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suitable boat?
Posted by alaskanfishguides on Jan 03 2006
Depends.
Where do you want to run? A deep v is very good for areas like Kachemak bay and cook inlet and even some of the larger lakes. It is difficult to hold a line on flowing water while back trolling however.
There are a couple of guides and other non-guide boats running a 20' Koffler Baybee, open skiff with a 35hp on the river. It certainly can be done, just have to be really good in a current.
Is this an open skiff or cabin (CC = Cabin?). This boat should do fine if you really watch the weather. In Cook Inlet, anyhow, the water can stand on end in no time at all, simply because the tide changed and is running against the wind. Thinks can get very nasty out there... I commercial fished for years on Cook Inlet. I've been in sustained 10 foot seas with water up to 20 foot in the middle rip. That wouldn't be very much fun in a 19 foot boat. Resurrection Bay is another possibility for great fishing and reasonable safety for a 19' boat. This is accessed from Seward.
The Kenai River has a 35 h.p. limit above river mile 4 and there isn't any fishing waters below that. None of the other rivers on the Kenai Peninsula are navigable to powerboats (at least fishing waters; the mouth of the Kasilof is deep enough for large boats, but there is a motor restriction for fishing.
Some of the Susitna drainage rivers can be used with larger boats, however I am not familiar with the regulations or the waters.
Likewise, the Bristol Bay rivers are tidal in the lower sections, however I have found gravel navigating the Nusagak/Wood around Dillingham with a Lund.
I can't say anything about Southeast Alaska, never been out in a boat down there.
I personally use a 20' Koffler Special sled. This is a welded aluminum open skiff with a detuned 35 hp outboard. It navigates the Kenai quite well and can fish Kachemak and Resurrection with relative comfort on a good day.
Hope that helps,
If you have any specific questions, shoot me an email efrench@acsalaska.net
Ed
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