Adding weight to battery compartment?

[PatriotAW4]

I have a nitro...back compartments are designed to hold 3700s. Only keep plastics up front for quick access, and whatevers on my lure magnet under middle hatch. To me there is no difference...its not a long walk to the back of the boat, and I start my day with at least 6 rods pre-rigged. There are days I never even go into storage.
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Ok, good deal. On a boat that size with a 115 hp it really doesn't matter anyway.

[TXZ21]

I thought about putting a ballast bag in my Atlas JP too. I have one on each side in my rear compartments. I ultimately decided against the jack plate location because I was worried about the extra 50lbs of weight on both the jack plate/transom bolts as well as the bolts that hold the hole shot plate on. Was I wrong to being concerned about the strength of those bolts having to deal with the extra weight? especially when running in rough water?

[Thamelau]

Why go though the trouble of rearranging everything and moving your tackle to the back so you have to go back there every time you need something when you can simply just add the weight back to the rear that you lost and get your performance back? Seems like a way better solution, who would want all of their tackle in the back?

It depends on your goal. If one of the reasons you went to lithiums was to help performance of your boat due to lighter weight, then moving stuff around will likely be warranted. If it was purely because of the electronic reason and you don't care about the performance gains, then adding weight to counteract the reduction of weight with lithiums is an option.