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I have a 4 blade that I got from Ken. I wasn't looking for more thrust, I was looking to stay on plane at slower speeds. I _think_ it made a little difference but no more than half mile slower and still on plane. My boat really wants 20mph to stay on plane, in some conditions it will stay on...

I do! Well, what I lean on more is my latest Garmin software update added a shaded relief view for the bottom. It's not real time, so far as I know, I think it is a bunch of scans and they just loaded the images on there. Dunno for sure. It seems pretty accurate. So I always drop over sand/mud.

I hadn't thought of that so thanks. Definitely was worried it was wrapped around a whale but there was no movement, just dead weight, so I'm thinking net.

170 feet with a 300 foot leaded rope. Our first wanna be belief was the pot was so loaded it was that heavy but the previous three had 0-3 crabs each, so a 40 crab pot was not a thing. I'm sort of a n00b, only been running my boat for 14 months, not a total idiot, I've got 940ish miles on my...

I run Scotty downriggers and a crab pot puller in gimbal mounts that go in my rod holders. A while back we discussed this and people thought that the rod holders were not strong enough, the fiberglass is not strong enough. So here is a report back. I was pulling crab pots, got 3 out of 4, the...

My stats with a 228 and a 250 are very close to what Grady had on their website. I'm in the Pacific, it's lumpy, not the best conditions. My guess is their stats are on a lake with no chop, no wind. Whatever, they said top speed was 47, I hit 45 on the pacific. Close enough.

Nope, there is a guy on here who has a Marlin that he towed to California from Florida. He wanted to buy parts from my local dealer and they asked "did you buy the boat from us?" and wouldn't sell him parts because he hadn't. Gradys are super nice boats but the dealers sometimes get kinda not...

I have a 2020 228 with a 250. If I did it all over again, I'd get the 300, not for top speed, but for the hole shot. My 250 struggles to get on plane in lumpy conditions. If you are on a lake, 200 might be fine. Absolutely not on the 150. My boat loaded up is over 6000 pounds. I had a 150...

You'll love that boat. I'm biased but I have been told, and believe, it is the best 22 foot fishing boat you can buy. I've never heard anyone argue with that statement. Whatever, it's a great boat. Enjoy.

The 226 is a great boat. I know that there is a lot of justified love for the 228 but I, in just a year of owning a 228, have been in a following sea and that swim platform pushes you around. I'm OK with it, I grew up in Wisconsin, learned how to drive there, I'm very used to the car not going...

Wow, that 226 looks fantastic. Here is hoping one of my kids keep my 228 and show it of 30+ years later. Dude, that is a well maintained boat, at least on the outside, it looks new. Hang on to that boat, it is a keeper.

I watch those like crazy though the ones that advertise hot girls almost never have hot girls. Lot of sleazy, not my thing, I might be old fashioned. So pass on that. The Haulover Inlet one is the best I think. The guy that goes this one goes to Haulover, this one goes to the boats. He's...

2020 228 owner here, your boat is in a different class. Congrats. I think you will enjoy that boat and find that this forum is awesome, it's big enough that you can get information, and small enough that a lot of us know each other, online but you know each other, so there is very little of...

We're here to help, why don't you take a seat over there. Now, then, Mr Trapper, when did you first have 228 envy? It's OK, you can admit, we've all been there. I myself come from a horrible Triumph with the dreaded gas guzzling 2 stroke before I saw the light and came over to the 228 side...

Not about the size, it's about the motion in the ocean (sorry, couldn't resist). :cool:

My dealer's sales guy just groaned when he heard that they were not going to make more 228s. "My favorite Grady is no more". He always had a 228 and a 208 on the lot. I suspect it has a lot to do with the price. $30K more for a 2 foot bigger cockpit, platform, 50 more HP, that's a lot...

I'd take a good hard look at the used 228 market when you price your boat. I bet a 228 in good shape, 5 years old, will get pretty close to a new boat price. In my opinion, the 228 is close to the perfect boat for west coast waters, more perfect the more north / cold you go. I could imagine...

No motor involved, just drifting. I'll play around with it, locals have told me the drift socks can't do much in our west coast wind and that has matched my experience. Even with 2 socks out, my lines are close 45 degrees and it's hard to stay near the bottom. That's why I got a parachute...

Huh. My local forum was telling me to tie off on the bow for 2 reasons, A) to try and point the bow into the wind so the helm doesn't act quite so much as a sail and B) tie it off short enough that you can't get it wrapped around the prop. In theory that makes sense to me but I'm pretty...

What size drift sock are you using and where do you attach it? I have two and I stuck them both off the bow to try and swing the bow into the wind and the boat wasn't buying it. I bought a surplus 60" parachute at the advice of my local forum, haven't tried it yet. That rear bracket makes it...