shallow water boats
 

How many of yall have mudboats, tunnel hulls, or other skinny water boats? What do you have and how do you like it? No real reason for the question im just interested to see what people have and like.

18' gator-tail with 35hp gator-tail motor. Love it.

How wide is that? It has to be wide to hold both engines, and cc or tller?

Maybe im reading it wrong but i dont think he said he had dual gator tail engines.

oops, yes you are correct.

I have a 2011 gator Trax 19x54
Flats...With a MB 45... Love its my 5th gator Trax boat... I love them... I chase reds and there is nothing better for it.. Also now fish out of it... I've had them all and gator Trax is by far the best built... Attachment 31471

I have a old school GD boat and a GD 27hp Kohler. Great boat.

Have a 1850 gator trax with deck and a gtr35 on order. Should be here in 3 weeks

If anyone wants a 45 MB mine has less then 30 hrs.. I'm selling cause I ordered the new MB with reverse

Saw a beaver tail at cabellas yesterday

Which one are you in the pic cuz i mind fishin out that? Lol

Lol.. I'm actually in the water taking the pic...

20 ft Crawfish Skiff with a Prodrive & 13 ft Airboat with a 160 Lycoming.

My dad just bought a 18x54 pro drive cc boat with 36horse on it. Ain't even put it in the water yet. Gonna hit the Wax and Venice in it this winter.

My buddy has an 18x46 gator tail with a 35 gtr that has a stage 3 modd set-up and I love fishing out of it. I plan on buying the same set-up but the 52" extreme bottom in a couple years once my bay boat is paid off.

Just get a haynie. Cuz apparently you can get up in 1" of water in the marsh then run 120 miles out in 8' seas at 50+mph. Best of both worlds!

For them 8 footers, might wanna get the additional freeboard.

Does all of the extra wood in it help it float better?:rolleyes:

Maverick 18 hpxv and I love my boat!

I have a 18'X48" Aucoin with 36 prodrive. I love it for fishing the small ponds for reds.

17'x 42" alweld tunnel w/ 25hp Yam, 2 stroke (normal water heights in GC marsh) and a 18'x48" w/ a 36hp GD long tail...use the last one for mud flats and extremely shallow running. Haven't stuck it yet......heck of a set up for marsh hunting.

i have a 18' 42" tunnel hull with a 97 yamaha 25 thats had some minor work done to it, it gets up in 8 to 12 inches of water depending on the load not the best motor for the boat but still does everything i want if my 25 ever gives out i plan getting something with a little more behind it

18x42 weldcraft tunnel 40 merc, very little free board so it gets up in 3" and runs like a spotted azz ape.

Three-cylinder or two?



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3 cylinders, i had a 2 cyliinder and it was a good motor but not very strong

i had it on a 14 ft alweld and i miss that boat that motor on a 14 ft flat will straight up role for being a 25

when i bought the 18 ft the tunnel wasnt vented so i got that done and had to take it from a 13 pitch down to a 12 and its cupped hard enough to eat a bowl of gumbo now

it runs pretty good for an old 25 on a big boat

Those are some great motors, especially with 40 tohatsu carbs and some of that Cajun Christian magic dust.

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yeah i know what you mean he is a magician.

the only bad thing about the 40 carbs which i have is the fuel pump is on the middle carb.

on the original carbs the fuel pump is on bottom so you have to do some "fancy plumbing" thats a quote from the magician himself because i didnt even know it was 40 carbs.

thats the problem i ran into a couple weeks ago the way my hoses are run under the shifter linkage and the hose was gettin old and bein in such a bind it finally split while i was on the water and i had no idea what was goin on

18x38 GoDevil boat with 36 Prodrive.Not the best big water boat but hard to beat in the marsh.

Good to see all these boats. There is a red fish series about to start for mud motor boats and shallow water
Boats with engines no larger then 60hp... Going to be such a good tourney... Some big sponsors as well

I have a homemade 18' X 48 tunnel hull with a 90 hp Mercury Optimax that I use for running crab cages and trot lines and also to hunt with.


Warren

Ahem you haven't been in a Deep South Custom boat :shaking:

Lol... I hear ya my boy... I waiting on this tunnel to be finished you got coming I will prob be on the next list... If it does run good

Beavertail BT3 18 ft with a f70 Yamaha on the back.

Not a mudboat, but a great stump jumper... Propshaft is just below bottom of hull...

What exactly do you have? Got any other pics?

[QUO TE=Hydro ;40 6959]Not a mudboat, but a great stump jumper... Propshaft is just below bottom of hull...[/QUOTE]
That has to be one of the nicest setups I have seen on a smaller aluminium boat, not many people will put time and money you have into a smaller boat

That has to be one of the nicest setups I have seen on a smaller aluminium boat, not many people will put time and money you have into a smaller boat[/QUOTE]

Gee thanks. :-p


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Gee thanks. :-p Just because mine boat is pink don't mean it ain't nice.
But hydros boat is nicely setup. Maybe I can get him to do mine.

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Yours is like a pink cow the way it has the mange:D

G3 1652DK in Mossy Oak Shadowgrass...

That's a nice boat Hydro.

That really is a nice set up.

Thanks guys...

It fishes well and is easy on the pocketbook... Also a fun project rigging it out ...

Hydro

Yours is like a pink cow the way it has the mange:D[/QUOTE]

Lol. Not funny.


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40 merc with 60 carbs ported exhaust on 16-42 southfork it will get'r done!!

I will be picking up my new Mako 18 LTS Thursday. Looking forward to putting her in the water to see what it will do. Has a 90 Optimax with a 4 blade vengance stainless prop. They will complete the rig out hopefully tomorrow.

I really like your set-up what kind of prop you turning and what kind of speed do you get out of it. Is that 40 hard to control with the tiller handle?

SWC4 11p Powertech, 30 mph loaded (would like to try 3 blade, but holeshot is great with the 4), 40 is a piece of cake to handle...Yamaha has a steering friction adjustment, you can set it where you want...

Hydro

I'm running a 2036 Alweld Tunnel with a 4strok Merc 40 and poling platform on rear.

Also just hung a 13hp Honda surface drive that Dixie Mud Motors built for me to go on my homemade wooden boat. It's a low profile sneakboat that is 11ft long with a 48" bottom.

Throw mine in here ,20ft express with a tunnel hull with a 115 yamaha...she drafts 8 inches.Love a tunnel they ride like on rails.