Alright, I'm not much of a fisherman these days so I was not expecting to be too thrilled BUT I came away pleasantly surprised! The layout is very well thought out and, true to Yamaha's usual execution, everything really "makes sense", for lack of a better way to put it. The boat features TONS of storage, all with very intuitive access points. Handling was excellent and I was very surprised by the effectiveness of the new articulating keel. Oddly enough I didn't really notice it at all for steering but it really helped the boat track straight. This was really noticeable when we trolled along at 2-3 MPH. Using no-wake mode to control our trolling speed was very convenient as well. Going back to the steering thing I do still think the Thrust Vector will still be critical for low speed steering so hopefully JBP can get something rolling there! The boat we tested was a pre-production model of course and despite projected deliveries to kick off as soon as July or August they were still grilling us for input on potential changes. Again, I'm not much into fishing these days, and we most certainly didn't use it to fish today, but I have to think they've pretty much hit it out of the park here. I'll go ahead and do some knit-picking just for the sake of it. Some small suggestions we made were pretty obvious. I think it would make sense to add some fishing pedestals, especially since there are a few spots that they would fit perfectly and would work well. I actually really like the center console design, and I love standing up to drive but the driver's seat was awfully tall, even being 6'1". Beyond that the seating in general left a little bit to be desired. While very convenient, the flip-up cockpit seating feels more like "point A to point B" seating, not something you want to sit down and chill in all day. I do have to keep reminding myself that is par for the course for this segment but it still catches me off guard a bit. The spray down hose didn't have much power at all but there is a chance that it was missing the nozzle on the end of the sprayer...we will have to wait for production models for the final verdict there. Not that this is unusual for a fishing boat either but it was kind of noisy, more so than the SX190. I think a lot of the noise comes from the changing station cavity. I would think some acoustic foam would remedy that pretty well so we will see if they take that suggestion! I was also surprised that they don't have any kind of depth finder or other electronics. The helm has a giant open space on it, no doubt intended to house a fish finder, but why they wouldn't at least have something in place on the premium model was a little confusing to me. I know people get pretty picky about what finder they use, what size, etc. so I assume they've left it up to the consumer for that reason. One final complaint, and part of this probably stems from the fact that it has been a while since I was in a 190 but the power was a little underwhelming. We did hit 39MPH with 4 people on board, and it did get there pretty quickly and planed out just fine, as expected, but something about being WOT and seeing the needle sub-40 MPH was a little bit of a bummer. Gimme the 212X all day! Anyway, overall I was very impressed by what Yamaha has done and I'm pretty excited about having an option for a fish and ski model. It's not only a great boat from a "fun factor" standpoint but more importantly it is a very legitimate contender as a recreational fishing boat, even something your bass boat buddies will be impressed by!