Just curious. Size and model of boat? Also, what were some of your better trips on the bays or off the beach? Any big fish stories? Picture of your boat?
I have a 20 footer with a center console pushing it with a 90hp Yamaha it also has the steps on the back. It's very deep and wide I love it except on windy days which makes it a very rough ride hard on the back. used it only in saltwater
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I have a Boatright 1966, pretty much everything he said except that I'll fish pretty slow presentation while drifting as well as anchored. I'll never own another fiberglass boat, aluminum forever.18' x 66" wide. Not a light weight boat. Rides dry when trimmed right, runs reasonably shallow and does not pound bad due to weight. Picture of trout March 2016. Fishing lure faster than generally recommended. I believe some fish will react to an erratic bait escaping. Basically-- try different retrieves if your presentation is not working.
Same thing for me! I grew up with aluminum boats and can't even imagine how many fish were pulled over the sides from Big Lake and Sabine Lake. In 99' or 00' the aluminum boat (15/48 Weldcraft with a 25 Suzuki) became a taxi because I learned what wadefishing was all about. In 04' I bought a little glass boat similar to the Marshrunner (made in the same building), called an Exploiter. The Suzuki couldn't get the boat up on the pad, so upgraded the motor to a 40hp Mercury and ran that hull for nearly 10 yrs. That Exploiter was indestructible and rode real nice for what it was. I destroyed an old riveted Eldo-craft, a Weld-Tek, and a Weld-Built in Big Lake throughout my teens and early 20s!Went through many with my dad growing up before he bought a Raycraft Bass boat - Ouachita, Monarch, Duracraft, Alumaweld - 9.5 Johnson, 15 Johnson, then a 25 Evinrude.
You could not fill up a couple of dump trucks with the fish we caught in Big Lake (Calcasieu ) out of a 1648 Alumaweld, 25 Evinrude I ran while in high school and college. Ran that thing from one end to other and back on 6 gallons of gas. Got caught in thunderstorms it's a miracle we made it back to the ramp. Learned early on don't try to outrun them, just get to the nearest shore, get out of the boat, hunkerdown and hope lightning finds something taller.
Spent some long bad nights in Grand Bayou marsh thinking it would be good night fishing. Place the push pole on the front and rear seat. Hang a mosquito net with weights on it over the pole like a tent, spray inside with yard guard and wait.....yes the skeeters found a way in....
Before they leveed the east bank and put the weirs in, we would run Grand Bayou past the Tripod east and chase reds through the marsh all the way to Hwy 27. Many times had to tilt the gas can up to make it that last mile or 2 back to Heberts.
After college, sold that and upgraded to a 17' Marshrunner with a 25 SUZUKI, carved out to a 40 so I could still run it in the refuges which had a 25 hp limit., which was just a fiberglass version of the aluminum boat. Then on to bigger and faster bay boats.
Every now and then I think about getting another aluminum due to its versatility, but that would require another rental shed, which would make 3..... In 2 more years when I retire and move, I'll put one in the my new barn.
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As a young teenager my dad bought me a 14 ft Ouchita semi v with a 9.9 Mercury. I used to run all over Jones lake and west bay. Great days growing up.Dose any one us a semi v 14 foot in the bays and flats
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Need to know your area, watch the winds with Windfinder app or something so you don't get stuck out in unprotected areas if the wind shifts, very dangerous. Know your route and the winds that protect it. Bring plenty of safety gear.I know this is a dumb ??? But what is the best weather to take like a 14 foot semi v to the coast and what is the worst
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