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I get a little bit. I pull it once a year and hit it for about 5 minutes with a power washer and it's all good..

Lots of 26' North Rivers in my area.. I ran one for two seasons... Not impressed.

I leave my boat in the water 11 months a year.. And the harbor is hot from all the old commercial fishing boats. I have to replace zincs, but I've never bottom painted it.

That's an awesome boat!

A Pacific 1925 or 2025 with a 150 4 stroke is about as good as it gets, IMO. I recently went from a 90 to a 130hp engine on my 1925 Pacific and it really brought that boat alive! I scored a 130 Honda for cheap, and that was the reason for the upgrade. I'm thinking a 150 Honda 4 Stroke will be the ne...

I have a 2003 pacific and I don't have issues with fueling. I've ran enough North Rivers to know what a fueling problem is too...

Well guys, I decided to start my own little guiding service up here in Alaska, in addition to the charter work I do during the peak of the season. With the economy the way it is, I figured a few people would appreciate an alternative to the expensive charters available up here. I'm using my 1925v Pa...

My 19' gets 5-6gph at 4k RPM with a Honda 90. (22mph)

I'm going to toss a 130 or 150hp on it this fall though.

A walkaround is sure helpful if you are a charter guy in AK. Fishing four rods of the back in a 20kt wind, with a good tide, in 400ft of water will sure make you want to spread guys out. Get one halibut that wants to swim in circles on the way up and you'll have a tangle this will bring most men to ...

BUT. Your saying those boats at that lodge are indeed Pacific 26 footers? And what I'm amazed at if they are, is that if ya have enough "tourist $$" you can have completely customized ones built? One off's??? Because I think us "Labbers" and fellow Pacific owners will agree no o...

I was thinking about chairs too, as many of the people I take fishing are a bit older than I and 11 hours of fishing takes a toll on them. If they were removable, had the comfort of a lazy boy with a drink holder, they'd be in heaven......

That always gets me when I see many of the cold climate boats. So little cockpit room, and so much cabin. I'd want more fishing room and just enough cabin so to sit people for the ride out and in. I agree 100%. Missed that on my first read. The boat I'm spending 73 days in this summer is all cabin,...

A guy doesn't understand the conditions of SE AK until he's actually in them. I've been fishing in a SE 30Kt this week and the wind is soooo cold. I get hard core hunters/fishermen all the time who basically tap out after 3 days of fishing in foul weather. It's a good thing we have excellent fishing...

I crawled around in them, and the cabins were pretty bare bones, to my liking.. I'm curious what a WA7 would look like on that 26' hull... edited to add: I'd want the motors set back and I'd want the extra deck space from getting rid of the fix boxes. I can't stand cleaning built in fish boxes every...

Save you guys the trouble...

A lodge in my area (El Capitan) uses a 26' Pacific based off of the 28' Hull. I saw them in the Pacific factory when I went to visit. They look very nice and absolutely bulletproof. I almost want to go work for them just so that I can drive the boats. Google El Capitan lodge and you can see the boat...

welder wrote:For me................

Reason # 957 to buy alloy,
Must be able to hit dock or floating object at high speed then laugh about it .

Ain't that the truth!

I'm more concerned about the dock than I am about my skiff.

I can dock my skiff at mach 20, while talking on my cell phone. It takes me crashing into the dock a few times with my big charter boat to remember to slow down a bit....(grin)

Given how I see the government employees abuse boats up here, I'd never touch a gov boat unless it was just for the hull and even then I'd look at it very closely....... They run around red lining the boats burning 50gph trying to catch somebody having a good time. And then they wonder why they keep...

CanCanCase wrote: we're all busy watching humpback whales and filing affidavits for the lawsuit being filed against the 1 halibut rule that goes into effect tomorrow...

Lawsuit? I haven't heard anything about it, but I hope you guys can make some changes. What are the details?

I broke my boat engine! Actually I sheered an impeller in my Honda 90 and it's been sitting in the repair shop for a week without even being looked at. (don't get me started) Most everybody in my town has switched over to Yami/Merc as the shop that deals them has amazingly quick repair service. I've...

I really like the 30' walk around boat from what I can see on the website.

Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 400 am ADT Mon may 12 2008 ...Gale Warning today... .Today...Se wind 40 kt becoming S 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas building to 14 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .Tonight...SW wind 20 kt diminishing late. Seas 12 ft. .Tue...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 12 ft. W swell. .Tue night.....

Herring.. We cast net them when they come in to spawn.

It's available to folks who live in rural communities in AK. It allows us to take 20 halibut a day, using up to 30 hooks. I run a long line with 20 or so circle hooks, and then I go out and try to jig up a big one. After a few hours I pull my longline.