Yet Another New Boat Thread. New BlackJack Is Here
 

Just picked it up last week and made the first fishing trip out of it today. All black hull, bone interior, and a Yamaha 250 SHO. I ordered my new rig from Lake Area Marine and I would like to thank Kyle very much for talking to me almost every day for four weeks straight while the boat was on order. I was out of town ordering long distance over the phone, and Kyle talked to me about every detail and answered every question I had throughout the whole process. Lake Area Marine has taken care of my family and I over the years and they have first class service. Go check them out! And as for the BlackJack....I was so excited to get it wet today. Heck it even catches fish! We did more boat riding than anything this afternoon once the rain stopped but we managed 20ish specks and a red. We just played catch and release while we ran around the lake breaking in the motor today. First day back on the lake in 8 months and couldn't ask for a better one!

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This is what the lake looked like pretty much all afternoon:

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Sweet lookin sled

Very nice!!!!

Awesome looking boat. Love that big stud hanging off the back of it too!!!!

Congrats on the new boat. I think that is one of the nicest boats made today and without a doubt my next ride.

nice

I may be a little jealous over here.... Lol sweet ride dude

Very nice!!

Beautiful boat. Congrats!

Now that's fine

very nice. Congrats

Sexy SOB right there!
Congrats hamma

Nice boat

Beautiful

Nice ride

Finest looking bay boat on the market,I love the carolina flared bow on blackjacks....congrats on the new sled

The pics look great but nothing compares to seeing this boat in person. That sled is beautiful! Congratulations!

Congrats on the sweet new ride. Great color combo. You will love the SHO.
Post some numbers after break-in.
What prop did you get?

I absolutely love the SHO. It sounds like a totally different animal and has some get-up and go. It came factory rigged with the 21p 13 3/4 diamater 3 blade Reliance Series prop. I feel like it may be underperforming on my rig right now though. I have never been on another BlackJack with a SHO so I can't say for sure though. I only have 3 hours on the motor and have not opened it up full throttle yet. I have been cruising about 4200 RPMs and getting about 35-36 mph. At 5000 RPMs I'm getting up to about 43 mph. This is with two people and somewhere between 1/2 - 3/4 tank of fuel. Now I haven't gone full throttle so I don't know how many RPMs I will be turning until I do so, but based on what I have seen so far this boat has no chance to get in the ballpark of 60 assuming that I only have 1000 RPMs left (I was told this was a 60 mph boat and low 60s with a light load). I may be wrong as I am still new to this rig but it is a little concerning to me and I feel that something might not be quite right. I thought I would have seen better cruise performance than I did.

Does it have a hydraulic jackplate? If so then it may take you a minute to find the sweet spot to get the best performance

That prop seems kinda small. I don't know much about props but I think mine is a 15" 21p prop on a 250 Suzuki. Don't really know if that is the same between models of engines but I figure it would be similar

Nice boat. I bet your glad as hell to be back now

Sweet ride , congrats!

Yes it does have a hydraulic jackplate and with the short shaft motor it is recommended to be run all the way down for best performance. I just got off the phone with Kyle at LAM. He called Bill Kenner for me and Bill said they must have accidentally given me the wrong prop. The correct prop is now on the way. The one I have is too small. Capt. Bruce also confirmed this for me. Thanks guys for the help.

nice boat you got there man. good luck with prop hunting.

That's what customer service is all about!

nice sled

Very classy looking...

Hydro

Nice!!! Great motor choice!

I must agree, that is a fine boat!

sweet ride

Beautiful rig!

Very nice sled.....

Checked your boat out pretty thoroughly the other day and I gotta say, that is one fine looking ride.

Thanks for the compliments guys. I absolutley love fishing out of it so far. It is so much bigger than i expected and is the perfect size for me. People werent lying when they said it fishes like a 24 footer. I should have the correct prop for it tomorrow. Can't wait to see what the motor can really do.

Well done sir!

Try a 21 Rev 4. Good 4 blade. Should hit 60 - 62 with the SHO.

Nice!

That seems pretty fast for my rig with a 4 blade prop. I have a 3 blade 15 - 22p saltwater series 2 on the way and those are my predicted numbers with it. I'll post some numbers once I try it out.

UPS runs between 11:00 and 1:00. Just in case you were wondering. :cool:

Thanks Paul. I will be there! If it comes in that early I may get a chance to run it this afternoon

I just know if it were me, I'd be sitting in the parking lot all day waiting for the UPS truck to show up. I didn't want you spending all day waiting. Now you can just show up at 11:00 and wait. ;) Why waste the entire morning. LOL

Haha. I planned on calling around 1:00. I've already got the "mini" prop off and ready to slap on the new one.

Very Nice!!

Rides like a dream I bet! What's the cruising speed?

X2...best looking bay boat on the market.

Rides very well. Only complaint about the ride I have is that it doesn't take a cross chop as well as my old 21 Bay Champ. It does very well though. The huge Carolina flare just seems to get broadsided in a cross chop. It is extremely dry though. I cruise at 40-41 MPH at 4000 RPMs and the best top end I have seen so far is 63.8 MPH. The fuel efficiency at cruise with the 250 SHO is extremely impressive on this rig. Very glad I bought it!

Extremely fine boat man!! I love it, lol after we fished and i got in my Haynie the next day i felt like i was in an old hoopty compared to that BJ haha

Damn Shaw it's that noticeable?!?!?!

Haha. Mine just has a liner in it....that's all