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Rowdy,
I have the 1985 cuddy.. it has the closed transom with a bracket on the back. the main reason I bought it is because of the cockpit space. It has more fishing room than some 35ft sportfishers I have fished on. I do like the shade the hardtop provides. It has a pretty nice ride. It runs best in a quartering sea. it is wet at times, but what boat isnt.? I kind of wish that I had the new hull design, but for the money I have in it, I am very happy with the boat.. Being the 4th owner, I had to rip out the gas tanks and repair and reglass some things but after firming that up abit, its a very solid ride.. Now if they can get my port motor back together, I might get to use it before the new year. (Broke a crankshaft last time I was out)
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Adios,
Bret
I have the 1985 cuddy.. it has the closed transom with a bracket on the back. the main reason I bought it is because of the cockpit space. It has more fishing room than some 35ft sportfishers I have fished on. I do like the shade the hardtop provides. It has a pretty nice ride. It runs best in a quartering sea. it is wet at times, but what boat isnt.? I kind of wish that I had the new hull design, but for the money I have in it, I am very happy with the boat.. Being the 4th owner, I had to rip out the gas tanks and repair and reglass some things but after firming that up abit, its a very solid ride.. Now if they can get my port motor back together, I might get to use it before the new year. (Broke a crankshaft last time I was out)
Adios,
Bret
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Nothing like tuna blood on the deck of the Contender. Awesome.
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After watching that Tuna work Glenn over for 39 min. I believe I'll
stick to trying to kill all the marlin in the gulf, (only kidding). That
fight was a sight to see let me tell you. He had a very large shark
trailing him when we first saw color but he lost intrest right at the boat.
One hell of a fish. Later Baker
stick to trying to kill all the marlin in the gulf, (only kidding). That
fight was a sight to see let me tell you. He had a very large shark
trailing him when we first saw color but he lost intrest right at the boat.
One hell of a fish. Later Baker
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Man I hope you guys handled that Tuna correctly when you boated him. Hate to hurt his feelings or anything, kidding beautiful fish
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LMAO, I think I just saw them on the Oprah Show reconciling (sp?) They look like they worked things out. Good catch BTW..............................later,Davebigdaddyriverrat said:
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Ok guys I figure out what we are gonna have to start doing. Well atleast what Im gonna start doing, I think from now on (not to make anyone mad) Im just gonna to send invetations out to the fish and ask them to come over for dinner. No feelings hurt.........later,Dave
I can't believe you killed that magnificent specimen! What kind of a low life, potlickin', loser fisherman are you? Don't you know the proper release technique is to leader that fish alongside the boat while travelling backwards at 15 knots?
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Seriously, really NICE fish. I'm going on my first tuna trip this weekend on McGolfer's boat and can't wait to hook into one of those bad boys!
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Seriously, really NICE fish. I'm going on my first tuna trip this weekend on McGolfer's boat and can't wait to hook into one of those bad boys!
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Back to the top, wanted to post real quick as not to log off with 666 post...................later,Dave
Here's another dead tuna
Nice fish! 39 min? I had to fight this bruiser for over 2 hrs! He weighed 121 at the dock. I caught it on a 50lb AllStar rod, Okuma T20 & 50 lb big game. Not exactly tuna tackle but I got him anyway. Only fish that I can say ever hurt me as I didn't have a fighting belt until the last 30 min. I was sore for a week. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I've never caught a huge AJ (20lb is my best) but I can't imagine they would pull any harder than this beast did. For anyone who has never caught one I highly recommend you do whatever it takes to get one. You will never forget the experience. This was my third ever and I remember the details of every fight. Sorry I didn't practice C&R on this one but all that sashimi was too good to pass up.
Tight lines
James
Nice fish! 39 min? I had to fight this bruiser for over 2 hrs! He weighed 121 at the dock. I caught it on a 50lb AllStar rod, Okuma T20 & 50 lb big game. Not exactly tuna tackle but I got him anyway. Only fish that I can say ever hurt me as I didn't have a fighting belt until the last 30 min. I was sore for a week. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I've never caught a huge AJ (20lb is my best) but I can't imagine they would pull any harder than this beast did. For anyone who has never caught one I highly recommend you do whatever it takes to get one. You will never forget the experience. This was my third ever and I remember the details of every fight. Sorry I didn't practice C&R on this one but all that sashimi was too good to pass up.
Tight lines
James
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Well done Jay. Beautiful fish. Where were you fishing?
Elk, believe it or not I got that brute on a 12hr trip with Dolphin Docks last Jan. I think we were anchored over Big Southern or Hospital Rocks if I remember correctly, I'm not sure which. I made a lot of people happy that trip, they got about 1.5hr extra fishing time while I fought that thing and really loaded up on AJ's with the extra time.:biggrin:
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