#164089 - 11/03/02 07:27 PM
Newbie w/ a Question
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Eyed Egg
Registered: 11/03/02
Posts: 6
Loc: Palm Springs of WA
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Yes, another newbie. Have been lurkin for a month or so...great info provided. Having said that, just bought a new Crestliner Sportsman 14' open aluminum V-hull. Need an outboard. Boat weighs 520#. Will be fishin either alone or with another for Puget Sound and straits blackmouth, coho, and chinook. Also, Lk Roosevelt and Rimrock kokanee/trout, Columbia R. and Lk Roosevelt walleye, among other destinations and finned foes. Anyone got any suggestions on make (leaning toward Honda and Yamaha 4 strokes cause dealers are local), horsepower (15?, 20?, 25? rated for 35). To keep things simple, tiller driven and manual start. I've searched the archive and don't find anything pertinent (although alot of great info). Any help would be mucho appreciated 
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#164090 - 11/03/02 07:52 PM
Re: Newbie w/ a Question
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Spawner
Registered: 11/26/01
Posts: 550
Loc: Browns Point
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Welcome aboard FODF...i see you are from the "Palm Springs of Washington", that would be Yakima, right?
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#164091 - 11/03/02 08:11 PM
Re: Newbie w/ a Question
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Eyed Egg
Registered: 11/03/02
Posts: 6
Loc: Palm Springs of WA
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Yessir. Really don't know how it got the moniker; could be the days of sun and lack of rain.
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#164093 - 11/03/02 09:42 PM
Re: Newbie w/ a Question
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Spawner
Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
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My first three choices would be a 1. Yamaha 4 stroke 2. Yamaha 4 stroke 3. Yamaha 4 stroke My boat is similar to yours,15' Smokercraft with a 25 Yamaha on the back. With my brother,myself and all our fishing gear,I can run at 28mph wide open and about 21mph at an nice cruise speed. The Palm Springs of Wa.? Yea Right!!! We hunted elk over there last week and had lows at night down below zero three days in a row. BRRRRRRRR!!
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#164094 - 11/03/02 09:58 PM
Re: Newbie w/ a Question
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Eyed Egg
Registered: 11/03/02
Posts: 6
Loc: Palm Springs of WA
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I said sunny and dry. Oh, did I forget to mention cold in the winter and hot in the summer. I'm originally from the westside (spent 18 months in Forks in the 70's), and I love it here.
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#164095 - 11/03/02 10:34 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
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I had a Yamaha 15Hp 4 stroke on my 14' Northwood and it would run 25 MPH with just me in it.
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#164096 - 11/04/02 12:42 AM
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Dazed and Confused
Registered: 03/05/99
Posts: 6367
Loc: Forks, WA & Soldotna, AK
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Welcome Fodf ... Can't be of too much help with the newer motors, but I'd stay with no more than a 25 if you're sticking with the single motor and wish to troll.
I ran a 16' Sea-Nymph for years with a 25 and it plenty of go even with a load of crab pots and a couple of passengers but at idle (I know, not the best thing in the world for it), I could troll just fine in the Willamette and other places like the mouth of the Lewis (Vernita for you??).
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#164097 - 11/04/02 11:48 AM
Re: Newbie w/ a Question
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 12/14/01
Posts: 1191
Loc: Everett WA
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I owned a '91 14 ft crestliner sportsman and started with a 15hp merc. That was OK but didn't get up and go with a couple of people. I replaced it with a 25hp merc after some A@#HO$% borrowed my motor in the middle of the night and never returned it. The 25 would get up and go faster then I cared to go and would still troll down slow enough for fishing salmon. Look at the weight in the back of the boat, I am pretty big and when I was alone in the boat with the motor and downriggers and all the other stuff I found I needed to keep some weight forward for a nice dry ride.
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