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I’m in the Midwest and we get a lot of wind and waves on the decent sized lakes so I like an 18 foot

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That 1875 with the extra floor room would allow for a heckuva livewell across the back. I was kind of thinking with just 2 of us fishing I could use a 100 quart cooler and throw em right on ice in mine.

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Update on boat. Got the Riptide troller installed and so far liking it a lot. Have a lot to learn with routes, saving routes, and using various options. The Hummingbird Helix 7 seems nice also. We have played with settings a bit on it. For trolling the Cisco Lund base plates have worked great. We mounted Scotty's rod holders on those and they are quite functional. Had an 8 walleye day today doing a little trolling with Bomber 300s.

Its been worth it and so far the boat seems to fit our needs nicely. It loads super easy and has been good trailering. If we land any lunkers, we'll post pics lol.

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Awesome!

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Kurt when you going to put up a pic of the new boat? Mb


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Bob, Here are a few pics. That was my first decent walleye this am at about 5:45. The view towards the back shows my cisco mounting plates and Scotty's rod holders. Those Cisco plates are rock solid on the Lund mounting rail. Really highly recommend those. The yellow tape was a temporary hold while I figured out GPS compass location. Got it screwed on now. I really like the RAM mount for the Helix 7 also. Very adjustable. I used #10 bolts and locking washers to mount that up vs the supplied wood screws from Hummingbird. Way more secure.

Wife and I are loving it. Pics aren't great but gives you an idea. The onboard charger for the 24V troller is very nice and easy.

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Kurt looks like the making for walleye tacos. Good looking boat for what I can see of it. Get a picture of it on the boat ramp with water dripping off it, you know kinda like a woman half out of the shower. It 's time for some boat.porn haha
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Love it. So jealous.

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Kurt, did you limit on walleyes this AM? Where you fishing Ne.?


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Bob, that is actually a small lake in the Denver metro area. Its about a 40 minute drive so we are using it for getting used to the boat. Did catch 7 walleyes and had a nice crappie get off at the boat in a few hours of fishing. Hard to find keepers as you can imagine the fishing pressure it gets but still a great place to go on summer mornings.

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Looks great, congrats on the fishing


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Sounds like a good plan to me. Yours is a new outfit without to much worry about motor failure but still having a usable lake close by is handy. I've got a couple of 16' Fishing boats I'm trying to get back to reliable using condition, a close lake for test drives would be nice to use. Pactola has to suffice it's about 28 miles out. Last test drive produced a couple of northern pike and a ignition switch failure. Good with the bad, that' s old boat motors for you. Mb


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I was thinking about bringing my boat out to Pactola and putting the cannon balls down for some of those big lakers. Any bite going on there?


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Was earlier this spring, your only allowed 1 a day to keep and min length is 24" . I talked to a guy on a pontoon that had down riggers and they had some nice rainbows and 1 27" laker. I asked how deep he said about 30 feet that was in may. Mb


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Originally Posted by 30338
Bob, Here are a few pics. That was my first decent walleye this am at about 5:45. The view towards the back shows my cisco mounting plates and Scotty's rod holders. Those Cisco plates are rock solid on the Lund mounting rail. Really highly recommend those. The yellow tape was a temporary hold while I figured out GPS compass location. Got it screwed on now. I really like the RAM mount for the Helix 7 also. Very adjustable. I used #10 bolts and locking washers to mount that up vs the supplied wood screws from Hummingbird. Way more secure.

Wife and I are loving it. Pics aren't great but gives you an idea. The onboard charger for the 24V troller is very nice and easy.

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Great stuff !!

No more walleye envy !


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Kurt , you been out? Mb


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Update on the Lund Impact. Been trying to get out 2-3 times a week all summer. Done a few late evening trips as well. Its a really solid setup for fishing up to 4 people. 3 is better and for 2 there is a ton of room. Glad we bought it last year. We've learned a few things about Lindy rigs and bouncing worms on the bottom. Having a great time and catching good numbers of walleyes. Looking back, its been a real good purchase and it should serve our needs very well. This was a 21" walleye from this am.

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