"Canuck57" wrote in message
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"-rick-" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Riveted aluminum boats tend to be sounder than welded boats and as a
general rule, easier to repair. The better aluminum boats, like Lund,
Starcraft, Princecraft, are riveted boats.

Um... Are you at all familiar with the type of heavy duty welded aluminum
boats the poster inquired about?

For example:

http://www.precisionweldboats.com/

http://www.weldcraftmarine.com/

http://www.duckworthboats.com/

http://www.roguejet.com/

http://www.customweld.com/

http://www.thunderjet.com/

http://www.motionmarine.com/

http://www.hewescraft.com/

http://www.fish-rite.com/boats.html

http://www.northriverboats.com/

etc.

As to the original question I'm no welding expert but I did examine a lot
of boats before buying one. I liked the neat consistency and smoothness
found in the North River and many others with a few notable exceptions
(this was 8 years ago). I've had some major rock hits since then and only
required one repair for a crack at the jet-pump intake seam. The .25"
bottom thickness helps.

I do see a lot Hewescraft on the Columbia river lately for what it's
worth.

0.25 on the bottom, don't have to worry about hull damage if you park in a
mess of logs. Going to take a look at Hewescraft.


Actually the 3/16 does logs fine.

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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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"-rick-" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Riveted aluminum boats tend to be sounder than welded boats and as a
general rule, easier to repair. The better aluminum boats, like Lund,
Starcraft, Princecraft, are riveted boats.

Um... Are you at all familiar with the type of heavy duty welded
aluminum boats the poster inquired about?

For example:

http://www.precisionweldboats.com/

http://www.weldcraftmarine.com/

http://www.duckworthboats.com/

http://www.roguejet.com/

http://www.customweld.com/

http://www.thunderjet.com/

http://www.motionmarine.com/

http://www.hewescraft.com/

http://www.fish-rite.com/boats.html

http://www.northriverboats.com/

etc.

As to the original question I'm no welding expert but I did examine a
lot of boats before buying one. I liked the neat consistency and
smoothness found in the North River and many others with a few notable
exceptions (this was 8 years ago). I've had some major rock hits since
then and only required one repair for a crack at the jet-pump intake
seam. The .25" bottom thickness helps.

I do see a lot Hewescraft on the Columbia river lately for what it's
worth.

0.25 on the bottom, don't have to worry about hull damage if you park in
a mess of logs. Going to take a look at Hewescraft.


Actually the 3/16 does logs fine.

Sure better than 0.090 or 0.100.

Went fishing once in a tin can on a lake in the middle of Wisconsin,
Tomahawk I think. Found a large bay, and said this water does not look
right and slowed down. I was right, found out later why too. In the winter
if it freezes they dump stumps and logs into it for bass and it would be
like a mine field if you hit that with much more than adrift speed.

Needless to say, I took the tin in and had a gas. Lost count on how many
small mouth bass I nailed that day. But you could hear the aluminium flex
when you tapped one.

A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

"Canuck57" wrote in message
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Actually the 3/16 does logs fine.

Sure better than 0.090 or 0.100.

Went fishing once in a tin can on a lake in the middle of Wisconsin,
Tomahawk I think. Found a large bay, and said this water does not look
right and slowed down. I was right, found out later why too. In the
winter if it freezes they dump stumps and logs into it for bass and it
would be like a mine field if you hit that with much more than adrift
speed.

If it freezes? This the tomahawk lake near rhinelander? No "if"
involved. And I figure the logs are left over from the logging era, but
maybe they dump them in also.

Needless to say, I took the tin in and had a gas. Lost count on how
many small mouth bass I nailed that day. But you could hear the
aluminium flex when you tapped one.

A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

"Del Cecchi" wrote in message
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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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Actually the 3/16 does logs fine.

Sure better than 0.090 or 0.100.

Went fishing once in a tin can on a lake in the middle of Wisconsin,
Tomahawk I think. Found a large bay, and said this water does not look
right and slowed down. I was right, found out later why too. In the
winter if it freezes they dump stumps and logs into it for bass and it
would be like a mine field if you hit that with much more than adrift
speed.

If it freezes? This the tomahawk lake near rhinelander? No "if"
involved. And I figure the logs are left over from the logging era, but
maybe they dump them in also.

Yep, that would be the one. North mostly west side of the lake, under the
tracks leading into a river feed. Nice Muskie up there too, mine got away
but close enough to see the critter. Caught a 23" walleye of all things in
the river too. Once under the tracks, going upstream stick to the right as
in the center to the left shore, quite a few dead heads just inches under
water. But sneak your boat in there and the smallies be a in there.
Especially near the small island to the west and shore to the south.

While they were not like the 5 pounders I really like, usually 10-15", the
quantity was awesome when I was there.

Pike were good in a pool off the river not 1 mile up the river.

A local resort owner told me it was deliberate to foster a breading ground.
Lots of stumps, even in the open waters you would snag one once and awhile.
Being an artificial lake, not a bad place to fish. I hit that lake 3 times,
always in September.

There is another railway crossing to the east. Hit that area good. Mostly
small walleye.

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:10:32 GMT, "Canuck57"
wrote:

A local resort owner told me it was deliberate to foster a breading ground.

Wouldn't that make soggy bread?

"Canuck57" wrote in message
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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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Actually the 3/16 does logs fine.

Sure better than 0.090 or 0.100.

Went fishing once in a tin can on a lake in the middle of Wisconsin,
Tomahawk I think. Found a large bay, and said this water does not
look right and slowed down. I was right, found out later why too.
In the winter if it freezes they dump stumps and logs into it for
bass and it would be like a mine field if you hit that with much more
than adrift speed.

If it freezes? This the tomahawk lake near rhinelander? No "if"
involved. And I figure the logs are left over from the logging era,
but maybe they dump them in also.

Yep, that would be the one. North mostly west side of the lake, under
the tracks leading into a river feed. Nice Muskie up there too, mine
got away but close enough to see the critter. Caught a 23" walleye of
all things in the river too. Once under the tracks, going upstream
stick to the right as in the center to the left shore, quite a few dead
heads just inches under water. But sneak your boat in there and the
smallies be a in there. Especially near the small island to the west
and shore to the south.

While they were not like the 5 pounders I really like, usually 10-15",
the quantity was awesome when I was there.

Pike were good in a pool off the river not 1 mile up the river.

A local resort owner told me it was deliberate to foster a breading
ground. Lots of stumps, even in the open waters you would snag one once
and awhile. Being an artificial lake, not a bad place to fish. I hit
that lake 3 times, always in September.

Well, it is possible they put them in but I am really skeptical. That
whole area was logged off around 1900 and the logs floated to the
sawmills. Some percent of them sank and are still there. see

http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/...OPTR=119&REC=9

or

http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/...ORT=descri%7Cf

There is another railway crossing to the east. Hit that area good.
Mostly small walleye.


good fishing in that country for sure.