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| RJ_692 - 1/4/2021 8:43 AM
i am currently in this same dilemma. I am 50/50 on going tiller vs Single console. Currently have DC.
For walleye fishing i'd take a tiller all day every day. But getting a decent casting platform in the back of a tiller leaves a lot to be desired.
Any console boat has much better cast ability (at least what i have seen).
If you make long runs generally the consoles are nicer, faster...however some of the big tiller setups are ok...but then you big motor and need a kicker on your tiller boat, which kind of defeats the purpose in a way.
I have been close to pulling the trigger on a couple of 20ft tillers, but just cant quite get myself to do it. (yet)
I still think the 690VS might be the best all around boat, but they are all getting old and finding a nice one is tricky. Still wish they made that boat new, or would sell the molds to someone lol.
When I got my last boat, I looked at console models as well, but after waffling back and forth, went back to a tiller. If I stay on my pattern of buying a 5 year old boat every 10 years, I'll be due in a couple of years, and will consider consoles again, but will probably go tiller unless I find a great deal. If your looking at a 20 footer with a really bid motor, yeah, you might need a kicker, but if you looking at something with a 90 horse, you shouldn't need a kicker. If your looking at a glass boat, the Recon tiller looks to have a decent rear casting deck, and has 15 9' slots in the rod locker. But it looks like it has the electronics on the wrong side. Even though my Pro Guide doesn't have much for a rear casting deck, I'm used to it. If I have someone else in the boat, I always take the back. Heck, I even use it frequently when I'm solo. Like I mentioned earlier, no boat seems to have it all. Just got to figure out which things you appreciate the most. Or win the lottery and have like 5 boats. |
