We were impressed!

For sure! Thanks for watching

It wasn’t rough at all, just ask the people that weren’t there. 🤷

We’re you really? That’s cool!

Ain’t nobody got time to get all that ready! 😂

LOVE is a better word!

Thanks!

It will!

Indeed!

Agreed!

Come out someday and take her for a rip!

@Clemons That sounds great! I'll head up there in May for a fishing tournament check it out while I'm there. Do yall do trade in?

@@user-sq3es5js6d yes we do! Just make sure and call ahead as it will be fishing about 50 events this year so it’s on the water a lot!

Indeed!

Jealousy is not attractive and does nothing to fix problems

You can’t afford it pal

80 grand for a new truck, prices of everything are way up.

@@gsrailfann5025 you are right, but the refusal to spend that kind of money on a product that will truly lose its value sends a message . The manufacturers are taking advantage as much as they can. Eventually they all exceed what the market is willing to pay. Could I purchase one? Yes, but it would be a very bad financial deciaion. Thats why I would not buy one.

@@thomasmallory971 I can afford it but its simply not a sound financial decision. Purchasing a boat a few years old with a few hours and simply update what you need. These boat manufactures are just planning on enticing you with the next great thing. This is bass fishing , will this boat catch more fish then a 2017 Ranger? No , its that simple. Its not about fishing anymore, its about status.

We will have a full video coming out shortly. With a 15-20 MPH wind the wind noise basically took the engine sound out. We will have plenty more running content coming though so stay tuned

@@ClemonsBoats there’s got to be at least some type of financial motive here weather it rides good or not. Please answer honestly because I know more than you think. Thank you for the video

@@scottfrost8956 100% honesty here.

@Tac001 You are correct in regards to the music. Its a musicdemic out there.

We kept the plate buried up to 2 for the bigger stuff. Atlas plate

It can! This day the bay was only a couple feet but short chop. The Lake was kicked up good though. There was enough north to it that the bay stayed ok

Amen!

In the rougher waves we ran with the trim buried and the jack plate buried but at a slow speed as to keep the bow up more. In bigger swells it’s important to keep it trimmed down but run slow to keep the bow “up” if that makes sense. We ran between 20-25 in the bigger 3.5+ waves. When running the trough (side ways with them) we tap up to 45 and trimmed up to 2 or so In the smaller chop on the bay 2 feet or less we ran with the plate on 2 abs the trim on 2 at 40-55 with no issues. Great ride and very dry in both cases.

@@ClemonsBoats thanks for sharing! I fished in the bay with a small mid-v aluminum boat last year on a mild wind day and that became the moment my wife and I chose to upgrade to a bass boat. Again, I appreciate your time to answer.

@@darrylshisler2636 It can get nasty!!!! Fiberglass helps for sure

We were in and out of the throttle the entire time here due to the size of the waves. With the spacing on Erie you have to be very careful. In general we ran 40-50 in the light 1-2 chop. It really carves that little stuff up and you don’t get the usual jarring in the short stuff. Once we got in the larger waves we were running 20-25 when straight in them and with them following and would kick it up to 35-40 running the trough and safely navigated them. I’m guessing with more seat time a 4 blade prop we could have pushed it a little further but it was very comfortable at those speeds

It really is! We knew the design and quality was great but were skeptical of big water ride until feeling it for ourselves. It far exceeded our expectations!

Lol I just feel you might be slightly financially involved there Andy. You never pressed so hard on a boat especially one with a CONE HEAD! Interesting and sad to see you become bought an paid for bud. Never thought it would happen.

​@@scottfrost8956 if you watched Andy's last video he said great boat but over priced which I am agree with

If we take one in on trade I’d love to! However, we only sell Bass Cat and iKon as far as bass boats go.

Very similar - but the PUMA is a lot faster. The cougar hybrid, PUMA and Jaguar are 3 of the best riding big water boats ever built! And the IKon will have a similar legacy from what we see. We don’t want to carry anything that isn’t super high quality and great riding at our store.

So dumb question, was the boat empty, tackle load etc…

Bass cats suck in rough water

@@williamgardner9596 that is false. If you rode in a cat that rode bad you went in anything late model

@@ClemonsBoats for that money would buy a caymas or another legend still these two hands down best fit an finish in market and the ride 💯% an if u want the speed well it has that to think that boat in video is over priced for just being released and not tested but tomato tomoto know what I mean

We feel the same way. Both are great but this boat is bigger so imagine the Champion being a larger boat - this is what you’d get!

