Just following up after a few months of use after the restoration.
This boat is AMAZING! I have gotten a lot of hours on her, sometimes every day when I was laid off from work and the fishing was good here in NJ. MPG is great with this engine, plenty of power. The boat did well out front and through the inlet on many striped bass trips this spring. I got my biggest striper to date, picture below, the fish measured 49.5 inches and released, maybe 50lbs, I will never know. I also got my biggest to date on one of my custom plugs at 43inches also pictured. We got plenty of keeper fluke to make fish tacos and Civiche with this spring as well, the boat raises fish!
I added the Frigid Rigid. Check these coolers out, google them, they are the best! I was lucky to find this one used. Picture below
I had the boat out of the water this week for a mid season clean up, oil change, powerwash and apply some of the AlexSeal polymer. I also repainted the bottom as build up was accumulating even though I painted it this spring.
Permatrim is doing great. Last week back from the sandbar heading in to a 20knt south wind we could get down to about 12knts planing speed when the chop kicked up to uncomfortable, i'm happy with that.
Here are some pictures taken last week at the sandbar and one from the spring with the bass. I can't say enough for this do it all boat, great ride, sits in the slip 24/7 no problems easy to use. The AlexSeal is holding up great, transom is doing well. I hope everyone is enjoying their 2020 season! Seeya on the water!
- Tom
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