Here’s a few more cents…. I have owned the following:

16′ Sea Nymph on an unknown generic bunk with center roller – hard to unload, requiring me to back way into the water and float the boat off. Just ast hard to put back on “dead center”

19′ Wellcraft on Shore’Lander roller – Not too bad

25′ Powerquest on a custom bunk – Unbelievable, self launched many many times and always self centered when re-loading. Usually powered the 500HP off the trialer. I was spoiled and I never understood what took other people so long at launch ramps until I owned my next boat:

18′ Crestliner Sportfish on a Yacht Club roller – worst combination (one of the reason’s I sold the combination). Very hard to get on the trailer level and difficult to launch by yourself on steep ramps.

20′ Lund Pro-V on Eagle custom bunk – outstanding! Self centers no matter what when loading, even in swift river current.

As a result, I would buy a custom bunk trailer for any boat I buy again in the future. They may be a little harder to launch in shallow water, but loading is extremely easy.

I would have to agree with the others. A Flasher before a camera. The flasher will show you the level where the fish are at. Also, the cone covers 360 degrees where a camera may give you 90 degrees of coverage at virtually one depth.

However I do like the camera to see how fish really react, but you do spend more time trying to get the right view of your bait/lure than fishing!

I have a 9.9 Merc (prior to the pro) with hyd lift that pushed a 2025 Pro-V at 5MPH.

Sometimes I’m too worried about re-sale, however I think mixing manufacturer’s on main and kicker motors can make for a tougher sell in the future.

I would agree, however Galyans stores were better off when they were Galyans. Dick’s has made them even worse, with much less inventory and selection. The last time I was there buying downriggers, they had no downrigger balls and there was no help. I commented that now I know why they call it Dicks!

Thanks guys! Somehow I missed that post. Guess I’ll be buying the North chip shortly!