J Francho

The TCS Mat Daddy is another really good option. I really like this rod since it pretty much does anything in the 1-4 oz. range: https://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/mat-daddy-helios-review.html

Plano V-Crate came in last night. Pretty cool.

Did someone say storage? http://gatortraxboats.com/fleet/strike-series/

Hopefully soon, my Hobie Compass will get here!

I use it, but not on frogs. In some cases, I intentionally run my drag a little light, and use my thumb when I need it.

Could braid slipping on the spool, too.

I'd prefer it to slip, and not over stress the reel.

Metal ones definitely bend, lol.

My Daiwa TD-XHSDL is around 8 lbs. max, maybe a little more with the Carbontex drag upgrade, and it works fine for frogging.

Erie, 18-24" white caps. The really looooong waves, too. Just fine planing around 32. Hot foot is an absolute necessity, as is the ability to drive. It's not a "stab 'em and steer" deal.

Growing up on the water, I've seen a few boat fires. Never from an onboard charger. Usually some idiot forgets to turn on the blower to air out the fumes in the I/O engine bay. Keep in mind, charger like the Shumachers are not waterproof. On board chargers are.

It was one in a million! Luckily they float. I've "harvested" many a cross tails doing the back stroke.

Even Ranger has a different hull for their big water 522 bass boat. It's really more of a deep-v. Also, do an apples to apples comparison. Don't pick a boat out of Ranger's budget line up, look at a premium aluminum, and compare that to the Comanche. It could have been a 22P. I'm not sure. I've run a 30P on my Bullet. It took forever to plane. A 27P four blade Trophy Plus was what I settled on. Fast planing, but top speed of *only* a little over 70.

Plug the numbers in for your boat into the prop slip calculator at the Go Fast site. Then play around with the pitch and see what changes.

I can't remember exactly the prop, but it was a 3-blade, SS, maybe 24P.

^^ You've made a lot of assumptions and generalizations in that post. You got preference right, and preference is often driven necessity. A deep-v made from aluminum will be a smoother ride than fiberglass pad hull boat. I don't care what they weigh. I've already stated an example that contradicts your statements. My 21' 10" Bullet XDC weights less than my old 18' Xpress H18. By a few hundred pounds. Despite the added length, deeper vee toward the bow, the Xpress handled big water better. When I had both, and wanted to fish Erie or Ontario, I took the Xpress. Now, rewind back to my little 15' Sea Nymph deep-v tiller with a 50 hp on the back. That boat could handle waters that I wouldn't dare launch either of my bass boats in. A quick note about storage. The storage in my Xpress was a little better laid out, though rear storage in the Bullet was unbelievable and cavernous. If you look at storage options in some of the higher end tins, you might see that it's comparable, if not sometimes better. Depends on what your going to do with the boat. But, you can't simply say you like fiberglass because its a better ride. Yeah, Ranger 522 will ride better than a Tracker 170. That's true. It's a not a fair comparison.

You're all talking about batteries that operate in a vacuum. You added weight to the system in not only the batteries, but in wiring, and the unit itself. The gains are not significant. I get the feeling some readers may be under the impression that three times the batteries = three times the run time. Nope. You are not increasing amp hour capacity. http://www.batteriesnorthwest.com/batteryschool.cfm?TID=17#ANC17

I totally get what you're saying, and it's arguing semantics.

You will not have more capacity. The first two items *may* be true, but that does not mean increased capacity. If you have three batteries or four or ten in series, the amp hours are the amp hours. Period. A 36v system is a series circuit. If several batteries are rigged in parallel, then you increase capacity, but you do not increase voltage. This is science folks.

You'd be wrong, still. Google "difference between series and parallel'

Three batteries, at 36v, yes that's correct.

When they're hooked in the chin, like this, it's because they're crashing the blades. Without a trailer hook, you don't get them.

Those don't work at all!

A 36v will not get you any more run time. Bigger capacity batteries do that.

A 24v system will be more than enough in a 16' boat. I've only ever used Dual Pro chargers. They are worth it.