blackdog_2

I had the additional floatation put in my 1600 Fish Hawk back in October. Don't really notice a difference in the port rod locker. The battery storage areas will not hold anything larger than a group 24 battery. Also, I used to be able to tuck a tackle box (soft sider with 4 x 3600 Plano boxes) under the console. No room for it now.

I plan on running a dipsy setup for lakers this year on my small cottage lake. Being a newbie to dispy fishing, I have done a fair amount of research into rods/reels etc. Also, I assume a dispy would put a lot of stress on the rod holder and it has been suggested that a strong rod holder and mount is a must. Stuff like Berts, Traxstech etc. Nice holder, but expensive. I have several Scotty Power Lock's mounted on my boat already and I'm glad to hear you guys use them for dipsy's without any problems. Anyhow, I sent an email off to Scotty's last week asking them if their Power Lock rod holders would be stong enough to troll a dispy diver/flasher/fly combo and here's the response I got. Yes the Power Lock is strong enough but the action of the dipsy diver has a bad habbit of causing the post to ride up and sometimes out of the 241 base. We now offer a 241-Locking base that eliminates this problem. Providing you replace the existing base with the 241-Locking base there will be no problems.