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Adding second console
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05/24/16 12:13 PM
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reinke
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Just bought a Skeeter FX20 single console wanting to add second. What's the good the bad and the ugly about it. Been fishing out of a single for years and like the space but like the appearance of the double consoles. Is appearance the only plus? Or is there something else I'm missing?
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622114
05/24/16 12:59 PM
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Joined: Jan 2012
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6BOOMER
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There is some protection for passenger, for sure re-sale will help. I have a dual console but I took it off and placed into storage do to the space. Definitely like the single better.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622125
05/24/16 01:04 PM
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RayBob
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Super Freak
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helps hold your cover up and prevent water from pooling.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622375
05/24/16 02:32 PM
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Txduckhunter
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I've owned both and I don't miss the "extra " space anymore. It's worth what little space I lost to know my passenger is semi comfortable, esp since since it's usually my wife in the passenger seat.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622537
05/24/16 03:36 PM
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timwins31
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It's there for the passenger. If you fish alone you probably don't need it much, but if you fish with someone most of the time you really need one. They really help on cool mornings and long wet runs.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622581
05/24/16 03:51 PM
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reinke
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Partner is my son. I fish with him most of the time and he fishes with someone half the time. He does not want a second console. The wife does but she is only on the boat a few times a year if any. If someone new is on the boat they feel a little uneasy at first about not having the console there but get use to it. If I'm a passenger I like it there.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622584
05/24/16 03:53 PM
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slim 285
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If it was not for the Mrs fishing tournaments with me I would never own one.....never..... If the old boys that fish with me can't deal without a console they can stay there pansie arse home
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622590
05/24/16 03:55 PM
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Redfoxone
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I will never ever go back to a double, so much easier for someone to fish from center of boat.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11622649
05/24/16 04:24 PM
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Jumpin J
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I'll never have a single. I like the extra place out of wind, must have the glove box, wind drag (when running) is evenly distributed over two consoles, tarps fit/ride better, weight more balanced.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11623032
05/24/16 06:43 PM
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Chuck72
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I will always own a Dual Console. Don't mind the lost space at all. The safety and protection it provides my passengers is the selling point to me. Usually this is my 7 year old daughter, keeps the wind, bugs, birds and rain drops off of her and is occasionally a place for her to sleep out of the sun when the bass aren't cooperating I always liked the look of the DC's over the SC's as well. I also like having the glove box and the space under the console. Again my preference is mainly based on passenger comfort and safety.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11623068
05/24/16 07:00 PM
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361V
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Happy wife, happy life. Not a big deal and your normal partner doesn't want it(son)? I really like the single consol for what I do 99% of the time: fish.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11623276
05/24/16 08:27 PM
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Douglas J
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Never owned one, never will...
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: Douglas J]
#11623285
05/24/16 08:31 PM
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fouzman
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Never owned one, never will...
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11623286
05/24/16 08:31 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
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SAKS
Extreme Angler
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Mine has one but I would prefer it did not. I would rather fish out of a single.
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Re: Adding second console
[Re: reinke]
#11623606
05/24/16 10:51 PM
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 4,340
Bobby Milam
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I have a dual. The only thing yhat I lose is room for the rods but they just lay along side it so no big deal.
My cover actually works with it in not sagging and puddling water, passengers love it, extra semi dry storage under it, glove box is very handy and gives the dog shade. I can't see any reason not to have one
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