Everglades 290 Pilot - The Best Riding Boat I've Ever Owned! 

John thanks for this! I'm a family fishing guy and had shown my wife a 290 classified a couple of weeks ago. Tonight I told her "you gotta watch this" and played this on the TV, lots of smiles. Your story telling and editing on this was great. Thanks for sharing! Hopefully I'll see that Eastward out at Block this summer.

Awsome video as always. I love when you do this stuff. You think just like all us fisherman think, you think like all us captains and boaters think. And you have had a lot of first had experience with a lot of different boats. I sell and work on boats now and hear all kinds of bs talk from sales and guys that don’t know what they talking about and it shows right away when you do and don’t know your stuff. "A fisherman always see's another fisherman from a far." Keep ‘em coming. every idea you have for a video don’t hesitate we love all them. Can’t wait to see the videos on the eastward

Bought a 290 pilot 2 seasons ago that was up in Maine and brought it down to the south side of cape cod. Absolutely love the boat! My only complaint is i wish it held more fuel but i guess could always get a fuel bladder!

We had an early 70s tcraft with twin 135 Evinrude s . Would haul butt. Fished many tournaments with my father. One of the best boats we ever owned.

Had to go back to the reveal of your new Eastward to check out the new layout. The Everglades Pilot center console was awesome. You might miss that

Everglades definitely makes a great boat. I felt the same way about a 23' Sea Hunt that I owned quite a few years back which also had a 225 Honda on the back out bracket. Looking forward to a video of your Eastward John. 👍👍

Awww. Opening with a shot of Sandy Beach.

Your new boat looks huge with you standing next to it, when it’s in the water can bend over the side and reach the water ? Congratulations good luck,

Halk, have you ever seen the video on how the Everglades are made? They have a molded and precision fitted “log” system runs bow to stern which makes them one of the strongest and most rigid hull designs on the market. Their current prices are insane but they’re built so well. I’m gonna need to up my RU-vid game if I ever want to purchase one. 😂 Great video, brother!!

Everglades have the best deadrise I’ve ever seen at 25 degrees so I’m not surprised they own the ocean, built for tough waves

Almost Fluke season!

Hi John. Thank you for your review. I will be taking ownership of a new 315 in a few weeks and keep hearing about the ride quality pitch from their team. I guess it is true after all that the Everglades do ride well.

Was just looking of reviews on the 290. That's my lotto boat!

I remember wanting my dad to get that boat so bad when I was a kid, but it was out of our price range.

Great video John. How did the T craft sink?

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Why don't you do any offshore fishing? You got so much good stuff up there

What was your thought process in choosing the eastward instead of getting another Everglades?

I have fished the 2018 295 Everglades for the last 5 seasons. Good riding boat for the Gulf. However there are lots of downsides to the setup. 1. Fuel capacity- being on the gulf in Tampa Bay area it is a very long run to the Middle grounds or the Elbow and this rig is at its limit making these runs. 2. fishing- if you are a weekend type guy that wants to get out once in a while and dont fish hard then this boat is for you. For the guy that is a hard core fisherman? there is too many little things added to this boat for the hard core type guy. 3. Setup- this goes back to hardcore or weekend guy. Too many little things to break that are unnecessary to fish hard. but ride? yes it rides heavy and eats big water 100% efficiency? ehhhh

Everglades vs Eastward?

take a ride in a 25 or 26.5 Bertram but dont stop lol