The New Vexus Is Here...2/13/2026
by Capt Juls on 02/13/26The new Vexus DVX22 is at my dealer's now...(Fisherman's Central's New Franklin, OH store). The rest of the rigging will be done, before I bring her home. While most of the rigging was already done down at the Vexus plant, a few things need to be added, that were not sent down there.
The 15hp kicker motor needs to be fitted with the iTroll system, so that I can control the RPM speed, easily.
The Cisco trolling motor stabilizer mount needs to be installed, to keep the TM safe while running from spot to spot in rough water.
The Garmin that will be in the back of the boat will be installed on a Cisco mount. The other two Garmin's (at the dash and on the bow) were already installed at the plant.
The factory trailer steps will be removed and the EZEESteps will be replacing them. Those I'll do myself, because they are "EZEE" to install...(see what I did there?) hehehe
I think that's all they have to do, so it shouldn't take long. Then, it's just a matter of waiting for the ice to leave the lake and launches, so I can get her out on the water, to break in the big black beast (400hp Merc Verado V-10), before running any trips with her.
I was getting a little worried that the economy was keeping people from booking trips, like they have in the past, but the last couple of weeks have brought enough bookings in, to keep me from panicking. :)
It's still less than previous years, but there's still time. And, I hope Mother Nature is kinder to us than last year, and lets me get all these trips in, this time. Last April was brutal, to say the least.
Right now, as I write this this morning, I have the following open in April:
10, 11, 12, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30th.
May and June have more openings and are my two favorite months to fish the Western Basin. Those usually start filling up as my reports come in, so unless there is some economic catastrophe I expect those two months to fill up too.
Anyway...that's where I'm at right now. I've been working part time over at Fisherman's Central, at the Port Clinton store, over the winter, so I can get out of the house and have conversations with someone other than my dogs. They are cute, and funny, but they are lacking when it comes to making conversation. ;)
Stay tuned....
Capt Juls
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