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Mod V vs Flat hull for super shallow. Alweld;Lowe;Tracker ??
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<blockquote data-quote="turbotodd" data-source="post: 437149" data-attributes="member: 7376"><p>We're blessed with some great cold-water streams/rivers here that are great trout fisheries. The downside is that they're real shallow in a lot of places. Thus, some guys have stepped up and built dedicated "trout" boats (as I call them). In looking at the basic hull design, you'll see that they're completely flat bottom-for a shallow draft. And, they're banana shaped front to rear which does a couple things. First it gets on plane almost instantly and secondly it is MUCH easier to get it "un-stuck" from a gravel bar; normally just walking from one end of the boat to the other will get it freed. Shawnee makes a popular boat just for this type fishing, as does Topwater and a few others that I can't think of OTOH. But the basic principle is the same for all of them and may give you ideas to look at as far as hull shapes and designs for running skinny. I use my war eagle often in the same areas but there's a few places that I won't go; as they're generally less than 6" depth which is about what my boat drafts with just me and my normal load. This is not counting the motor, just the boat. On plane, about 4" again not counting the motor, and tend to avoid the shallower areas because the water level can drop while I'm on the other side, and a 1548 is not the easiest to have to manually pull it across exposed gravel bars-speaking from experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turbotodd, post: 437149, member: 7376"] We're blessed with some great cold-water streams/rivers here that are great trout fisheries. The downside is that they're real shallow in a lot of places. Thus, some guys have stepped up and built dedicated "trout" boats (as I call them). In looking at the basic hull design, you'll see that they're completely flat bottom-for a shallow draft. And, they're banana shaped front to rear which does a couple things. First it gets on plane almost instantly and secondly it is MUCH easier to get it "un-stuck" from a gravel bar; normally just walking from one end of the boat to the other will get it freed. Shawnee makes a popular boat just for this type fishing, as does Topwater and a few others that I can't think of OTOH. But the basic principle is the same for all of them and may give you ideas to look at as far as hull shapes and designs for running skinny. I use my war eagle often in the same areas but there's a few places that I won't go; as they're generally less than 6" depth which is about what my boat drafts with just me and my normal load. This is not counting the motor, just the boat. On plane, about 4" again not counting the motor, and tend to avoid the shallower areas because the water level can drop while I'm on the other side, and a 1548 is not the easiest to have to manually pull it across exposed gravel bars-speaking from experience. [/QUOTE]
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