JamiePatterson

I thought about building my 40, but figure by the time I put 1500 bucks in it I could just sell it and buy a bigger motor. Boat is a 1756. First aluminum boat I’ve owned in 20 yrs that I didn’t build lol.

Thanks 👍

What’s your opinion on Yamaha 2 strokes? Thinking about finding a 70 or a 90 to put on a duck boat. Want a little more oomph than my 40 Yamaha 3 cylinder smoker. All the duck kids are running 59” merc’s now. Who will be able to find parts in 5 or 10 years?

I can’t begin to even tell you how many I’ve force-fed a fiberglass arrow to, while we were out bow fishing back in the day LOL Rhee are about a bajillion in the Arkansas river. They fight way better on light line than 200lb test with an arrow through em 🙂 One of those European long rod finesse fisherman read that and got outraged LOL

Absolutely, I was laughing my head off when I saw what it was LOL. Big fish are a hoot no matter what!

Lol, two of a kind! Awesome 🙂🙂🙂

I’ve goofed around and snagged some, but never had one take a jig lol

This guy was confused...Hit a D2 jig lol. 15 min before I hooked him my buddy lost a 10ish lb brown under a log. It was heartbreaking! Thought we’d get at least one big brown pic -the others were all in the 15-18” range. Oh well, this guy was a blast on 4lb test sos line.

All that being said, I don’t want to run a prop on the white river ever again. Jet drives for me from now on.

Listen, on a jet boat I will concede that the advantage of having a tunnel is pretty slight. With a prop it’s a game changer. I’ve owned 5 prop tunnels, 4 of I built myself. A flat bottom boat over around 60 hp has to have one as far as I’m concerned, at least for the areas where I hunt and fish around the Arkansas River. I don’t like a tunnel with a 25, you can jack those lightweight little dudes way up on the tea some and cheat. When you get into a big motor with a big prop, skeg, and heavy load the tunnel keeps you from having to get out and push the boat. I’ve ramped more beaverdams with a 150efi and 200 carbed Merc than I can count. Only thing that runs the shallows with a load (mud motors don’t handle them well) is an airboat. I’ve owned 3 of them as well -2 of which I built. They are fun -and absolutely obnoxious...

I had a 60” bottom Topwater with a 60/40 merc jet. It had a tunnel... ran like a champ. Sold it and built my 2072 because I wanted to run from ranchettes to norfork every so often. The 150 is way faster. And hungrier....

Bwahahaha!!!!!😂😂😂

I call em jet props too 👍

Hey Mitch, how many prop tunnel hulls have you owned?

I typed out a big response and deleted it. Figured I’d feel guilty in the morning. Ps: I think Ronald Reagan (who I love) was to liberal.