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 Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
[Re: Ltcm09]
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04/20/17 02:55 AM
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Jarrett Latta
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Most get local info, lots of it. The amount of info that got exchanged over Rayburn and Toledo is crazy. And that's just the few guys I know connected to some elite guys. I can't imagine the entire field and the lengths they go to for knowledge
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
[Re: Ltcm09]
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04/20/17 02:58 AM
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Squirrely Dan
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I remember old episode of Jimmy Houston saying(and showing) the best way to run lakes with tree stumps is trim up and fly. Said on plane your boat sits barely in water. Makes sense but not gonna do it.
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
[Re: Ltcm09]
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04/20/17 11:49 AM
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nate king
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I was told by a FLW pro, that if they cant see it (stumps), then its not there. Trim up and go with it, he said.
sponsored by Photo Bucket LLC I'm thinking Nate is probably right.
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
[Re: Ltcm09]
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04/20/17 02:10 PM
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Weekender1
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I watched Ike on Lake Fork during one of the Toyota Classics and he was back in Chaney fishing by the park. He got ready to leave and jumped in the drivers seat and took off. Hit a stump within 20 yards that killed the motor. He cranked up and jumped right back on pad hitting another that killed the motor. He cranked again and took off like nothing happened and hit 3 more before getting to the boat lane. I have no Idea what they had to do to his boat but he hit 3 of them hard and the other 2 he rolled over at about 50mph or so.
Jody
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
[Re: H2ODawg67]
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04/20/17 02:27 PM
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Fishingking
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I don't know I heard Biffle put the pedal down booking it up the river at Hubbard and not taking your traditional path telling the marshal "if you can't see it, it isn't there." I can attest to that. He was at a show in Joplin, Mo. and I ask him about running new areas especially rivers where the snaggs are always changing. He commented "I run with the mindset if I don't see it, it isn't there" Yep I was in the boat with Biffle on Rayburn in the 90's he was running wide open across a known stump field I yell Tommy there are stumps, his reply was it's not my boat besides it's better to skip off the top of them.
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
[Re: Ltcm09]
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04/20/17 02:29 PM
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Andrew Y'Barbo
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It would honestly amaze you how many actually receive "free" boats. The ones that do have to pay taxes as an income.
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
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04/20/17 02:48 PM
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SKR3
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Back in the 80's we saw many guys leave out of Huxley Bay wide open trying to run the river channel, BOOOOOM , would be back shortly on the Trolling motor. I wish I had a quarter for every lower unit that got knocked off between there and Pendleton
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
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04/20/17 03:39 PM
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nitroslim
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I was able to ride or observe with Harold Allen at the PAA at Hubbard, second day when he made the cut.
First, it was awesome.
Second, he stayed in the river, I have been up there many times and run the same course. He was on the course I would run, but cut a part of it off, When he did, I must have visibly braced myself for impact and I think he started laughing at me.
He did bend a prop shaft on one of the practice days, but he marked that stump.
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
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04/20/17 05:09 PM
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Ted Martin
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There's a reason many of them haul a "backup" boat around ...
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
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04/20/17 05:23 PM
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Rockie Martin
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Information and Time on water...
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Re: How do pros navigate hazardous waters?
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04/20/17 05:55 PM
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Kristopher Douglas.
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I watched Ike on Lake Fork during one of the Toyota Classics and he was back in Chaney fishing by the park. He got ready to leave and jumped in the drivers seat and took off. Hit a stump within 20 yards that killed the motor. He cranked up and jumped right back on pad hitting another that killed the motor. He cranked again and took off like nothing happened and hit 3 more before getting to the boat lane. I have no Idea what they had to do to his boat but he hit 3 of them hard and the other 2 he rolled over at about 50mph or so.
Jody Basscat has an option called an extra laminate schedule. Ike gets this on everyone of his boats. I got it on my p2 for an extra $1000. It's basically a gorilla hull on the inside. I think it's a must if your gonna spend a lot of time in the stumps.
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