminum shrugs off treatment that would hospitalize fiberglass.

Lund builds the format in two tempers. Standard jons stay featherlight for cartopping and backwater duty. Mod-V hulls add a shaped bow that handles chop and bigger outboards for river miles.

Duck blinds, trotlines, farm ponds, bowfishing rigs, yard work with a wet commute: no hull on this site works harder per dollar.

Jon Boats on the water
The Lines

The jon boat lines to know

Two Lund lines cover the format, plain and shaped.

Every Model

Every jon boat in the catalog, priced

Each one opens to its own page with live market pricing, specs and a payment estimate. Find the boat, then lock the number.

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From $15/mo
$1,978 – $2,600
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From $15/mo
$2,200 – $3,200
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From $20/mo
$2,900 – $4,000
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From $25/mo
$3,300 – $4,200
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From $25/mo
$3,995 – $4,800
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From $25/mo
$3,995 – $6,358
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From $40/mo
From $6,151
Payment Estimator

What does a jon boat cost per month?

Slide to the boat you are eyeing. The range starts where jon boats really trade, from $1,978 to $9,150 across the lines here.

Estimated monthly Start Your Application

Illustration only and not an offer of credit. Your actual rate and term depend on credit profile, vessel age, loan amount and ownership structure.

Buying Smart

Buy the right jon boat the first time

Who It Fits

Where the jon belongs

Buy a jon for shallow water missions, tight budgets, truck bed logistics or a first boat that forgives every lesson. It is the most honest purchase in the catalog.

Big open water and family comfort live elsewhere. The jon knows exactly what it is, which is its entire charm.

One rung up the ladder, the utility vees take the same honesty into rougher water, and the fishing consoles wait beyond that.

Price Reality

What jon boats really cost

Bare hulls start near a thousand dollars, and complete Mod-V packages with outboard and trailer stay in the four figures. It is the rare page where the accessories can outcost the boat.

Motor and trailer condition set used values almost entirely: the hulls themselves barely depreciate once past year one.

Buying Used

Grading a used jon in five minutes

Used jons are graded in dents and leaks, both visible in a five minute inspection with a flashlight and a water hose. Rivet weep is negotiable; cracked welds are a pass.

A tidy used package with a running outboard is often the same money as a new bare hull. The model pages keep both paths priced.

Finance the right jon boat

Get pre-approved before you shop jon boats

Tell us the boat, or just the budget. A Float Finance specialist comes back with real numbers on new, dealer and private-party jon boats, so you walk into the sea trial knowing exactly what you can spend.

No obligation, and checking your options does not affect your credit score.

Questions

Jon Boats questions, straight answers

Standard for ponds, sloughs and cartop weight. Mod-V for rivers, lake crossings and tiller outboards with authority. The shaped bow is worth it the first windy afternoon.

Transom ratings run roughly five to forty horsepower across the lines. Electric only waters make jons the perfect trolling motor platform, which is half their second hand demand.

Flat bottoms are the steadiest casting floor in shallow water. Widths matter more than length for standing comfort, so check beam specs on the model pages.

The small standards, yes, by design. Anything with a Mod-V bow and real power belongs on the lightest trailer you will ever tow.

Warranty, straight transoms and ratings that match modern four strokes. At these prices the premium for new is often a few hundred dollars of certainty.

For motor and trailer packages, absolutely: small payments, short terms, and the whole rig in one tidy loan. The calculator shows the math in seconds.

The right jon boat is one application away

Every serious boat résumé starts with a jon story. Price the package, grab the tiller, and go write yours.

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