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  1. SkunkBoat

    Fluking sucks

    "Go to Axel Carlson reef, hot bite at south end"..."my buddy got 13 keepers there..." Perfect NW wind. 4 hours... drifting over many square miles... 3 skates and 2 short fluke and a short seabass. Anybody wanna buy a boat with slip for season and a bunch of rods?v1
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    Bottom fishing

    ran out 20miles to the Shark River Reef with some clam I know I know, seabass, blackfish and porgies are completely closed til July 1st. ... looking for cod. Found a nice pollack and a bucket of ling(red hake). Pollack hit a teaser as I pulled a skate off the bottom on the jig. Got hounded by...
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    Mako fishing

    Here's the video https://youtu.be/Il1wDyQe19M So I got lucky, shark tournament was delayed a week due to weather so I was able to go. Went out on a 54' Ocean. We fished south of the Chicken Canyon and east of the Fingers. Water temp 64.4 Started off slow but as soon as we got a good breeze and...
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    First bass of the season

    My brother got this on first cast at the Rt 35 bridge on our way out to catch some shark baits. Just outside Manasquan Inlet we got 30 1-2 pound bluefish and back in before 7 am. He's fishing Mako Mania tournament on a 54 Ocean. I was invited but have to work;(
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    Horns that are not crap?

    another rusted, busted electric horn... this one lasted fron September to December. The one before, one season and befor that, two seasons (but I had to smack it a few times...) I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER ONE! Seems all brands and models have the same exact horn mechanism with different...
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    Launched & itching to fish

    My big boat sources are telling me to get to the Chicken Canyon on the first flat day. There were some bft getting grilled this weekend....
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    Delaware Water Gap canoeing

    another annual golf/fishing trip to Shawnee,PA. Caught some smallmouth bass, rock bass, a walleye and a big chain pickerel. I thought the pickerel was some kind of hybrid pike/musky at first. It looked strange...no white on it at all...more stripey than chain-like... after looking at pix I...
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    Smart Tabs?

    Now that I have a completely wood-free transom, I'm considering Nauticus Smart Tabs. https://youtu.be/rQub7Q_1Euo At about $130 bucks and a half hour of install time, is it too good to pass up or too good to be true? I don't have much complaints about my ride now but I hear all you guys...
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    Steering- Swivel Bracket

    So, I had fairly tight steering last year. disconnecting the drag link showed the cable to be OK. Definitely caused by the swivel bracket. Not getting new grease into it, none comes out. Just gets pressurized. Tried grease remover into the zerk hole, got me nowhere. Decided to man up and take...
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    The cover is off!!!

    Spring is here...the cover is off!!!:sly:
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    Florida, here I come...

    Headed to Pompano Beach for the weekend, luckily before the snow gets here! :butt: Forecast is cool 60's and WIND but the sailfish bite is hot. Packed the GoPro...:pic:
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    V20 Transom Rebuild-SkunkBoat link

    V20 Transom rebuild-part1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 V20 Transom rebuild-part2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc SkunkBoat Youtube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4FkjTX21znGospVOD6EJuw
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    Fishing report NJ

    Well last week sucked at Shrewsbury rocks, skunked. Night at Rt 35 bridge Manasquan, skunked. Then to add insult to injury, tied up back at dock, 5 lb stripers crashing clouds of tiny bait between my motor and the dock. They were also behind Capt Pete's boat a couple slips down Halloween...
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    Shark River reef porgies, no cod

    Got 20miles out to the deep reef with some clam. Giant porgies and some beautiful throw back sea bass. No cod, no ling. Also a pair of 10 pound bluefish.. hit on the way up. Beautiful day, ran 27 mph out, 32 mph back
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    another canyon trip

    Got out on a 50' Ocean again. Lost a big sword...deja vu...I fought it for 10 minutes, screamer... it came up, twice it turned and ran at us while we were backing on it. By the time we got that big boat moving forward the second time, it was gone. Later when we we're reeling baits up to move, a...
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    another canyon trip

    got out on a 50' Ocean looking for bigeyes in the dark. Did not get any tuna. had a white marlin on for a jump and a half, raised another billfish that never hit and saved the trip from skunkdom with a dozen mahi. Trolled from Hudson down to Toms without a tuna... Radio had BFT and small yft at...
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    Videos of canyon trip

    Catching Tuna-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhn7s8J0iFs catching dolphin-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_7JHmJBwmg
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    Shark Tournament Saturday

    Mako Mania tournament. Heading out on a 31' Edgewater in the morning. Plan is to run all the way to Hudson Canyon if its flat.
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    Wanted? V20 cuddy in NJ

    WHo's got a V20 cuddy in NJ for low $. Don't need a motor or trailer. Just a decent hull that can be readily fished safely for one season(this season). I'm in the process of making a decision as to whether to skip the fishing season and cap-off restore my '84, or get another hull and swap all my...
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    Questions about removing the cap

    I'm debating whether to double-down on my transom project and go full bore into a cap off restore & paint. To you guys that have removed the cap..Tartuffe, Ridge, anyone else; How difficult was it to break free from glue on the stringers? (I have found most of mine has broken free already and...
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