While I recommend standing up, it is awfully nice when you do decide to sit down for a break (Always fish standing up unless you’re over 80). The KUSH seats And lean bars are similar to what you would find in your living room while watching TV. When I’m by myself I like to see just how shallow I can go and let me tell you… she would skim over a half flooded football field! With over 20 feet of space, There is room for beer, wine, whiskey, any gear you need and some you don’t… plus the dog. With the jet motor on the back of a flat bottom hull, We can pretty much go anywhere to fish anything. With all of the negatives aside, including cost of gas, Boat and motor maintenance, and learning to navigate the river at all different levels of water which can change by the hour, by the way… and the million other things boat owners must battle… Let’s talk about how awesome owning a jet sled really is. I PROMISE we try to make it as easy as possible for you! If it’s easy on you, then it’s easy(ier) on us! Here, they are much longer and much heavier when the water is high and that can make for a long day on the water without the tips from your guide. The rigs that are fished out here, in Arkansas, are quite different than back home in Colorado. The casting is essentially the same, depending on the Anglers experience, but I like to fine-tune each individual’s cast to make it easier and more productive. The person rowing must keep the boat at the same pace as the bobber while the angler focuses on mending and setting the DAMN hook. When fishing out of the jet sled, the primary goal is to cast as little as possible. The Oars slow her down a tiny bit and keep her in a straight line but to be honest, that’s about it. After moving, contrary to what I’ve known, Tina, simply, is not rowed. While on the raft or the drift boat, the oarsman actually makes maneuvers avoiding rocks, lining up for rapids, and keeping a straight line. Rowing this boat is quite different than rowing the raft or the drift boat. What I did not realize when I put my oars on Tina, is that she is actually as heavy as all of my other Arkansas guide buddies had warned me. ![]() With this set up we are able to fish high water, low water, and everything in between. My boat is outfitted with a remote trolling motor, an electric anchor system, and my good old Sawyer square top oars that I use on my other two boats. White river jonboats were created as a specialty vessel to navigate the White River water system and are extremely unique. For the past seven years or so, my Colorado guiding experience has been out of different rafts and drift boats… without motors. My only true experience working out of a boat with the motor was back in 2011, in Alaska, while guiding for salmon, Dolly Varden, and arctic grayling. ![]() A fiberglass hull that measures 20’7” long with a 40/30 Yamaha jet drive motor on the back, Tina is a White River fishing machine. Tina is made by Shawnee Supreme Boat Company based out of Midway, Arkansas. I have owned and operated many boats in my guiding career none of which are anything like Tina. In this post, I want to go over a little bit about my newest boat, “Tina.” Since going to school just a few hours away from the famous White River, I have always known that this area has a specialized boat to navigate the local waterways What I did not know, is that I would eventually be living in “Trout Capital, USA” and working out of one of my own, every single day.Īs I mentioned in my last blog post, the transfer from Colorado to Arkansas has its differences.
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