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David L. Darnell

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Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« on: June 01, 2007, 09:53:11 PM »
Probally going to have to buy another one, Sam told his mother that it was his and daddy new boat.

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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2007, 10:00:54 PM »
I think I like it. Looks like the trailer turned out good too. What are you gonna put behind it?

There's a great following of the Gheenoe down in Fl, called microskiff.com or something like that.

I foung a great deal on a riverhawk but messed around and let it get gone >:(
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2007, 06:40:29 AM »
I think you made a good purchase.  What are you planning for a motor?  Remember lighter is better.
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2007, 07:18:28 AM »
Looks good and I think you have a happy fishing partner there too. :)
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2007, 08:19:48 AM »
One word David,,, JET. ;D
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2007, 09:48:15 PM »
Mike,

I was shopping for one, "until" I got to try one out on the Elk, put in at Farris Creek Bridge and went upstream, did fine until we hit the first gravel bar, went from being an outboard to a vacuum cleaner, would suck moss 18" off the bottom and rocks, we never made it more than a few feet up a bar. Ran up to ever gravel bar and stopped the same evertime. Drug it over the shallow stuff and went up as far as the begining of the water crest farms. So I could see it float over thin water.

I think "maybe know" that the crest farms are the reason we have all this growth in the river, didn't have that stuff in years past.

I hear you don't have as much vegetation in the Caney and that a 30 Yammie sucks/cleans itself out better than a 25 Mercury ;)

Going to put a Minn Kota 55 Maxxum on it and fish and research, unless someone sends me in another direction on a trolling motor.
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2007, 10:00:54 PM »
hmm, you musta let off the throttle. ;D

A trolling motor and a good battery is probably all you'll ever really need on the Elk.
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2007, 05:08:03 AM »
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2007, 02:31:59 PM »
I got checked yesterday by the game warden at gen lowe's. We were floating down river from the dam and had stopped to fish there. He came upstreamon us really quick. He was in an aluminum flat bottom with a jet. I was surprised he made it up that far with the thick grass beds and shallow gravel above ferris. After getting my license checked and talking with him for a few minutes, i asked if he was going back down, he said no and then went upstream through the skinny water at lowes. I was really surprised. it was a long time before he came back down so i assume he went way on up toward the dam.

Nice new boat Woodsman,
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2007, 08:08:25 PM »
Was the warden around 30, big frame Hoss Cartright fellow? 14x42 with a 30 Yammer on the back. If so he did live straight across the river from me. I've heard him come up and down but never made it the 600 feet to the river before he was gone out of sight.

Uncle says he goes up around the island above me throwing water over the banks and rocks in the air. But uncle is usually heavy in the Budweiser by the time warden comes by.

I went over by his new residence 4 times to ask questions about the motor but never could get a reply.

He did have a Mercury 2 stroke, tore the bottow off a few times :D got a machine shop to make him a scope, maybe the 30 doesn't suck the back down as bad.
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2007, 09:56:00 AM »
Congrats on the new boat man. I see he has already set up his chair and claimed the front deck. You might as well get used to fishin' from the back of the boat.  ;D 
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2007, 12:03:02 PM »
I just glad that he is finally showing interest, I ruined my 27 year old trying to get him started flyfishing at 6, he hates it and makes jabs at us that do it.

Last Wednesday was the first time he's went for a boat ride or fishing and not bitched about wanting to be back home watching TRAIN DVD's, the boy has been train crazy since birth.

His mother was a record setting basketball player in college, he hates basketball. She was tickled to see he enjoyed the canoe trip, has been looking forward to this weeks trip ever since. ( we are going to do six trips from the dam to hwy 231 in Fayettville while they are out for summer break, big sister is a teacher)

He told his mother that this was HIS and daddys new boat ;)

I'm in the process of getting it rigged up like I want it.
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Re: Look what followed my truck home from Lynchburg
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2007, 07:35:46 AM »
David,
   don't know if you found a motor for your boat or not, but this is on EBay right now and is in Lakeland TN I believe...could be just the thing you need....


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-MERCURY-JET-20-OUTBOARD-BOAT-MOTOR_W0QQitemZ150130269453QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150130269453
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