25 Foot Skeeter Bay Boats For Sale

The Skeeter SX 2550 is the 25-foot flagship of the Skeeter bay boats lineup, a hybrid-style hull built to run inshore flats and push outside the inlet into offshore chop. It carries an overall length of 24 feet 6 inches, a beam of 8 feet 5 inches, a 14-inch draft, 14 degrees of deadrise, a dry weight of 3,660 pounds and a 76-gallon fuel capacity, with a maximum horsepower rating of 300. Compared with earlier Skeeter models, it has a completely different sheer line, a beefier bow flare and a noticeably deeper hull, making it the boat for an angler who wants more than just fishing the beach and the bays. Shoppers cross-comparing the 24 foot Skeeter bay boat will find the 2550 runs a foot and a half longer and rides bigger.

The hull changes drive how it handles water. Added deadrise softens the ride, the heavy bow flare keeps spray down, and a slight pitch-down in the sheer combines with five inches of extra freeboard over the 24-foot version to make it more offshore-capable. The higher gunnels let you brace against the coaming bolster while fighting a fish without feeling pushed out of the boat in a rocking sea. Power comes from a single Yamaha outboard up to 300 horsepower; the roughly 600-pound engine is not bolted to the transom but mounted to an aircraft-grade aluminum frame that transfers the load through the boat's stringer system.

The helm sits behind a high console that breaks the wind without a large windshield. It can be rigged with a Simrad NSS 12 evo3 display configured with side-imaging structure scan, paired with a Yamaha 6YC engine display, tilt steering, Power-Pole controls and trim-tab controls. A T-top hardtop shades the leaning post, which on this boat is fitted with rocket-launcher rod holders behind the seat.

Up front, a removable bow deck panel doubles as a boarding step, a flush casting platform, or a pop-up table, with port and starboard dry storage boxes and an anchor locker beneath. A macerator-equipped, insulated fish box drains overboard, and there is room for a 60-quart ice chest along with under-gunnel rod storage that keeps rods up and out of the walkway. A standout feature is the walk-in console, the first time Skeeter has put a head and a stand-up interior inside the console, freeing up the deck storage. The leaning post houses a large live well with recirc and raw-water fill that run continuous or on a timer. Aft, there are jump seats on both sides, big port and starboard bilge access for servicing pumps, dual 2- to 2.5-inch transom drains, a 10-gallon freshwater washdown, a raw-water washdown reachable midship, and a multi-step swim ladder.

The family package adds a full forward cushion set with backrests, rear-deck cushions and a stereo, while the rear casting platform converts to bench seating with few moving parts. All hatches are pneumatically supported so they will not slam shut. This same engine-mounting frame and continuous-recirc live-well setup carry across the 23-, 24- and 25-foot Skeeter bay boats, so buyers weighing a used Skeeter bay boat or a new Skeeter 25 bay boat for sale can expect consistent build features across the range. Anglers searching Skeeter bay boats for sale in Florida or Texas should confirm the exact engine, electronics and whether the family or fishing package is fitted, since the deck cushions and console options change how the boat is set up.