Jeremy S

I use progressive with an additional stated value coverage (or agreed value, whatever it’s called) for an additional 10k to cover rods, reels, and electronics. The policy otherwise just covers my Hobie PA 14 and my wife’s PA 14. I could buy new kayaks cheaper than I could replace my rods/reels/lithiums and graphs by a long shot though so that was my biggest concern.

I’m probably not terribly far behind Kristine on kayak cost (probably past her actually since I also set my wife up with one) and I also have no illusions about ever leaving my day job or the massive paycut I’d take to be a “professional fisherman”….. That said, I run FFS on my PA14 and have a Garmin 106sv dedicated to it. I honestly don’t think it was a huge game changer for me. I’ve been fishing for a long time and the only thing that I saw as a massive improvement was side imaging because it let me eliminate unproductive water faster. FFS has actually done the opposite for me. If I find them, I KNOW they are there and I’ll waste twice the amount of time trying to make uninterested fish but something that I would have spent seeing them on sonar, casting what’s feed at the moment, and moving on. While I won’t get rid of it as maybe one day, I’ll learn to move on quicker, it definitely isn’t make or break for me. Side imagine is what I feel I can’t live without, especially tournament fishing new bodies of water.