deadrise

[shorebound08]

thinking about a deadrise for fishing, crabbing, and rec. Any ideas(other than not even getting involved)

[TOP BANNANA]

After using a center-console (glass) to make 28 trips off-shore out of hatteras and rudee. It finally occured to me.
Those deadrises have been around for years and they are still going and will take any thing that is thrown at it.
Now i had to have one, after searching for 2-years down every road that leads to the chesapeake. I found it.....
I lucked out, this one had always been used as a charter, not a work boat. 38' , chevy v-8 (i used to race these, know
them inside out) dual station hydraulic steering, etc. Etc. Etc. As a plus this is the most stable fishing platform i
have ever been on. The space and casting room is great. Also the storage is a plus. On mine the fuel economy is very
good...............on the down side...you will need a slip, plus an annual hauling and bottom painting. Also being a wooden boat with age you will be constantly fixing or repairing something...me..i love it, don't want anything else..you will
have to weight the pro's and con's and decide for yourself......

[docjr03]

thinking about a deadrise for fishing, crabbing, and rec. Any ideas(other than not even getting involved)

Do you have a house on the bay, will you be trailering, or keeping it at a marina? How much boat experience do you have? where and how often will you be using it? what size are you looking at?

[Ginger]

I have run a deadrise for ten years out of Windmill area. Winter rockfishing is a breeze and so is spring trophy season. Spanish are great any day of the summer, Weather really isnt a consideration with a 32 foot wood boat. Some days are just better than others.. Gas is a factor. I burn 5 gallons an hour with a V8 GM block 5.7L gas engine. I carry all my spare parts and a coffee pot.. tanks hold 90 gallons of gas. As i get older, the ability to ride through the swells is a lot more comfortable than pounding over them, nothing rides as well as a bay-built deadrise. You do need a 7" grinder and a random orbital sander and some old cloths to copper the bottom every spring.