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Location: United States | Has anybody gone from a single or dual console to a tiller in an 18' or 20' boat? If so, were you happy with the change?
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| I went from running a 620 single to a Lund 1825 pro guide and love it!!! |
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Location: Madison | I went from a 16.5 tiller to a 18.5 dual console. Now I want to get back into a tiller. I know it is mostly personal preference, but I feel there is more room to move and store things in a tiller boat.
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| i enjoy the extra space, wont go back to a console. |
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Location: Green Bay, Titletown, WI | If your doing long runs out on the water, a console is nice to duck behind. But if your not doing a lot of running around, or mainly fish smaller bodies of water, it's hard to beat a tiller. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Love my little tiller. |
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| Cant beat the control you have with a tiller.... Im not into steering wheels. ha |
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Location: NE Wisconsin | Went from a single console to a 620T. Best move I ever did.
Edited by Johnnie 11/10/2013 11:09 PM
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| I've owned both, still a tiller guy. If you get your tiller purchase a Save Phace mask for the long runs. Works great to protect your face. I see console guys wearing them also. The wind and wash in the back seat can be brutal at times not to mention sleet and snow! That was my best purchase for this year. |
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Location: Wisconsin | Never had a console boat, I just feel the added storage and open fishing area of the tiller can't be beat. The only reason I would consider a console was if I was driving longer distances on big water. Then it is nice to have, but for the lakes I fish, tiller all the way! |
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Location: North Central IL USA | Console all the way! Definitely a better field of vision and much more comfortable hand(s)/arm position. |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Had a 620T for a few years, switched to console and will never go back to a tiller. IMO Tillers are very wet, fished Minnetoka and it's always rolling out there. I don't care how good you can drive a boat, there just a bath sometimes and it really sucks in the cold.
Family and kids like console better anyway. |
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| Fished outta them all, 620 Tiller is the way to go. Better boat control and the open floor plan is unbeatable. |
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Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | The Tiller does have some great benefits. I like the room and old school feel to the entire setup. I know Walleye guys really like the ability to back troll as well. However, I also "run" the boat from my rear casting deck because I use both a front and rear trolling motor for boat control. Since i fish from the back... I want to be comfortable and have plenty of room. it can be tough to find a Tiller with a great rear casting deck. I know, Tuffy and Lund both make tiller boats with wider rear decks… but they still can't compete with square footage a C or DC boat provides. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 'but they still can't compete with square footage a C or DC boat provides'
Explain please, lost me. |
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Location: With my son on the water | Your preference will be determined by how and who you fish with. I have had both but have the console now. For walleye fishing, control, and space the tiller wins. What moved me to a console was when I got married and my wife and now family started to come along.
When I had a tiller I ran the boat in the back and my wife sat in front. When we got to a spot to fish I moved to the front to run the TM and my wife had to switch places. (That was a pain)
With my console she lives in the back and I have the front and we each have our own space. I also agree a console is a drier ride and the overall demand/resale is a higher too.
If you are fishing smaller water I would go with a tiller again.
Each have there place. |
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Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | "but they still can't compete with square footage a C or DC boat provides"
Sorry Steve, I should have been more specific… In general, the size of the rear casting deck in a tiller boat is smaller than a boat with a c/dc set up. Overall, a tiller boat does have more room… but the rear casting deck area is generally smaller because of seat placement. Most of the tiller boats that I have been in (618T/620T) have you fish off a narrow side tank surface that is no fun to fish from in a good wind. Tuffy and Lund do a better job in their tiller boats (rear casting deck), but I still prefer the larger rear decks that many C/DC boats have as standard or at least as an option to purchase.
If you run your boat from the front, this is probably a non-issue. I agree with baitfish that the issue is really framed around your personal preference. I will also note that I would NEVER turn down a musky trip because my buddy had a tiller… We would certainly find away to adapt:)
Edited by Badgerpat1 11/15/2013 7:35 AM
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Location: Smith Creek | I fish out the back of a Osprey 1700 T, and there is as much if not more rear casting space as any C model I've fished out of.
In general you may be correct, though.
My Ultracraft tiller doesn't have a lot of rear deck, but that's my solo fishing boat, and for fishing solo tiller rules. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | OK I see what you mean. A tiller can be adapted easily to a very sizable deck if one wishes, but my little ride doesn't offer much more than a 'comfortable' back deck or I wouldn't be able to get the Frabill on the floor. I liked my dual console rigs, just decided to downsize and a C model doesn't keep anyone but me happier from the wind and rain. I opted for a T, and Keith opted for a C. Both boats fish really well. |
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Location: ON | The biggest thing for me fishing from a tiller is the walkway to the back. I hook all my fish on the front deck, and keeping the net at the back of the boat, and not having the squeeze through a windshield or by a console is great!
