Go Devil 1844 rounded chine

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Justin DeChirico

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Hey all, just curious if anyone had any experience or input regarding the stability of the Go Devil 1844 with rounded chine when standing and shooting or fishing. I’ve spent a lot of time in an 1860 with square chine and that hull is a beast. You may as well be on dry land she’s so stable. I’d been holding out for a phowler or seaark or something similar but there’s a good deal on an older 1844 I found that might work well. Where I hunt at is mainly stumpy lakes, rocky rivers, or covered in oysters so a tough hull is a must. I’ve been reading everything I could find about these hulls (which isn’t much) but I’d greatly appreciate any real world experience, positive or negative, that anyone has. Thanks in advance.
 
Justin DeChirico said:
Hey all, just curious if anyone had any experience or input regarding the stability of the Go Devil 1844 with rounded chine when standing and shooting or fishing. I’ve spent a lot of time in an 1860 with square chine and that hull is a beast. You may as well be on dry land she’s so stable. I’d been holding out for a phowler or seaark or something similar but there’s a good deal on an older 1844 I found that might work well. Where I hunt at is mainly stumpy lakes, rocky rivers, or covered in oysters so a tough hull is a must. I’ve been reading everything I could find about these hulls (which isn’t much) but I’d greatly appreciate any real world experience, positive or negative, that anyone has. Thanks in advance.
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Its been my experience that stand up to shoot stability doesn,t start till 48" bottom width in aluminum boats. Of course the wider the better. Now just general riding stability 44" is fine . The rounded chines were made for mud running in the Go Devil boats.
 
Kris Schaumburg said:
I've owned a bunch of 18x44. Are you hunting shallow water? Go devil makes some really nice spuds that we use down here
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Never considered that a spud pole would do more that just anchor and that they actually assist with stability but that makes perfect sense. Most of what I'd hunt with this boat is knee deep or less. A lot will be tucked up along banks and marshes and such. It'd also be just me or one other person 99% of the time.
 
Justin DeChirico said:
Never considered that a spud pole would do more that just anchor and that they actually assist with stability but that makes perfect sense. Most of what I'd hunt with this boat is knee deep or less. A lot will be tucked up along banks and marshes and such. It'd also be just me or one other person 99% of the time.
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Spud poles make anything insane stable. Even my kayak i spud pole down when I hunt from it. I can borderline stand up once spud poles are set up on my kayak, but I just shoot like a layout position. When i spud pole down my aluminum, it doesnt even rock side to side. One in the back and one in the front and its as solid a platform as boat dock. I use them a lot when over night fishing for catfish and I can run all over that boat without even thinking twice. When you got a run of flat head and every pole is bouncing, it can get chaotic in a hurry. If the boat doesnt have spud pole holes, they make some that go to the rail system on boats. Many different after market manufacturers for them. If you dont want to do that..... You can buy some very large carabiners and put one on the front of the boat where the trailer winch latches and one off the back where the trailer tie down is and run your spud poles through the carabiner. On my very first boat, thats what I did and had pretty good success. The boat does sway side to side a bit, as there a bit of play in the carabiner, but stability is a non issue.

Spud poles are kind of hard to come by, but I have found heavy duty dig posts do very well and they are heavy enough to hold any boat anchored up. They are kind of heavy though, but i just keep two in my gun box on my boat. The dig bar also doubles as a nice ice breaker as well. Something like this...


homedepot.com/p/Husky-69-in-Post-Hole-Digger-and-Tamping-Bar-34219/204168182?g_store=3502&source=shoppingads&locale=en-US
 
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