Lets see your ride..!

[Mikey topaz]

I remember someone postin this once before, i know myself and bunch if the crew out there got some new rides last year and this year. Love to look at other guys boats how they set them up. Lot of good ideas ive seen.Lets see em boyz! I just picked this girl up last satarday and am in full swing restoring it now hope to be done by this sat for the maiden voyage.





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[henro]

I should be picking up my new 2017 G3 Guide V177T from Mayberry's on Thursday... Can't wait! Good luck with the resto! I'm sure you'll see me out on the Dirty Hooker II on the cong. It's rigged out with a new power tilt Yamaha 9.9, Minn Kota Ulterra 80lb with 2 sets of big deep cycles, Humminbird Helix 9 Mega Gen2 and a pair of Cannon Mag 5s. I bought all new Scotty orcas and powerlocks for trolling and bait fishing for it. I'll be looking for a big main engine probably next year. My brother will be taking over the OG Dirty Hooker so that will still be around too. I'll post pics of the new boat asap.

[Delawareriver]

I should be picking up my new 2017 G3 Guide V177T from Mayberry's on Thursday... Can't wait! Good luck with the resto! I'm sure you'll see me out on the Dirty Hooker II on the cong. It's rigged out with a new power tilt Yamaha 9.9, Minn Kota Ulterra 80lb with 2 sets of big deep cycles, Humminbird Helix 9 Mega Gen2 and a pair of Cannon Mag 5s. I bought all new Scotty orcas and powerlocks for trolling and bait fishing for it. I'll be looking for a big main engine probably next year. My brother will be taking over the OG Dirty Hooker so that will still be around too. I'll post pics of the new boat asap.

Nice good luck with the new ride

[Delawareriver]

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That's my main ride, 1872 sea ark. Got a 135 mercury optimaxx that makes sure we get where we wanna go in short order, then a 9.9 merc 4 stroke to keep us fishing all night with all electric controls (steering, shifting, throttle) from the front deck. Ten 50w led flood lights light up the water pretty good and are powered by four group 31 batteries. Nice head unit with 4 speakers to keep plenty of tunes playing. She is my baby, can't wait to take her out in the next few weeks

[Mikey topaz]

Thats a sick boat lou! Love that lady in the pic all confused lmfao😝👍🏻

[Delawareriver]

Thanks, yeah we get some confused looks, some thumps up, some middle fingers up, and plenty of questions just about every time we pull in to the gas station. Like to upgrade to a fan boat but not many home owners would appreciate it at 3am, but who knows maybe one day.

[icebadger]

cool new ride mikey, but you have to paint that boat green. did you retire the green hornet.i noticed a upper greenwood lake sticker on it. do you know anybody on that lake?.

[Jhunter1]

1760 sea ark jet tunnel with 75 etec jet

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[henro]

Nice good luck with the new ride

Man your boat is sick! You don't run generators for the lights?

[dakota560]

Fire in Belmar at Seaport Inlet Marina on Valentine's Day. Our boat was on the top rack over the fire fighters right shoulder in the first picture engulfed in flames. 27 Grady with twin Yamaha 200's. Lucky we had good coverage, others weren't as fortunate. Need to get a boat like Delawareriver....that's one bad ass looking rig. Bet that would attract some squid in the canyons at night!

[henro]

Fire in Belmar at Seaport Inlet Marina on Valentine's Day. Our boat was on the top rack over the fire fighters right shoulder in the first picture engulfed in flames. 27 Grady with twin Yamaha 200's. Lucky we had good coverage, others weren't as fortunate. Need to get a boat like Delawareriver....that's one bad ass looking rig. Bet that would attract some squid in the canyons at night!

Damn that blows! What caused the fire?

[dakota560]

The story told is an employee was patching a section of shrink wrap on the motors of a boat below ours, one rack over, and the heat gun apparently ignited the cover underneath the wrap. Sketchy explanation since that boat had twin outboards and the cover was probably 4 feet away from where the patch work was being done. That and the fire apparently happened 20 minutes after the employee performed the work. 12 boats were destroyed with as many if not more damaged. After looking at the ones damaged, I'm glad ours was actually totaled.

[Delawareriver]

Man your boat is sick! You don't run generators for the lights?

