01-11-2003, 05:51 PM
[cool][font "Times New Roman"][size 3] Hey Ralph, Belmont Shore was where I did my first fishing from an inner tube...and it was just that...a plain old inner tube, in about 1956. In those days, I was happy catching what I use for bait these days... smelt, perch and herring (queenfish). It was a few years later that I learned how to send one of them down a line, on a swivel, to prospect for the flatties off the pier. It was a few years more before I had a tricked out tube to go after them in areas not fished by boats, pier casters or shore fishermen...float tube country.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]You're right about the shorts. There are always a lot more of them than the big boys..and the big boys are smarter and harder to catch. That's another argument for tubing them. It makes it possible to present the baits in a silent and finesse approach difficult to equal in any other way. And, when you hook up to a big ol 'butt from a donut dinghy, you are in full hand to fin combat. Even a barely legal can spin you around a few times and tow you a few yards.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]You really need to jump over to Kiyo's site at [url "http://www.baytubers.com"]www.baytubers.com[/url] . They have a lot of good stuff, including pics of some of the craft that make good 'butt chasers. I'll be attaching a pic at the end of this post of the Caddis Navigator II. It can be had for around $150 on special. It is rated for 350 pounds.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]I am about your same size and I have had pretty good success with the Kennebec...about $130. I'm planning to upgrade to an Outcast Super Fat Cat soon...for about $330. Lots of quality features I feel are worth the extra investment.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Chances are, if you hit a couple of tubing websites, where there are classified for sales, you can find a decent deal. Don't overlook the Sportsmans Show this weekend. I've heard of a couple of great buys available there on tubes.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Anybody on this forum know of any "gently used" system that might float Ralph out to the halibut zone?[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Caddis Navigator II...tricked out for halibut fishing[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]You're right about the shorts. There are always a lot more of them than the big boys..and the big boys are smarter and harder to catch. That's another argument for tubing them. It makes it possible to present the baits in a silent and finesse approach difficult to equal in any other way. And, when you hook up to a big ol 'butt from a donut dinghy, you are in full hand to fin combat. Even a barely legal can spin you around a few times and tow you a few yards.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]You really need to jump over to Kiyo's site at [url "http://www.baytubers.com"]www.baytubers.com[/url] . They have a lot of good stuff, including pics of some of the craft that make good 'butt chasers. I'll be attaching a pic at the end of this post of the Caddis Navigator II. It can be had for around $150 on special. It is rated for 350 pounds.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]I am about your same size and I have had pretty good success with the Kennebec...about $130. I'm planning to upgrade to an Outcast Super Fat Cat soon...for about $330. Lots of quality features I feel are worth the extra investment.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Chances are, if you hit a couple of tubing websites, where there are classified for sales, you can find a decent deal. Don't overlook the Sportsmans Show this weekend. I've heard of a couple of great buys available there on tubes.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Anybody on this forum know of any "gently used" system that might float Ralph out to the halibut zone?[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Caddis Navigator II...tricked out for halibut fishing[/size][/font]
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