I sold my 22' C-Dory and the big Silverado V-8 to pull it. I now have
a 15' walk-thru Klamath with a 2 cyl Merc 25 Bigfoot for fishing. I
tow the little boat with a little Chevy HHR. It's a pleasure to stay
(somewhat) ahead of Exxon in this way.

And it works! On May 29 my fishing buddy and I each caught nice, fat
5# rainbows on Camanche Lake here in the Central Valley of California.
And we caught several more smaller trout. We used downriggers, but
also caught trout very near the surface.

Photos of the rig and the fish at my homepage: www.FishWisher.com

(Please pardon this OT post; I realize this has nothing to do with
politics!)

Dale

On May 31, 9:28*am, FishWisher wrote:
I sold my 22' C-Dory and the big Silverado V-8 to pull it. I now have
a 15' walk-thru Klamath with a 2 cyl Merc 25 Bigfoot for fishing. I
tow the little boat with a little Chevy HHR. It's a pleasure to stay
(somewhat) ahead of Exxon in this way.

And it works! On May 29 my fishing buddy and I each caught nice, fat
5# rainbows on Camanche Lake here in the Central Valley of California.
And we caught several more smaller trout. We used downriggers, but
also caught trout very near the surface.

Photos of the rig and the fish at my homepage:www.FishWisher.com

(Please pardon this OT post; I realize this has nothing to do with
politics!)

Dale

Nice man... good on you. Looks like you two "kids" had a great day.

On May 31, 9:28*am, FishWisher wrote:
I sold my 22' C-Dory and the big Silverado V-8 to pull it. I now have
a 15' walk-thru Klamath with a 2 cyl Merc 25 Bigfoot for fishing. I
tow the little boat with a little Chevy HHR. It's a pleasure to stay
(somewhat) ahead of Exxon in this way.

And it works! On May 29 my fishing buddy and I each caught nice, fat
5# rainbows on Camanche Lake here in the Central Valley of California.
And we caught several more smaller trout. We used downriggers, but
also caught trout very near the surface.

Photos of the rig and the fish at my homepage:www.FishWisher.com

(Please pardon this OT post; I realize this has nothing to do with
politics!)

Dale

Nice fishies!

"FishWisher" wrote in message
...
I sold my 22' C-Dory and the big Silverado V-8 to pull it. I now have
a 15' walk-thru Klamath with a 2 cyl Merc 25 Bigfoot for fishing. I
tow the little boat with a little Chevy HHR. It's a pleasure to stay
(somewhat) ahead of Exxon in this way.

And it works! On May 29 my fishing buddy and I each caught nice, fat
5# rainbows on Camanche Lake here in the Central Valley of California.
And we caught several more smaller trout. We used downriggers, but
also caught trout very near the surface.

Photos of the rig and the fish at my homepage: www.FishWisher.com

(Please pardon this OT post; I realize this has nothing to do with
politics!)

Dale

Nice looking rig...a good step up from an open aluminum boat with only
minimal towing weight increase.

FishWisher wrote:
I sold my 22' C-Dory and the big Silverado V-8 to pull it. I now have
a 15' walk-thru Klamath with a 2 cyl Merc 25 Bigfoot for fishing. I
tow the little boat with a little Chevy HHR. It's a pleasure to stay
(somewhat) ahead of Exxon in this way.

And it works! On May 29 my fishing buddy and I each caught nice, fat
5# rainbows on Camanche Lake here in the Central Valley of California.
And we caught several more smaller trout. We used downriggers, but
also caught trout very near the surface.

Photos of the rig and the fish at my homepage: www.FishWisher.com

(Please pardon this OT post; I realize this has nothing to do with
politics!)

Dale

That's a very nice set up and it looks pretty comfortable
for the size/weight. I may eventually downsize to something
similar.

That's a 4 stroke motor right? How does it handle trolling?

....That's a 4 stroke motor right? How does it handle trolling?

Thanks for the kind comments.

It is a 4 stroke twin with carb. Merc now has a 25 HP EFI 3 cylinder
that I'd sure like to have - and may some day get.

The Big Foot is ideal for this boat. I troll slowest at about 2 MPH
which is just fine for trout. I like 1 MPH for kokanee and can get
down there by using a small drogue. But I may get a different prop in
the future if it is likely a prop could make that much difference. I
currently am running a 12X29, 2.42:1 - or so it says. This combination
planes in a snap and cruises below full throttle at 20 nicely. Top
speed is about 25 MPH. I can troll all day on mere fumes.

On May 31, 9:28 am, FishWisher wrote:
I sold my 22' C-Dory and the big Silverado V-8 to pull it. I now have
a 15' walk-thru Klamath with a 2 cyl Merc 25 Bigfoot for fishing. I
tow the little boat with a little Chevy HHR. It's a pleasure to stay
(somewhat) ahead of Exxon in this way.

And it works! On May 29 my fishing buddy and I each caught nice, fat
5# rainbows on Camanche Lake here in the Central Valley of California.
And we caught several more smaller trout. We used downriggers, but
also caught trout very near the surface.

Photos of the rig and the fish at my homepage:www.FishWisher.com

(Please pardon this OT post; I realize this has nothing to do with
politics!)

Dale

Hi Dale. I remember reading a post from you when you sold your last
boat thinking you would not be getting back into boating.

Glad to see you are back into it. We all have the Hotel California
boating complex............you can check in but never check out.

Nice boat and glad to see you posting here once again. ;-)

Hi Dale. I remember reading a post from you when you sold your last
boat thinking you would not be getting back into boating.

Glad to see you are back into it. We all have the Hotel California
boating complex............you can check in but never check out.

Nice boat and glad to see you posting here once again. ;-)

Yep... that was a mistake in some ways. I really miss that C-Dory, but
not the launching, maintenance, etc. And I sure don't miss that big
pickup. Getting a bit old for that much boat. This little rig is real
easy to handle and maintain.

On Jun 1, 3:19 pm, FishWisher wrote:
Hi Dale. I remember reading a post from you when you sold your last
boat thinking you would not be getting back into boating.

Glad to see you are back into it. We all have the Hotel California
boating complex............you can check in but never check out.

Nice boat and glad to see you posting here once again. ;-)

Yep... that was a mistake in some ways. I really miss that C-Dory, but
not the launching, maintenance, etc. And I sure don't miss that big
pickup. Getting a bit old for that much boat. This little rig is real
easy to handle and maintain.

Glad to hear you are enjoying the new boat Dale.

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:19:31 -0700 (PDT), FishWisher
wrote:

Hi Dale. I remember reading a post from you when you sold your last
boat thinking you would not be getting back into boating.

Glad to see you are back into it. We all have the Hotel California
boating complex............you can check in but never check out.

Nice boat and glad to see you posting here once again. ;-)

Yep... that was a mistake in some ways. I really miss that C-Dory, but
not the launching, maintenance, etc. And I sure don't miss that big
pickup. Getting a bit old for that much boat. This little rig is real
easy to handle and maintain.

Glad to have you back. We're trying to stop the demise of the group, but
there are a few who want to see it go under.They can't seem to stay away.

I've always thought the C-Dory was a cool boat. If I lived further north or
in the northwest, it would be on my short list.
--
John *H*