deep drop 3-30-08

miamiangler1 · 03-30-2008, 06:57 PM

well it`s been 6 months since I had my boat out ... took it for her first sea trial after refurbashing the whole boat ... all went well except the depth finder had some issues! So had to relie on my trusty GPS to hit the spots took about a hour of bumping bottom to find one small golden tile

... not even sure what depth I was in but by the size must have been shallower then I normaly fish ... started late so didnt plan to stay out long after I had my legal limit of one tile fish

figured might as well go for the usual roseies

the way I always do

.....managed to nail 8 of them ... looked like rain so called it a day ... didnt find any Dolphins .. but heard someone caught a 60 lbs king !

Disco Lady · 03-30-2008, 07:14 PM

COÑO!!!!!!! Better than a kick in the ass! willie,

miamiangler1 · 03-30-2008, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disco Lady

COÑO!!!!!!! Better than a kick in the ass! willie,

Cono~ it`s good to get back out on the water , missed my ride ... but she like new ... solid .. at least the engine didnt fall off .

..figured on taking her in the bay , but then I said what the heck ... hit some good waves ... no cracks

... used stuff called Sea Cast for the transom ..all I can say is solid like a rock! Also wanted to try out a new powerhandle from Reel Colors .that I put on my Penn6/0 .. all I can say is it makes cranking in the line a dream ... now I`m ready for

a nice swordie

B767 · 03-30-2008, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miamiangler1

Cono~ it`s good to get back out on the water , missed my ride ... but she like new ... solid .. at least the engine didnt fall off .

..figured on taking her in the bay , but then I said what the heck ... hit some good waves ... no cracks

... used stuff called Sea Cast for the transom ..all I can say is solid like a rock! Also wanted to try out a new powerhandle from Reel Colors .that I put on my Penn6/0 .. all I can say is it makes cranking in the line a dream ... now I`m ready for

a nice swordie

Good Luck W..............

jvtuna · 03-30-2008, 10:51 PM

How did you get the old Transom out before you used the seacast? Over at Classic Mako we have had quite a few discussions on that subject.

miamiangler1 · 03-30-2008, 11:01 PM

well cut an opening on the inside leaving 3in of fiberglass border ..and on the outside I cut out a 6in by seven in hole ... that was being covered by an engine backing plate anyway ...all around the lower part came out in half hour of work ..most of it was muck ... the upper half took more time with drill bits and chisel about two weeks .... wound up cutting some of the top cap out also ... was a lot of work but well worthit ... just followed what was written on their web site ...

jvtuna · 03-31-2008, 12:22 AM

So did you pour seacast to form new topcap and then glass over?

miamiangler1 · 03-31-2008, 06:45 AM

No I used all of the parts I cut out ... poured in the seacast you have 20min working time ... takes two people .. and you have to have everything ready before you mix the stuff .... after I poured it ...I tucked a piece of fiberglass on top of the seacast .. while still wet it will bond with the fiberglass material .. after it is set .. waited 48 hours then fiber glassed the top cap back on ...it was very easy to do ...

Catch-All · 04-01-2008, 12:27 PM

Willi - congrats on your "new" ride ! I'm glad you at least caught dinner when you were out there.

I sorta know the feeling of pride you have on your massive boat repair. I did a massive upgrade on my boat in March 2003. New engines, new hydraulic steering, added a beefed up ttop & radio box, added two built-in tackle drawers, re-did and beefed up the transom, removed the shitty hatches and made my own leakproof hatch system, added three auxilary fuel tanks to increase capacity beyond the stock 80 gls, shitcanned all the plastic thru-hulls and went with bronze, shitcanned their bilge pumps and bait pump and went with hi-capacity Rule's, replaced their flimsy thin-wall hoses with thickwall sanitation grade hoses and put anti-backflow valves on all the bilge & baitwell hoses, shitcanned their crappy battery hold-downs and went with the massive ones sold by West Marine, ripped out all their shitty copper wiring and went with all tinned wiring, removed their flimsy Roll Control rodholders and went with extra heavy duty BlueWater Design rodholders, etc

Whew! I'm tired just from remembering all the work I did on that damn thing, but at least it is as maintenance-free as possible

Catch-All

miamiangler1 · 04-01-2008, 08:15 PM

I know I`m glad it`s all over .. only thing I didnt replace are the 22year old Beneit trim tabs

..after going to the boat show and seeing the prices of all the boats in 16-17 ft range and costing up to $30,000...I`m happy with the out come ..of course I would like a new engine ... but it still runs great !Now Hope the SAFMC doesnt make all fish in the ocean catch and release..like Gieger wants ..I`ll be fine !

