Finished rigging the Phelix

[balata9999]

I bought a Phelix this spring after selling a Cougar that I had for 10yrs. I rarely fish more than 2hrs from my home and don’t fish any big tournament trails anymore. I couldn’t find too much info on these when I was shopping, but I saw and knew enough to know its what I wanted, so I thought this thread might could give some info on what could be done to one of these. Yes, buying all this stuff new would probably be overkill, but I got a great deal on the hull and motor and had alot of the rest either laying around or left over from my cougar when I sold it.

It has an older suzuki 4 stroke and thats the only thing I would like to change. It runs good but it weighs about 210lbs and with the extra batteries is a little heavy in the back, although not overly so. Owuld love to find an older 2 stroke yamaha 25-40 thats 160 or so. I put a 24v xi5 trollingmotor on it, so I am running a full 3 battery system - overkill - but its awesome and I was used to that configuration. I had to substitute a 3 gallon gas tank instead of the 6 it had to make it all fit. But, I ran about 15 miles total last trip out at almost wot and made it back with gas to spare, so I am comfortable with that. It only runs about 23mph though.

Rigged up with a hook 7 for GPS at the bow, with an older lcx38c hd for sonar - love that large front area to mount them with plenty of room and no getting in the way. Put a elite ti 9 with a totalscan transducer on the back, have yet to use it though with the totalscan - thinking I may need to get a setback plate to make it work without completely tilting the motor up way high for sidescan, but it might be ok.

The livewell is good sized, and I like how simple the operation is, I think it would be pushing it to hold over 10-12lbs of fish for an all day tournament though. The storage I miss, but I have got a good tackle bag and can set some rods up on the passenger seat area and its working ok. Overall I think its a great little boat - took about 3 trips to feel comfortable - but now I see no reason to go back to a huge boat for the time being. I have always heard good things about the model, and I can now confirm.

https://imgur.com/gallery/NaHF9

[milligjg]

Looks good

[Buccaneer]

Good move. I have been searching for a Phelix in my general area for quite some time. In my opinion it is the finest small water/backwater fishing platform in the history of man.

[sgt93]

Nice! I’ve only had my Phelix out once to break in the Honda, but hope to get it out this next week before I have surgery and won’t be able to fish again until Fall. It’s such a stable platform, most people just don’t know much about it. I saw a guy on a saltwater forum that built tower stands on his that we’re pretty cool and helped me make the decision to buy. I’m anxious to get out again.