A lot of bow pedestals are more forward than we as crappie fisherman like, more suited to a bass fishing style. There is no law saying that is where you have to sit, my double seat set up is close to 12 inches behind my rear bow pedestal (my boat has 2, one way forward). I never have understood having 10 feet of front deck and wanting sit on the most forward 2 foot of it. Longer poles may be in order but in a 520 that wont be an issue either.