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River Rat
« on: October 09, 2015, 10:18:50 am »
No, Actually not the River Rat we all know and love, this is the one I own...   Rebuilt her this summer when i had the time.. 





   Finished in time to take the wife out on the river before she leaves. Hoping it will be a good weekend of fishing!
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2015, 01:13:41 pm »
I like it! Complete with cooking facilities too!
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2015, 03:02:08 pm »
looks nice Scott What size of deck? 8' X 20' with a 40 hp?
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2015, 03:19:34 pm »
Looks good my friend, nice job!
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2015, 07:58:13 pm »
Nice looking rig.  We don't have rivers around here deep enough to float it. 
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2015, 09:24:44 pm »
It was designed to run bank lines at night. I still have to order the big LED bar that will go under the front, but the live well for bait is in front of the console and easy to reach when pulling in lines, the wooden covers with no cushions on top of the live well are for cutting said bait etc...  The deck is 14 feet by 8 feet wide. Not huge, but the ROOM available on it compared to the space available on my Bass tracker is a VAST improvement... SIZE matters in the river.. I needed to keep it small so I could maneuver it when the water is low.. so it has 18 foot pontoons, most of which stick out the back to support a big motor...  Currently it has the 25 horse Evinrude from my Tracker on it, I have a 50 Horse Merc having the lower unit rebuilt that will eventually get mounted so I can return the 25 to the Bass tracker.

   I have been running rivers all my life in one boat or another. The disadvantage most boats have is ROOM..  you have room to SIT., and fish..  TO spend a week on the river without leaving, you have to have a camp site, and that limits you to a specific stretch of river, and it also means you have to climb the bank.. often that can be a climb of ten feet straight up. You get muddy and dirty, you have to carry fuel up and down, along with everything else to set up your camp site etc...
   On RiverRat.. I have my fold out chair.. I dont have to climb anywhere.. I take out my light weight sleeping bag and crash in the reclining chair...  An advantage of that, is I can keep right on fishing, wrap the line around a finger or toe, and HOPE you dont (DO?) tie into a 60 pounder while asleep..  I have an 8x8 fold out awning that fits on the deck if its drizzly and tarps to seal it if necessary..  self contained camp site...  I can pull my lines if I am not getting any hits and move to a different spot without breaking camp, because I take camp with me.
   Smaller cats get sliced into fillet's and grilled or fried. Burgers, Brats, all are easily possible.
   SO.... with the wife heading out to a new job 1200 miles away... Guess who is going to be spending several miscellaneous weeks on several different rivers next summer?
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2015, 10:38:53 pm »
Um, I'm small, take up very little space, like to fish, and quiet as a mouse.  Just sayin'.
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2015, 10:49:15 pm »
that's pretty neat scott........

and BTW i take up less space than ted does, LOVE to fish, can be quiet as a mouse as required........ :D or tell stories to match yours......... :D
AND i bring spirits............ :D
and maybe some good sammies............ :D

LOL, JUST SAYING.......... :D
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2015, 05:49:44 am »
Quote from: riverbee on October 09, 2015, 10:49:15 pm
that's pretty neat scott........

and BTW i take up less space than ted does, LOVE to fish, can be quiet as a mouse as required........ :D or tell stories to match yours......... :D
AND i bring spirits............ :D
and maybe some good sammies............ :D

LOL, JUST SAYING.......... :D

How can you tell there is a lawyer in the family! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2015, 06:15:55 pm »
LOL  I was thinking the same thing Perry.. thankfully she didnt delve into legalize.. I wouldnt have understood it anyhow, and perhaps would have thought it meant something that would have gotten me thrown into the river....   :laugh:

   Dunno Ted...  she mentioned Sammies and Spirits....  Shes also WAY better looking than you are...
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2015, 06:53:11 pm »
Yeah, but I called "dibbs" and EVERYONE knows calling "dibbs" is a sure fire win in court!
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2015, 09:27:10 pm »
Ted, after eating his own cooking all winter, Scott will be taking the best cook. All else is totally mute.   8)
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2015, 10:34:29 pm »
Iddee is a deep thinker.  I had not thought of eating his own cooking all winter.  Here's hoping Scott is a much better cook than I am.  Like most men, I cook breakfast and barbecue. 

It is a neat looking and well conceived boat.  As a boy, I fished the rivers quite a bit, but I haven't wet a hook in a river in probably 30 years.  Do you have storage space for a couple of cases of mosquito repellant? 

River water is soothing to the soul.  If I wasn't so danged old, I would enjoy a trip on the river.

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Re: River Rat
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2015, 11:35:22 pm »
.......................... :laugh:

you guys are too funny!!!!
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2015, 10:45:39 am »
Are there any river-way connections from Iowa to Maine?
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2015, 08:46:51 am »
Fear not my friend Ted. This boat has enough room so that you can ride shotgun. Still enough room for a couple more. Anyone that comes up and wants to run lines or just spend a day on the river is ALWAYS welcome.. provided I am not finding some excuse to drive all the way top Maine..
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2015, 12:08:54 pm »
I'll show up the same day as Riverbee ~ Let's see how you handle TWO beekeeping women on that dandy barge  ;)  heh heh heh
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2015, 06:42:36 pm »
................ :D :D :D :laugh:

he will need a lot of spirits jen............. :D :D :D
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2015, 06:46:37 pm »
VIDEOS, VIDEOS, VIDEOS.................Gotta have videos of his dieing days, er, er, I mean fishing trip.   :o   ;D
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Re: River Rat
« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2015, 08:33:00 pm »
DIBBS on SHOTGUN !!!!!
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