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 Lets see your duck boats
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02/08/15 07:34 PM
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STXHO
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I have been shopping for a duck boat for a couple weeks. I duck hunt the shallow flats around Corpus and also Lake Corpus Christi/ Choke Canyon. During the summer I fish the Nueces and run the lakes for catfish. I currently have a 17ft jon with a 27hp MB LT. Gets the job done and will take me nearly anywhere I want to go but its SLOW. Looking for something a little more comfortable with a SD.
Thanks guys
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/09/15 09:02 PM
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txtrophy85
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I have a gator trax being built almost exactly like this one but a foot longer will be a good duck boat for open bays/lakes plus it will run really shallow 
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/09/15 09:40 PM
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I have a gator trax being built almost exactly like this one but a foot longer will be a good duck boat for open bays/lakes plus it will run really shallow I think you made an extremely wise choice. It won't do everything. No boat can do it all. That boat you are getting will do a whole lot more in the long run than any mud rig could ever do.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 02:57 AM
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I really feel I found the best all around package
Will be a fun fishing rig plus a killer cast & blast boat in the fall
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 03:20 AM
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Anyone have any experience with excel boats?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 03:28 AM
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Of all the guys on here with ducks boats, the guy that doesn't have his yet is the only one to post a pic. 
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 03:30 AM
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I have a gator trax being built almost exactly like this one but a foot longer will be a good duck boat for open bays/lakes plus it will run really shallow I got to move around in one like this at their shop. It was aight. Not a lot of "floor space" though.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 03:57 AM
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I went and got in a 18'x60" model CC at bass pro and it was fine.
Mine isn't gonna have the catwalks on the side so it will have more floor space
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 04:01 AM
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Of all the guys on here with ducks boats, the guy that doesn't have his yet is the only one to post a pic. I'm excited, what can I say?!?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 04:19 AM
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Of all the guys on here with ducks boats, the guy that doesn't have his yet is the only one to post a pic. I'm excited, what can I say?!? What time frame did they give ya?
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 01:57 PM
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kent said around 8 weeks.
hope to have it by the end of march.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 02:22 PM
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 06:22 PM
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Of all the guys on here with ducks boats, the guy that doesn't have his yet is the only one to post a pic. I aint done with it yet  The other one   My fishing/duck hunting  Just because it is little is no indication of least 
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 06:27 PM
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"that's my jenny"  
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 06:51 PM
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Wal, is the grassed up one a Carsten Pintail?
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 07:38 PM
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Wal, is the grassed up one a Carsten Pintail? It is a Carstens puddler.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 07:56 PM
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 08:24 PM
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My, wanna be a pirogue... 
"Duck hunter's minds are like concrete. All mixed up and permanently set."
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 08:56 PM
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Nice. I have the Mallard. 
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 09:09 PM
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You wanna trade? I want one that is bigger. Let me be cleear here, a bigger boat. I either have to drop some tonage, give it to my wife or trade for a bigger one. The best option would be a combination of all three.
Last edited by wal1809; 02/10/15 09:09 PM.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 09:31 PM
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Lol. I might. There are times I wish I had the smaller style. I think about it.
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/10/15 09:35 PM
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Just because it is little is no indication of least Wayne you need a shoe spoon to get into that thing? 
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/11/15 12:53 AM
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Just because it is little is no indication of least Wayne you need a shoe spoon to get into that thing? that's cold
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/11/15 01:37 AM
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Guy
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Hey, now that is not cold, Wayne is a big fella, I just don't see him slipping into that thing without a little help. 
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Re: Lets see your duck boats
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02/11/15 01:50 AM
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STXHO
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nice rigs guys. I will get a pic of mine tomorrow. Im leaning towards gatortrax.
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