Let's see your boat!

[coholips]

Curious whether you fish your plugs naked or behind a flasher or use a dummy?
Thanks

Naked....no flasher....no dummy....6" Tomic with pins pulled and threaded through

 

[High Time]

Naked....no flasher....no dummy....6" Tomic with pins pulled and threaded through

Thanks for coming back.Used to fish plugs years ago and have been meaning to give them a try. Bait is such a pain.
.Cheers

 

[coholips]

Thanks for coming back.Used to fish plugs years ago and have been meaning to give them a try. Bait is such a pain.
.Cheers

Last time I fished plugs was early 90's. My fishing partner has got me totally back into it. We've had great success so far in September

 

[prodjsaig]

Its a 08 115 that i picked up last summer with 396 hrs on it. Its been awesome on the boat. I guided out of these hulls with 90's but had to run them at Wot to get 26 mph. 4200 on the yammie gets me there .

Nice. 115 is very popular I had a 2002 mercury 115 2 stroke which was pretty much brand new on a 89 18' Malibu 175. Yamaha make good 4 strokes. Ide only buy a yamaha or suzuki. Yours looks good. But to me when you get in to the 200s yamahas look funny. Weird slot on them. Kind of silly but I like looks as much as quality. So for a 200 ide prob get a suzuki.

 

[ILHG]

Absolutely love my Hewescraft. It's a solid adventure boat. Somthing the whole family loves. I was fishing out of Commox this summer and weather was amazing

 

[Bearded wonder]

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Absolutely love my Hewescraft. It's a solid adventure boat. Somthing the whole family loves. I was fishing out of Commox this summer and weather was amazing

Were you camping at Pacific Playground? Your boat looks familiar

 

[ILHG]

Were you camping at Pacific Playground? Your boat looks familiar

Yes sir. I was there the last couple weeks of July and first few days of August. I had my boat in a slip on the north side. Boats name is "Rippin Lips"

 

[GLG]

Yes sir. I was there the last couple weeks of July and first few days of August. I had my boat in a slip on the north side. Boats name is "Rippin Lips"

And he was fully vaxxed because it's the right thing to do for your neighbors.

 

[Corey_lax]

And he was fully vaxxed because it's the right thing to do for your neighbors.

This isn’t the covid thread. Simmer down now

 

[Bearded wonder]

Yes sir. I was there the last couple weeks of July and first few days of August. I had my boat in a slip on the north side. Boats name is "Rippin Lips"

We were your neighbors for a bunch days one weekend. Thanks for the great tips regarding jigging. We tried it and limited out.

 

[ILHG]

We were your neighbors for a bunch days one weekend. Thanks for the great tips regarding jigging. We tried it and limited out.

I remember you man. That's awesome!!

 

[myles]

 

[Rain City]

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God that boat

 

[plunk]

This just arrived in August. I'm looking forward to many adventures.

 

[ab1752]

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Looks GD full of fish!

 

[Adler]

We went with a Raider, have been enjoying up and down the island since June.

 

[TMan]

16.5' Cope designed "Barkley Sounder".
Only a few trips out so far. Just a couple cruises. No fishing or fish on the deck yet.

 

[Bifmalibu]

16.5' Cope designed "Barkley Sounder".
Only a few trips out so far. Just a couple cruises. No fishing or fish on the deck yet.

Did you build this boat? What's it got for power? Have you been in a good chop in it? I love those hulls, I'd love to build one someday.

 

[TMan]

I did build it myself. Took a while longer than I thought it would.
It seems to ride well in the chop, but remember that it is really just a skiff so I'll always need to keep a sharp eye on the sea and weather conditions.
I have not had it in the chop for too long, just while crossing to Active Pass a couple of times. It was breezy, but not stormy. And of course lumpy because of the tide. It went well and has a
fairly dry ride. My console is a bit forward, which may make life a bit rougher. I've seen similar sized boats with consoles further back. That might be smoother.
Power is from a Tohatsu MFS 60.
I've had it up to 29kts. But cruise it at 18-21. Might need a different prop. But so far, so good.

 

[TMan]

Oh, and this boat is a bit wider than what Mr. Cope used to build himself. He added chine flats on both sides for the design. I think it is an extra 4" per side.