Nope decided to run 12v lights to be considerate to home owners as many of the areas we fish have a lot of houses right on the water. It is nice not talking over a generator but it is a pain making sure everything is fully charged before every trip. Pros and cons to everything

[henro]

Nope decided to run 12v lights to be considerate to home owners as many of the areas we fish have a lot of houses right on the water. It is nice not talking over a generator but it is a pain making sure everything is fully charged before every trip. Pros and cons to everything

Hmmm... I guess it's something I can consider for my boat then as I have a pair of 31s(Lifeline GPL-31XT's) and a pair of 29s(Autocraft 29HM's). Do you run through a set or both sets of batteries in a night of shooting/fishing?

[Delawareriver]

All four group 31s are hooked in parallel and I typically get about 10 hours or so, but they power the lights, navigation lights, few small interior led lights, stereo, and the kicker controls. 500w/12v = 41.6 amps to give you an idea how much the lights draw. Nothing else besides the stereo draws much and even the stero is minimal compared to the lights.

[henro]

All four group 31s are hooked in parallel and I typically get about 10 hours or so, but they power the lights, navigation lights, few small interior led lights, stereo, and the kicker controls. 500w/12v = 41.6 amps to give you an idea how much the lights draw. Nothing else besides the stereo draws much and even the stero is minimal compared to the lights.

Gotcha so that's ballparking roughly 2.5hrs per battery on an average 100 amp hour rated battery to power the lights. Not bad for that all out purpose built system! If I run just a couple lights I think I could have enough juice on board to have some shooting fun.

[Mikey topaz]

cool new ride mikey, but you have to paint that boat green. did you retire the green hornet.i noticed a upper greenwood lake sticker on it. do you know anybody on that lake?.

Hahaha that green hornet will be out and about capt skunks new ride

[Delawareriver]

Gotcha so that's ballparking roughly 2.5hrs per battery on an average 100 amp hour rated battery to power the lights. Not bad for that all out purpose built system! If I run just a couple lights I think I could have enough juice on board to have some shooting fun.
If you need help with anything just hit me up, I'm no expert but will say jack of all trades

[henro]

If you need help with anything just hit me up, I'm no expert but will say jack of all trades

Will do cheers!

Got a couple pics to post of the new rig all finished up. It's also got a Minn Kota MK440D onboard from my old boat for charging. I have swivel bases with pedestals that will mount the downriggers onto the Cannon tracks. Mayberry's did a real clean job with all the installs for me. They've been great to deal with. My last boat I built from the ground up with my friends but this time I let the pro's handle it.

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[Jigman13]

Mikey ya gotta change your signature! Take out 16' green hornet and put the new rides info in there! What's her name???

[Mikey topaz]

Mikey ya gotta change your signature! Take out 16' green hornet and put the new rides info in there! What's her name???

Havent figured that one out yet jiggerman!!!!

[Mikey topaz]

Will do cheers!

Got a couple pics to post of the new rig all finished up. It's also got a Minn Kota MK440D onboard from my old boat for charging. I have swivel bases with pedestals that will mount the downriggers onto the Cannon tracks. Mayberry's did a real clean job with all the installs for me. They've been great to deal with. My last boat I built from the ground up with my friends but this time I let the pro's handle it.

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Ouffffaaa that babys nice! Nice layout

[henro]

Ouffffaaa that babys nice! Nice layout

Thanks! Doin paperwork now and hopefully make a maiden voyage this afternoon on the Cong.

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[Jigman13]

That's a sweeeeet ride henro. Good luck with her!

[Skunk City]

The main ride, Perception Sport Sound 12.5 and my Dodge Nitro 4x4.

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The side chick, 10ft Pelican.
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And if I didn't have enough sh*t to float around in, currently making room in the stable for the vessel formerly known as The Green Hornet.
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[yumasdad]

That is my ride right off your bow while I watched you & Rob give a clinic on how to catch wipers. Little did I know that they were eating koser chicken livers that day & all I had were those stupid herring! Crushed the oversized crappers, perch & small cats though!

I added a casting deck up front with a chair & a new FF last year, waiting to dig it out of the snow & get to work on this rev. One of the best parts of spring is refitting the ride and adding the goodies from the winter purchases.

[briansnat]

Nothng fancy. It gets me out on the water and the fish don't seem to care what it looks like. 9.9 thunderous horses under that hood. Not really noticeable in the photos are the insulated beer holders next to each seat and each seat has a built in cigar holder within reach. The important stuff.

