bob Petritsch
Active member
Since I've moved to NC I shoot open water in the Neuse River. I keep reading reports of people getting a mix of diver and puddle ducks.
I've decided to build a sneakbox(Zack Taylor Widgeon) to use as a layout boat on the big river and to shoot puddle ducks on the smaller inner creeks.
This is what I did on Long Island and figured it would work here too. Saturday I took my boat up a creek to see if I could find ducks and to do some speckled trout fishing. Did spook three pairs of puddlers but I seem to have a problem with the shoreline.
There is no low beach with low spartina here. There is no beach....the vegetation comes right down to the shore and the shore line is 3-4 feet deep right at the edge. The vegetation is HIGH, 5 feet tall or more right to the edge. Pretty much a monoculture of tall weeds. I'm thinking that a low sneakbox might look out of place along this type shore. I might be better off with a floating blind that I can grass up with native vegetation and park right up on the bank. Any thoughts on which way I should go?
I've decided to build a sneakbox(Zack Taylor Widgeon) to use as a layout boat on the big river and to shoot puddle ducks on the smaller inner creeks.
This is what I did on Long Island and figured it would work here too. Saturday I took my boat up a creek to see if I could find ducks and to do some speckled trout fishing. Did spook three pairs of puddlers but I seem to have a problem with the shoreline.
There is no low beach with low spartina here. There is no beach....the vegetation comes right down to the shore and the shore line is 3-4 feet deep right at the edge. The vegetation is HIGH, 5 feet tall or more right to the edge. Pretty much a monoculture of tall weeds. I'm thinking that a low sneakbox might look out of place along this type shore. I might be better off with a floating blind that I can grass up with native vegetation and park right up on the bank. Any thoughts on which way I should go?