Need Fishing Seat Upgrade. Millenium?

[JCreek]

Bought a Tracker Heritage last month.  Getting along OK but the fishing seats are killers on my back. 

Not really sure why.  They are about like all the other Tracker seats and feel OK, but I get bad lower

back trauma after a couple of hours.  Has anybody tried the Milleniums? 

JC

[fishinwrench]

Have you tried standing?  

I don't know how anyone can sit and fish. I don't even like to sit and eat.

[slothman]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Have you tried standing?  

I don't know how anyone can sit and fish. I don't even like to sit and eat.

When I’m manning the trolling motor, I like to half lean half sit against the seat. Especially in the rough water. I don’t know how some guys keep from falling out of the boat when the water gets rough when they don’t even have a seat installed up there. 

[moguy1973]

I use a butt seat just to lean against and to rest my feet when I'm eating a sandwich.  Like slothman said I'm not sure how people Captain Morgan the trolling motor without a seat to lean up against without falling over.

[Flysmallie]

48 minutes ago, slothman said:

When I’m manning the trolling motor, I like to half lean half sit against the seat. Especially in the rough water. I don’t know how some guys keep from falling out of the boat when the water gets rough when they don’t even have a seat installed up there. 

I never could stand having any kind of seat in the front. But I did get tossed a few times too. 

[fishinwrench]

If the water is so rough that I can't stand on the deck without getting tossed then I either step down in the floor and brace a knee on the console, or I go find some calmer water.  

Fish are everywhere, no need to frustrate yourself by trying to fish a mainlake point on the 4th of July weekend. 

[JCreek]

Standing was my first idea!  Try that in a small Tracker on Stockton!  This thing is as stable

as a 12 foot canoe in the wind.  Thought about those taller poles and a butt seat.  Might go that way.

It would give me more room to move around also.

Thanks.

 

[slothman]

20 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

I use a butt seat just to lean against and to rest my feet when I'm eating a sandwich.  Like slothman said I'm not sure how people Captain Morgan the trolling motor without a seat to lean up against without falling over.

I think a recessed foot pedal must help (I don’t have one), but dang. I’m certainly not as balanced as I once was. 

[Ketchup]

4 hours ago, JCreek said:

Standing was my first idea!  Try that in a small Tracker on Stockton!  This thing is as stable

as a 12 foot canoe in the wind.  Thought about those taller poles and a butt seat.  Might go that way.

It would give me more room to move around also.

Thanks.

 

J,

 This is probably your best option. Im one of those that cant stand to have a seat in the front. In almost 30 years of boat ownership, ive used one maybe 15 times.  I would rather fall out than bump into that stupid thing trying to move around and fish. I lose balance at times, but to me its worth the free space. 

With age tho comes more/better reasons to have that up there im sure, but currently im not that out of shape, or at that age that i need it. 

How are you liking that Tracker so far? Cool that they went old school. 

[JCreek]

3 hours ago, Ketchup said:

J,

 This is probably your best option. Im one of those that cant stand to have a seat in the front. In almost 30 years of boat ownership, ive used one maybe 15 times.  I would rather fall out than bump into that stupid thing trying to move around and fish. I lose balance at times, but to me its worth the free space. 

With age tho comes more/better reasons to have that up there im sure, but currently im not that out of shape, or at that age that i need it. 

How are you liking that Tracker so far? Cool that they went old school. 

My equilibrium is not what it once was...

I like it so far.  Needs to be wider right off.  Not very stable.  You should see me in the wind trying to tie a knot in a jig.  But been 30 years since I had a boat and it was just a jon.  Heritage seems to handle OK.  Better than I expected on rough water.  40 horse gets it down wind at 30 MPH or just over.  Can cruise around 20 at 4500 RPM.  I like the helm position and can stretch my legs out while driving.  I've been in much fancier boats where I felt cramped behind the wheel.  I think I like the natural aluminum better than paint.  I slid it up on a rock bank without worry about scratches.  Have new sonars coming next week so will see how many sheet metal screws are stripped!  Rod holders are an after thought.  Not secure and the tubes won't take spinning rods.  I'm a spinning rod guy! 

Live well is about the right size for bait, but so far has not been a problem

Bass Pro is a major disappointment, I must say.  They are in the process of moving around to new buildings and that was part of it.  I didn't even get a good idea of how to use the thing from them and don't feel I can go there for help.  Have a local Mercury warranty shop and hopefully won't need even that.