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My Pacific trailer came with disc brakes on both axles and where I am, you absolutely want that. I go from 1300 feet above sea level to 1800 feet to sea level. I dumped the surge for electric over hydraulic and could not be happier with the result. The other upgrade that you might consider on...

I'm getting educated, it's all good. Yeah, we have good ramps in Northern California for the most part. Not like what I saw when I was thinking about moving to New Zealand, there are some good ramps but they like aluminum boats for a reason: beach launches. So I guess, given the luxury of...

On the speed stuff, Grady said my WOT with the 250 is 47 or 48mph, I've hit 45. Has to be pretty flat. On fuel, my 2020 228 has a 114 gallon tank (I actually would prefer to have 2 tanks so I could keep the forward one full to put weight forward but not enough that I'm gonna rip my boat apart...

I'm halfway through my 4th year with my 228. I mostly tow to Santa Cruz which is 28 miles round trip but maybe 15% of the time I tow to some other harbor, more like 60 miles round trip. I've never taken the eisenglass down and it's 99% fine. There is one mark on it that I haven't gotten out...

Umm, is my signature only visible to me?

Search the site, there is a guy here who has owned (some with his dad) 14 Gradys. I'm pretty sure he said the 232 was his favorite. As for motors, newer is better. I think they are all pretty good but I'd put twin 200s on there, they get (slightly) better MPG over the 150s. Don't get me...

Well, out here on the Pacific, pots are sort of a thing of the past. We're all using hoops and one thing I'll give them is they stack super nicely and use less space. I think you would be fine with those in a 208. And while I have a slightly bigger boat, I'm the same, pick your days. It's...

Pics of mine after I went out there and put it on after most of a bottle of wine. It was easy. The inside view is from my living room, I park the boat so I can see if from there so if I'm watching some stupid movie with my wife, I just shift my gaze to the boat and smile. I think you could...

Yeah, i've seen some Hawaii people posting but it is not that common. My guess is there is a Hawaii fishing forum and they are there.

What Mustang said. We have 228s, you want 3500 pound axles. I've never used a roller trailer so I can't really justify my distaste for them but it just seems to make sense to have a trailer that is grippy on your boat. Our ramps here on the west coast can be steep, way more steep than I'd...

I need to get you pics but I tried an off the shelf cover and hated it, so heavy. I put it on exactly once and gave it away. So I had one made to my specs, it was about $3K but completely worth it. It's 3 pieces, the forward slips over the bow pulpit, clips to the front and the sides of the...

This is probably not going to be well loved, but I'm not a fan of the 218. A Euro transom on a 21 foot boot, I suspect the deck space is similar to your 208. When I bought my 228 in 2020, it was $117K plus tax, $129K out the door with a very nice trailer. The 208 was about $30K less. The...

In older Gradys, yes, but the modern ones seem to have sorted that out.

Grady tends to over engineer things and it pays off.

6K is too light, you want dual 3500 pound axles. Like others have said, just say no to rollers, you want bunks and I highly recommend guide on bunks as well. Once I got the guide ons I never hand line the boat onto the trailer, I just drive it on. Rollers just seem like they are waiting for...

Hi fellow fly fisherman, I am you. 40 years of fly fishing in fact. Then my feet gave out and I switched to ocean fishing. Here's my advice: Shimano Torium reels if you want bait casters, Daiwa BG reels if you want spinning. Ugly stick tiger for your starter rods. Don't buy more expensive...

$150 for hoops, he may be honest but that is spendy. I've gotten pitbull tackle hoops for $89 on a group buy. And they are beefy.

I reached out them and the boss got back to me, great guy. I've ordered enough.

Hey DDst, if you look here: https://marineflooring.net/colors/ There is the one that shows the backing, 126. Is that just to show you what the backing is like, do all colors have that? Or do you buy the backing as well as the colored stuff? The pic in your boat looks great!

How much was the marine mat, do you fish, how long has it been in, how hard is it to clean and how has it held up? I'm not opposed to a couple grand but the Seadeck guys came by and quoted me $7K and I passed. And by any chance do you have a template for your 228? I kinda like the deckadence...