Mark:

There is an 8 foot pram for sale for $400 on the used boats section.

Best Fishes

 

Yea I have a 10' clackacraft don hill 'drifter'... closer to a pram size than driftboat..

I freaking love it!

 

I bought a fiberglass 11 ft row boat that fits in my pickup fer 100 bucks on ifish. I love it.

 

You guys ever fish Barney Res.?

 

I really love my parm. Its a water shed 10 foot fiberglass. I put on boards in front and back and put in don hill front and back anchors. Took out the seats and put in a Chair. That way I can move it. I have floated many river and used in many lakes. Now just mainly use it for lakes and Cloumbia spring creeks. The fiberglass is a little thin for rivers. I would recomend not to get a fiberglass pram and get a Koffler pram. They are aluminum
and much stronger. I would not get a boat smaller than 10 foot. I had a 8 foot boat and did not feel safe in it.

 

I know right where you're at, and that's the perfect craft for the job

 

I want to be able to launch at places that don't have boat ramps.

Mark

Mark,

You can launch a drift boat with out a boat ramp. Get some rope, people do it all the time.

 

Yessir, I've done it myself. Just have a specific location that is not as "user friendly." Probably fish there enough to warrant a pram. I hope.

Mark

 

It's amazing what can be done with 100' of river rescue rope. Getting the boaT back on the trailer is the hard part. Think- launch and take out is the same bad location.

 

I think you should quit trying to rationalize why you need another boat (i.e. pram), and just get it. THEN figure out how and where you're going to use it. Hell, I'm still coming up with different uses for my SOT yak that I purchased last year. Going to take it on a smallie float down the middle Willy later this year.

 

I guess what I need to do is fish out of one. Does anyone have one that I can test drive? Old fiberglass or aluminum? I wouldn't want to test drive someones wood baby.:flowered:

 

Mark--

I have an 8 ft. pram. Aluminum from GP boat shop.
You're more than welcome to use it to find out if this is what you want. (or use it to fish your secret place, each season--I owe you!)

FOSH

 

Mark--

I have an 8 ft. pram. Aluminum from GP boat shop.
You're more than welcome to use it to find out if this is what you want. (or use it to fish your secret place, each season--I owe you!)

FOSH

Thanks, I will call you when the weather changes.

We have to hit that hatch we've talked about...that one a little north of that place where we slayed them last time.

 

I have an eight foot spring creek pram.



It fits nicely in the back of my pickup. With the wheels that are sold as an option, I can haul the pram quite a distance for launching. Best of all, when the water is cold, I am high and dry out of the water.

 

Try googling clackacraft

 

They're pretty easy to build, too. I built one in my bedroom while in college, and boated a heck of a lot of fish over the 25 years before I sold it.
Check out the Nutshell Pram design from Woodenboat magazine, as well as the Phil Bolger-designed "Instant Boats" that Dynamite Payson sells plans for.
Prams give you the most boat in the shortest length that you can get, and they tend to be pretty darned stable. They can ride a little wet in a chop, but this can be minimized with proper design.

 

i have a 10ft clackacraft. freekin love it.