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[QUOTE]smbrickner - 4/5/2011  5:53 PM

I got rid of my fiberglass bass boat and bought a Lund Predator.  I will never go with anything other than a single console or tiller steer again!!  I like to have 3 or 4 rods on the deck at once and in my Skeeter they would always be underfoot because the passenger console didn't allow me to lay them further back in the boat.  Now I can because the side rod locker is the same height as teh front deck.  So much nicer to be able to fight a fish without haveing to worry about stepping ona  rod.
The side lockers on my boat hold 8 foot rods but there aren't rod tubes.  I know the bigger version (2010) can hold up to 7'6 in the center rod storage and 8 foot on the side storage.  There is a cool youtube video of the 2010 Predator Musky Rig.
The tackle storage is great, rod storage on the 1810 is so so, but like I said I always have 4 rods on the deck so I can still take 8-10 with me.
I went with this over another bass boat because the back casting deck has 2 seats that flip up making it comfortable seating for 4.  Also I wanted a boat I could troll with without mounting a kicker (I have  a 115 4 stroke).[/QUOTE]

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Subject: Re: Do's and Dont's of selecting the right Musky Boat?

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I got rid of my fiberglass bass boat and bought a Lund Predator. I will never go with anything other than a single console or tiller steer again!! I like to have 3 or 4 rods on the deck at once and in my Skeeter they would always be underfoot because the passenger console didn't allow me to lay them further back in the boat. Now I can because the side rod locker is the same height as teh front deck. So much nicer to be able to fight a fish without haveing to worry about stepping ona rod.
The side lockers on my boat hold 8 foot rods but there aren't rod tubes. I know the bigger version (2010) can hold up to 7'6 in the center rod storage and 8 foot on the side storage. There is a cool youtube video of the 2010 Predator Musky Rig.
The tackle storage is great, rod storage on the 1810 is so so, but like I said I always have 4 rods on the deck so I can still take 8-10 with me.
I went with this over another bass boat because the back casting deck has 2 seats that flip up making it comfortable seating for 4. Also I wanted a boat I could troll with without mounting a kicker (I have a 115 4 stroke).