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Originally Posted by Walleyedude
Unfortunately the Vantage had pretty much zero following with the bass fishing crowd, and they pretty much determine the fishing market in North America. Even a big chunk of the walleye world (the great lakes guys) doesn't use them. My understanding is that sales numbers dropped off as bow mounts got better, but have been fairly steady. Apparently it wasn't enough volume to make it worthwhile for Johnson Outdoors to keep making them.
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THIS is exactly true.
With the innovations in bow mount units, and the ability they have now (much better thrust, control and features) the gap is smaller - and, ultimately, only a gap that "walleye type" fishing requires. The bass guys typically don't need as much precision and control. At least not in comparison to walleye guys. And that's simply not a big enough market for a corporation to invest in any further.
The other advantage of the vantage is, your bow pitches more, catches wind more, slides off to one side more in waves, over corrects more - which ultimately leads to less control and more constant corrections.
Pulling your boat backward, from the transom (which is kinda like a parachute) seems counter intuitive - unless you want the moves you make to be more predicable, controlled, etc..
I agree on both accounts.