I don’t think so. Can you explain if it’s better riding in rough water than the 210 Elite? 🤔

@@MrMynameisozzy It sounds like you’d need to run one for yourself to make that call!

I have a champion 203 and I'd bet lunch it will ride smoother than that icon in rough water.

@@right_around_the_corner DEAL! Come on up and let’s duel

Sorry we didn’t see this comment! This boat is very comparable to the Jaguar in size and options. I would say on average it is 10-15k less than a Jaguar. It is a LARGE boat and that’s partially why it rides so great. Should be less than a Cat, Ranger, and Vexus but still at the top. When you match features though it is FULL of value!

No more well over 100k more like $130-140k

@@adamportner8102 not the case.

@@ClemonsBoats well what I saw was msrp

@@adamportner8102 👍

Not quite but yes a very good riding boat

Yes, it has a style line right there which indeed throws the water down and out!

We are able to order tomorrow and hope to have stock by June. However - we plan to have a factory boat at our May 4th demo event! Along with 20 and 21 LX models

That’s what we said!

It’s solid as a rock. Let me pull a clip out and see if you can hear anything other than wind noise. That’s why we added the music. Trust me - had NOTHING to do with the hull. Smooth as silk - enough that I’m switching from my Jaguar to the iKon and the Jag is one BAD RIDE!

Just played them without music - all you hear is wind so I don’t think it will tell you anything other than the hull is quieter than the wind. I can tell you the hull sounds like a Boston whaler when you pound the side. In other words - it is solid, thick, and quiet. Maybe I’ll do a pound test with a Cat, iKon , and Boston Whaler next to each other?

Not sore at all - the boat lands very soft. Zero jarring

@@ClemonsBoats that's impressive! I have an old tri hull glass boat. It beats the hell out of me in rough water but it's rock solid even in heavy chop. Esp at low speed it stays incredibly level but at any sort of speed it's a bumpy but stable ride.

Ran it 180 hours on Lake Erie. Not a single stress crack on the boat! Zero issues. Regular 50-70 mile runs in 2-4s. Boat is as advertised in rough water and quality

We had “white caps” all the way across the Bay but smaller waves. This is at our “inlet” and in Lake Erie sometimes you get very big waves without white caps. This inlet has some current and break walls, and some times the wind wraps around a bit. If we would have went around the tip of the breakwall I am guessing it would have been REAK BAD, but with no seat time I was going there 👌

All I can do with this comment is laugh. 😂 Come on up to Lake Erie and then tell me how the Ozarks is worse. 👍🏻

Very dependent on options. 100-120k is a good estimate

Yes I am a dealer and we see the number 16 dealer in the country based of CSI and process not sales volume. We didn’t get there by misleading people. It is very impressive and yes I didn’t run the boat hard. You can’t in that type of waves u less you want to eat a wave. Our expectation was that it would not likely ride great, we were very wrong. And as you stated, very dry as well.

It is much slower at 68-69 WOT. Jag with the 250 is 71-72 and the PUMA is 76-77. It’s faster out of the hole than the PUMA or Jag. The ride is better than both the PUMA and the Jag and that is saying A LOT if you’ve ever ridden in them. All three hold in turns like they are on rails and the quality is great on all three. Cats you have to learn to drive - iKon drives itself. Deck on the ikon makes the Jag look Small, it is enormous. All three boats have their pluses and minus’ and it’s really and apples and oranges comparison. You really need to run both and decide what you like better and the good news is all three are amazing boats that you truly can’t go wrong with!

@@ClemonsBoats we are running a jag and a puma sts, thats is a super impressive boat having a better ride then the jag. Seems like it would be the ultimate boat for a guide imo. Massive front deck with a good ride.

@@fisherperkins2955 I run a Jag myself with a 300R and have for two years so I have a lot of experience when I say the above. Great guide and big water boat. The only “negative” I have on the boat is I am used to going 75 LOADED and the iKon will be 7ish MPH slower. But on Lake Erie, if there is any chop, that won’t be an issue. I ran this boat and the Jag in the same weather on the same day multiple times. In a 1-2 foot chop (real 1-2s), I could run the ikon 10-12 MPH FASTER.