Catch-All · 04-01-2008, 10:54 PM

Willi - skrew buying a new boat. Now seems to be the best time ever to get a great deal on a used boat. My friend just sold his 25 ft Seavee, w/ Yamaha and aluminum FLoat-On trailer for only $18 grand. Then he bought a SeaVee 31 inboard single diesel for a little less than $30 grand.

I wish to hell I had some spare change rattling around right now.

Catch

Disco Lady · 04-02-2008, 10:09 PM

Yup! I like that single diesel Sea Vee.

Catch-All · 04-04-2008, 02:41 AM

Disco - damn straight! Now if Contender would come out with a 31 Fisharound single diesel that would become my new dream boat.

Willi - I laughed my ass off when I read your Bennet trim tab comment. I didn't know you had such razor-sharp wit. My compliments.

Catch

03-30-2008, 06:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
miamiangler1 Grander Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: north miami, keystone point Boat: ,live bait ,deep dropping,swordfishing Best Catch: 7ft sailfish on 10#test with diawaBG20, 100#tarpon on 6#test baitcaster bass rod Occupation: selfemployed,real estate, painter,model builder Posts: 1,685	deep drop 3-30-08 well it`s been 6 months since I had my boat out ... took it for her first sea trial after refurbashing the whole boat ... all went well except the depth finder had some issues! So had to relie on my trusty GPS to hit the spots took about a hour of bumping bottom to find one small golden tile ... not even sure what depth I was in but by the size must have been shallower then I normaly fish ... started late so didnt plan to stay out long after I had my legal limit of one tile fish figured might as well go for the usual roseies the way I always do .....managed to nail 8 of them ... looked like rain so called it a day ... didnt find any Dolphins .. but heard someone caught a 60 lbs king ! Last edited by miamiangler1; 03-30-2008 at 07:00 PM..

03-30-2008, 11:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
miamiangler1 Grander Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: north miami, keystone point Boat: ,live bait ,deep dropping,swordfishing Best Catch: 7ft sailfish on 10#test with diawaBG20, 100#tarpon on 6#test baitcaster bass rod Occupation: selfemployed,real estate, painter,model builder Posts: 1,685	well cut an opening on the inside leaving 3in of fiberglass border ..and on the outside I cut out a 6in by seven in hole ... that was being covered by an engine backing plate anyway ...all around the lower part came out in half hour of work ..most of it was muck ... the upper half took more time with drill bits and chisel about two weeks .... wound up cutting some of the top cap out also ... was a lot of work but well worthit ... just followed what was written on their web site ... Last edited by miamiangler1; 03-30-2008 at 11:04 PM..

04-01-2008, 12:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
Catch-All Grander Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield Boat: DeepDropping, BottomFishing, Offshore Fishing, Beerdrinking Best Catch: 976 lb Manatee Occupation: Nuclear Safety Technician Posts: 1,108	Willi - congrats on your "new" ride ! I'm glad you at least caught dinner when you were out there. I sorta know the feeling of pride you have on your massive boat repair. I did a massive upgrade on my boat in March 2003. New engines, new hydraulic steering, added a beefed up ttop & radio box, added two built-in tackle drawers, re-did and beefed up the transom, removed the shitty hatches and made my own leakproof hatch system, added three auxilary fuel tanks to increase capacity beyond the stock 80 gls, shitcanned all the plastic thru-hulls and went with bronze, shitcanned their bilge pumps and bait pump and went with hi-capacity Rule's, replaced their flimsy thin-wall hoses with thickwall sanitation grade hoses and put anti-backflow valves on all the bilge & baitwell hoses, shitcanned their crappy battery hold-downs and went with the massive ones sold by West Marine, ripped out all their shitty copper wiring and went with all tinned wiring, removed their flimsy Roll Control rodholders and went with extra heavy duty BlueWater Design rodholders, etc Whew! I'm tired just from remembering all the work I did on that damn thing, but at least it is as maintenance-free as possible Catch-All __________________ http://100FFC.com AN RFA-AFFILIATED CLUB FOR BOTTOMFISHERMEN, SWORDFISHERMEN & DEEPDROPPERS Last edited by Catch-All; 03-12-2009 at 11:44 AM..