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[yumasdad]

Hahaha that green hornet will be out and about capt skunks new ride

Coming to a reservoir near you....see ya on the Skunk Rob, paint that thing though! :D

[23cardinal]

Coming to a reservoir near you....see ya on the Skunk Rob, paint that thing though! :D

Skunk do not paint it. Our boats can have an ugly contest

[23cardinal]

This is my boat. 16 stump knocker. I got a trolling motor and an old 9.9mercury:D

It floats and takes a beating- even has a live well and a cooler

Also have a mainstream kingfish- shade under 12 feet long. Heavy

[23cardinal]

Having issues doing multiple photos

[FASTEDDIE29]

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Yea, umm, I don't know! This pile of crap used to be a 97 Tracker Deep V! Enjoy the porn! Lol! I don't know! Nice rides guys!

[23cardinal]

That's why I have a giant Fiberglass canoe Eddie lol- not even a chair
If it floats it's fine

[briansnat]

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Yea, umm, I don't know! This pile of crap used to be a 97 Tracker Deep V! Enjoy the porn! Lol! I don't know! Nice rides guys!

A project. I've seen far worse turned into really nice fishing machines.

[Jigman13]

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Yea, umm, I don't know! This pile of crap used to be a 97 Tracker Deep V! Enjoy the porn! Lol! I don't know! Nice rides guys!

Holy crap! Make her a gem FE! A gem! Gold floors. Walleye crusher of the utmost magnitude!

[Mikey topaz]

Coming to a reservoir near you....see ya on the Skunk Rob, paint that thing though! :D

Lol cmon who do you ? Has a old man in the woods green boat!!!! Love standing out like a sore thumb!

[Mikey topaz]

This is my boat. 16 stump knocker. I got a trolling motor and an old 9.9mercury:D

It floats and takes a beating- even has a live well and a cooler

Also have a mainstream kingfish- shade under 12 feet long. Heavy

Heyyy i know that park😬

[Mikey topaz]

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Yea, umm, I don't know! This pile of crap used to be a 97 Tracker Deep V! Enjoy the porn! Lol! I don't know! Nice rides guys!

Sad to see the FE EXPRESS in this shape. The plans eddie has in store for her she will be much happier and be pretty sweet. Cmon jigman u ever see the construction work this guys does????!!!!! :eek:

[henro]

Didn't get to take the new boat out yesterday but finished up the last few small mods I needed to do. Most important was this:

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[ScowardNJ]

Eddie, we gotta fish that beast as is, at least once.

[23cardinal]

Heyyy i know that park😬

Shhhhhh. That's my not so "secret" spot. Super close and nice and easy access.

I didn't know u were local too

[Mikey topaz]

Shhhhhh. That's my not so "secret" spot. Super close and nice and easy access.

I didn't know u were local too

Aghhh not my backyard!!! I live on hopat. Buddy

[Mikey topaz]

Little status update on what i think im gonna be callin the black mamba!http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y520/Mikeytopaz/mobile%20uploads/479AE71D-C8B5-46AA-AA2E-DB3AB7195F2F_zpsyzxrn2qs.jpg (http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/Mikeytopaz/media/mobile%20uploads/479AE71D-C8B5-46AA-AA2E-DB3AB7195F2F_zpsyzxrn2qs.jpg.html)http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y520/Mikeytopaz/mobile%20uploads/A5D76F1D-0C0D-421A-90BF-0BD0F82D9D76_zpsvdqtvi8q.jpg (http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/Mikeytopaz/media/mobile%20uploads/A5D76F1D-0C0D-421A-90BF-0BD0F82D9D76_zpsvdqtvi8q.jpg.html)

[Jigman13]

Looking sharp Mikey. I like that name too!

[njflyfisher]

Well its not a boat but its the closest thing to a boat due to limited space in my house. I'm hoping to do alot of fishing off of it in the spring. Anything from stripers and blues to walleye, hybrids,pike and musky. Took it out for a test drive today for an hour or two and I'm pleased so far. I don't have any modifications too it as I just got it within the last weeks but i'm hoping to put a fish finder on it soon.
Hobie Outback!

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[Ken Lyons]

It will take a few trips before your legs round into shape, different muscles, then you'll be fine.