Have a decision to make this off-season with my boat. Got it welded up after the subfloor rubbed a hole through the bottom. Discovered what I already figured, which is that the bottom near the back is very thin. This complicated the welding efforts. Have it patched up now but know it’s just a matter of time before I hit the wrong logjam and she leaks again. With my kids getting old enough to go with me I’m considering getting a motor with reverse. I don’t want to scare them going down river and having to run into stuff to get stopped when i zig when I should’ve zagged. For reverse with a mud motor, I’m thinking I’ll need a tall transom boat (current is short transom) to prevent backwash over the transom when in reverse. So, having said all of that, considering selling my current setup and getting another go devil 1844 with round chine but tall transom and a go devil FNR motor. But my goodness are the proud of them now. For what I have in my whole setup I couldn’t even buy a motor today.
Unrelated, I worked June on some caged quail today and her nose really seems to be getting strong. May try to run her with my dad’s pointers next weekend to see if she can pick up the game from them. Dad said they moved 3 coveys yesterday, which is a big day for our farm after the timber cutting operation this September. No doubt june would already have it down if I could work her more often but so it is.