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Dealing with large boat wakes and swells with jon boat
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<blockquote data-quote="santander" data-source="post: 23163" data-attributes="member: 280"><p>I should start off my post by saying that i love this site and have been looking for something for aluminum boats for years. My problem is that unlike most people on this MB i am a saltwater fisherman. I fish the flats along the intercoastal and sometimes the inlets around st augustine florida. My main concern is that i;m fishing a 14 ft flat bottom jon boat around these areas which are prone to have large boats (25-40 ft) passing by on full plane. Also if i go into the inlet i'm dealing with ocean swells that run through on occasion (1-3 ft) My question is what is the best way to traverse these swell when running down the ICW. I went out yesterday and hit some 1-2 ft swell and made it up and over the first few waves fine but then when i approced that last waves i got rocked pretty hard and was afraid the wave was going over the bow. i have'nt had any major problems yet but just wondered what you guys thought was the best techinique to get by these waves. Also what about when i'm not moving but anchored and these swells approach, will the boat just bob up and over or is their a possibility of being flipped. here are some pictures of my boat. https://tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2233 also getting another boat is not an option and yes i know i'm crazy for fishing in an inlet is a jon boat.</p><p> </p><p>thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="santander, post: 23163, member: 280"] I should start off my post by saying that i love this site and have been looking for something for aluminum boats for years. My problem is that unlike most people on this MB i am a saltwater fisherman. I fish the flats along the intercoastal and sometimes the inlets around st augustine florida. My main concern is that i;m fishing a 14 ft flat bottom jon boat around these areas which are prone to have large boats (25-40 ft) passing by on full plane. Also if i go into the inlet i'm dealing with ocean swells that run through on occasion (1-3 ft) My question is what is the best way to traverse these swell when running down the ICW. I went out yesterday and hit some 1-2 ft swell and made it up and over the first few waves fine but then when i approced that last waves i got rocked pretty hard and was afraid the wave was going over the bow. i have'nt had any major problems yet but just wondered what you guys thought was the best techinique to get by these waves. Also what about when i'm not moving but anchored and these swells approach, will the boat just bob up and over or is their a possibility of being flipped. here are some pictures of my boat. https://tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2233 also getting another boat is not an option and yes i know i'm crazy for fishing in an inlet is a jon boat. thanks [/QUOTE]
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