Catching up to the 250K flat bottom boat I read an article about.
Catching up to the 250K flat bottom boat I read an article about.
The goggles fit over "prescription" sunglassesOriginally Posted by Dixie-Raven
The dash on those boats looks like something from the early to mid 70's. To me that's horrible looking.
Hi Mike.
no problems with them trying to market crap because people will buy it up, but my gripe is the console graphs. That is 100% blocking your view. I think if any rule is made it should be that.
What is the turrent for?
Several years ago, I spent a day in the boat with Chuck Pippin, who happens to be the Marketing Director for Ikon. He is/was a pretty well known guide on Toho.
A lot of our conversation that day was about the fishing industry, patch pirates, etc. He discussed at length his work as a marketing consultant for many fishing brands over the years. One of his main points was to understand your market base.
Ikon's market base isn't the typical blue collar working man that is financing a used bass tracker. They are marketing their boats to high income types that want the best of the best technology. The kinds of guys that buy the most expensive thing at the store to basically show off how much money they have, kind of.
They are simply doing a shock and awe by showing a boat rigged to the current top of the market electronics and accessories. The sticker shock is 100% intentional.
It is working because we are talking about it here. Chuck and his team did their job.
FFS
Yes they did their job, but at some point, people will realize it ain’t worth the money to spend a lot of money on a Bass boat to catch such a small fish and throw it back in the water at the end of the day.
For that kind of money, I would rather have a Bay boat that you can fish fresh and saltwater, rides better, you can bring family and friends ( more than 2 people) on and most importantly, catch a hell of a lot bigger fish and as an added bonus, actually eat them lol.
It’s nice and cool, I’d love to have it but would never be able to afford something like that, and all the graphs don’t really fit my style of fishing. But what I don’t understand is people’s negativity and hate towards this, if a man can afford it shouldn’t he be able to do what he wants with his own boat? Yea it’s probably $200k but nobody is making you buy it. It’s not like gas prices or car insurance.
I'd be embarrassed in a club tourney to come back to weigh-in in a rigged out $200K Ikon and suck, after turning everyone's heads before blast off.
If you got the money and want one reward yourself. I wouldn't consider you a fool. Striving to be the richest man in the graveyard by being frugal is foolish.
I don't think the boat is actually for sale. It's just a display of the products that NBT covers.
WordI'd be embarrassed in a club tourney to come back to weigh-in in a rigged out $200K Ikon and suck, after turning everyone's heads before blast off.
If you got the money and want one reward yourself. I wouldn't consider you a fool. Striving to be the richest man in the graveyard by being frugal is foolish.
In our industry it's the guy with the semi trailer size Snap On box with every conceivable tool inside fastidiously arranged but can't turn a wrench to save his life
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Guys should learn how to catch fish and not rely on electronics pointing in every direction to do the work , today's fishermen are a joke.
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Almost every boat I see around here locally is equipped with 3/4 graphs/FFS/anchors/spot lock troll. It’s pretty much the norm. I know a bunch of guys that have this stuff. I never get the impression that any of them are trying to show off how much money they have. They’re just guys who bass fish and like to have nice and modern stuff. Bass fishing is a lifestyle down here. Dudes are serious about it…wether it’s a Brandon Belt or fishing a Tuesday night.
What brand and cost for the night vision? If I cry hard enough my wife may approve.
My fav comment in this thread so far lol
That’s a pretty cool thing to do for the Coangler. Kudos brother
I would be embarrassed to have all of that lol. If you didn’t win or have at least a good limit, just to get beat by the two friends messing around on their jon boat. I’ve said lately, honestly I could do just as well fishing out of a jon boat if it could handle the water/wind. Things are starting to get out of hand
Around here we have a lot of 600 acre and less no wake impoundments. On any given day the guys launching with 25hp Rudes are just as fast as the 300 Mercs and catching just as many fish. They just don't look as sparkly and good doing it
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