04-01-2008, 08:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
miamiangler1 Grander Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: north miami, keystone point Boat: ,live bait ,deep dropping,swordfishing Best Catch: 7ft sailfish on 10#test with diawaBG20, 100#tarpon on 6#test baitcaster bass rod Occupation: selfemployed,real estate, painter,model builder Posts: 1,685	I know I`m glad it`s all over .. only thing I didnt replace are the 22year old Beneit trim tabs ..after going to the boat show and seeing the prices of all the boats in 16-17 ft range and costing up to $30,000...I`m happy with the out come ..of course I would like a new engine ... but it still runs great !Now Hope the SAFMC doesnt make all fish in the ocean catch and release..like Gieger wants ..I`ll be fine ! Last edited by miamiangler1; 04-01-2008 at 08:17 PM..

04-01-2008, 10:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Catch-All Grander Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield Boat: DeepDropping, BottomFishing, Offshore Fishing, Beerdrinking Best Catch: 976 lb Manatee Occupation: Nuclear Safety Technician Posts: 1,108	Willi - skrew buying a new boat. Now seems to be the best time ever to get a great deal on a used boat. My friend just sold his 25 ft Seavee, w/ Yamaha and aluminum FLoat-On trailer for only $18 grand. Then he bought a SeaVee 31 inboard single diesel for a little less than $30 grand. I wish to hell I had some spare change rattling around right now. Catch __________________ http://100FFC.com AN RFA-AFFILIATED CLUB FOR BOTTOMFISHERMEN, SWORDFISHERMEN & DEEPDROPPERS Last edited by Catch-All; 03-12-2009 at 11:45 AM..

03-30-2008, 07:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Disco Lady Grander Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami, FL Boat: 37 Merritt Best Catch: (Blue Marlin)550 Lbs ST. Thomas (North Drop) Occupation: Charter Captain and Pimp! at night. Posts: 5,715	COÑO!!!!!!! Better than a kick in the ass! willie,

03-30-2008, 10:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
jvtuna Lines In Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orlando,Fl Boat: Mako Best Catch: Blue Marlin from Daytona,500+Released.We were in a 21 Wellcraft . Occupation: Electrician Posts: 81	How did you get the old Transom out before you used the seacast? Over at Classic Mako we have had quite a few discussions on that subject.

03-31-2008, 12:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
jvtuna Lines In Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orlando,Fl Boat: Mako Best Catch: Blue Marlin from Daytona,500+Released.We were in a 21 Wellcraft . Occupation: Electrician Posts: 81	So did you pour seacast to form new topcap and then glass over?

03-31-2008, 06:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
miamiangler1 Grander Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: north miami, keystone point Boat: ,live bait ,deep dropping,swordfishing Best Catch: 7ft sailfish on 10#test with diawaBG20, 100#tarpon on 6#test baitcaster bass rod Occupation: selfemployed,real estate, painter,model builder Posts: 1,685	No I used all of the parts I cut out ... poured in the seacast you have 20min working time ... takes two people .. and you have to have everything ready before you mix the stuff .... after I poured it ...I tucked a piece of fiberglass on top of the seacast .. while still wet it will bond with the fiberglass material .. after it is set .. waited 48 hours then fiber glassed the top cap back on ...it was very easy to do ...

04-02-2008, 10:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
Disco Lady Grander Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami, FL Boat: 37 Merritt Best Catch: (Blue Marlin)550 Lbs ST. Thomas (North Drop) Occupation: Charter Captain and Pimp! at night. Posts: 5,715	Yup! I like that single diesel Sea Vee.

04-04-2008, 02:41 AM	#13 (permalink)
Catch-All Grander Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield Boat: DeepDropping, BottomFishing, Offshore Fishing, Beerdrinking Best Catch: 976 lb Manatee Occupation: Nuclear Safety Technician Posts: 1,108	Disco - damn straight! Now if Contender would come out with a 31 Fisharound single diesel that would become my new dream boat. Willi - I laughed my ass off when I read your Bennet trim tab comment. I didn't know you had such razor-sharp wit. My compliments. Catch __________________ http://100FFC.com AN RFA-AFFILIATED CLUB FOR BOTTOMFISHERMEN, SWORDFISHERMEN & DEEPDROPPERS

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