I repair my Clackacraft drift boats gel coat after each season. It is very easy. I buy the gel coat in a tube. I first use wet sandpaper to smooth things out, then apply the gel coat. After it dries,...
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I repair my Clackacraft drift boats gel coat after each season. It is very easy. I buy the gel coat in a tube. I first use wet sandpaper to smooth things out, then apply the gel coat. After it dries,...
I have caught 100's of Kings in rivers and lakes and lakes and they turn the same color as Kokanee and Silvers, except the heads don't turn green like the Kokanee....
Here is my list of things to think about.
What bottom thickness do you think you need, .160, .190,.250 etc. Thicker the bottom, the more weight which might influence engine size, thicker the bottom...
You may very well get worse fuel economy, especially in a 20' boat. I would stick with the 5.7,6.0,6.2 engines.
One other thing to be aware of when looking at a jet boat engine, is how it is...
Jet boats can certainly be loud(mine certainly is), as most don't come stock with mufflers. There are several companies that sell mufflers for jet boats that will quiet them down a bit.
I have a jet and have no problem steering with my kicker using the tiller. I rarely steer with the tiller as I use the remote for my bow mounted electric motor.
A big advantage to a jet is that you...
I just got back from fishing East and Paulina with FWG for 10 days. Only fished Paulina for 2 days, the rest of the time was on East. Paulina wasn't putting many fish and they were on the small size....
I didn't say I didn't like Wickiup, I am just not a fan of the lake in general. It is OK early in the year, but it takes a lot more work than other lakes that I am a fan of.
Mr Mike is correct in...
Gary and I tested his new backwards dodgers at East Lake last Sept. He has since tweaked the set up making it lighter and changing the swivels.
Gary was in Alaska earlier this month and will be...
I just got back from fishing Paulina and East Lake and it is the same as it has been for the last several years, ie no inspection. It could be that because I enter Oregon on 199, where there is no...
Yes the fish were biting. A lot of the time on East, the screen is solid with arches for 20'. I rarely change the depth of my dr's to chase fish. I have found that 40' depth on East is where I catch...
This is the only screen shot I have taken. It is on East Lake, 81.1' of water, rigging is at 40'. Yellow horizontal line is the starboard DR, red/orange line is the port DR.
Redish/yellow arches are...
Just got back from fishing East Lake for the last 2 weeks. Many chrome Koks still to be had. About 25% of the fish were starting to turn red or were green heads, the rest were bright chrome. The...
I camped at Paulina and mostly fished East Lake for the last two weeks, left for home friday morning.
With the better weather this last week, the trolling really picked up, not hot, but two limits...
We started using it in the 70's in NW Calif. on our plugs fishing for salmon/steelhead.
As Monte said, it is illegal in Calif.
I have never had a job that gave me sick leave or vacation time. Some how, it just doesn't seem right to get paid for not working.
I guess I am jealous.
There is no limitation that I have found. When the ball clears the water and stops, I simply pull on my ball retriever string and pull the ball and release right to boat.This works the same way as a...
I just got back from 2 weeks at Paulina and East. Wednesday was my last day and I packed up and got home last night.
While I camped at Paulina, I only fished it for a few hours, East is where I put...
Thanks for the report. I will be up there starting Monday for at least 10 days.
I left Paulina yesterday morning around day light. The storm wasn't that bad up there, but it sure was loud.
Everyone I talked to was having the same luck(bad) at Paulina. Some of the jiggers said...
I just got back from 10 days at Paulina. Ended up just camping a Paulina and fishing at East.
I only fished Paulina twice for one fish, on the other hand, East Lake fishing was very good.
Most...
Thanks for the report Silver Bullets. I plan on being there around the 15th-25th.
Will probably stay at Paulina and fish both lakes. I had planned on fishing the Odell Derby with Gary of FWG...
I bought mine direct from Chamberlain.
They do have a video that shows how to stack them, but I have not looked at it.
Another release that is very similar is the Blacks release. I haven't used...
I have been using them for a little over a year. I am completely sold on them.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/skyhammer/DR-Ball-and-Releasew.jpg
The frame is aluminum and the sides are a type of fiberglass.
Host closed their dealer ship in CA a year or so ago. People found it more economic to buy in Oregon and save $5k or so in sales tax....