Pleased to announce I have a boat

[SirWoogie]

Well, something came along that was to tough to pass up. Already have two Bonafide fishing kayaks (SS127 and SS107) decently equipped and those have been great, but wanted a boat to enjoy as well. Been a lurker here for a long time. So much content, advice, and fantastic conversation from all those dedicated to this activity can't thank the community enough. So with that...🫠

 

Picked up a 2018 1875 Lund Pro-V Bass. It's in fantastic condition overall, and had some reasonable goodies on it. Who knows, maybe that seller is on here and he will recognize as I describe. Picked up from a great dealer locally.

 

Special shout out to @A-Jay, while I've been a Lund fan for a long time (father had a 16' over the years), I always liked AJ's layout and selection of the bench vs. XS and the size of the boat is just perfect for an all around experience. Regrettably, it didn't have the slide out tackle storage (I guess 2018 is when Lund started not offering it because of complaints in that solution), still has the empty space though. I'm also sure there was studies on whether XS or bench was being ordered which lead them to only offering an XS config. I prefer the bench as it'll be my wife and I 98% of the time on the water anyway. If I had to buy new, I'd not be able to do it, so this worked out great.

Obligatory equipment rundown

• Black 1875 with bunk custom (single axle).
• Merc Verado 200 4STK
• Ultrex 80 24v. A Lowrance 3-in-1 is mounted on it tied to the bow graph.
• 1 bow Lowrance 9 HDS Live, 1 console Lowrance 9 HDS Live (notable the split of vendors). All networked. Oddly, NMEA 200 was left out of the boat. Likely to add so I can put the GPS puck on the back closer to transducer and get waypoint sync working (why does Lowrance not support ethernet or wireless is beyond me....) and stage me for motor integration and ghost.
  • I'm a Lowrance guy, so I'll give the Ultrex a shot for now (getting the iPilot remote to get waypoint and trail working). I'd prefer integrated vendor, but I'd have to get a Ghost or MotorGuide. Likely a next year purchase, already have batteries purchased for a 36v down the road.
• ActiveTarget with single transducer on the trolling motor (Hey, why don't I ever see any stories on FFS? /s 😏)
• 2 x 125Ah Ionics for the trolling. < 10 cycles on them so far, so that's awesome.
• 1 x 100Ah Ionic for electronics, and 1 lead acid for crank/house. 17 cycles on the lithium (again, bonus).
  • I've already removed the lead acid and wired to the lithium for house/electronic/crank combo. It's 900 CCA equivalent and Merc supports it (on the list for this motor).
• 4 bank Noku Gen Pro (4x10).

 

Additions I might make over next year or so is swap the Ultrex for a 36v Ghost and put a 12" HDS Live on the bow (probably pick up a beatdown pole as well) and move the exiting 9" as a double on the console. Not sure I need the jump to HDS Pro and if the HD really buys enough for me to switch. Also want to do some rewiring of electric. While the gauge is in spec, I'd rather make it more robust and move the electronic connections using Blue Sea fuse panels at mid-ship instead.

Well, that is enough for now.

 

See some of you out there.

[A-Jay]

Congrats on the New Rig !

Here's to so many great adventures 

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

Welcome to the club - may it bring you many years of enjoyment.

[bowhunter63]

Congrats 

[J._Bricker]

Congratulations @SirWoogie on your new ride and access to even more fishing opportunities!

[Glenn]

[GreenPig]

Awesome! Congrats. 

This would be a top tier post with pics.😆

[Susky River Rat]

Welcome to the boating world! Sounds like you have a great rig. Like anything you will be constantly tweaking it till you get it to right where you want it. 
 

take some time to just cruise in the boat. Learn what it will do in situations don’t just fish out of it and never learn it. 

[gim]

Post some photos in the show your ride thread.

[DaubsNU1]

Agree with @gimruis, give us some pictures!

 

Congrats!!

[MN Fisher]

[Skunkmaster-k]

Where da pics at homie ? 

[Goldstar225]

Congratulations on the boat.  It sounds awesome.  Now get it wet and catch some fish!

[Functional]

Congrats!

 

Although I feel like I just opened a playboy with only articles.....

[Junger]

Congrats, you're gonna love the hull and how it cuts through 2 footers like butter.

[tcbass]

Congrats! 

 

Kayak's are nice but there is a lot more freedom with a boat and ability to bring other people fishing with you.

