opinions on boat I purchased

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:08:39 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:52:53 GMT, Bob sent
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:55:14 -0800, wrote:

Nice looking boat Bob.....congrats.. has alot of standard things with
it...the only thing I would suggest is a 24v t/m if it does't have
one,
nice to have the extra power in the wind...what do you consider a
central CA lake, around Fresno/Bakersfield or Modesto/Stockton? Have
fun
with it and be careful.....

sket

Thanks!

I agree about the trolling motor, but there's no place for a second
battery up front, so what the heck. Besides, if it's blowing that
bad, they close the lakes and kick everybody off the water!

You mean the State of Kalifornia is telling people to stay off the
water when the wind picks up? There's one more reason to not live
there!

I did go
with the universal transducer on the Minn-kota, to use with the bow
f/f, and added the wireless copilot, so the front is clean and
uncluttered with a bunch of cables, etc.

I consider Bakersfield almost local (100 mi), but I don't know of any
lakes in that area. In Fresno, I want to try Pine Flat.

Modesto & Stockton are too far for a day trip for me, but I gotta try
the delta, from everything I've heard about it, it;s a bass factory.

McClure and New Melones are also on my hit list, and I'm planning on
taking lots of long weekends

(never liked working Fridays anyway)

Bob


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Only a couple. San Luis Reservoir for one. They have warning lights. But
since the wind can go from calm to 50-60 in 30 minutes, they are trying to
prevent Darwinism. There are major wind farms just up hwy 152 from the
lake.

There they go again. Keeping the stupid alive to breed again. Oh
well. :}

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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:25:29 -0800, wrote:

Bob....I consider the delta my home water, just a short cast from
several ramps on the eastern and southern sides. You ever come up this
way let me know, we can fish togeather or I can give you info for some
areas to fish. I don't fish McClure much, has alot of spots all the same
size, 1 1/2-2 pounds and they can be a pain in the butt. New Melones or
Don Pedro are my two favorites. I've had 100 fish days from Melones and
my biggest bass from Pedro. But nothing still beats the delta, what a
fish factory. Nothing chases us off the water around here, you must fish
some smaller lakes and the rangers give you the boot. Good luck bassin'
and enjoy that new boat......

sket

Hey sket,

Thanks for the offer, I'd like to take you up on it. Do you mind if I
email you, or you can contact me at my address listed here.

Bob

Only a couple. San Luis Reservoir for one. They have warning lights. But
since the wind can go from calm to 50-60 in 30 minutes, they are trying to
prevent Darwinism. There are major wind farms just up hwy 152 from the
lake.


That's exactly what happened to me... drove about 4 hours to get to
San Luis, got there and it was closed!

Bob......E-mail me any time you like, no problem.....

sket

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Only a couple. San Luis Reservoir for one. They have warning lights.
But
since the wind can go from calm to 50-60 in 30 minutes, they are trying
to
prevent Darwinism. There are major wind farms just up hwy 152 from the
lake.


That's exactly what happened to me... drove about 4 hours to get to
San Luis, got there and it was closed!



I think just the main lake closes. The forebay stays open.
Bill from Pleasanton

Bob wrote:
For use on southern and central California lakes, primarily for bass.

http://www.crestliner.com/boat_info/...TID=100&BID=42

Crestliner Fish Hawk 1650 (16')
50 HP Johnson 4 stroke, EFI
Pacific trailer
travel cover

2004 leftover, brand new, so I got a "deal". $13995

Options I'm adding:
Minn-kota PowerDrive 55 w/universal transducer and wireless copilot
Humminbirg Matrix 37
http://www.humminbird.com/products.asp?ID=379

I haven't heard much about Evinrude/Johnson motors for a long time,
but I understand they were sold by OMC to Bombadier, who then formed
a
new "Outdoor Products" group for boats, motors, etc. The dealer
tells
me the Johnson is made by Suzuki, and Evinrude motors are made by
Yahama.

Any & all opinions appreciated.

Thx.

Very nice Bob. Looks a lot like my 16' Northwood, only I went with the
whole walk-thru windshield. It is a small and light boat. Get a good
feel for it before hitting the rollers at top speed. Mine has a 75hp
Merc and a sticker on the dash that says something like 'This boat can
be very dangerous at speeds over 40mph'. It does 40+ and gets quite
squirrelly.

Here's a NorCal web site that has good delta, Melones and some Fresno
area info also:

http://www.anglernet.net/

Have to register, but worth it for the info. They're having a get
together next month at McSwain and McClure. More trout folks than bass
but I will be fishing for bass.

-Phish

On 15 Mar 2005 23:20:28 -0800, wrote:

Very nice Bob. Looks a lot like my 16' Northwood, only I went with the
whole walk-thru windshield. It is a small and light boat. Get a good
feel for it before hitting the rollers at top speed. Mine has a 75hp
Merc and a sticker on the dash that says something like 'This boat can
be very dangerous at speeds over 40mph'. It does 40+ and gets quite
squirrelly.

Here's a NorCal web site that has good delta, Melones and some Fresno
area info also:

http://www.anglernet.net/

Have to register, but worth it for the info. They're having a get
together next month at McSwain and McClure. More trout folks than bass
but I will be fishing for bass.

-Phish

Thanks Phish - I hadn't seen this web site before. It looks pretty
good, so I signed up and I guess I'll be putting my $.02 in now and
then.

I saw a photo of your boat there, looks like a great setup. I'm
picking my boat up this weekend; I'm planning on sticking to local
lakes until I get used to using it, then I want to start dragging it
to some of the great spots suggested in here.

I'm really psyched to fish on the Sac Delta - did you guys see that 18
lb-er caught there last month? What a pigster that was!

Bob

Bob.....Was that the 18 lbr on a fly rod and fly? If so he was fishing
for stripers, what a great surprise. He C & R the fish and later checked
the record book and would have set a record for line size. I saw a 19
lbr 2oz two weks ago, still full of eggs so might go over 20 lbs in a
few weeks. Guy got it on a big swimbait. I should be so lucky..

sket

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:15:10 -0800, wrote:

Bob.....Was that the 18 lbr on a fly rod and fly? If so he was fishing
for stripers, what a great surprise. He C & R the fish and later checked
the record book and would have set a record for line size. I saw a 19
lbr 2oz two weks ago, still full of eggs so might go over 20 lbs in a
few weeks. Guy got it on a big swimbait. I should be so lucky..

sket

Hi sket, how ya doing?

He caught it on a 6" black worm. Here's the story:

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/...sen_18.62.html

He released it, so it's still out there waitin' for you

Bob

PS I pick up my boat on Saturday... can't wait!

Hey Bob..Doing fine here, hope you get some sleep tonight, and not
walking the floor waiting for tomorrow and that new boat. The info you
sent me on that bass was caught in Feb of last year, the one I was
talking about was caught last week sometime on a fly rod. Two different
bass or atleast different times. Maybe same bass? Have fun with that new
boat this week-end and be careful. Take care..

sket