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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | If you fish mostly big open water the X-190 is not the best choice. If you fish ocassionally on big open water it's fine. The boat will handle rougher water than I ever want to fish. I've had it in honest four footers, where the waves were head high or higher while I was seated at the console and it handled it OK for motoring through. I sure wouldn't want to fish it in that though. You'd never be able to stand up front without getting thrown out of the boat if you tried it and would get beat up trolling in that stuff. The X-190 just plain isn't a big rough water fishing boat. It is a handfull to keep on plane at slower speeds in those big waves, but it can be done if nescessary without compromising your safety if you have the skills.
The X-190 really excells at calm to choppy conditions where you need to cover large distances. In other words it is great in normal fishing conditions. The only problem I had was taking water over the front motor trolling into waves on Winnebago, but that is a unique situation because of the extreme size and shallow depths of the lake creating short distances between wave crests. On Canadian lakes where you have three to six miles of open water in stretches it is fine. On larger deeper waters you can easily troll into 3 footers and stay dry.
It has the absolute best interior layout I have ever fished from for muskies. It gives you a really nice ride and even with a 3L 200HP it gives good fuel economy. But again, if you want to stay dry and comfortable in really big waves, forget it. There are better boats out there if that is the primary concern.
The front deck seems to be about 8 inches to a foot lower than my old deep V Alumacraft 18.5' rig. But is still higher than you realize till you bend over to work on a fish. |
