Fat Trout

Wow. While this isn't manners it does clog up a ramp and is entertaining to share. I was with a buddy on round valley reservoir in NJ when 2 younger guys launched a 16ft boat with usual vinyl covered wood floor & pedestal seats. I happened to be standing there while my buddy was parking the truck for our boat. I look over and caught a glimpse in this guys boat of water just poking into the bottom of a pedestal seat mount that didn't have a seat in it. Yelled at the one guy to put the bilge on and the other guy (who was still there) to back the trailer back in immediately. He said why and just yelled shut up and do it your sinking. Managed to get it back on the trailer enough to stop it from sinking lol. And the problem was.....new to them boat, first launch and they put the boat plug in the live well intake instead of the drain hole. Coincidentally my father in law has two giant stick on letters on his transom next to his livewell intake on his Lund NO. I laughed to myself when I first saw it....didn't need to ask why it was there.

i put time and effort into practicing and setting up my trailer, and procedure to put in / pull out lightning fast by myself or with someone. That and parking so you don't get blocked and you especially don't block anyone. If busy, I do my little things away from the dock. How is all that so hard for people. Truthfully I avoid busy launches even if I'm quick.

I thank god every day (lol) for the 2500 yard spool of 30# flea flicker I picked up before it went off the market. They were coming in heavy on my wire this weekend after 30 min but ZERO on any flea flicker line for as long as it was down there

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Thats good. I wish the same was true going from x4 to x4d

Yeah, I want the x4d for the depth. They seem to sell both upgrade kits with the needed probe. ie 840 to x4 or 840/x4 to x4D. Thats what had me thinking an 840 upgrade to x4 needs a new probe too. Check into that before you get an x4 display and then need a probe. That would be a bummer. the only constant seems to be the transducer. That seems to work equally for all, as best I can tell.

to go from the 840 I think you would need both the display and the x4 probe....not just the display. I have wanted to upgrade from the x4 to x4d but didn't want to eat the upgrade cost and still have the old equipment. They swap out the display and probe apparently. If you would be interested in the display and probe let me know. My probe and display are 2 yrs old

As of last week you needed to wade through about 4-5" of water for about 10' to get to the floating dock section. Otherwise it was fine.

I have an 18 Pro. Just curious. For your issues do you have a kicker on the port side along with the battery? I'm running a 115 and I don't have issues (but I'm not running a kicker). I do have weight based listing depending on passengers (or not) and where they are sitting but nothing bad like the OP is dealing with. I consider this somewhat normal for a smaller boat and not close to dangerous in my case. I'm intrigued by the 4x12 tabs mentioned as adjusting tilt as needed based on wind, waves & passengers might be nice. I just wanted to gauge your observations with the 18 as points of reference only. Seems to me the 18's are marginal on the tilt and dependent on weight distribution where the 20's have a more significant issue that needs definite resolution. I like the 18 but have this affliction where I always find see some shiny new fishing gear or boat gear to spend $ on.

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There's a full length reverse chine. Perhaps however at the length and weight of that particular boat its not effective enough on plane. Hard for me to say. I have the next size down and don't have the same problems. Deadrise isn't published (that I've found) so I'm not sure if the series of boats is actually a full V