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Location: Northern IL | A boat is a tool designed to do a specific job, so ask yourself what is the job your trying to accomplish? Do you cast, troll or do both?Every boat whether it be a console or a tiller has built in limitations. The bigger console will allow you to run greater distances and keep you drier. If you spend the greater part of your fishing on big waters and or trolling flatter structures such as on Lsc. or areas of Green Bay and the like then a wheel may be for you.
However if you split your time between casting and trolling on all types of waters big or small then the tiller may be the right tool. The tiller offers greater maneuverable. If you fish a lot of lakes with defined weedlines or breaklines then the tiller will allow you to be much more exact in your presentation of lures on the troll vs the wheel.
I personally fish a lot of new lakes and will often hold the rod in one hand until the bottom makeup is learned, again not possibly with a wheel. There are a lot of nice tillers built today and many are fairly deep which helps in keeping you dry. I currently run a deep (33") Lowe with a 50hp tiller Honda and its ok for now but... And I haven't looked lately but If I was looking Alumicraft has a nice layout but the rod lockers could be much taller or deeper. The live wells are huge a real plus when catching walleyes. I have cans now but a big, bigger the better built in belly tank would be a must.
Good luck.
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