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[riverbud55]

Hey guys new to the site and my 1st post, do most of my (flathead cat) fishing on the lower Colorado River on the CA/AZ boarder near Blythe CA, think I may well qualify to belong to a tin boat site cuz I got 4 of them :? , oh ya got 4 more plastic boats Have 17' gamefisher canoe(if it floats its a boat right lol) , a late 80's 24' sun tracker pontoon party barge w/ 115hp merc (a future project or for sale, not sure yet), 83 Gregor 16' bassboat/project boat w/75hp Suzuki a soon to be catfishing boat(I'll post pic's and progress in boat mod's thread) got slowed up on the project cuz of newest (heavy)tin boat I bought new back in June a 2008 20' North River Mariner with a 150/105 Yamaha jet, the boat is amazing, at somewhere nearing 2500 lbs it will run less then 8" of water, they say it will run in 4" :shock: not to sure I want to try it though :wink: she's got 8' beam and a 6' bottom with a 11* deadrise , has a center line 14" wide flat bottom planeing surface to help plane out in the skinny water and a 3"x 24" tunnel hull that puts the pump intake above the bottom of the boat, so far just love this boat, got all the room in the world for spending long nights out on the river looking for the big flatheads, has a 6' wide floor and 6' between the splash well and the rear seats, rear seats make in to a bed to a snooze , also had head/docking lights put in her for running the river at night , thinking about getting a prop lower unit to switch out for going out on bigger lakes cuz with the jet it sucks gas big time, getting about 1 1/2 mi per gal

 

[BASSNUT]

Sweet boats :beer:

 

[phased]

:WELCOME: aboard riverbud55, awesome arsenal of boats!

 

[Jim]

:WELCOME:
Thanks for joining! :beer:

Seems like you fit the profile of a Tin boater :LOL2:

Love all you boats, but that Jet is amazing. Seems like a perfect setup! A buddy of mine has a jet 60/40 (old school) so a jet is always on the back of my mind.

 

[Waterwings]

Welcome Aboard! The jet rig looks great, and I noticed that there appears to be some type of piping/tubing mounted above the trailer fenders. Is that used as a guide-on and to protect the fenders? Other rigs are nice also 8)

 

[Zum]

You must have a big yard for all them boats.
That 16 footer must fly with the 75hp on it.
Real nice boats.

 

[riverbud55]

Hey guy's thanks for the welcome, love that NR she's all ya could ever want out of a river boat for fishing, the Gregor should make for a nice easy to handle back-up boat for the quick outings out on the river, have some thoughts of putting a jet on it, river i fish has a ton of sand bars with the deepest water about 10' and an average of 4' for 80% of the river, thinking of adding a tunnel and with the jet mite be good for less then 4" of water, the same hull was made by Gregoor as CC whitewater riverboat with the idea of being able to put an OB jet on it out of the factory but mine was built as a bassboat from the factory and being I don't fish for fish with scales (unless its 4 bait LOL) going to down size the decks move the console forward 2' and give myself 4' of bottom of the boat floor space behind the drivers seat, going to add a 48"x 14" live well in the near the rear, that ol toon think I'm going to sell been a good and lucky fishing (has a 2 day 1 outing total of 10 flats for 320# ) boat for the few time I have used it its just way to big for myself to handle on the river, getting it on the trailer in the current and is imposable by myself and not easy with 2, as for the plastic boats have my dads old 17' glastron trihull with a 120hp mercruzer got to get rid of it to make room for the NR, also a 14' bass/cat eldocraft that was my back-up boat before i got the NR so now it needs to get sold, and also have 2 Yamaha waverunners [-X , o no now I'm already in trouble a fisherman with a PWC :twisted: , but really use it to scout out area's to fish :---)

Zum nope just a SoCal track house got 2 at the side of the house 1 in the 4 car driveway as of now the gregor is in my shop 4 the overhaul but its going to need room soon, got the toon and waverunners down at my place at the river in stoage and thats costing me $50 a month so the toon has got to go

Waterwings there 2x2 alum tubes that are guide-on's they have UHMW screwed and riveted on the face as the the bunks and cross members do also

thanks again and good fishing to all

 

[G3_Guy]

Very Nice! Love the jet boat!

 

[CTAngler481]

Here's my boat the FREE-B, the previous owner was going to scrap it. I came to her rescue, got it for free scrapped the old 25 motor, did away with the steering console,traded a battery for the newer 3.5 horse, fresh paint and here ya go. It was a deal i couldn't pass it up, especially when she was sitting on a 2005 Karavan trailer.

If you look back a couple or so pages, you can see my first boat ever. This is my second, pretty good for a college kid on a budget :lol: She's not completely done, or registered, but I hope next spring she'll be the bassin' queen of southern New England! Next is a bigger casting deck (there's one just below the bench line) ,depth finder, and interior paint.

 

[Waterwings]

Waterwings there 2x2 alum tubes that are guide-on's they have UHMW screwed and riveted on the face as the the bunks and cross members do also

Thanks for the close-up of the guide-on setup. Have never seen anything like them before, and they look real functional. Thanks! 8)




CTAngler,

Nice rig, and you surely can't beat the price! 8)

 

[Zum]

Nice free B...CT481
Looks to be atleast a 14 footer.Have you had it in the water yet,any leaks?

 

[CTAngler481]

I forgot to say, it's a 1976 14 foot Duranautic a real solid boat. I fixed the minor leaks that were in it, now it needs a serious ride before winter!

 

[dedawg1149]

:WELCOME: aboard nice boats

 

[Jim]

I forgot to say, it's a 1976 14 foot Duranautic a real solid boat. I fixed the minor leaks that were in it, now it needs a serious ride before winter!

Let me know when we are fishing :wink: ...I will shoot down to CT in a minute. I go to stamford every other week for a day!

 

[CTAngler481]

Let me know when we are fishing ...I will shoot down to CT in a minute. I go to stamford every other week for a day!

I'm closer than you think. I am in Granby,CT. Right on the Southwick,MA border. I fish congamond,hampton ponds, and quabbin all the time, so I would definantly be up for a trip sometime!

 

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

Hey everyone this is a pic of my old boat. 2003 Lund Pro Sport 1700 /80hp Yamaha 4stroke outboard. EZ Loader trailer. After this pic was taken in 2007 we put a 6hp Yamaha 4stroke kicker.

 

[Waterwings]

Nice rig! 8)

 

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

Nice rig! 8)

Thanks! That was my previous boat that I used as a trade-in for my new Lund.

 

[evattman]

Hey everyone this is a pic of my old boat. 2003 Lund Pro Sport 1700 /80hp Yamaha 4stroke outboard. EZ Loader trailer. After this pic was taken in 2007 we put a 6hp Yamaha 4stroke kicker.

Very Nice!! One day......I want something like that!! =D>

 

[Salmon_Slayer_2008_Lund]

No complaints on that 17 footer. I fished big and small waters. When I say big water I mean Lake Ontario. :lol: