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[QUOTE]TCESOX - 3/21/2016  10:25 AM

I've had two ProV tillers (an '88 and a '98) and now have an '08 ProGuide 1825.  Only had the ProGuide for a couple of years and haven't had it in anything too nasty yet, as I haven't been doing much walleye fishing anymore.  I did have my ProVs in nasty stuff quite frequently.  If you are going straight downwind or straight upwind, you can pretty much do what you want until you start banging the waves.  If the waves are big enough that you start hammering them, I just suggest patience, and slow down.  If you need to angle to get to where you are going, downwind you can usually angle OK, but to keep from getting soaked going upwind, I would tack, by going directly into the wind, and then slowing down and go perpendicular to the wind for a while, and the back directly into the wind again.  In the really big stuff (when you can't see over the waves when your in a trough), I recommend simply riding the back of a wave and avoid getting into a trough at all.  You need to stay active on the throttle, revving it to stay up on the wave, and backing off to prevent from dropping into the trough in front of you.  Of course, when it is this bad, we really shouldn't be out there anyway, but sometimes you get caught.  As others said, I would keep the trim lower than if you were running up on plane, you want your bow to pop up a bit if you goose the throttle.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 3/21/2016 10:25 AM (#810725 - in reply to #810627)
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I've had two ProV tillers (an '88 and a '98) and now have an '08 ProGuide 1825. Only had the ProGuide for a couple of years and haven't had it in anything too nasty yet, as I haven't been doing much walleye fishing anymore. I did have my ProVs in nasty stuff quite frequently. If you are going straight downwind or straight upwind, you can pretty much do what you want until you start banging the waves. If the waves are big enough that you start hammering them, I just suggest patience, and slow down. If you need to angle to get to where you are going, downwind you can usually angle OK, but to keep from getting soaked going upwind, I would tack, by going directly into the wind, and then slowing down and go perpendicular to the wind for a while, and the back directly into the wind again. In the really big stuff (when you can't see over the waves when your in a trough), I recommend simply riding the back of a wave and avoid getting into a trough at all. You need to stay active on the throttle, revving it to stay up on the wave, and backing off to prevent from dropping into the trough in front of you. Of course, when it is this bad, we really shouldn't be out there anyway, but sometimes you get caught. As others said, I would keep the trim lower than if you were running up on plane, you want your bow to pop up a bit if you goose the throttle.