Pretty much, there is ALWAYS a giant gaping hole at the end of that boat ramp because some idiot decided to drive out instead of testing the ice first. This goes for snowmachines, trucks, whatever.
I usually find the bigger ones are the aggressors.. As soon as I drill a hole, it's usually the big ones I'll ice first, then a steady stream of smaller ones. I just move at this point and repeat the process.
Never fished the RV9.. GLX feels like it goes completely parabolic when you get into a fish, like you can feel it into the handle.. Really mushy.. It's just an odd rod (I fished a factory with the recoils)
I like soft rods like the IMX which is nice and slow up top then gradually grows some balls in the bottom end.. Very similar to my Loomis IM6..
If I am lucky enough to hook into a Cobia with my gear I'll be spooled (I've been spooled down there a few times by some Kings)... I'm all about whitings, ladyfish, pomps, spanish, sea trout, nothing giant
Most likely the caliper... Or you could sell those rims and buy ones with proper offsets.. Should be able to pick up a set of proper steelies for $200 or so.
Yup, like Raf said get some spacers for the rear to push those rims out a bit.. Do you know the offset of the steelies? Compare that with the offset of your stock rims and that should tell you the size of the spacer you need...
I'm really thinking of a 24v for the new boat (It's got a 12v 65lb PowerDrive on it now) but I got a kicker to buy this year as well. I've got an extra space in the battery compartment for battery #2, so I might just run another one in parallel to get some extra run time...