The Scout 175 Sportfish is a compact yet highly capable fishing boat, designed to provide the ultimate on-water experience for anglers of all levels. With an overall length of 5.33 meters, this boat strikes an ideal balance between size and functionality, making it easy to maneuver while offering ample space for fishing activities. Constructed with high-quality GRP material, the hull exhibits both durability and a sleek design, ensuring it slices through the water with minimal resistance. The boat’s planning hull configuration further enhances its performance, allowing for quick acceleration and smooth handling even in choppy waters. Powered by an efficient outboard engine, the 175 Sportfish reaches impressive speeds, making those distant fishing spots easily accessible. The model features a spacious center console layout, providing excellent visibility and easy access to all controls. The ergonomic design of the helm ensures comfort during long trips, while the ample storage compartments keep your fishing gear organized and within reach. The Scout 175 Sportfish offers seating for up to 5 passengers, making it perfect for group outings. Additionally, the boat is equipped with a range of standard features, including rod holders, a live well, and a swim platform, all designed to enhance your fishing experience. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a serious angler, the Scout 175 Sportfish delivers reliability, performance, and comfort, making it a top choice in the recreational fishing boat category.
Length
5.3M
Beam
2.1M
Draft
0.3M
Day Guests
5
Sleeping
0
Cabin
0
Cruise Speed
25KT
Max Speed
35KT
Fuel
98L
Range
150NM
Engine
Yamaha F90
Option 1
Mercury 90EXLPT
Option 2
Suzuki DF90A
Naval
Scout In-house Team
Exterior
Scout In-house Team
Interior
Scout In-house Team
New Starting From
€27,000
High Price Brokerage
€23,000
Low Price Brokerage
€15,000
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A flat, wide forward platform and high gunwales give her away as a boat built around casting, not cruising.
Scout’s in-house team drew her hull and deck as one composite structure, bonded through the hull rather than the deck, a detail usually reserved for larger, offshore rated boats. At 5.3 metres she carries a 2.1 metre beam, enough to keep her stable at rest without widening her trailer footprint. The centre console sits forward of amidships, opening the stern and the bow equally for working a hooked fish, and a shallow 0.3 metre draught lets her run into water a deeper hulled boat could not reach. Nothing about the shape is decorative. Every line earns its place in how she fishes.
Thirty five knots on a single outboard, with a 25 knot cruise that barely touches the throttle.
The standard Yamaha F90 gives her genuine speed for her size, and Scout offers a Mercury 90EXLPT or a Suzuki DF90A as alternatives, so an owner can match the engine to a preferred brand without losing performance. A planing hull keeps acceleration sharp out of the hole, useful when the fish are moving and the run to the next spot needs to be short. With 98 litres of fuel and a 150 nautical mile range, she is built for a full day on the water rather than a short loop, and at under 500 kilograms of displacement she tows easily behind almost anything capable of pulling a trailer.
Five anglers fit comfortably, and every one of them has somewhere to stand.
The layout favours movement over lounging: a forward casting platform, open cockpit sides and a leaning post console give five people room to fish at once rather than wait their turn. Rod holders are built into the design rather than added after the fact, and an aerated livewell keeps bait alive through a full session. Storage runs under the console and forward deck, enough for safety gear and tackle without eating into the casting space. A swim platform at the stern doubles as an easy boarding point after a swim or a dive, a small detail that matters as much on a family day out as a fishing trip.
Everything on board has one job, and the deck is clear enough to let her do it.
The centre console splits the boat evenly, so casting space runs the full length on both sides without a cabin or hardtop breaking the sightlines. Seating is built to convert rather than stay fixed in place, letting the same deck serve a morning of fishing and an afternoon with the family aboard. With no cabin, no crew and no fixed berths, every metre of her 5.3 metre length is usable deck, which is the entire point of a boat this size. She trades accommodation for space to work, and for her intended use that is the right trade to make.
An entry point into Scout’s range, built with the same composite methods used on larger Scout models.
Scout’s engineering department applies the same bonded hull to deck construction across its range, so the 175 Sportfish is not a scaled down compromise but a genuinely engineered small boat. A choice of outboard brands means an owner can match the engine to a preferred dealer network rather than being locked to one supplier, without any change to how she handles underneath. She carries five day guests and a 150 nautical mile range on 98 litres of fuel, figures that suit coastal and nearshore fishing rather than long offshore runs. For a first boat, a second boat for shallow water, or a simple, easy to run day boat, she covers a lot of ground without asking for much in return.
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