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Design your catfishing boat!
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12/02/11 01:02 AM
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captdavid
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Maybe you can do this with 'graphics,' or maybe you're 'graphicly challenged' like I am and can only use words, but would you design your perfect catfish boat for me. Lets use an 18'-22' boat. It can be any fiberglass, aluminum or pontoon boat. What would choose and how would you rig it? If you have the perfect boat please describe it and/or show pictures. This will be for fishing mainly on lakes, and possibly up tributaries a short way. thanks, capt david
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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#6899896
12/02/11 01:07 AM
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CatfishAddiction
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My new neighbor has the perfect boat for me. It's a 22 or 24 foot Fishmaster CC.
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/02/11 04:10 AM
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hornedfrog
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custom weld boats would be an awesome catfishing boat....they use them up on the snake river in idaho catching big sturgeon. lots of room and handles strong currents and waves--lots of power. i could see driving one of those bad boys on t-wok!
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/02/11 04:25 AM
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them custom weld jetboats would be alotta fun..... or these:
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/02/11 03:03 PM
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captdavid
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When fishing on a larger lake, and maybe up the main river or tributaries but not very far, what would be the advantage of an aluminium boat over a fiberglass one?
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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#6903017
12/02/11 10:54 PM
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quackattack
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I have always been a bigger fan of aluminum boats, mainly because in also a duck hunter and I know how hard of hits they can take on sunken logs and trees without much damage. Just don't hit some rebar that is barley sticking out of the water. It will put a nice hole your boat.
Thanks Kody
a bad day of fishing, beats a good day at work.
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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#6903024
12/02/11 10:55 PM
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quackattack
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I have always been a bigger fan of aluminum boats, mainly because in also a duck hunter and I know how hard of hits they can take on sunken logs and trees without much damage. Just don't hit some rebar that is barley sticking out of the water. It will put a nice hole your boat.
Thanks Kody
a bad day of fishing, beats a good day at work.
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/02/11 11:18 PM
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fiberglass gives better ride but aluminum is tougher
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/03/11 02:46 PM
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Ken Gaby
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I don't think there's any advantage. Fiberglass does have a gelcoat that chips off when you hit rocks or gravel. The aluminum just scratches. Neither one will do well when you run over a steel T-post. Aluminum is nosier and hotter in the summer. If you're trying to keep fish alive in a livewell, better have that aluminum livewell insulated really good. When it's 95+ with bright sun, aluminum absorbs a lot of heat. From a maintenance standpoint, I can patch fiberglass, I can't weld aluminum. For me, the bottom of most fiberglass boats is designed for lift (more efficient) and a smoother ride. When drifting, flat bottom boats tend to drift much faster and don't track well in the wind. Those step hulls on fiberglass boats are designed that way for several good reasons; track well, lift, stable ride, cut the waves with the bow.
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/03/11 09:03 PM
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melpetty
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I have a old hurrican that works for me.good for catfish,crappie,highbreds&sandbass and sometime gar. mel petty
Mel Petty
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/03/11 09:25 PM
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opus
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Yep deckboats best of both worlds love my old alum. Lowe
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Re: Design your catfishing boat!
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12/05/11 04:49 AM
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I would like to be able to rig up a hammock for slow bite times.....
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