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Originally Posted by Screwbs

Now thats a rig pudge ;)

When we going out :D

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Thanks bud,We put it in last night hoping to get out this morn but my kids and wife all have the flu,and my other buddy had to much school work and another guy got stuck working and 4seasons didn't want to go by himself in the winds for the first trip of the year.So maybe tonite or tomorrow morn.Let me know what days are good for you.;)

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Originally Posted by pudge

Finally pulled her out and cleaned her up.Here she is! 24 1/2 foot Penn Yan Contender.Had her for 3 years and is a great big water boat.My fishing partner(4seasons) took her across the lake last year from port weller to port credit to fish in the Sun derby fish off and it took him over 3 hours in 12 to 15 foot waves and she made it no prob.The waves were crashing over the hard top and into the back of the boat and he said he didn't feel unsafe once.She's a tank.

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Hey Pudge, I'm curious as to what powers that big beast? Does the little kicker actually move it? Nice rig.

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Originally Posted by Sleeps with the fishes

Hey Pudge, I'm curious as to what powers that big beast? Does the little kicker actually move it? Nice rig.

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Thanks, it has a 305 merc I/O.Ya that litle 15 pushes her no prob.We've only had to use the big motor twice while trolling but there were 10 foot waves and we don't stay out in that to often.Its also better on gas.LOL

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Originally Posted by Screwbs

Hey pudge! I wish buddy! Even better, I'm leaving for Cuba in under 6 hours ;) I'll bring you back some cigars for our first outting :)

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Hey have fun,:thumbup: let me know when your back.

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Originally Posted by pudge

Finally pulled her out and cleaned her up.Here she is! 24 1/2 foot Penn Yan Contender.Had her for 3 years and is a great big water boat.My fishing partner(4seasons) took her across the lake last year from port weller to port credit to fish in the Sun derby fish off and it took him over 3 hours in 12 to 15 foot waves and she made it no prob.The waves were crashing over the hard top and into the back of the boat and he said he didn't feel unsafe once.She's a tank.

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Nice setup pudge. Hope to get an invite for a salmon trip.:fish:

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Originally Posted by purpleghost

Nice setup pudge. Hope to get an invite for a salmon trip.:fish:

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Thanks PG,we will see if we can work something out.;)

Here is the new ride, splash her today.:thumbup:

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/DSCF0351.jpg

Love the lunds.Nice boat.

Chalk up another for the center consoles! (Nice rig Pancho!)

Boat #1

The "Pretender". Name is a reconstruction of "Contender", a popular offshore boat line in FL. The people at Contender printed the matching decal for me special. Originally known as a MitchCraft, it's 18' and about 8' wide. 112spl 1995 Evinrude powering it. I bought the boat at 16, tore her down to the bare hull at 19, and finished rebuilding her all the next year. She's seen years of salt, 8' seas in the Atlantic, 500lbs hammerheads, and a lot of bikini clad (and sometimes not-clad) ladies. It also helped me snag my wife :)

funny story: I was unloading camping gear in SW FL for about 20 minutes. Couldn't get the boat free since the tide dropped. This picture is of the boat (and my wife) several hours later as the tide continued to fall.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/102_0167.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...g/cobia016.jpg

Boat #2

"Dead Ringer Too". Named after the original "Dead Ringer" a boat that saw lots of hunts with way too much weight and plenty of dead ducks. A new boat was purchased to handle the added weight of a 23hp Mudbuddy engine. Before she even saw the water, I was rear ended and the boat totaled (after making a 3 hour trip almost to the ramp) :rolleyes: This boat was purchased 1 day before the duck season opened. My buddy and I spent all day stripping the old boat (which we had spent weeks rigging) and had the new boat completely rigged in time to scout that afternoon. My dad actually bought the boat and motor and I paid for everything else, but when I moved up to ON, he gave me the rig since he wouldn't be hunting much anymore.

She's a 16', 48" beam riveted Triton. Wired with headlights, spotlight, GPS, bilge pump, nav lights. Homemade paint job and pop-up blind. Bottom painted with super-slick epoxy. Further customized by falling trees, submerged steel posts and a lot of stumps :)

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...o/100_2261.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...o/100_2260.jpg

Nice rides DR!!!