 

 

I looked at all lot of places like Overton's, Midway USA, and others and surprisingly found almost everything I needed at Walmart online for cheaper sometimes half the price.

 

Stuff like bulk lifejackets, throw cushion, dock lines, boat bumpers, and others.

 

 

These are really nice.

 

 

Dockmate Snubber Dock Line, 4'

[SirWoogie]

Well, I appear to not have the ability to create albums in the gallery. I can add photo's to the general gallery (Fishing Albums) but can't create one of my own. Perhaps I don't have enough cred?

So, attached is one pic I have. Kinda small as I can't upload anything over 500KB either. Usually pretty adept at forums, but can't seem to figure out the album creation.

[SirWoogie]

Present battery wire mess. But, solid and buckled down.

[BayouSlide]

10 hours ago, SirWoogie said:

Present battery wire mess. But, solid and buckled down.

 

That doesn't look like a "mess" to me, rather a clean, workmanlike setup. I could show you what a real wiring mess looks like if I had any pictures of my old boat...before the fire in the battery compartment, probably caused by overcharging by a malfunctioning external charger, resulting repairs cost a much as the boat. On the bright side, it did resulting in an expensive pro redo of the electrical circuits in my battery compartment😟 

 

Be very careful when adding new wiring or "cleaning up" your electrical connections. The wallet you save may be your own. 😉

[gim]

Hopefully you have an indoor location to store that boat.  Its way too nice to be sitting outside.

[SirWoogie]

46 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Hopefully you have an indoor location to store that boat.  Its way too nice to be sitting outside.

Indeed! Waiting on a Trailer Valet XL to arrive. The driveway and apron is a sharp L so using a vehicle isn't going to happen.

[SirWoogie]

55 minutes ago, BayouSlide said:

 

That doesn't look like a "mess" to me, rather a clean, workmanlike setup. I could show you what a real wiring mess looks like if I had any pictures of my old boat...before the fire in the battery compartment, probably caused by overcharging by a malfunctioning external charger, resulting repairs cost a much as the boat. On the bright side, it did resulting in an expensive pro redo of the electrical circuits in my battery compartment😟 

 

Be very careful when adding new wiring or "cleaning up" your electrical connections. The wallet you save may be your own. 😉

 

Wow, that's a really unfortunate event! As always, learning experience. I've already had my share of wallet trauma, so can appreciate the advice, thank you!

That's an appreciable aspect of lithium I like... the BMS is there to step in. Now, of course the BMS isn't foolproof, but definitely is another protection mechanism to avoid over/under/spikes/damage. In addition the LifePo4 chemistry makes them more stable than even some aspect of AGM/lead.

My debate now is how far do I go with the reorganization. I already have 3 x 100 Ah 12v lithium batteries purchased for the eventual move to a 36v trolling. I have the existing 3 that came in the boat. How much do I bulletproof the battery situation. (1) Find a way to keep the 2 x 125Ah (that are presently the 24v trolling duty), run them in parallel and us them as house/crank/electronic and sell the 100Ah. Issue there is not enough room in the existing battery compartment, (2) do I put a hole through a panel to expand the compartment or find a macguverian way to put them in the rod locker battery compartment and run heavy gauge back to the wiring harness and bus bar it. (3) Lastly, just do the 3 trolling and the 1 125Ah and call it a day (sell the 100 and the other 125). Maximum I ever plan to have in here long term is up to 4 graphs, 1 FFS, 2x poles, a sonar module and a ethernet hub. 1 x 125 can more than handle a full day even with all that. Might eventually put a PP Charge which gives me even greater protection. I hate letting go of good batteries, but cash is also good... the engineer in me is conflicted.

This is all before of course thinking about fishing... hah.

[Functional]

@SirWoogie It may be overboard but I'm a firm believe in having a lot more than needed when it comes to batteries. If you can find a way to swing it I'd put the two 125s in parallel and sell the 100. 

 

[volzfan59]

12 hours ago, SirWoogie said:

Present battery wire mess. But, solid and buckled down.

I'm with @BayouSlide, doesn't look messy to me either. Mine looks similar, even after I rewired the boat. Wish I still had the before pictures, that was the definition of messy!

[MN Fisher]

12 hours ago, SirWoogie said:

Present battery wire mess. But, solid and buckled down.

As someone who built and wired his boat from scratch, that's actually fairly neat