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| I believe I owned the 1st Esox Magnum sold out of the Tuffy factory. It was an outstanding fishing boat for any Wisconsin lake, and serviceable on Lake of the Woods at The Northwest Angle.
I am trying to remember the man who was Tuffy's manager back in the early 1990s. His first name was Darryl, and his last name began with the letter W. He always provided great service. When he left Tuffy, I went to Ranger boats. I never saw much difference between those brands. Darryl and Tuffy were better at customer service and there were fewer issues with the boats. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Abu7000 - 1/1/2026 3:22 PM
I believe I owned the 1st Esox Magnum sold out of the Tuffy factory. It was an outstanding fishing boat for any Wisconsin lake, and serviceable on Lake of the Woods at The Northwest Angle.
I am trying to remember the man who was Tuffy's manager back in the early 1990s. His first name was Darryl, and his last name began with the letter W. He always provided great service. When he left Tuffy, I went to Ranger boats. I never saw much difference between those brands. Darryl and Tuffy were better at customer service and there were fewer issues with the boats.
Weihert. Great guy. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | kap - 1/1/2026 8:32 AM
i would agree the 2100 was a pretty good hull. in my experience with the friends i know that ran the smaller boats were sure glad they went to Rangers and Skeeters and noticed a huge difference on Leech lake and Mille Lacs where we fish.
The 1700 and 2100 had very similar models to a couple from Skeeter. I worked for Skeeter for a couple of years. Parsons and Kavajecz were as responsible for the Skeeter V models as anyone. |
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| Saw a FB post from Recon with regard to the new Esox magnum. Comment was that it was not yet on their website. Steve, sounds like they could use some help. |
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| For those wanting to take a look at the new Esox Magnum, saw on FB that Recon will have one at the Muskie show in Watersmeet, MI and then later at the Wausau show. They said they could not exhibit at the Milwaukee show, because they had not gone to the Chicago show. In addition to the Esox Mag, they will have a 2085 Tiller on display.
I am thinking about going to the Watersmeet show, just as close as the Wausau show for me. Not in the market for new boat but plan on checking out that big tiller. |
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