2024 Yar-Craft 210 TFX w/Mercury 300

Boating Magazine

Yar-Craft's 210 FX is a tournament-ready, walleye fishing boat with great horsepower at 300hp Mercury. The tall helm station and wraparound windshield are ideal for bracing bad weather or cold northern climates. This dashboard will hold a 16-inch display and a waterproof touch panel switch to operate all your machinery. It is is full of pedestal seats so your family can enjoy their time on the water too.

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00:02 - Well it may be a sweltering day on Table Rock Lake,

00:18 but this is a very cool ride.

00:19 I'm Randy Vance on Yarkraft 210 TFX.

00:23 This is a tournament ready, upcountry walleye fishing boat

00:26 with great horsepower of 300 horsepower mercury.

00:29 And I wanna walk you through it right now,

00:31 so come on aboard.

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00:35 Now the nice thing about a walleye or a multi-species boat

00:46 is the big, tall helm station

00:48 and the windshield that wraps around the cockpit.

00:50 That's because these boats tend to be used

00:52 in bad weather and cold northern climates.

00:55 This dashboard will hold a 16 inch display.

00:58 You've also got mercury's gauges wrapped around it,

01:01 plus a waterproof touch panel switch

01:03 to operate all your machinery.

01:05 Now our test boat was optionally equipped

01:07 with zip wake tabs.

01:08 They give the boat automatic attitude control

01:11 or you can run them manually.

01:13 Now here's something I like.

01:14 The trolling motor control has its own holder

01:17 right there on the dash.

01:18 And that's something that comes with

01:20 JL Marine's new move trolling motor.

01:22 You've got a three spoke tilt wheel

01:24 and I like the fact that the jack plate controls

01:26 are right here on the steering column.

01:28 The seat slides fore and aft

01:30 and swivels for the ideal position.

01:33 Now the helm station isn't bolted on like a lot of boats.

01:35 This one's bolted into the deck,

01:37 which makes it extra solid.

01:39 To access the electronics in the gauges behind,

01:41 you get in through this hatch right here.

01:44 There's plenty of access and it's lighted.

01:46 Now the port side console has got a similar hatch,

01:49 but you use that to either put an angle bait cooler in there

01:52 or any other gear that you wanna keep dry.

01:55 The captain's cup holder is on the step to the fore deck.

01:58 The passenger has one on the console

02:00 to the left of the glove box.

02:01 At the left side of the walkway to the fore deck

02:03 is your slide out ruler.

02:05 But when you pull it out,

02:06 it also gives you access to your dip net.

02:08 Underneath the center hatch is your rod locker.

02:12 That'll hold eight eight footers plus three on top.

02:16 Plenty of dry storage in there if you're using it otherwise.

02:19 You've got lockers on the port and starboard side

02:21 and the compartments closest to the console

02:23 have special purposes.

02:25 The starboard side is ideal

02:26 for holding an angle bait cooler.

02:29 On the port side, this compartment is insulated

02:31 and great for keeping your drinks

02:33 and your lunch cold all day.

02:35 When you step forward,

02:36 you can see we've got a control panel for the trolling motor.

02:39 We've got a great place to mount Lowrance units here.

02:42 And we happen to be using a balls out mount right here,

02:45 which is one of the most solid mounts

02:47 for electronics on the water.

02:49 You'll also notice an entirely new trolling motor.

02:51 This happens to be the move motor from JL Marine.

02:55 It has a titanium shaft, a brushless motor,

02:58 and one of the best internal navigation systems

03:00 in electric motors on the water.

03:03 As you step back through the console opening,

03:05 there is your tackle box on the starboard side.

03:08 As you step through the cockpit,

03:09 it's a good time to mention what's on the floor of the boat.

03:12 This is polyethylene reflex foam.

03:15 That means it's really strong

03:17 and probably the easiest to clean up on the water.

03:20 If you look on the starboard side,

03:22 you've got a compartment here that opens easily,

03:24 gives you full access,

03:25 and it's a great place to put 3,700 Plano tackle boxes.

03:29 Now the aft deck is also covered with the reflex foam.

03:32 There's a ladder on the starboard side.

03:35 On either side of the center hatch,

03:36 you'll find dry storage,

03:38 and the center hatch reveals an enormous live well.

03:42 For access to the bilge,

03:43 open up the hatch on the port side

03:45 or go through the pie plate.

03:47 You'll notice here that you've got a pedestal seat socket,

03:49 and next to it is a place to put your tow pile on

03:52 when pulling kids on tubes and sticks.

03:54 Here's how you access the starter battery.

03:58 Now the compartment is large enough

03:59 and designed to accept a second battery,

04:01 either to add more cranking power to the big motor

04:05 or to run a kicker motor.

04:06 I like the kicker motor setup,

04:08 and most northern fishermen are gonna have one on there

04:10 for salmon trolling.

04:12 Now in a walleye boat,

04:13 you're usually working in the cockpit.

04:15 That's why the tool holders are in either corner

04:17 along with cup holders.

04:19 If you look at the aft deck,

04:20 this one is set up to make it easier to work on

04:24 when you need to.

04:25 Look at how it's canted this way.

04:27 Most boats have the deck slanted aft,

04:29 and then they follow that same line with the aft deck.

04:32 This one on the other hand is canted forward,

04:34 so it's level while you're working and trolling,

04:37 it gives you better footing.

04:38 Now Yarkraft not only pays attention

04:40 to making the boat great to run and very fishable,

04:44 they wanna make it look good too.

04:46 In that light, they put some of the best hardware on board.

04:49 I really like the deck drains.

04:51 It's styled, it's highly polished, and it's pretty.

04:54 I like the fact that you've got pull-up cleats

04:56 and they're angled into the coaming

04:57 so they don't stick out and snag lines.

05:00 Even the latches are highly polished and easy to operate.

05:03 Take a look at the panel up there by the trolling motor.

05:06 That gives you a nice solid place to mount,

05:08 and it's also good looking,

05:10 both for your graph and for your switch panel.

05:13 In addition to all the premium hardware on board,

05:16 Yarkraft uses some Brella vinyl.

05:18 It's UV protected, it looks great,

05:21 and it will last a long, long time.

05:23 Yarkraft's 210 TFX is the ideal tournament fishing boat,

05:27 but when you've got it full of pedestal seats,

05:29 your family's gonna enjoy a day on the water too.

05:32 I'm Randy Vance on Table Rock Lake.

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