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| Fished from it for several years. Pretty sturdy boat and held up well under the abuse I heaped upon it. Liked some things really good about it.
Likes.
Stability. Excellent. You could pee off any corner.
Light. Easy to handle. Easy to load and trailered almost as if it weren't there.
Pulled it throught the mts. behind my six banger pickup with no sweat unless climbing a real steep hill and still maintained 50 or better without excess throttle. Could put it on my trailer in minutes and trailer was a good fit.
Plenty of deck space. I fished out of the front and would, as some might attest, have an assortment of lures spread out on one side and rods on the other and never felt cramped.
Good deck for the back too and fished out of it occasionally and felt like I had plenty of space.
Storage, lots of covered storage for coats and junk of various ilk.
Power and performance. Good with a 60, rated for a 75 but didn't need it.
Durability. Hull very durable after being wacked with a whole lot of timber, stones and various bottom strata, at various speeds. Never leaked. Did a couple things that might have caused a leak, LOL, but hull held up. Deck still in good shape, although it was stored indoors so ?
Handling in close. Excellent. Often went in after lures into the extreme shallows. No sweat. Even with my big hind end in the boat I could usually wangle in and out of a foot of water. Important to keep your stick with you though... Caught some wind but not bad, could usually stay on target.
Fighting fish. Great. Since I usually fished by myself I would hook em in the front and land em in the back. Kept the back deck clear of everything but a net. Easy to get to them and unhook them in the water.
Night fishing? did a lot by myself and it was great platform for one guy.
Dislikes
Storage good but not enough dry storage. Wouldn't cost that much to make storage dry when they manufacture it.
Standard package. Not enough there, upgraded the motor, should have upgraded the trolling motor, tried to upgrade the depthfinder and they said they couldn't. Moto guide trolling motors...don't love em after using them on last two boats.
Top end about 38 with throttle all the way down and empty. Cruised around 25 to 30 which would be ok on most northern lakes but when making long runs on a reservoir leaves something to be desired.
Big water and waves. Well after 5 years only took water over the front 3 times but this spring I was convinced that I needed something that would go across the waves rather than through them. Have had times where I didn't go where I wanted because I felt the boat would not be safe handling the conditions.
Two people can fish pretty well but much tackle gets in the way and no place for a net, unless one guy stands on it. I usually elected to fish without it unless I had someone that thought they were going to hook a record and felt they needed it.
3 people don't work very good..
night fishing with lights for trout etc or dunking worms, not so hot
all in all I felt it was good value but the wrong boat for what I am doing and where I end up doing it on my limited time.
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