Jet Boats

TunaHead

TunaHead

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The subject of jet boats was mentioned in the New Old School 2 thread and it reminded me of this...

On the larger west coast rivers jet boats are used for tours up river. It's a blast in the summer when on the coastal temp is 65 degrees but rises to 100+ just past the first set of hills. I've done this on both the Rogue river in southern Oregon and the Klamath river about an hours drive north of my place in northern CA. If any of you ever make it out this way it is a "must do".

I called the river boat company to get the stats on this boat before posting. The video below shows what you get when you put three 464 Vortex engines on a boat that'll carry 38 people on plane through 6 inches of water.

http://www.webvideomedia.net/jerryswebvideo.html
 
The subject of jet boats was mentioned in the New Old School 2 thread and it reminded me of this...

On the larger west coast rivers jet boats are used for tours up river. It's a blast in the summer when on the coastal temp is 65 degrees but rises to 100+ just past the first set of hills. I've done this on both the Rogue river in southern Oregon and the Klamath river about an hours drive north of my place in northern CA. If any of you ever make it out this way it is a "must do".

I called the river boat company to get the stats on this boat before posting. The video below shows what you get when you put three 464 Vortex engines on a boat that'll carry 38 people on plane through 6 inches of water.

http://www.webvideomedia.net/jerryswebvideo.html
 
It's an odd mix of fisherman on the rivers here. The Klamath river flows the Yurok and Hupa indian tribal lands. Their "subsistence" fishing (imagine my fingers in the air for the quotation marks) involves stretching gill nets partially across the river for salmon. Except for the lower stretches of the river most of the area covered by the tour boats is inaccessible as there are no near by roads of the dirt roads that exist pass through land owned by logging companies and is gated. Most of the fishing on the river is done via small privately owned jet boats. In all fairness the tour boats slow to a crawl as they pass the other boats. They sort of have to cuz many of the other boats are operated by guides who live in the same community and drink in the same bars as the tour drivers (all in all a fairly crusty group of folks).

Hit the river at the right time and it's magic. 2 years ago my brother in law and 2 friends hooked up with a guide and released 23 king salmon in one day as well as keeping a couple for the table.
 
It's an odd mix of fisherman on the rivers here. The Klamath river flows the Yurok and Hupa indian tribal lands. Their "subsistence" fishing (imagine my fingers in the air for the quotation marks) involves stretching gill nets partially across the river for salmon. Except for the lower stretches of the river most of the area covered by the tour boats is inaccessible as there are no near by roads of the dirt roads that exist pass through land owned by logging companies and is gated. Most of the fishing on the river is done via small privately owned jet boats. In all fairness the tour boats slow to a crawl as they pass the other boats. They sort of have to cuz many of the other boats are operated by guides who live in the same community and drink in the same bars as the tour drivers (all in all a fairly crusty group of folks).

Hit the river at the right time and it's magic. 2 years ago my brother in law and 2 friends hooked up with a guide and released 23 king salmon in one day as well as keeping a couple for the table.
 
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