Stabicraft 2050 Frontier Profish 2025 review

The 2050 Frontier Centre Console is now the largest open-deck model in Stabicraft’s plate-alloy pontoon range. Like most Stabicraft rigs, it’s offered in Adventurer, Sportfish, and top-spec Profish trims.

We tested the deluxe Profish with a Yamaha 200hp four-stroke motor and a GFAB tandem axle alloy trailer.

Brisbane dealer, Northside Marine, has Adventurer packages from about $130k. The Adventurer is the entry-level, unpainted model with minimal features.

The mid-spec Sportfish is arguably the sweet spot, adding belting-up hull paint, an electric drum anchor winch, a suspension helm seat and interior lighting.

Equipped with Yamaha’s digital 200hp four-stroke, a Redco tandem-axle trailer and optional forward casting deck/storage locker, it’s priced from $144,135.

Our Profish test rig, by contrast, was priced at $192,739. While a substantial price hike, it came fully loaded with features such as:

The 2050 Frontier can be ordered with or without the huge forward fishing deck and 600L storage compartment.

Deep sea anglers may prefer the standard, deeper U-shaped bow deck with side seats and a full-depth main floor extended further forward. This design offers stability in rough seas and makes it safer and more comfortable to fish from.

On the other hand, inshore fishers will love the raised 1.8m long and 2.0m wide casting platform which comes in handy when sight fishing in shallow water.

Beneath the U-Dek foam rubber surfaced deck lies a cavernous, lockable compartment big enough for an icebox, fridge or camping gear, and is accessible via a gas-strut supported fishing deck lid. From there, the front compartment wall can be removed to access the space, making it easy to slide in and stow heavy items such as a drink filled cooler box.  

Deep drainage channels around the storage hatch lid ensures that the sub-deck storage compartment is watertight, making it ideal for stowing safety gear.

Further storage includes twin in-deck side lockers, a rope/fender locker, and an upsized anchorwell.

The Profish can be fitted with single or double-width helm consoles and single or twin suspension pedestal seats. Our test boat ran a double-width console with matching storage box helm seat and a three-position reversible backrest, but buyers can opt for bench seats with a cooler box underneath.

The double-width console has a tilt-adjustable steering wheel and throttle controls on the port side alongside a large fascia panel for big-screen displays.

Other console features include:

The 2050 Frontier has an excellent layout and is filled with standard and optional fishing features.

The aforementioned front casting deck is great to fish from and the deep 865mm cockpit runs a full 3.2m from the bow deck to the transom, providing plenty of space to move about.

Wide coamings hide 2.4m rod lockers, while six in-deck stainless steel rod holders and four cup/sinker holders add to the appeal.

At the transom, there’s a compact bait station with rod rack, live bait tank, cutting board and watertight battery platform.

Flip-up alloy transom corner seats double as steps to the rear platform and starboard side folding ladder for easy water access.

With Yamaha’s 200hp four-stroke, the 2050 Frontier hit 41.5 knots (76.8 km/h) with two adults aboard, and up to 43.5 knots lightly loaded (according to Northside Marine).

Do you need 200hp? No. Is it fun to drive with 200hp? Absolutely! We ripped around Brisbane’s Moreton Bay and had a great time throwing the boat around and about.

The 2050 Frontier performs exceptionally well through the corners, the moderate vee pontoon hull sitting quite flat, stable and sure-footed throughout.

Underway, the pontoon hull is stable, well balanced and smooth through chop, allowing the skipper to feel in complete control the whole time.

When coming off the plane, Stabicraft’s Arrow pontoons – which encircle the hull - settle into the water to stiffen and stabilise the boat at rest. It really is rock solid.

The Arrow pontoons are chambered, baffled and injected with closed-cell foam to create a flotation ring around the boat for maximum safety.

Range on 95% of the 200L fuel supply at 3,500rpm: 203.7nm

The Stabicraft 2050 Frontier Profish is a superb centre console fishing rig and truly hits the mark with its versatility, practicality and serious offshore capability.

The Frontier has everything an angler needs to be chasing bream, bass or barra inshore; or mackerel and marlin offshore.

I’d personally have the Frontier with the big front deck and storage area, but with so many different configurations and options available, this model can be tailored for just about any fishing or adventure application.

Model: Stabicraft 2050 Frontier Profish
Length: 6.32m
Beam: 2.31m
Deadrise: 16 degrees
Hull weight: 875kg
Towing weight: 1,850 - 2,010kg (approx)
Bottom and transom alloy: 5mm
Pontoon/life-ring alloy: 3mm
Maximum power: 200hp extra-longshaft (25”)
Engine as tested: Yamaha 200hp four-stroke
Fuel: 200L
Passengers: 7
Price from: $144,135 (Frontier Sportfish) when paired with a Yamaha F200XCB (digital) extra-longshaft (25”) outboard engine with hydraulic steering, Redco tandem-axle braked alloy trailer, raised forward casting deck with lockable cargo storage, two-person wide helm seat with 105L Icey-Tek cooler and reversible backrest, closed-cell baffling in pontoon chambers, Boatcatch latch to trailer winch post, trailer spare wheel and carrier, electric trolling motor plate.
Price as tested: $192,739. As above but with GFAB skid-plate drive-on custom alloy tandem axle braked trailer with spare wheel and Boatcatch, Garmin GPSMap 8416XSV with GT56 transducer, antenna, NMEA starter kit and Garmin Navionics Vision+ chart, Fusion RA210 stereo with 2 x 200w speakers, two-person wide helm seat storage box with reversible backrest, Garmin Force Kraken electric trolling motor with mount and lithium battery, S3 Metallic paint inc. transom, internal pontoons, coaming and extended fendering, demo graphics, S3 Metallic dark blue hull paint, grey coloured U-Deck EVA throughout, Sarca electric drum winch with stem mounted anchor, chain and braid rode, partially smooth water safety gear kit, 12 months registrations, Yamaha twin ram motor support.
Supplied by: Northside Marine