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Post by biglakebass on Jul 24, 2017 22:09:11 GMT -6
I stumbled on some vids tonight from several years ago. My friend that I fished a number of tournaments with a handful of years ago has this one.
Goddam are they a crazy ride.
Brooks has one of these beasts. They are incredible river boats.
This is a damn cool vid on what they can do. I video'd a lot of rides in some crazy spots. I wish I was video taping the day we fucking spun 360 degrees and ended up on a fucking sandbar several feet from water!!!!!!!!! We had to call friends to come and help push the boat back to floatable waters.
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 24, 2017 22:25:16 GMT -6
Here is a CLASSIC for you southerners!
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Post by batman on Jul 25, 2017 19:48:17 GMT -6
Been riding one for 16 years. I love fishing rivers in my 7 man jet ski.
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Post by Foggy on Jul 26, 2017 7:01:59 GMT -6
Do you have to worry about sucking rocks or debris into the intake (like on a jet ski) ? Looks like those boats are made for you Brooks.
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Post by batman on Jul 27, 2017 7:49:28 GMT -6
I have picked a lot of rocks out of the intake when its on the trailer, usually from idling in shallow water. Surface weeds can be an issue - only one time for me. 45 mph through 4 inches of water and you often have the whole river to yourself.
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 27, 2017 8:12:29 GMT -6
Weeds are 10 times the issue over rocks in the intake.
4 inches(and even less) of clean water, and its free and clear of any other human contact for many hours on rivers. Pretty awesome.
River X in the video above is actually the Ottertail River in Fergus Falls. We ran that river for years, and gaurantee we were the only power boat that had ever seen that river.
DNR has now shut down pretty much every access point upstream of Fergus Falls because of us. Its kayak and tubing only now. They put Huge boulders at the access points.
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Post by Foggy on Jul 27, 2017 20:31:42 GMT -6
I've had a few rocks in the impellers on our jet ski's when we went into too shallow of water. PITA to get a few out again. Also kids sucked a ski rope into the intake.....and it took a few hours to cut it out. We stay out of the shallow water these days.....rocks are baaaad.
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Post by batman on Jul 27, 2017 21:19:10 GMT -6
Rocks are bad but weeds get you in your underwear in 45 degree water. Weeds stop the jet boat, rocks cause some cavitation until we get back to the boat ramp.
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Post by biglakebass on Jul 27, 2017 22:10:21 GMT -6
You dont have the stomp grate Brooks? Or the grate rake?
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Post by batman on Jul 28, 2017 6:37:25 GMT -6
You dont have the stomp grate Brooks? Or the grate rake? I have a bow fishing arrow for dislodging weeds and rocks. My boat is almost as old as Foggy and Art. Stomp grate was not an option. |
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Post by Foggy on Jul 28, 2017 7:18:34 GMT -6
You dont have the stomp grate Brooks? Or the grate rake? I have a bow fishing arrow for dislodging weeds and rocks. My boat is almost as old as Foggy and Art. Stomp grate was not an option. Back when Art and I were jet boating.....we didnt need no stinking stomp grates. We just dipped our oars. (I have no clue what a stomp grate is.....but I wonder if such an option could not be added to your boat Brooks? - do you get impeller damage from rocks sucked thru?) |
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Post by batman on Jul 28, 2017 7:23:00 GMT -6
- do you get impeller damage from rocks sucked thru?) Sure. But my original impeller and aluminum 'sleeve' got me 15 years. Guys in Alaska that really work their boat may go through 2 impellers per years and run tougher stainless steel sleeves. But they drive their boats over sand and rock bars if there is no water. When water gets that low I have a DVR's Vikes/Falcons game I like to watch. |
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