Any Grady owners fishing the Great Lakes

You'll enjoy the 228. Great size, good cockpit area, easy to trailer, better ride due to overall length and weight over the 208, easy solo launch and retrieve. It just does alot of the stuff I want to do very well.
 
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Congrats on your new boat Nomad. I'm going to look at a 208 on Sunday. I maybe joining the club.
 
Yup we fish the north shore Lake Ontario
 

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New to the forum, but purchased a 226 Seafarer, 2006 last year. Kicker motor Yamaha 9.9 was a little quirky, but had the carburetor rebuilt and runs better. Have 250 Yamaha that runs great. Previous owner screwed bolts into the rod holders to secure Cannon downriggers, and need to replace them. Any advice on how to update these? Also, need to add new stripes along the side. Any ideas on where to get pin-stripe sticker kits that would match, or be very close? FishingGradyWhiteMike
 
Mike, I have just been using Google and searching for Grady Decals for my 208. The ones I have located are replicas but seem to look pretty close to original. Not sure if factory original is even possible, good luck.
 
Just purchased a 2015 258 Journey this spring. I've been running it mostly out of Muskegon but have been over to Sag Bay. Hoping to get a 9.9 kicker for next year as 1.5 is as low as I can get with 2 big trolling bags. Absolutely loving the boat so far. Ran 15 miles in a 2-3 foot NW chop last Thursday at 24mph pretty comfortably. Used to run a Starcraft 221 Islander so it's a whole new world :). Not very hard to load and unload at the launches I have been to. Only difficulty I've run into while launching solo is short docks but it's workable. Finally having 12 inch Garmin, Fantom radar, and auto pilot being installed tomorrow. Ordered back in May and have been waiting for backorder to arrive.
 
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I am not on an official Great Lake, but on Lake Champlain I troll with one of my 150’s and a trolling bag and get down to 1.2. Switch engines next time out. Great for Lake Trout and if I remove the bag get up to salmon speeds.
 
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Looks like we'll be joining this group. We have our 282 in San Antonio and at the Texas coast. But, we have a little house up in Au Gres, MI that we go to each summer, so next year we will be towing it up there to stay. Looking forward to more time on the water with my own boat up there.
 
Bird Blaster said:
Nice to see a Great Lakes Grady group!
I'm hoping to join the team next year. I'm going to run out the summer this year and start actively looking next year for a Lake Superior salmon boat.
I'm leaning towards a Journey 258 but would consider 232, 228 as well as a Tournament/Freedom 225. My wife would prefer the bowrider option.
Personally I would like the boat to be put on a trailer and would like Max beam. Hence my coming to the 258. Does anyone have experience with a 248/258 on the Great Lakes? Too much boat? Would a 228 be enough? If the right 232 came up I would definitely consider it and just pay for yearly permits for trailering to northern Michigan.
Cheers from northern Ontario!
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I just bought a 258, I came from a 23 conquest from Boston Whaler and it's a big upgrade as far as ride quality. The Whaler is a drier ride but the Grady is a much nicer ride and feels a lot better when running. Now I've gotta just get autopilot and it'll be amazing. I would recommend the 258 you'll not want smaller if you spend a lot of time on Lake Michigan
 
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tgafish said:
Just purchased a 2015 258 Journey this spring. I've been running it mostly out of Muskegon but have been over to Sag Bay. Hoping to get a 9.9 kicker for next year as 1.5 is as low as I can get with 2 big trolling bags. Absolutely loving the boat so far. Ran 15 miles in a 2-3 foot NW chop last Thursday at 24mph pretty comfortably. Used to run a Starcraft 221 Islander so it's a whole new world :). Not very hard to load and unload at the launches I have been to. Only difficulty I've run into while launching solo is short docks but it's workable. Finally having 12 inch Garmin, Fantom radar, and auto pilot being installed tomorrow. Ordered back in May and have been waiting for backorder to arrive.
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do you have twins or a single on your 258?
 
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