swamp cadillac

[RC]

I have found the perfect boat I think for pig hunting float trips on these lazy rivers here at home. Also good for stretching fish lips as well.
  Really stable and weighs I think about 50 pounds. Paddles like a yak and holds a good bit of gear. took it on its maiden voyage today for white perch and ended up with fish and grits for a late breakfast. Can`t wait till August for some wma pig hunting with it.RC


 

[rastaman]

Cool looking caddy you got there RC!

[SlowBowinMO]

Most boats seem to be holes in the water you dump money into.  Not that one!  I like it.  

[darin putman]

RC I've thought about getting one of those, weighs in about 43#. I have used their longer guide canoes and love them, actually best I've ever paddled but heard somewhere they're not as stable. Your opinion please, as a lone hunter think they would be the ticket for me. Great looking rig by the way!!!!

[njloco]

Wish we had pigs up here, I have a Old Town Royalex canoe, it weighs 33 lbs. great for easy portage ! Good luck with yours RC.

[steadman]

Nice!!

[Sixby]

Kirk has an OldTown too and he made a set of pontoons for it. He says it is unbelieveably stable now. Might be an interesting addition/

God bless, Steve

[RC]

I`m gonna take the factory seat out and put a fold up seat in the bottom on a rubber mat so I can slide it out of the way. I can stand in this boat and cast. Taking the factory seat out and using the other will put a fella sitting much lower and decreasing the "tippy" factor. You can google guide 119 and there are tons of modifications a handy fella can do. I used a yak a lot last year fishing and a "family" style canoe on the river a few years ago. This boat is not as stable as the family 14, I had but paddles very good. In still water I`ll use a single paddle but in the river I will use a yak paddle.RC

[RC]

I have planned on floating the Altamaha for several years and hope to do so in the next year or two in a yak or canoe. Tons of wma land on both sides of the river. Will be over a 100 mile trip.RC

[Shinken]

     

Sweet and simple Brother RC!  Just like traditional archery!

Enjoy!

Shoot straight, Shinken

   

[glenbo]

Nice boat RC. I have an old town canoe that I bought at least 15 years ago. It has been on countless river float trips and is bombproof.

[Izzy]

I almost bought one this spring RC but the reviews claimed it was unstable. Id like to hear your review, a real deal woodsmans review.    

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Nice Rig RC.  I recently acquired a similar canoe but mine is fiberglass. I'm Looking forward to using it after the holes are patched.

[PebblePlacement]

Beauty!

[RC]

Izzy ,its not as stable as one of its longer wider cousins but just as in bows to gain for something often means giving up something as well. I wanted a boat I could paddle upstream with, haul a cooler full of ice and me and some must have overnight stuff and be easy to get in and out of. This one works. I would not say it is unstable. I can stand and cast in it.If I were to get in some trick water I would kneel and paddle. You would really have to mess up to get it to flip.
  I have noticed that most people that have not been in a yak or canoe me included expect them to be like a jonboat. They are not.I would buy again but I do not run rapids just lazy rivers and I have been paddling around in canoes and yaks for a few years.
  If I had no upstream plans I would go with one longer and wider. For me doing a lot of flatwater fishing and the ability to launch this puppy with one hand ...I love it. RC

[Hoyt]

Altamaha brings back many good ole memories...back before the power plant was there I spent a lot of time on it and the banks. Especially in what back then was called Dead River down from Grey's Landing on #1. Pulled some big ole titty bream and shell crackers you couldn't reach your hand around out of that place and one trip caught 10 large mouth that weighted 63lbs..and one was only 2 lbs. Used big old roaches about 6" long big long cane pole with about 100lbs test line 3' long or so and just pushed the roaches (shinners..for others) back in the willows and roots then pulled the bass back out hand over fist with the pole. Weren't no deer season back then.

Nice boat..careful standing up in it...that Altamaha can get frisky in spots.

[Pat B.]

RC, you are the ultimate outdoorsman !

[RC]

Hoyt. I`ve killed turkeys in Moody Swamp across from dead River that gobbled at the loudspeaker at the nuke plant. Last year dead river dried completely up. this year its been full longer than I can remember. Public land right across from it.I`ve been on that River for 40 years.Gods country. I would not stand in it in the River. only on "still" water. The way to stay alive in the river is to be scared of it. WE call your bass fishing method "jigger poling".My buddy Chris Spikes is a Master at it.

 

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