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Look into the carbon fiber outriggers. You can get more length and substantially less weight, which is very helpful fishing a spread from a boat with an 8.6 beam like mine. They are stiff too. Check out Bly riggers (google it). That's what I've got on my rig and love em so far.

OK, snapped a few pics of the top backing plate, bottom plate, and a little bead of solder that connects the tube of the outrigger base to part of the hard top support. Looking at those pics, it also appears that part of the boat is up for some cleaning :D

Don't have any handy. Will try to remember to snap some next time at the boat.

I went the through the same struggle as you on my 258. Found a local fabricator who built me some custom backing plates for my Lees outrigger mounts. Where we placed the mounts he was able to put a bead of solder to connect part of the backing plate to the metal hard top support. Came out great...

Plenty of power. I have a 250 on my 2005 258 and that amount of HP is fine. But of course a little more is always better. I bet you'd get better top end and better cruise GPH than my boat.

Thanks for the replies all. Leaning towards twins if I can stomach the net cost after selling the current engine.

Ron, How far out do you go? The issue for me in the current location is that that canyons are 50 miles plus out from Ocean City. 25-30 and I'd be fine with a single, but wouldn't want to get stranded at the edge of the earth with no backup. That said the current engine has been absolutely...

It is a Journey, 25-ft model the same as your friend has. From what I have heard the 150s are a good power option for the hull.

I have an '05 258 with a single 250 yammy 4-stroke with just over 1,000 hours on the engine. This setup is great for the Chesapeake where I do all my own fishing at this point, but I'm starting to get the offshore bug and am considering moving from rack storage to trailer and tow vehicle so that...

I use the Navionics app in the Chesapeake and am pretty impressed with it. You do, however, need a 3G connection and cellphone signal in order for it to work properly. I have signal everywhere I fish so it is no big deal to me most of the time. In fact, I have found the Navionics app to be more...

I have a 258, and really like the boat. There is no way I would trust it in 20 inches. Anything less than 3ft and I get very nervous and go along at a crawl. By no means is the 258 best suited for super skinny water fishing like a variety of bay boats are. I fish the Chesapeake, and employ a...

I had a gas leak problem earlier this year. It was a bad seal on the sending unit in the main tank of my 258. Had to pull the back plate off, not an easy job for 1, but doable. Simple fix once I identified the problem, which was easy to see with the entire tank exposed.

Yes, I had a fuel leak issue earlier this year, and it took removing the back hatch to find out what it was (not too difficult, but probably a 2-man job to lift off). Turned out that someone who had worked on the boat previously had not sealed the fuel sending unit correctly. Pretty easy fix...

Thanks for the response. A much more elegant solution to my issue. Nice work on your flush mount.

OK, dumb question. I've been mulling an electronics upgrade on my 2005 258. I want 1 larger screen, or maybe two medium ones, preferably flush mounted for the sonar, GPS, and possibly radar units. The problem is that the current console has the glove box design, were my current furuno unit...

Great stuff all. Thanks for the excellent feedback.

All, I have a Grady 258 that is marina kept. I've been toying with the idea of buying a truck and trailer at some point to expand my fishing range. Presently I don't have tow vehicle of any kind. So my question is, for those of you who have a 258 or boat of similar size, what is your tow...

I also have a 258 with the single 250. It is enough power for the boat for sure, so you'd be fine with the twin 150s. If given the choice for my boat, I would take a little more power as it takes a handful seconds to get on plane with my engine, but once there you're fine. Maneuvering at the...

Rob: will do. I might not get around to doing anything major until the winter since I'll probably be busy fishing every weekend until then, but I'll definitely post some pics of what I end up doing. Tom: great stuff. I'll look into ways to cram more trolling rods in there. I'll probably run 10...

Rob, Thanks for your thoughts. I'll look into better utilizing what space there is in the port and starboard containers. My boat has the aux. fuel tank, so installing additional storage between the seats won't work. I'm sure I can mount the rod racks on the roof, I just want to make sure I do...