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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Can't offer much new to what's been said already. I've owned two of them over the years and both served me quite well. Like any boat you need to know it's limitations and yours as a pilot.
My favorite tiller to date was a Tuffy 1700 Esox Deep V model that was the previous layout of what they currently have now. It had the side tank layout of the esox mag, a layout that I still prefer today, fished just as nice as my Mags did but offered a much nicer ride in big water.
Suspect you could find a nice used clean Esox Deep V 1760 or 1700 and be very happy with it.
I had my old 1700 tied next to a friends Mag. and the deck heights off the water were within an inch of each other.
From a safety standpoint, I was never scared in my old mags, you learn how to run the rig as Reef Hawg stated. I was in some legitimate 3 foot waves with mine, not often but it happened a few times. It can handle it, but it wouldn't be my first choice if I was in them on even a semi-regular basis. |
