I was about eighteen years old when I got interested in shooting and hunting. Shortly after I met a few freinds that were into duck hunting. They had small boats and used them to get into back marshes where the ducks frequented. Sometimes there was room for another and sometimes there wasn't. It didn't take long before I knew I would need a boat of my own if I wanted to get serious about this sport. My best hunting buddy, spotted this boat in his travels, and suggested we go partners on it. It was wide, stabile, and would make a great duck blind! The boat and trailer was $350.00 at the time but for a couple of teenagers, it was alot of money. We went for it, and we still own the boat today.
She's the most under rated boat of the fleet. We have had more good times, hunting, fishing, scallopping, clamming, crabbing and just messing around with this boat. She's an oddity in that she is very wide at the stern with a deep sloping square bow. She's a former "everglades style" air boat that has had the aircraft engine removed and is now powered by a small outboard. Being a heavy duty hull that would take the impact of airboat service she is very heavy in the bottom. Quite often we have had the whole crew to one side scooping big crabs and have never had to worry about capsizing.
Here, she is rigged with spotlights on the bow ready to go night crabbing. With two men on deck at the bow rail with crab scoops in hand, we ply the shallows after dark in search of tastety blue crabs. In a good evening, with a crew of four, we can pick 150-200 blue crabs in 1 low tide cycle. While two men scoop up front, one man guides the boat, while another sorts the catch and clears the nets