I’ve been shopping these boats for over a year. And although dean has told me on more then one occasion that I need to go fishing in them before I make a decision on which one is for me I havent. I spent time Friday at the boat show talking to Justin from skeeter boat center about the wx1910 and the mx2025. I thought I was interested in the wx1910 because it was the little brother to the wx2060. Deeper v then the mx series and the piece tag was more attractive. But standing in the wx1910 for the time I did I could tell it was too small. For me. Coming from a 18’9″ boat now and wanting more space it didn’t fill that need for me. I did talk to Justin about launching in local lakes that don’t have big boat use. He didn’t think it would be an issue. Not any worse then what I have now. Big water use is relative too. Most any boat is ok in certain conditions. Heck my uncle salmon fishes Lake Michigan in his 17 tiller crestliner. Common sense goes a long ways. Guess I’d say that even if you saved $12,000 buying the smaller boat but when you’re fishing in it all you can do is wish you would have bought the bigger one, and you had the means too, buy the bigger boat. I was ready to buy the wx1910 until I stood in it. Now I save a little more to buy the bigger boat. Those skeeters are pretty bad ass. Can’t wait to fish outta one.

I have the dominator with a 150 Yamaha. Love it!! I liked the wide gunnels over the competitor. Lots of storage. Fishing out of it is very nice. I get about 49 top speed(GPS) with a full load. Only downfall to me is the bow is small because of the gunnel set up but I don’t fish out of the bow much. Good luck!

I used side mount, mounts on the side of the gunnel. the two top bolts I used well nuts. they are the rubber encased thread inserts that lock themselves in the hole when tightened. I got them at Fastenal. they do require a larger hole drilled in the gunnel but to me they look more “finished” when your done. and they pretty much seal any water out of the top rail when the mount is tightened down. the lower holes I drilled through the side completely. they ended up being just under the channel and pretty much out of sight. I attached a pic, had the boat for 4 years, and could only find one pic of the rod holder mounts lol. one mount is shown next to my right hip. I also used all stainless hardware. hex head bolts and nylock nuts. had eight on my 08 classic. all were as solid as the day I put them on when I traded it in.

1198c has SI and DI. The down imaging with the 1198 isn’t as good as the 1158di bc the the transducers are different. The 1198 di isn’t as clear as the DI unit bc the transducer is designed for side imaging. Some one correct me if I’m wrong but to have switch fire sonar all you have to is add the high speed transducer(which is not supplied with either the 1198 or the 1158di) and a y-cable. You will not have 2d sonar without adding one either.