HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:24:24 -0400, HK wrote:

It seems to me it would have been easier to go with a jacks plate,
but this guy wanted something different:

http://tinyurl.com/375xfb

That's a home brew jack plate. I've seen something similar to it, but
not exact.

Is that stern modified? It looks a little different.


It's a 23' Parker SE. That means it started out life with a cut-out
transom. The owner had the transom redone inside and out and added
the bracket so he could use it for flats fishing. The glass work
looks pretty good in the photo. Why the guy went through the expense
(and it was considerable-the bracket alone was about $800) is beyond
me. If he wanted a flats boat, he should have bought one.

Why would someone go to all of the trouble and expense of redoing the
transom of a Parker?





It makes no sense. The boat is for sale, if you want to actually buy a
boat. It'll be great for that waterless lake of yours, since you can
raise the engine way up high.

That sure would be helpful this winter, and you are definitely correct
about the lake being low, but I prefer to spend the weekend on the boat,
and the Parker is a little small for that.

Hopefully the rain gods will be kind and the lake will be back to normal
levels next spring. You can still use a boat in the main channel, but I
prefer to spend my time in the quite coves, which if they are not
completely dry, they are definitely too dry to anchor.

The lake was close to this level back in the early 80's, and it was
actually helpful to learn the unmarked shoals, some are granite and
could cause some real trouble if you hit them. It took a year for the
lake levels to rise, but the lake has been at normal levels for 20 yrs.