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Who on here owns a Gator Tail engine?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 4/9/15 at 6:28 pm
Inquiring minds want to know
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 7:05 pm to lsuson
Nhass, he hunted with us in Venice
Posted on 4/9/15 at 7:09 pm to LSUTiger205
I'm looking for someone with one who fishes for redfish quite a bit.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 7:43 pm to lsuson
Roger that, by the way. Gonna be down in Delacroix on 21-22 May if you want to come down.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 7:48 pm to LSUTiger205
Me. 35 GTR on 17/54 extreme series.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 7:53 pm to 2indapink
Do you fish for redfish much in it?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:09 pm to lsuson
Never owned. Driven one in joyce wma and its a beast.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:58 pm to lsuson
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Do you fish for redfish much in it?
Are you trying to sight fish with one? Those hulls are heavy and don't pole well. At 35hp surface drive is heavy as shite and you only get the shallow water capabilities while under power.
What is it exactly that you want to do with the boat? My dad has one, and when he want's to fish redfish he takes me skiff.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:00 pm to Barf
For a redfish tournament. I have a long tail. I started another thread about it
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:01 pm to lsuson
Just use the trolling motor
Posted on 4/9/15 at 10:48 pm to lsuson
I like my 18x54 GatorTail rig. Chased some reds back up into some shallow ponds last fall with good success. I like it for exploring new areas as I'm not as I'm not quite as worried about running over submerged objects. The square chine tracks a lot better under trolling motor power than my old round chine GD boat, but it's still a flat bottom rig that won't track like a fiberglass hull. We got 10" catwalks on our boat and they have been very useful while fishing. The only drawback is speed as I run +/-26mph with 2 ppl and fishing gear. That's with a stock 35GTR on a CC GT boat. Good luck.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 10:59 pm to lsuson
As soon as I get mine fixed I'll shoot you a text and we can go chase some reds. I moved closer to Nola so I'm only 15 minutes out fr the city now. I've been itching to get in some fish!
Posted on 4/10/15 at 7:07 am to nhassl1
you're trying to fish the gator tail tournament? I have access to two of them.....
Posted on 4/10/15 at 7:56 am to lsuson
Used to fish out of one a lot. I was back and forth between a nice surface drive rig and a flats boat. Ultimately, I found a flats boat with extremely low hours and all the bells and whistles for the price of a center console GT. It's much easier fishing out of a boat made for it (stability, noise, tracking, etc.), but there's definitely nothing wrong with fishing out of them. It gets the job done more than adequately.
Now that I sold my boat, I figure I'll be back to fishing out of one. Everyone I know with an inshore boat has a GT rig at the moment.
Now that I sold my boat, I figure I'll be back to fishing out of one. Everyone I know with an inshore boat has a GT rig at the moment.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 8:51 am to KG6
Yes. I want to fish that tournament
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:39 am to lsuson
[/URL][/img] I got DQ'd last year because the ***** from Terrebonne marine said this fish was over the 22" size limit.
Would have definitely placed.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 9:40 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:49 am to tigerbait703
Yep. What was our other fish, 21 7/8", around 7lbs? We would have definitely been top three. 
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:01 am to tigerbait703
ya'll aren't the only ones....
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:04 am to tigerbait703
Why is the slot 22" ?
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:09 am to tigerbait703
If you are going to fish redfish tourneys get a Check-it-stick. The day of, or day before the tourney ask for the official board, compare your board to theirs, and be sure you use the same technique they do for measuring. Tail pinched, or tail pinched and swiped, etc . This may seem petty or OCD, but it can be the difference between winning and not placing. TRUST ME!
And even after all this a fish can change lengths during the day, I’ve seen a perfect fish at the time I caught him be an over a few hours later at the weigh-in... Cost me lots of money!!!
And even after all this a fish can change lengths during the day, I’ve seen a perfect fish at the time I caught him be an over a few hours later at the weigh-in... Cost me lots of money!!!
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