Recent content by GaryRI

I don't often shoot them (or woodcock) because they are so small but I find bufflehead breasts blackened rare taste just fine without the extra soaking procedures. That said I place them on their backs or gut them as soon as retrieved. I haven't plucked a duck in years but I cook puddleduck...

Key to making the Old Town work for me is sitting on the bottom. I bought it with that in mind. I think they are too darn short to sit high. Might work for a canoe expert but not me. The Old Town only weighs 33#. And like Germang says a canoe open configuration makes carrying gear easy. My most...

I picked up an Old Town Pack Canoe, took the seat out of it, sit on a cushion on the bottom and use a kayak paddle. It is perfect for short distances, carrying a dozen or so decoys & my 35 pound semi-tame fidgity Boykin. With weight so low it is very stable.

I am in Rhode Island and looking to swap the Ultramag. I put a walnut stock on it and glass bedded the fore end. I never really wrung it out & bought a Savage 220 so it doesn't get used. I also have rifled barrel 870 20 that is a dedicated slug gun so I just don't need a 3rd backup. This...

Anyone got a pair of size 10 insulated bootfoot early season waders for sale? Prefer breathable & not neupreme. I can't find any size 10s that are on sale.

Buffered aspirin. I've used rymydyl but sparingly. Not as an every day thing.

re: beak repair with pine (I think you said) Why didn't you use something like bass? Were (are) Bean decoy heads made with pine?

Re: Holes in transom - using 3/4 inch plywood, perhaps sandwiching the aluminum, anchored in place with 5200 or Marinetex and thru bolted with 4-6 fasteners should sturdy up the stern. Re: broken flotation pod welds - a 25 HP OB strikes me as a lot of power for an older aluminum boat no matter...

Re: bottom color I read something once that recommended black for a bottom color. Then if you throw out a decoy at zero dark thirty that ends up bottom up it isn't a big deal. I fantasize about rigging the decoys I use in my boat (where weight less of a factor) with enough weight that...

Adding "stuff" to a 16' boat I think you need to be wary of weight as well as cost creep. I'd go with exterior grade plywood reasonably protected and be happy with something that meets my needs for 4 or 5 seasons. Think of it as a working prototype. Later you can upgrade to different...

What is the color of "final" coating on the bottom?

From my observation coating plywood with resin (w/o any woven glass involved) might be long term ineffective (depending on your definitions of long term and ineffective). I have 1998 built 23' w/175 OB that has a walk around small cabin. It has always been used in salt water, on a mooring four...

I have a couple 80s vintage Olts & use them all the time.

For very small water I want something drag"able". Sportspals are very light but the sponsons "hang up". I find my 10' (w/seat removed) to be a reasonable compromise & because of the open canoe profile - plenty of room or a couple dozen plastic decoys.

My rack will have a northern exposure & living in coastal Rhode Island I would have to strap down everything on the rack. Doug - I think I found the racks you use here: www.packemracks.com. For 30 bucks or so pretty economical. Also a plus that they pivot out of the way when not in use but what...