nitro z6 rough water

[junyaah]

I took my z6 out yesterday to take the boys out swimming and bluegill fishing. we headed up the lake and with all the traffic and it being a little windy, the water was a lil rough. Being that im still new to boating I had a time with porpoising. i noticed tho when i give it the gas and got my trim up it rode could handle the waves a lil better. coming across someones wake i would just slow down.

I did see a trick loading the boat onto the trailer though. haha. a guy backed his trailer into the water and had a rope tied to his boat and just pulled it on to the trailer..i thought why didnt i think of that haha..not real good at loading either

Still learning

[keggertx]

I'm with ya.

Still learning.

I seem to get better at it each time I go out.

Today, had the 'perfect load'.   A little too fast, but it put it on the trailer right where it belonged the first time.

As far as rough water, getting better at it....but still a work in progress.

First couple of times out I beat the heck out of the boat and all on board....this time...just a couple times where it jarred us pretty good.

Slowing down and trimming down seems to help w/ my boat in the chop.   

Good luck!

[Baron49]

I can remember way back when I first started boating and how intimidated I was in rough water and also at loading the boat at the ramp.  Time and lots of practice makes things easier.

A couple of things that might help you.  When running in rough water you may find you need to balance the boat between the amount of throttle you use and a lower trim.  Most often just bring the trim in/down and backing off on the throttle will level the boat off nicely in a moderate chop.  In really rough water quartering the waving instead for going directly into or with a following sea will make the ride safer.

The best two tips I can give you for power loading your boat on the trailer are, 1) back your trailer all the way into the water to get the bunks soaking wet with water before you get it set to the normal place needed to load your boat.  The wet bunks allow the boat to slide on easier.  2) trim the motor up.  With my boat I trim it all the way out.  What this does is raise the bow of your boat as you are loading it.  It will slide on much easier with nose being raised as you power it on.

It will take a little practice to learn how much throttle it will take to get your boat on the trailer, but with practice it will become easier each time you do it.

[nuke]

Porposing is usually due to being trimmed up too much for the speed you're at. At that trim, the boat is trying to come up on plane and doesn't have enough power to maintain that much hull out of the water so she falls back and the process repeats. Trimming down in rough water puts more "V" in the water which will cut the waves and provide a smotther ride in heavy chop.

Loading the boat takes practice so you know exactly where to stop the trailer in the water so you can drive on and let the bunks ease you up to the winch roller.  After you get the trailer position in the water down pat, driving it on becomes way too easy to even bother with a rope.

[Tylermsawmiller]

I know this is an old thread, but a question for the OP or anyone that reads it. In 2012 you had the z6 and talked about rough water, nearly three years later are you still fishing the same boat? Has your experience level increased enough that you feel confident in the z6, or do you wish for a larger boat.

I know this is going to sound a little nuts, but I currently have a Stratos 20 xl with a 225, I'm considering downsizing to a nitro z6 with 150, or a basscat margay.  My current boat is just to large for the small lakes that I fish, and I've developed an annoyance with the dual console that it has.

Just looking for thoughts, opinions, and experiences with a smaller boat before I get this process started. Any detail about handling different conditions of water, speed, stability, fish ability, and performance with a nitro z6 will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all.