@@ClemonsBoats is the ikon going to be rated for a 300 or bigger?

@@fisherperkins2955 I sure hope so! But not at the moment.

I’d love to 👍

You can get on Okeechobee in 25 to 35 mph winds. You do that on Erie you will be at the bottom of the lake.

Thanks but this boat drives itself honestly!

Cats are great boats!

What model? What year? I can tell you with 100% conference that a Jag, Puma STS, and cougar hybrid are pretty hard to beat on the ride!

I’ve ran a Jag on Lake Erie for 2 years. That’s how confident I am in that statement!

Jaguar as well - and that’s on the list! I’ve had a Jaguar in 6-8s on this lake. More than once. But didn’t have cameras set up - we are just getting our go pro game going

@@ClemonsBoats try a fixed mount on top of engine cowling. It’s the most realistic view usually. Headstrap I’d say is second best option. Fixed mount on driver console never gives a good Rep of the waves.

@@jgringo5516 I’ll give that a try! I also had a yolo stick in but it didn’t show it well at all. I’m thinking using another boat to fold from May be the best option or a drone maybe

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Boats are certainly expensive! This is a particular boat for a particular person. Value is all relative! We sell plenty of larger vessels but they won’t do what this boat will do for the owners. However, for THIS style boat and at this price point, the boat is AWESOME!

Can’t take it with you ! Mine is ordered for a August delivery

@@colbylivingston4319 congrats!!!

Just the base model on a 10 year will probably run around 1300 a month

@@williamgardner9596 ya lucky for me I’m making about 10K on my Triton. Plus let the banks float the note. 20 years 😜

Thank you! 35 years running this lake helps!

Exactly correct! One of my favorite parts of this boat is you can run 13-15 and pin the bow high in the nasty stuff and be safe and dry. AND not get beat up

@@ClemonsBoats that’s nice my boat is a wet on in these conditions great video man! Keep them coming!

@@BassBashin have some new ones coming soon. Hard to find the time to get them done but once May is over we will be on top of some!

@@ClemonsBoats alright cool I’ll be on the look out!

Yep- I’ve only ran the lake for 35 years. Definitely don’t know what 4 footers look like. 😂

Waves never look correct from a go pro on a boat. If you look up Sandusky Ohios NOAA forecast for Friday afternoon - you’d see that it was 15-25 NE wind with 3-5 foot waves forecasted bullring to 5-7. Anyone that’s been through that area knows what that means.

@@ParamountInvestments that is correct! We like to refer to it as the Gauntlet! 😂

Hard see white caps on that video!

@@canepamediasolutions2375 videos never do the seas justice. I’ve videoed rough stuff many times and it never looks rough. I urge anyone to take a ride out of this inlet in a NE 15-25 and we can talk!

Lake Erie can be very rough without white caps. I’ve been in very little white caps and very large non white caps. The wind in this particular area on this particular day was wrapping around the point so the white caps would be on the back side and 6-8 footers. We were in the 3-5s on the back side. ✅

@@ClemonsBoats ive been on erie alot myself. Use to run bassboats up there all the time. It just didnt look like 3-5’s in that video

@@transamguy9073 yep, videos never show the waves. Go out on a rough day and film it, you’ll see what I mean. Regardless - the ride on this boat is epic. I’ll take anyone out anytime

That’s MSRP. They are actually less than a loaded ranger or bass cat if the same size

​@@ClemonsBoats hope you're right

That’s MSRP. The mostly loaded iKon 21LX won’t be 140k.

Just have to run them correct like in this video. A lot of people want to try to go 50-60 in 2-3s and thats a recipe for disaster on a bass boat! We were running 20-25 in these with the bow high so as to NOT beat the snot out of the boat.

Champions ride great, as does the Bass Cat hybrid which is on a champion hull. But the iKon will eat both for breakfast - I’ve ran them all. 38 tournaments this year in the iKon and I am yet to get passed in any sort of seas above flat

They are rollers - this is right before a front. If you’ve ever filmed running a boat (I have a thousand times), it never looks as rough on film. Ever

Indeed!

