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Guys, I have not tried to reach the boat shed yet. I am afraid I will end up in the woods with no way back up the hill. I can walk on the snow it is solid ice. Maybe we get a thaw late this week.

The launch is locked out about 100yrds as of yesterday, expect it is further today. Even breaking ice only buys more frustration with the tide bringing ice back into the decoys as soon as the hole is cleared.

I bought the Refuge. Is was a year end sale on Rogers. Idk if other Drake jackets are different.

Bought myself a new Drake jacket. The inside of the liner sleeves is not slick, and is a PITA to slide over my hunting sweater. I will leave it with my MIL in March and have her sew in some sleeve lining. I sent a note to Drake, suggesting they address this in future designs. The outer coat...

The area I hunt is rather exposed. Virginia blind laws prevent us from hunting close to shore as the shore is locked up with blinds. Generally we must be 400yards from shore, which is why we are exposed. The next challenge is we hunt tidal waters, and the bottom is generally a minumum of 4ft...

Northern VA, 4deg right now. Can walk on the snow, on the ice cap. Afraid we will miss this weekend, the close of our season.

Tom, I will have to measure for you. The only dimensions I see in my FB album is the depth is 28". The hull is made from 3/4" bead and cove cedar, and the transom is 2" layed up Marine Plywood. No sponsons, transom is full width. Hull is a tank!

Cackler on Steroids I have had this hull for some 15yrs and have not touched it. See the story and pics on my FB album. A great start, wide open for whatever you can envision. When I first got it, my plan was a motor camper. Something that I could travel the Great Loop with John Bourbon...

I realized with the calandar change, that annual subscriptions are coming due..... renewed my DB.net subscription as well with the Donate link above.

I have a Scaup too. I would not consider it a grass boat as it is not a shallow hull. Not sure what Devlin specs it at, but it does have a V and is deepest in the midship.

I had scheduled all this week off from work, to hunt and putz around. It is a slow time, most folks are out and not much is happening. But the fronts are rolling through with high winds yesterday and today, so I have come to work to save the vacation for better hunting weather. I love my High...

My apologies, I read the posts, but missed the "Grass Boat" in the title of this thread!

Dave, In my opinion, all the options discussed would only be acceptable for me for a puddler rig. I have a 16ft Scaup, with a very large cockpit, and it is snug with 2 guys and all the decoys we haul (4dozen min). I could certainly add a dog, but to haul all this in a 13/14ft boat would not be...

John Bourbon had Diane make him gunnel bags that he uses for "short" long lines of puddlers She added a weight pocket on both ends. I am sure you could have her make them anyway you want them. She made me 3x3s and 3x4s and added them to her catalog. Dave Clark could also make you whatever...

I have the High and Dry breathables. First pair of breathables, as I always had the Cabelas SuperMags. I still have a couple pr of the SuperMags, but have not worn them since buying the High and Dry. My only complaint they have fixed since I bought mine was how the knee patches were attached...

Early on, before I opened the cockpit, I did use mine to gather decoys. Sat on the deck with a kayak paddle, it did not paddle well. It has chines, and a concave hull so it towed well, but did not paddle well, though did float me just fine.

I really liked mine, and as I noted on FB, and posted here on DBs, made several changes to make it work better for me. I used it for taking more decoys when I had only my BBSB and wanted to layout hunt. I could fit a few more dozen decoys and once deployed, I simply anchored it off where I...