LETS SEE PICS OF YOUR OPEN WATER RIGS!

[LIGHTLINE]

THANK YOU FOR THAT, I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN HOW WELL THIS BOAT HANDLES THE GREAT BIG WATER,10-12 FOOTERS. HAS A 18 INCH DRAFT AND WITH THE TWIN O.B.'S IT'S HIGHLY MENOUVERABLE

[MuskyBug85]

heres a better pict of the rig from last weekend

its a tourny pro 185 with a 90 horse merc tiller

[TSCTSC]

TOtally amazing rig! Fantastic. Drool. Do u trailer it and where do u keep it?

[insurance guy]

Wow you guys have some nice boats This is my new "killer tiller" which is a 07 17ft Lund Pro Angler with a 60hp Merc 4 stroke EFI set up just for backtrolling which is what I do a LOT of. I put on a Lowrance 26c on the back so I can run the Navionics chip and a 102c on the bow and a pair of Whitecap splashguards. I just got in August and I think she's already had well over 200 walleyes brought in over the bow so far and I'm totally in love with this boat and that Mercury outboard which runs smooth as silk

[Koldfront Kraig]

Insurance Guy,

Sweet walleye boat!

[insurance guy]

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Insurance Guy,

Sweet walleye boat!

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Thanks That's exactly why I got a Pro-Angler. When it comes to walleye fishing give me a tiller or give me death I say I'm also lucky I didn't get the 18ft model because this one barely fits into my garage, and I mean barely but it fits.

[Water Hazard]

Just out of curiousity, what are some of the benefits of a tiller model boat? I purchased my first boat this summer and out of personal preference, I didn't even consider a tiller model.

Is it that tiller models are cheaper? Or, fewer mechanical issues? More room to move around?

Again, I am just curious. Anything that gets me out on the water is okay in my book!

Here's a picture of my boat.

[insurance guy]

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Just out of curiousity, what are some of the benefits of a tiller model boat? I purchased my first boat this summer and out of personal preference, I didn't even consider a tiller model.

Is it that tiller models are cheaper? Or, fewer mechanical issues? More room to move around?

Again, I am just curious. Anything that gets me out on the water is okay in my book!

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Nice boat and you'll probably get some different answers to your questions but for me personally I am a hardcore walleye guy and when deciding on a new boat I wanted a tiller because I do a lot of backtrolling and tiller's are the only style of boat that allows you to do that effectively. They turn tighter and quicker and it's a lot easier to follow specific contours on a steep edge or weedline going backwards than forwards. They are cheaper and have less mechanical parts like a steering mechanism but that's not why I got it. I also forward troll quite often while hand jerking leadcore with the big motor and it's very difficult to jerk lead over the side while running the big motor off of a console because you are forward in the boat and the line can get wrapped in the prop easily when you're turning. Sitting in the back running the tiller allows me to handline out the back much easier and with less tangles and prop mishaps. The tiller boats also give you a lot more room without having to work around a console especially if I'm fishing 2 or 3 guys and we're trolling with boards and riggers and I need to bounce around the boat constantly checking and pulling lines. In the spring we also fish ocean run stripers in the Hudson river and the open floor plan of the boat is perfect for drifting 4 or 6 rods with herring and battling a huge striper that's running all over the place. I don't have kids so it's not a family boat, strictly fishing! If I did have kids and a wife that wanted to go with me I probably would have gotten a console boat instead with a windshield but everybody's needs are different with boats and the tiller crowd along with backtrolling and leadcore has kind of gone by the wayside but there are still a few of us out there.

[MuskyBug85]

sweet rig for your first boat. on the tiller question, i personally feel it gives you more room, that console takes up a lot of floor space and not to mention can get i the way. i also feel i have more control when trolling, i am a musky guy and i do a tremendious amount of trolling with the "big" motor. i think it all comes down to personal choice, however as long as i guide i will run a tiller, every thing is out of the way. Jonah

[Water Hazard]

Thanks guys! When I first mentioned to my wife that I was interested in a boat I told her I thought it would be used and less than $5000. After looking around, I found a great deal on this boat at the local marine store. Thankfully, she was understanding and didn't hold me to my original estimate.

It treated me really well this summer. The Yamaha 4-stroke started right off the bat each and every time. That alone was worth the cost of the boat!

[insurance guy]

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Thanks guys! When I first mentioned to my wife that It treated me really well this summer. The Yamaha 4-stroke started right off the bat each and every time. That alone was worth the cost of the boat!

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I bet it did. With that Yammy 4 stroke I bet you can really get cruising in that rig 4 strokes are awesome for trolling and I can idle my 60hp down to 1mph on the backtroll and about 1.6 going forward depending on wind and waves. They are really fuel efficient too and it seems like you can run em for days and hardly use any gas.

[TSCTSC]

You drilled those big jons in? Do you use those holders for walleye trolling?

[TSCTSC]

I think I would disagree on that run em for days and not use any gas. I think you could run em for days, but you would need to fill up after that.

[insurance guy]

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You drilled those big jons in? Do you use those holders for walleye trolling?

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Yeah just put a block of 1/2" plywood underneath to bolt them into. The Big Jon holders are really sweet for any kind of trolling. I use the front ones for my board rods or to hold a 2nd rod when I'm backtrolling and the back holders work great as a 2nd holder when I'm running a stacker release off the riggers or for longlining or for lead rigs. The 4 strokes definitely use some gas but with a pretty big gas tank on board you really got to run em a while between fillups.

[esquired]

Here is mine, "Sea Grinch, a 2000 Mako 253 Walk Around. It is too wide to trailer (and I do not have a trailer or big enough truck anyway) so it stays indoors at the Boatel, Cedar Creek, DE

[ricqik]

04 Skeeter ZX250 w/300 VMAX HPDI

[MuskyBug85]

what is the fuel econimy on something like that? sweet rig by the way. Jonah

[Ray Esboldt]

Rikqik,

Did I talk with you at a campground on Green Lake (Spicer) this year? If I didn't, someone has the same rig as you.

[ricqik]

Thanks guys.

Ray, maybe it was someone else, never been to green lake.

Well, right about 5mpg running about 45-50 mph and running all out at the limiter, about 2-2.5 mpg. Buying something this big, mpg considerations is out the door, just fill her up when she's low.

Actually, if anyone knows Jay Carlson, who is Mark Raveling's fishing buddy, I bought this boat from Jay back in April 05.

[MNice]

Nothing fancy, but it get's the job done.

Here's My fishing & hunting dog.

[Cowgirladdict]

LIGHTLINE

is your rig at Hallberg Marine?

[Kylersk]

I finally bought a boat! Pick it up next friday...

She's got a 115 evinrude Ficht ram injection motor and a 65# 24volt minnkota autopilot.

edit: She now has a mercury optimax 115.

[Matt Johnson]

Nice rig Kylesk! You'll like that Crestliner. See you on the water!

[eyepatrol]

Nice rig and I like the colors! What's she got for ponies?

[Catcherman]