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I bought the Traxstech and I am very pleased so far. They seem strong the finish is great and they work well.

I was mistaken the rod holders are not Ciscos they are Berts.

I bought 6 of the Cisco rod holders and lost one of the black end caps the first week I used them. I was not impressed. Other then that they are working fine.

BS, with gas at $1.50 gal and the 4 stroke motors most of us use it costs me $1 per hr to troll. Have you bought fish at the market in the last century? I didn't think so. A salmon fillet is $8-12. This "IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL."

This has nothing to do with the Chinese flu and all to do about control. Its unbelievable the government officials would not allow people to fish to feed their families in these times. I can understand multiple people on a boat but families that live together should be allowed. Typical Cuomo

I am not sure about NY but in Maine fishing is considered essential both commercial and recreational. People need a way to feed themselves and it can be done at a safe distance.

It makes no since. Seems like people could keep their distance while coming and going from a boat launch. A perfect example of government over reach. The fact is you have a 1/1,000 chance in getting this flu if you led a normal life.

I will take the two rod holders with the tracks if still available

Looks like I will be stuck fishing the lake I live on for the next few months. But I could be in a worse situation for sure.

What kind of a track system do these mount to?

I am going to have a Garmin brush less trolling motor and plan on fishing tuna using spot lock. No anchor line to mess with and could slowly move about the bank.

I have used a similar recipe for 25 years but I only cold smoke for 24 hrs never over 70 deg.

I use atlantic mackerel for live bait for striper and blue fin

The durability. As a commercial fisherman for the last 33 years I watched the Maine Marine Patrol buy several brands of boats for service in a ocean environment. One brand held up ok the other two got really beat up quick. Those may work well for most but I wanted a boat that I could fish lakes as well as the ocean for striper, haddock and a few blue fin tuna trips per year out to 20 miles or so. The west coast style boats are designed with fishing the ocean in mind. The rails are perfect for the flush mounted rod holders used for the 130 class rods used for blue fin tuna. I would not need to load the tuna I would just tow it in at 7-10 kts as we have done at times in the past. We tow them for a hour or so minimum regardless so towing them two hrs is no big deal and it would actually cool the fish much better then ice.

April 1st Honda offers a 6 year warrentee vs a 5 year in March.

I am very impressed with how well they are built and believe it or not this was a couple 1,000 cheaper then the other 18' boats of this style I looked at. Lifetime warrentee on the whole boat including the deck.

And cheeper then the 18' Lund Sport Angler

After many days and many conversations with dealers from mostly the west coast I found a boat. I looked at Hewes Craft, North River and Duckworth. There is only one dealer for any of these boats here on the east coast. A dealer here in Maine just took on Duckworth boats in February. This was the first one he has sold. It has a 135 Honda and starting April 1st they come with a 6 year warrentee. I pick the boat up on Wednesday.20'6" long with a 96" beam 135 Honda and a 42 gal tank dry weight of 1,656 lb

I went to the only Duckworth dealer on the east coast on Wednesday. Man the 20' Adventure Sport was beautiful and I was very impressed with how well built they were. For me it would be a boat that really should last a lifetime.