Scout 195 Sportfish Boats For Sale

The Scout 195 Sportfish is a 19-foot-6-inch center console built for inshore and nearshore fishing, the kind of boat that runs the back bays and nearshore waters while staying trailerable on a dual-axle trailer. It sits at the smaller end of Scout's range, which spans from 17- and 18-foot models up past 42 feet, and it remains one of the brand's most popular hulls because it packs serious fishing capability into a size one person can launch and tow. Power comes from a Yamaha 150-horsepower outboard, with the Yamaha gauges and binnacle controls feeding engine data to the helm.

Build quality is where this boat earns its reputation. The hull is 100% hand-laid fiberglass, and rather than dropping a deck onto the hull like a shoebox, Scout fits the deck inside the hull and chemically bonds the two into a single structure, so wave pressure pushes the parts together instead of apart. The hull is foam-filled and unsinkable, carries both ABYC and NMMA certification, and uses an air-assisted hull design to help with fuel efficiency and getting on plane faster. Stainless steel fittings run throughout, the screws along the rub rail are aligned at 90 degrees, and the boat is backed by a three-year stem-to-stern warranty from a debt-free, family-owned builder in South Carolina.

At the helm you get a Fusion Bluetooth stereo, electronic trim tabs with a trim tab indicator, full Yamaha instrumentation, a tilt steering wheel with a grab handle, a glove box, and a phone plug-in. There are no chartplotter electronics included beyond the engine interface, but the console has ample flat space for a screen, and the JL Audio speaker upgrade pushes sound through the boat at full speed. The leaning post seat sits over an oval-shaped live well with a clear top, and the post's backrest removes to open up the cockpit and add two more rod holders.

Fishing features are built in across the boat. Under-gunnel rod storage runs both port and starboard, rocket launchers sit overhead on the T-top, and aft jump seats give access to storage and the live well below. The deck is fully plumbed and self-bailing, with even the cup holders drained so water doesn't sit, and a raw-water washdown, a boarding ladder, and a swim platform handle the back of the boat. The bow has an anchor locker, a plug-in bow light, popup cleats, a cooler seat, and large drained storage in the V-berth area.

Options let buyers tailor the 195 to how they fish. Shade comes from either a powder-coated T-top with a storage bag or a removable, lowerable Bimini top. The Scout Signature Midnight Edition adds blacked-out powder coating, and the T-top tubing uses a D-shaped profile rather than round tube for stronger weld points and stability. Other choices include a bow filler cushion, bow rod holders that double as cup holders, an upgrade from the standard Igloo cooler to a Yeti, a pre-rig for a spot-lock trolling motor with battery charger, a grab rail, and a ski tow bar that turns the boat into a watersports platform able to pull tubes, wakeboards and skis. Hull colors include a shark gray full-hull finish.

For shoppers comparing a Scout 195 Sportfish for sale, this is a single-engine, trailerable fishing boat that overdelivers on construction and storage for its size. Base boats start well below the price of heavily optioned examples, so the equipment list on any given hull drives the cost.