He needs a little kodiak on there. Boy do I miss my tin boat.

nice, what size/make boat

Yeah you,ll love it ............ get you to where you want //within reason & for cheap ;
I really hope to use mine alot more this year .....................Its been just about a strictly holdover tin rig .. kept saying I was going to get it to fish PJ in 2011 . never got there .

I have a 16' Duranatic w/ a 2 y/o Mercury 30HP 4-stroke .............. Ok I blew up the 4-stroke Honda that came with it .
I bought it from someone on this site some years ago /he had it in better than new shape ,But that,s over with .

I have to decide [real] soom what I,m doing with the Sea Hunt . I have to let the dealer know if I,m fixing the 150 or repower w/ a 2012 4-stroke 150 by the end of the year to get the boat show incentive ><><>><:confused:

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Jay are those tiagra 80s?

Fin-nor Santiago 80wides on CMS Chatham specials.
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Hey Jay you and your family have a great holidays

Thanks Paul - best to your family as well.
Next season no mid-season cottage projects!
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Tautog's ride.
I just borrow it every now and then....

'Valhalla Rising' early 90's 29ft Blackfin.
She's proven her self repeatedly as a great sea boat for the slop we get around here...
And while it doesn't raise marlin, it raises Wahoo like a bastard...

:drool::drool:

You got into any monsters with those?

I'm resisting the temptation to buy tiagra 130s when I have a couple of perfectly good old generation 2 speed Penn 80s.

MY RIDE
 

2000 Sea Fox 230WA 175hp Johnson Ocean Pro. 1st year with her and lovin it. Stepping up next year, got a slip reserved and under deposit. Cant wait

No real sea monsters with them, but they've been solid on decent fish.

I wouldn't trade what you have for the 130's - just add the bigger ones to the arsenal when you can. You can never have too many tuna rods...(especially if you start doing things like a dedicated kite rod with braid)
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Now that's a fact....and this Fl sun beats the h$ll out of them also....

I have two single speed 130s. One is a dedicated kite rod.

I had 1 fish season before last that got down near the bottom of the spool and scared the crap out of me, seemed like a monster but I broke off without seeing it, so who really knows. Since then I Ditched the Dacron and went to 600 yards of 200lb hollow, and a 150 yard mono top shot - that's as much capacity as a 130 with 200 Dacron plus top shot, so no more worries.

Load up the 80's - you can really make a mess with 4.
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Bo Love your new boat,looks great !

Thanks Mark. The thing is a tank and will be able to take some much bigger water than the Scout.

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Buckman,only time I ever see ur boat is when there is a large tuna on the deck !

130 for kite reel
 

Question, what is the advantage of using a 130 for a kite reel?

We use 50's and they work fine. If it's blowing 40 knots and your kite is up it's a problem bringing it in. We lost 1 last year while hooked up because we couldn't get the kite in.We won't use kites in winds like that again. lol
If I was going to use a 130 I would just spend the $$$ on an electric set up.

By kite rod - i meant the 130 tuna rod with the bait on it is loaded with braid (just the top 200 yards) - it flies alot easier than 200 lb mono and you can keep your baits up on lighter wind days.
I set up a 50W and an 80W this way.
I just use a 6/0 star drag with braid to fly the kite itself.

thanks Jay, that clears it up.

Black seacraft,known to hit sandbars

That's the way we set up too Jay.

Hope we see it out there more next year!

nice looking rig marky - take me for a ride next year

Love to get you out there this yr Niko so you can show me how it's done. Buckman this is the year lets get em :)