I think this is his third year out of this Z-8. The trailer used to have a Nitro badge but he removed it because he doesn't like to advertise a brand for free. He's also famous for taping over the Yamaha badging on his old outboard; he says he quit doing it because people wouldn't stop asking about it.

This right here.

Do some research on a gentleman named John Cox that fishes the FLW. Not a Nitro but he uses a bare bones approach to gear and accessories on his boat.

So that is a nitro with a yamaha in that pick?

To clarify, that is a Triton. Compare the bilge plumbing on the side to a Z8.

Stratos actually

To clarify, that is a Stratos. Compare the top cap, console to a Triton. Set yourself up for that one boss man.

You may be right, he may have gotten a different boat. Regarding the motor, Kennedy has tended to repower periodically rather than buying a whole new boat. In this case he may have gotten a used boat with low hours? I'm not sure if Yamaha is still making that motor now that the SHOs have been out for a while.

Anyway, he takes a much different approach to boats than most guys.

You sure that's not the same ranger he has had for yrs?

He fished out of this Nitro Z- 8 in 2013. This pic is from the elite event at Falcon. I believe he won the boat at a PAA event and just started fishing out of it.

That motor is at least a 2006 or older. 2007-2009 was the last few years and they has series2 on the cowling. I'm assuming that is the original motor for that boat. To my understanding he had an issue with his z8. His ol 519 was powered by a Yamaha vmax as well.

He is a beast! Still don't know why big name sponsors won't throw money at him. Maybe he just doesn't like the sponsor game and wants to do his own thing. Either way he kicks butt and doesn't get hardly any credit

Kinda old but worth the read.

http://www.bassfan.com/news_article/2685/kennedy-on-sponsors-baits-and-bait-design#.Vc4XCerH9es

He turned down a Toyota sponsorship because he wanted to travel with his family in a motorhome.

Alright boys and girls I went to Bass Pro Bossier on a trip to visit the mother land and got to see the Z21 up close and personal this weekend. All I can say is OOOOHHH my God what a rig. I must have spent 30 minutes looking at this beast...... THE FRONT CASTING DECK; in all my years of being around and owning bass boats I've never; and I do mean NEVER in my lifetime, have seen a rig with a front deck this big. I think 4 people could fish off of it comfortably. It has all the fit a features that came on the Z9 as well. The seats are really nice with a real high back support much taller than the old ones. The base boat now comes without any electronics at all which is the way I like to buy a rig. I asked the sales rep if you got credit for the 5X Lowrance units if you upgraded and he said they didn't on the old line of boats, so since most folks will upgrade not having electronics already installed should save about $300 to $350. This rig was optioned up a little and was $6000 above the base catalog price, this is with no electronics or shallow water anchor system. I have some pics here but they didn't turn out very well because of low light conditions.