Further North - 11/16/2015 5:18 PM

Silly question: Why would people want tackle boxes on board if they could store all their tackle below deck?

I've been doing that for three seasons now and I wouldn't go back to a tackle box on a bet.

The few times I fish out of someone else's boat and have to use one I feel like I've slipped back to the stone age.

Macintosh - 11/14/2015 6:09 AM

So, question for Steve or some of you guys who are more "in" with someone at Lund or a dealer, etc. Is Lund positioning this boat as a deep-hulled bass boat, or is it a multispecies boat with a casting-focused layout? Theres been a lot of discussion around this boat especially relative to the price-tag, as unless the Lund pricing tool on their website is off by 30% it seems like you'll be able to buy a fully rigged glass bassboat from numerous companies for similar money as this, so I wonder if people are simply assuming it's a straight-up bass boat (it does say "bass" on the sticker) yet it has a 25" transom and may be "more" than a straight-up bassboat--its kind of apples and oranges if that's true, but not sure to what degree...Seems there are really very few boats quite like this out there that combine a deeper hull with a bassboat-style layout. I ended up moving from a deep v boat into a glass bass boat because I couldnt find a boat like this--had I been able to have lund build me a custom boat a couple years ago it would essentially be this boat, it's uncanny how closely it resembles what I was looking for. Realistically I couldnt afford to have bought a new one anyway, but I literally couldnt even find ANYTHING similar to look at, so Ive never laid eyes on one, they simply dont exist in the market in anything resembling a significant way. Youve got the x-190 which seems actually to be a smaller boat given the width and which as a brand seems confined to the upper midwest; The 05 and 06 triton 21xd (no longer made) comes to mind, as does the new 22' ranger boat--but those are both much larger boats and they are glass. Im just wondering who Lund will end up targeting to buy this boat and for what. The tin bass boat guys seem to think this boat will be too expensive and will draw too much water and therefore wont be a good value and wont meet their needs, and in the southeast most assume rivets are inherently weak and that the vee-hull necessarily makes the boat "tippy"(lund has their work cut out for them if this is the target audience); the glass guys want glass in this price range; which leaves you with current tin deep-v customers who want a casting layout, which, based on available offerings seems a tiny niche. Is that a lot more people than I thought, or am I missing something? Im in sales in another industry, so it would be interesting to hear from someone with that perspective and more reality-based insight on this boat and what Lund thinks will make it tick.

sworrall - 11/16/2015 6:31 PM



Gear and tackle box area on the floor is a selling point to multi-specie anglers, as is the area created that is cockpit, not elevated deck. Bass boat interiors generally have just enough cockpit for passengers and the driver. I ran a bass boat for a couple years back in my Skeeter days, and really didn't like the entire boat being high deck. I like to work on the fish at boat side, and prefer to do so from the cockpit.

It looks like, in the early stages of delivery of the new models, that orders are slightly higher for the bench seating and cool tackle storage, but the dealers ordered at least one of each.

sworrall - 11/16/2015 10:53 PM

There's plenty of storage in that ride to put everything away. There's also more floor space.

bob690 - 11/29/2015 11:27 AM

I got to ask.Have they changed the material on the transom.Not trying to start something,but did'nt they change the material on the floor.So does mean there is no wood on top of deck or below the deck.Just asking.

bob690