I hear ya it's aggravating ain't we wanna hear the natural sounds on and off throttle and motor waves sounds everybody kills the video with music

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I've got to agree with you that time on water running on Erie makes a difference. I fished a BFL as co-angler with David Hayward in early 2000's, lake probably had 2 to 3 footers coming from north east we took off out of Sandusky Bay he ran out on the west side of Kelley's north to Canadian waters, when we got there I was kidding him about being close to Mitchell's Bay because of seeing water tower on shore. Never got a drop of water from any spray on us, settled in to his spot and looked and all other boats going that way were still miles back beating the crap out of their boats. Finally on the way back he hit one those waves you don't see and got a little wet, he laughed and said heck if we don't come back wet they won't think we fished at all, he knew how to run a boat on Erie for sure

@@bigbuck2720 Time on the water can’t be beat for how to run them and how to catch fish! 👍

​@@bigbuck2720 the driver is a huge part of a dry ride.

Any time you’d like to test that theory, let us know! Ram a ranger 521 plenty and it is NOT the same experience.

@Clemons Boats R series or the other models. I have never liked Ranger or owned one until this 520R Ran a few Charger bass boats not the big ones and the 19' Charger is the berries back in the day. You run a 520R or 521R and let me know

@@rickvann3489 bring it on up and we can run em both and compare!

@Clemons Boats I'm not far away I'll be up that way come june

@@rickvann3489 sounds good! We will have one to show and run all summer!

Yep, rough all the time!

@@ClemonsBoats Looked like it handled it about as good as you could have hoped for.

@@edwardcowan7012 exactly correct! Still a bass boat but for a bass boat it was REALLY GOOD!

Taken a few guys out who own 621s and am told it’s as good. Apples and oranges on fishability though

Absolutely! The chop in the bay sometimes is worse as there is zero trough! Come take a ride- GUARANTEE you’ll be impressed! I’ve ran this lake my entire life and the boat is solid and the ride was fantastic.

Extremely dry.

Not true - the boats are meant to be able to handle rough water. And in this video, the boat was taking these with very little actual beating. You indeed need to run them correct but the boat will handle it.

@@ClemonsBoats I've been in a boating industry / 42 years I actually work for Hydra Sports when they were in Nashville the original hydra-sports all manufacturers claim their boats can take a beating. And being a fiberglass gelcoat repair I seen companies claiming to build the toughest boats I've seen their stringers break loose beating on those big large waves

100%!

Boats are certainly expensive! Inflation didn’t help 🤦

​@@ClemonsBoats either did greed/huge markup from manufacturers. That's on them not you dealers.

Not 140k - that’s MSRP not a sales price. Expensive but not THAT expensive

@@ClemonsBoats rigged out it'll be 140 no?

@@smallmouthfreaks7609 depends on how rigged out you go. It’s going to be comparable to a ranger 521r on pricing - with the same equipment. Not cheap by any means but not horrible either. I’d say 120k pretty loaded is very doable

$145,00 MSRP - not sales price. FYI

Where did you find that deal on the Allison? I just priced out the XB21 with the same exact electronics and the Allison was $160k? The Allison was still missing a lot of the upgrades that iKon has.

Very dry!

Couldn’t get this boat to 150k - absolutely Decked out about 125k.

It grows on you!

Ok 👌🏻 whatever you say!

🤔 I don’t remember us ever saying an iKon will go 60+ in 3-4 foot Lake Erie waves? 😂

@@ClemonsBoats I heard someone say that. But good luck in the sales. Only guy that’s going to buy one is a guy that has money or a guy that has to friends lol

@@tomheun3019 Certainly not us! It will do 60 in 1-2 foot chop better than any boat I ran but NO BOAT is running erie at 60 in the waves that day - except maybe a 42+ center console with 4 engine on the back, 😂

@@ClemonsBoats well ya I kind of figured

Sorry to hear about your friend!

Me too 🤷 and I said occasional 5 with steady 3-4s

Definitely haven’t, I’ve only ran this lake for 35 years! 😂

Well big for a bassboat😂

I was once as a kid on a 21ft Dixie walk around cudy cabin with a 150 hp driving up the waves in a rain storm on the Raritan bay trying to head back to the river. As a kid probably 15 or so i thought it was fun. My friends dad was probably ready to ship himself thinking I have someone else's kid on my boat..