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  • Reds in West Bay

    The reds were playful today in West Bay. I had my slot limit by 7am, but didn't stop fishing, just stopped keeping. Wound up landing 7 - all on the fly.
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    Walker

    Anegada, BVI (N18° 44.683' W64° 24.133')
    and
    Houston (Clear Lake City)

  • #2
    Nice pictures! How do you like that Solo Skiff?

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    • #3
      I absolutely love the Solo Skiff! I can pole it in 2 inches of water, can get up on plane in 6. It gets 30 miles per gallon - I can fish for days on my 3.3 gallon tank. It will take me places that larger boats cannot get into, and too far for kayaks to even consider.
      Walker

      Anegada, BVI (N18° 44.683' W64° 24.133')
      and
      Houston (Clear Lake City)

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      • #4
        I really like the pictures ! Thanks for the fine report . That skiff looks interesting. I'll google it .
        GEORGE A. BRANARD, COLOR SERGEANT, CO. L, 1 ST TEXAS INFANTRY, HOOD'S TEXAS BRIGADE, C.S.A. : S.C.V.

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        • #5
          Nice work, man. Thanks for sharing!

          -FP

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          • #6
            Great report, nice boat for chasing reds in the marsh.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Walker View Post
              I absolutely love the Solo Skiff! I can pole it in 2 inches of water, can get up on plane in 6. It gets 30 miles per gallon - I can fish for days on my 3.3 gallon tank. It will take me places that larger boats cannot get into, and too far for kayaks to even consider.
              What did you power it with? You can PM me if you like. I'm pretty interested in getting one of these.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by johnsons1480 View Post
                What did you power it with? You can PM me if you like. I'm pretty interested in getting one of these.
                Tohatsu 6 HP
                Walker

                Anegada, BVI (N18° 44.683' W64° 24.133')
                and
                Houston (Clear Lake City)

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                • #9
                  Nice going walker. Neat lil' skiff ya got.
                  "Hey Hillary, regarding the Benghazi Attack on 9/11-we'll just blame it on that movie, not my total lack of security. By the way, what's so significant about 9/11 anyway-was that a date my buddy Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground blew up a government building?" asked Obama to Hillary. BEAUTIFY AMERICA, RUN OVER A LIBERAL, THEN BACK UP AND SEE IF HE'S DEAD.

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                  • #10
                    Looks like a great day! I have been looking at those skiffs for a while now but never had any personal opinions on the performance. Thanks for sharing, really thinking about getting one now.

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                    • #11
                      Very nice, brother!
                      Shut up and FISH!!

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                      • #12
                        Performance:

                        The Solo Skiff is rated for 5hp, but most people put a 6 on them because the 4, 5, and 6hp engines are all identical except for the carb. Same size and weight.

                        My Solo with the Tohatsu 6 runs at about 15mph, and will hit 17mph lightly loaded on dead smooth water. It gets about 30 miles per gallon. I can go over 100 miles on my 3.3 gallon tank.

                        I can pole it freely in 2 inches of water, can run in 4, and can plane in 6. I can pole across water that is only an inch deep, but it takes another inch of water to be gliding.

                        Fully rigged, it weighs about 250 pounds. I trailer mine, but a lot of people carry them in the back of their trucks. The axle and hubs of my trailer have never been in the water.

                        I will get wet running in any chop. In the winter, I carry waterproof pants and jacket for running in chop, and take them off and store them below deck when I get on the flats.

                        The Solo will go where no one else can - too shallow for larger skiffs, and too far away from a launch for kayaks.

                        SKIFFSTIFF took this pic of me in my Solo last October.

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                        And storage - oh yes - it will carry plenty. I have all of this below deck.

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                        Last edited by Walker; April 6, 2017, 04:08 PM.
                        Walker

                        Anegada, BVI (N18° 44.683' W64° 24.133')
                        and
                        Houston (Clear Lake City)

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                        • #13
                          Wtg walker
                          MANVEL MOB

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                          • #14
                            Nice haul
                            "Our most great and glorious achievement is to live our life fishingly"

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                            • #15
                              Great report and that's a sweet little boat!!

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