Jet Boat Recomendations

[Seth]

The 60/40 would "work", but the 90 or 115 HP engines would do the job a whole lot better. I ran a 1648 with a 95 Yamaha 50/35 2 stroke jet with 4 guys and 400# of paddlefish in it once. That was interesting.....

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51 minutes ago, Seth said:

The 60/40 would "work", but the 90 or 115 HP engines would do the job a whole lot better. I ran a 1648 with a 95 Yamaha 50/35 2 stroke jet with 4 guys and 400# of paddlefish in it once. That was interesting.....

"Work" is an understatement...LOL  I never noticed any loss of speed with 60/40 loaded down but getting it out of the hole was were I ran into trouble.  And that's only with 2 guys and my buddies shipping container tackle box.😂

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That’s you @mhmorg😁

[Brian Jones]

20 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

"And that's only with 2 guys and my buddies shipping container tackle box.😂

You have a buddy like that too??????..........

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19 minutes ago, Brian Jones said:

You have a buddy like that too??????..........

You've never seen anything like this...  @mhmorghas more tackle than he could tie on in a week.  It would take him all day just to open all the packages.  He has a trailer boat he pulls behind his jet boat just for the tackle...😂  In his defense though, if you ever hear about some new bait he will have it..

[Seth]

52 minutes ago, Brian Jones said:

You have a buddy like that too??????..........

I used to fish with a guy like. Brought a dozen rods and a pile of tackle just to throw a jig, buzzbait and crankbait 99% of the time.

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1 minute ago, Seth said:

I used to fish with a guy like. Brought a dozen rods and a pile of tackle just to throw a jig, buzzbait and crankbait 99% of the time.

My buddy goes straight to the ned rig...😃

[kbbgood]

Wonder how much those bolt on whale tail things help out of the hole and if they are in the way in shallow water? anyone use them?

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14 minutes ago, kbbgood said:

Wonder how much those bolt on whale tail things help out of the hole and if they are in the way in shallow water? anyone use them?

I had one on my 60/40.  Not with the new 90.  One other effects getting out of the hole is negative trim.   My 60/40 had zero negative trim.  They shimmed the 90 so it has it.  They certainly help but not like more umph...  Side benefit is when loading on a trailer in current.  

[fishinwrench]

On 4/7/2021 at 9:27 AM, Seth said:

I used to fish with a guy like. Brought a dozen rods and a pile of tackle just to throw a jig, buzzbait and crankbait 99% of the time.

I have a buddy that just sits on the deck and tinkers with tackle all day.  Out of a full day of fishing he might actually FISH for maybe one hour.   The rest of the day he is rooting around in his tackle, tying "FG knots" and perpetually re-rigging.  

At the end of the day I always have 60.00-80.00 worth of FREE STUFF left in my boat.     If only it was crap that I wanted !!