Custom Aluminum Boats Built for the Way You Fish.
River’s Edge builds aluminum drift boats, power drifters, and sleds for fishermen and hunters who spend their seasons on rivers, lakes, tidewater, and backchannels across the Northwest.
Layouts That Make Sense
Built around your use
Rod trays, fish boxes, seating, anchor systems, bow storage, motor setup, dog space, cooler space, and room for the gear that comes with long days on the water.
Aluminum that earns its keep
Clean welds, strong construction, and a layout made to get wet, get used, and come back ready for the next launch.
A clear build process
Pick the boat style, work through the options, talk through the details, and get a build plan that makes sense before fabrication begins.
Start with the river. Build the boat from there.
The best layout depends on the water. Side-drifting, running plugs, back-bouncing, hauling crab pots, setting decoys, or crossing wind chop all put different demands on a boat.
River’s Edge builds around balance, storage, fishability, seating, outboard setup, and the details that matter once you are away from the ramp.
Choose the platform that fits your water.
Drift Boats
Made for rowing, fishing, and working current with control. A good drift boat should track clean, sit balanced, carry gear without clutter, and give fishermen room to work without fighting the layout.
Power Drift Boats
For fishermen who want drift boat fishability with an outboard setup that can push back upriver, cover more water, and make longer days easier. Commonly paired with a Mercury 60/40 JET outboard for shallow river use.
Sleds
Built for covering water, carrying gear, and handling bigger days. Sleds make sense for salmon, steelhead, hunting, lake fishing, and runs where room, power, and storage matter.
Clean welds. Smart rigging. No wasted space.
A boat does not need a pile of add-ons to be useful. It needs the right hull, clean welds, smart storage, good access, and hardware placed where it belongs.
River’s Edge focuses on the details you notice after a few trips: how the boat rows, how it loads, where the rods go, how the anchor runs, how the deck drains, where the cooler fits, and whether the layout stays out of your way.
From first conversation to launch day.
Talk through the water
Rivers, lakes, tidewater, ramps, crew size, gear load, hunting needs, fishing style, and how the boat will be used through the season.
Choose the platform
Drift boat, power drifter, or sled. From there, River’s Edge helps narrow the layout and equipment around your use.
Dial in the details
Seating, storage, rod trays, fish boxes, anchor setup, outboard needs, trailer setup, flooring, paint, finish, and other build options.
Build it right
Once the plan is set, the boat moves into fabrication, rigging, finishing, and final prep so it is ready for the water.
Boats, welds, layouts, and days on the water.
Build from the water up.
The builder gives River’s Edge the basics up front, so the first conversation can focus on fit, layout, and the water you run.