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re: Brand New Nitro Z9
Posted on 7/14/11 at 5:20 am to The Sportsman
Posted on 7/14/11 at 5:20 am to The Sportsman
quote:Uh, Basil Bacon???
your experience in rough water is all relative to the guy driving the boat
Look, I'm not saying they are a bad boat. They are not. It's just that pure performance is not their best attribute.
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Posted on 7/14/11 at 6:10 am to AlxTgr
I echo the Phoenix boat post. Those hulls look to be closer to Champions than anything else. If we had a Phoenix dealer closer by here I'd seriously look into it for my next boat.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 7:06 am to The Sportsman
quote:
oh and I'm guessing someone in here sells Nitros
Nope not a boat sales man, hell I don't even own a glass rig. I just don't have blinders on when it comes to boat builders and who is doing what these days....
But I agree any time you ride with someone that knows how to drive a rig to its full capabilities it can make you feel that its the best thing floating.
This post was edited on 7/14/11 at 7:19 am
Posted on 7/14/11 at 7:51 am to The Sportsman
quote:
I was quite impressed the other day crossing the bay in our ranger... It rode
about like our baychamp does in those seas
I call BS...SWIDT?
I checked out Phoenix at the Classic Expo, the guy promoting the boat said he used to work for Champion and said Phoenix boats were the closest hull to them...but, he was a salesman and i won't believe it till I ride in one.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 7:53 am to TexasTiger
quote:
Uh, Basil Bacon???
quote:I wouldn't say he is a GOOD driver. Or yall were in 5'+ seas that were 20' apart and had no business being out there in a bassboat in the first place
Speared 5 waves
quote:I never really understood rough water until I started fishing offshore. You learn how to read waves wayyyyy out infront of the boat and adjust so you don't hit the ones that are cresting. Apply that to inshore and you can make rough lakes look silly. And like I said earlier, lose focus for one min you're gonna get a wet arse no matter what kind of boat you're in.
But I agree any time you ride with someone that knows how to drive a rig to its full capabilities it can make you feel that its the best thing floating
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:02 am to AboveGroundPool
quote:
Posted by AboveGroundPool
quote:
I was quite impressed the other day crossing the bay in our ranger... It rode
about like our baychamp does in those seas
I call BS...SWIDT?
I checked out Phoenix at the Classic Expo, the guy promoting the boat said he used to work for Champion and said Phoenix boats were the closest hull to them...but, he was a salesman and i won't believe it till I ride in one.
the guy at cabelas tried to sell me the stratus telling me it was just like the ranger since they are made by the same company now... I knew he was full of shite so I just played along to see what he'd say.. It was quite comical... I had to stop him and point out the showroom ranger and tell him I had one just like it already in the boat shed so he'd leave me alone. I know :csb:. Moral of the story, a salesman will tell you whatever to try to convince u to buy a POS eta: nice name btw. You must have been REALLY drunk when u made it
This post was edited on 7/14/11 at 8:06 am
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:09 am to rgh1217
People still buy bass boats? That's about as NF as it gets. For that price you coulda got something with a bit more flare...
This post was edited on 7/14/11 at 8:11 am
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:16 am to Gaston
quote:
That's about as NF as it gets.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:17 am to Gaston
How am i supposed to get to my fishing spot at 80 mph in that thing?
ETA: you can keep that E-tec too
I wouldn't mind having that rig tho
ETA: you can keep that E-tec too
I wouldn't mind having that rig tho
This post was edited on 7/14/11 at 8:29 am
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:25 am to AboveGroundPool
Yea, I wouldn't go for the Evinrude. I was cursed with a Johnson on my last boat. Yamahammer for the Bonefish...one day.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:29 am to AboveGroundPool
quote:this thread reminds me of the old etec vs merc/yamaha debates
ETA: you can keep that E-tec too
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:43 am to The Sportsman
I'm poor.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:47 am to Srbtiger06
should we have a post your rig thread? or has this been done before?
Posted on 7/14/11 at 8:55 am to AboveGroundPool
quote:
should we have a post your rig thread? or has this been done before?
I believe it has.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 9:01 am to The Sportsman
quote:There was no way they should have let us out there. The only thing worse I've ever experienced was crossing Rayburn in Craig Shuff's Javelin on day 2 after day 1 was canceled. Had I not been holding onto his 70 lb tackle box, I'd have been thrown out of the boat. Dude does not come off the hotfoot for anything. While a Javelin doesn't take waves all that well, I can say it lands flat
I wouldn't say he is a GOOD driver. Or yall were in 5'+ seas that were 20' apart and had no business being out there in a bassboat in the first place
Posted on 7/14/11 at 9:04 am to AlxTgr
quote:I just
I can say it lands flat
'd in my office. frick. That.
Posted on 7/14/11 at 9:07 am to AboveGroundPool
quote:I remember one a while back I think. I don't see anything wrong with a new one. I'm bored at work
should we have a post your rig thread? or has this been done before?
Posted on 7/14/11 at 9:07 am to The Sportsman
He barked at me for stumbling on a hookset(I was hung over) than questioned me at length about how anyone could possibly drink alcohol the night before a tournament...... 
Posted on 7/14/11 at 9:21 am to AlxTgr
hell I woulda needed to be drunk to get in the boat with him from what it sounds like.
Back to the boat debate... We've talked ab heavy, rough water rigs... What about the need for speed??? Allison center console? (I want one)
Back to the boat debate... We've talked ab heavy, rough water rigs... What about the need for speed??? Allison center console? (I want one
)Posted on 7/14/11 at 9:24 am to The Sportsman
Gambler? Bullet?
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