Appreciate the honest feedback on the boat! Great video. I picked up a drift sock to try and calm down the trolling. My 16’ crestliner with a 50 does the same thing. I figured with the flat bottom profile it would be great in shallow water and not great in rough weather, I guess it’s a compromise.
Thanks for watching and the hot tip! I will look into adding a drift sock to my set up as well. I am concerned about fish swimming and getting the hook/line tangled into it. Do you have much experience with that?
Got an 1800 Alaskan with a 75 & yesterday back trolling into 30 km winds i was getting it hard to go slow enough. I will be looking into drift sock as JB101inc has suggested. I believe minn kota has now stopped making the vantage transom mount motor. I agree with what you say, they are a no bells & whistles boat which allow us to do most things out there pretty well, these style boats for me, provide plenty of space & fuel economy , Keep up the great videos. How did your charging system perform on this trip?
Yeah the wind sock is a great tip and I'm going to look into adding that to my set up. The charging system is awesome. I can do a more indepth video on my experience with it. It was time consuming getting it set up because I had to do some trial and error but now that it's set up the charging system is crucial for long remote trips. Using the Kraken to troll is sooo nice
@@LivingHighWildFree How do you find the mapping on your Garmin, I've heard it said their mapping isn't as comprehensive as other brands in certain areas of the country but maybe that is down to brand bias. what do you think of the Kraken foot pedal. Just asking as I was thinking of going with H'bird but was strongly considering Garmin.
I have no complaints with the mapping system with my Garmin units. The livescope doesn't give the best reading especially under speed but my down imaging unit does well. The transducers seem to be sensitive to the angle the are at and if they are off will give a bad signal so maybe that's why people aren't a fan. I don't have the foot pedal. I just use the remote which works well for me. Overall the kraken is great.
The Tacoma says you should use a sway control hitch if trailering more than 2000lbs. Since Lund say the boat, motor and trailer towing weight of your model is 2240 you should look at a sway control hitch to help with the swaying you mentioned. They are about $500 but safety first.
Appreciate the honest feedback on the boat! Great video. I picked up a drift sock to try and calm down the trolling. My 16’ crestliner with a 50 does the same thing. I figured with the flat bottom profile it would be great in shallow water and not great in rough weather, I guess it’s a compromise.
Thanks for watching and the hot tip! I will look into adding a drift sock to my set up as well. I am concerned about fish swimming and getting the hook/line tangled into it. Do you have much experience with that?
Been on this boat! Highly recommend. The chairs are super comfy and the ride smooth. (Be sure to watch to the end. ;))
Got an 1800 Alaskan with a 75 & yesterday back trolling into 30 km winds i was getting it hard to go slow enough. I will be looking into drift sock as JB101inc has suggested. I believe minn kota has now stopped making the vantage transom mount motor. I agree with what you say, they are a no bells & whistles boat which allow us to do most things out there pretty well, these style boats for me, provide plenty of space & fuel economy ,
Keep up the great videos.
How did your charging system perform on this trip?
Yeah the wind sock is a great tip and I'm going to look into adding that to my set up. The charging system is awesome. I can do a more indepth video on my experience with it. It was time consuming getting it set up because I had to do some trial and error but now that it's set up the charging system is crucial for long remote trips. Using the Kraken to troll is sooo nice
@@LivingHighWildFree How do you find the mapping on your Garmin, I've heard it said their mapping isn't as comprehensive as other brands in certain areas of the country but maybe that is down to brand bias. what do you think of the Kraken foot pedal. Just asking as I was thinking of going with H'bird but was strongly considering Garmin.
I have no complaints with the mapping system with my Garmin units. The livescope doesn't give the best reading especially under speed but my down imaging unit does well. The transducers seem to be sensitive to the angle the are at and if they are off will give a bad signal so maybe that's why people aren't a fan. I don't have the foot pedal. I just use the remote which works well for me. Overall the kraken is great.
Great, now there's going to be a rush on Dad's cookies and they'll jack up the prices!🤐
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The Tacoma says you should use a sway control hitch if trailering more than 2000lbs. Since Lund say the boat, motor and trailer towing weight of your model is 2240 you should look at a sway control hitch to help with the swaying you mentioned. They are about $500 but safety first.
What phone mount do you have. I am getting ready to buy the ram mount system. Yours looks good. Maybe cheaper than ram
I use a x-grip ram mount. It works well. I use it in my boat and snowmobile and haven't had any issues with it
@@LivingHighWildFree thanks for the reply. Is it a ram brand mount in the sport track
It sure is. I mounted it to a sport track bracket and it works great!
The peeing at the end says it all!!
Great video
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