Glass boats -n- cold water

Is there something about glass boats that prevents people from using them in winter, other than ice flows? I’ve been curious about this for the last couple of years, as I always wonder how early in the spring it’s safe to start using it.

Up until now, the lack of other glass boats has convinced me that mine’s better off at home.

I can only speak for my own experience ,but I use my glass boat all year when there is open water and it doesn’t seem to hurt it ,I think around here (pool 16) most walleye guys have tin boats and thats why you don’t see many .

I have fiberglass with an I/O and the reason I wait until it warms up is that with an I/O water is sucked into the block as coolant. After each use in the winter, I would have to drain all that water out and to be safe add anti-freeze. So I wait until there are no more freezing temps before I take her out. Plus, I think a majority of the fishing boats out there right now are Aluminum so this is why you see so many..

FishandSki

Really there are no reasons that a guy could not have his glass boat out on the water 365 days a year where permissable. I had my boat out until just before X-mas this year and looking to dig it out again next week for the year again. A couple reasons why I do not take my glass boat out in the middle of Jan is partly due to some of the ramps that I use get iced in and a bigger boat could be quite a challenge to get in and out with sub-freezing temps. The other reason that I do not have it out that time of year is all the salt and grime that is on the roads. Cleaning a glass boat is not fun in my opinion and doing it in freezing temps?