One of my best friends bought the same boat in 05 except it come with a jackplate. As far as fishing and storage it is great and it has a good ride at low speeds but when it gets around 55 or 60 mph it walks like a drunk person. Other triton owners and the dealer said you have to learn to drive them, but let me tell you I tried to do it and there is no way, he has tried and it walks so bad that you almost turn over. I can get my ZX200 skeeter up to about 68-70mph before it starts walking at all. We are going to try to adjust the jackplate this spring to see what can be done. He is really upset because he paid so much for the boat and can't run it. The prop on the boat is a tempest plus 3 blade 25 pitch. Jackplate may help you some. Good luck with boat.