wfconnelly
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I am in possession of a mold for improved hull on Humboldt Bay designed skull boats. It would be a form needing some repairs as in rough shape. I also have tops and bottoms to several duck boats that were never finished in perfect shape. My father Don Connelly built probably around 50 of these fiberglass skull boats in the 1990's.
Many a limit were shot out of my two man boat here in Northern California. Is there any interest as I am getting up in age and want to find them a home. Still need to find a home for the boats.
Sculling for ducks and geese is very rewarding after you learn a few tips. Calm days light wind and you can catch them sleeping and come out of the sun right into them. Geese that have not been sculled on are easy the first time. Ducks if rafts of hundreds are difficult but you in open water can work an angle as they will swim out of range usually allowing you after a while to cut the raft off and get decent shooting. I have shot many a limit doing that. Fog you must be really silent as waterfowl are on edge and easily spooked. Sometimes high winds can be used to push the boat into the rafts but you must start against a protected area such as a levee or wind break let the wind push you into them. After shooting an electric motor should be used for retrieval and return to the wind break. It is rewarding if done right or can be dangerous if wave come over the stern. Sometimes on a single or pair of ducks they keep out of gun range as I sculled I would flash my hand above the boat in a circle every few minutes, Ducks get curious make mistakes and you can scull into range. I have bumped sleeping sprig with the boat then missed them as so cool to see them wake up and take off.
Many a limit were shot out of my two man boat here in Northern California. Is there any interest as I am getting up in age and want to find them a home. Still need to find a home for the boats.
Sculling for ducks and geese is very rewarding after you learn a few tips. Calm days light wind and you can catch them sleeping and come out of the sun right into them. Geese that have not been sculled on are easy the first time. Ducks if rafts of hundreds are difficult but you in open water can work an angle as they will swim out of range usually allowing you after a while to cut the raft off and get decent shooting. I have shot many a limit doing that. Fog you must be really silent as waterfowl are on edge and easily spooked. Sometimes high winds can be used to push the boat into the rafts but you must start against a protected area such as a levee or wind break let the wind push you into them. After shooting an electric motor should be used for retrieval and return to the wind break. It is rewarding if done right or can be dangerous if wave come over the stern. Sometimes on a single or pair of ducks they keep out of gun range as I sculled I would flash my hand above the boat in a circle every few minutes, Ducks get curious make mistakes and you can scull into range. I have bumped sleeping sprig with the boat then missed them as so cool to see them wake up and take off.
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