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Hull scratches!

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January 3, 2019 at 3:17 pm #466284

Redngoo
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bwp777 wrote:

I failed to add that you should have it gator lined or whatever they call it. you may lose a bit of speed but you should never have to
worry about the bottom again

I fish a river system and live in ala. Currently i have a few here and there scuffs and scratches but not bad. But when it gets bad enough i cant stand it or jeapordizrs the intergrity i will be headed to toledo bend!!

January 3, 2019 at 4:10 pm #466285

schodackbassman
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Cajunhunter67 wrote:

Bass Cat Boats wrote:

Most damage from stumps is from rebar and propeller or skeg parts in those stumps.

That is not normal and those are not from loading. Loading scratches run parallel as you load in that direction, these are every which direction and are not a controlled scratch from most seen. Those are rocks, and stumps when crossing who knows what areas.

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I fish a lot of stump areas. Slide off them all the time. Stumps tend to leave the bottom with scuffed marks. (old stumps).
They do not look like loading scratches, as the impact would be focused in a more specific area. That is a broad area of scratches and some are side to side.
The scratches I do have are from rocks, and the occasional rebar stuck near a pier underwater by an a$$ home owner.

BTW, That can all be repaired and none of it shows exposed fiberglass.

OK – Stupid question from a brother back east who fishes natural lakes/rivers with no stumps. Why in Gods name is there rebar in stumps?! How does it get there and why? Can understand parts of a prop that hit the stump but rebar?

January 3, 2019 at 4:15 pm #466286

Bearkat
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People use it to mark stumps. They will typically slide a piece of pvc over it. Problem is, when the lake comes up the pvc can float off the rebar making it hard to see.

January 3, 2019 at 4:20 pm #466287

Bass Cat Boats
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It is hard to drive a chisel pointed piece of fleixble PVC in a stump to mark it. They could in some cases drive it into the bottom, though prefer to mark the stump with a piece of 3/8″ rebar that is handy, cheap and efficiently hammered into the stump. Then the PVC jacket is slipped over it loose, and it slips off in waves and high water action as noted. The rebar is often then at a foot and a half (18 ” ) to 6″ out of the stump,and it gouges the hulls and has been known to be very nasty to a .78″ aluminum hull.

January 3, 2019 at 4:51 pm #466288

schodackbassman
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OK. Locals tend to use Clorox bottles back here to mark a lay down or what on Champlain we call “dead heads” which usually consists of a trunk of a large tree that may be out near or in channel. They just tie them to tree. They (dead head and/or bottle) don’t always survive year to year because of ice movement. Damn things can move year to year. Got a bunch as way points so I don’t hit them when water drops but they aren’t always in the same place the next year. When I see out of stater’s roaring down through Mills Creek and Singing Cedars area I hold my breath.

January 4, 2019 at 1:19 pm #466289

Cajunhunter67
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We have some home owners who will drive rebar around their pier below the water line. Some reason they think their pier is special and shouldn’t have boats fishing it.
I have seen that rebar do some ugly work on glass boat hulls. Especially when hit by a wake and the hull comes down on it.

January 4, 2019 at 9:07 pm #466290

Bearkat
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That is ridiculous Cajunhunter! I don’t understand some people.

January 5, 2019 at 3:42 am #466291

oldtimer57
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Doesn’t look like bunk damage to me. They are generally in a straight line, front to back. Those are in places where a bunk can’t reach. Really looks like bottom contact with rocks or something. The scratches go all the way out to the edges of the bottom, places where the bunks can’t possibly contact…

If ALL you hit is stumps, I would start watching them. I found a few many years ago where some shallow-minded person decided to drive sharpened railroad spikes into the tops of stumps to keep fishermen away…

January 5, 2019 at 4:46 am #466292

BamaCat
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That’s going to need some serious work.

January 5, 2019 at 5:15 am #466293

Elwood
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I also would remind people that duck hunter also put a lot of metal in the water around their blinds for the robot ducks and to build blinds. Old blinds leave a lot of hull hazards in the water. I have had some serious damage to the bottom of my boats from fishing duck blinds. Just another thing to look out for.

January 5, 2019 at 9:55 pm #466294

Bass Cat Boats
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that isn’t actually that hard of a repair as bcb and cajun said. just time, gelcoat, sandpaper, ibuprofen, and a shoulder. i’d guess 1000 cash- more if insurance playing.

January 6, 2019 at 4:06 am #466295

Ccfish
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Looks like beaching scratch’s to me or rubbing the bottom in some shallow water. Stumps alone usually dont tear up the bottom that bad and i would imagine rebar or large rocks would actually do more chipping damage along with the scratches. Some of the bigger ones could be from the metal brackets on the sides of the rollers if the inserts on them are broken allowing the roller to fall down some. Good luck man hope you get it figured out.

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January 6, 2019 at 1:11 pm #466296

1stinLA
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Stumps can do tons of damage to gelcoat, as stated before friction is a beast. The darker colors show it a lot more than the others, and black is the worst. A little scratch on white or light gray is not even noticeable, but that same scratch on black looks almost like it is destroyed. I had tons of scratches like yours on a gray bottom, and until I actually put a small hole in the hull a few years ago at Rayburn I did not even notice them. I went with the Gorilla hull from Toledo fiberglass when I had it repaired and have not worried about it since.

January 7, 2019 at 5:41 pm #466297

Macsimus
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Ventured down to the Red River for an FOM National quite a few years ago. Found some submerged rebar, the hard way, idling back into McDade in Pool 5. That stuff will sure leave an ugly gouge in your hull.

Footnote: our winnings did not cover our expenses. 🙂
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