I think if you fish 3 guys, you have to go tiller.
I'd love to have a 620T one day...
That being said. When its November and raining, or you need to make a run across chop, I wish I had a windsheild. Can't have it all, and for the majority of the year I want the floorspace. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Cal - 11/15/2013 2:22 PM
I think if you fish 3 guys, you have to go tiller.
I routinely fish 3 guys out of an Alumacraft 165 Classic Series CS with no problems.
Edited by dami0101 11/15/2013 3:59 PM
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Location: ON | dami0101 - 11/15/2013 4:59 PM
Cal - 11/15/2013 2:22 PM
I think if you fish 3 guys, you have to go tiller.
I routinely fish 3 guys out of an Alumacraft 165 Classic Series CS with no problems.
Of course it can be done... BTW, I run the same boat in a tiller, but fish alone 90% of the time. |
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| Has anyone fished out of a skeeter wx2000t or a tuffy 2060 tiller? ive been doing alot of research on the two boats and want to get into a tiller for this spring. 95% of the time I fish alone, or with a black lab, I fish almost exclusively musky. I have been talking with Mike at diversified marine and the two bots are within $1000. The Tuffy is a little bigger tho with a bigger motor. How do these boats handle rough water does anyone have a preference over one? I mainly fish north wisconsin eagle river area and minnesota. Vermilion, leech, and mille lacs. Also I want to start trolling during the day. Thanks for your time. Also If you have a 2060 tuffy can you pm me I would really like to take a look at it if possible, doesnt have to be a tiller I can picture the boat without consoles thanks again ~~~ Jim |
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| Has anyone fished out of a skeeter wx2000t or a tuffy 2060 tiller?...The Tuffy is a little bigger tho with a bigger motor. How do these boats handle rough water?
i have the Skeeter tiller and have fished out of the Tuffy tiller multiple times, including this past summer.
the Tuffy is slightly longer, but the Skeeter is actually bigger due to the wider beam, with noticeably more interior room. the Skeeter is also a couple hundred pounds heavier, but the hull is designed as a tiller-only boat (rather than a converted console hull) so the lift design gets it up and going with ease in spite of the extra weight.
The Tuffy has a deeper V hull, which combined with the narrower beam makes for a great ride in rough water. The Skeeter's wider beam and shallower draft gets you closer to the water for figure-8s and working on fish in the net.
a new Skeeter is only rated for a 115hp, and gets in the 40mph range (mine has a 150hp and i've touched 49mph but ususally see 47mph fully loaded); the Tuffy is rated for a 150hp and runs in the upper 40s as well.
here's some videos of the Skeeter:
calm water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04nk4pGamWw
rough water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSokgnErWzA
have fun shopping!
Edited by M Winther 11/16/2013 10:14 AM
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| For those that have run longer tillers, 17 foot or longer, how is visibility when running a tiller at low speeds? I am thinking in particular of areas like on our chain where the channel narrows and you have some turns. Not an issue in daylight, but harder at night. Just wondering if at low speed whether the bow would interfere with vision when all the way back in a tiller? Thanks in advance for any input. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Not in my experience, no. Most of the newer big tillers run pretty flat at low speeds.
By the way, the 2060 hull was engineered to perform well with as little as a 90 up to maximum 250 HP. Time to plane with a 115 Opti or 4 stroke is excellent. |
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| Thanks Steve. Not looking quite that big but do like the new Larson 17 foot tiller, that you can put a 90 on, and that was one concern I had. My only experience with tillers has been on lighter aluminum boats that tended to ride with the bow well up at slow speeds. |
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Location: Minnesota | tiller vs console it comes down to how and where you fish. I have been taking my mother with me a lot this year she is 83 she has caught some nice pike cant wait till a musky slams her bait. I have a skeeter mx 1825 DC she likes it much better then my sc she has something to hide behind . so for my kind of fishing I like the DC. |
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Location: Oshkosh, WI | I have a Tuffy 2060T with 175 e-tec. Quiet motor to sit next to and runs in the upper 40's. Gets out of the hole in seconds and runs flat at low speeds. Simply perfect till you need to run somewhere in the rain lol |
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Location: Contrarian Island | personal preference ...both get the job done, the boat doesn't catch the fish..i started in a tiller, now i own a tiller and a console... tiller for small lakes up north, Ranger for bigger water... I like to go fast, yah some tillers go fast, but it's not like driving a race car ..  lots of storage in both, Tillers like Lambeaus Skeeter sure do have room... just depends on what you like.. consoles can shield you a bit more from rain/wind/cold which is nice some days... |
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Location: NE Wisconsin | Real Men Drive Tillers |
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