Quote Originally Posted by Hollada View Post
Did your caracal sit pretty flat in the water prior to the lithiums? I fish a normally rough lake and already spend a lot of days getting wet feet at the trolling motor. My fear in taking weight out of the back of the boat is that it will then be even more now heavy.
Subjectively, I always thought it was fairly stern-heavy before this change. I don't fish rough seas regularly, so it's hard for me to gauge what your comparison would be. Whenever anyone was on the back deck when I had heavy batts, water line came up to the rub rail. Now, the rub rail sits about 1-2 inches above the waterline. It's not a huge change, but it is noticeable. The biggest effect that I've witnessed is that I don't get backwash coming off plane. But I haven't fished heavy enough seas since the change to notice the effect of water over the bow. I would say that the change in weight in the back also affords me the opportunity with the more open space to relocate some weight back there, and that may be what you have to consider. Probably not a pound for pound shift, but could help.