Stealthcraft Boats

[schwerty]

Awesome Bob! You’re gonna dig the Afertmath.


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[stealurface831]

One thing I wish I did do was upgrade the bottom. I have the chime guards but with the standard gel coat bottom. Unlike my previous RO, these boats are solid floors. The plasticore/glass is at least an inch thick and bomber, but it does not flex around rocks at all. We run a lot of rocky, skinny water and have beat the gel coat up pretty good already. And my Wife has a thing for absolutely slamming rocks… surprisingly she’s done no real damage to the glas or core, just some big chunks of gel coat gone. . Mike is now doing a heat molded Polyurea bottom, and I think that is the ticket. He’s going to pick mine up and put the new
Bottom on this winter, only charging me base materials and the return delivery cost.

You gotten it on the water and a lil dinged up since the polyurea was applied? on the fence about putting it on my skinny skiff order.

[jpcm]

You gotten it on the water and a lil dinged up since the polyurea was applied? on the fence about putting it on my skinny skiff order.

I never ended up getting the bottom refinished. Sort of dragged my feet early winter. Once I finally reached out to the guys in Baldwin the timeline looked to jam up my spring fishing. I think I’ll run it for another season or two then do it. It’s the bottom. And Damage really isn’t that bad.I’m past the point of new boat ownership where I care about the little shit.

The skinny skiff of going to be a sweet little setup!

[Harry]

my skinny skiff order.

Sweet !

another maggot joins the Stealthcraft Crew !


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[Harry]

An eclectic crew you are!

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Another addition to the Stealthcraft crew: non-mag Josh attended 4/20 at Boblandia and was really impressed with both Bob’s and jcpm’s Stealthcrafts, so he called up Mike and bought one.

I joined him on its inaugural float down River X. Cool boat, it has raised casting platforms in both bow and stern for sight fishing. Dibbs would love it.

[The Reverend Floater]

That thing looks rad. I'm very much in raft country but I could see myself using one of those. Are they smaller than traditional drifters?

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[Harry]

That thing looks rad. I'm very much in raft country but I could see myself using one of those. Are they smaller than traditional drifters?

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That one is regular size, 16 feet, just a blunt nose to make the casting platform. Works very well around here, but I wouldn’t want it on a bigger river like Telee’s south fork.

I’ve got a small one, a little 2-person pram, it’s only 11 feet. I use it solo all the time with a bicycle shuttle. Works great.

[bearcub69]

anyone have experience with their rafts?
looking for something that can float shallow/skinny water, hold 3 people, and self bailing.
I know of the flycraft stealth x and nrs.. but im not sure if nrs approach is 3 person compatible nor self bailing

[stealurface831]

spent a lot of time in a buddy's hooligan. gets skinny no doubt and rows well. the rubber is absolutely bomber. his is not self bailing however.

[m2711c]

best combo of self bailing and ridged walkable floor going... big tubes for high float.




https://www.nrs.com/star-wonder-bug-...ling-raft/p1cx

[Harry]

anyone have experience with their rafts?
looking for something that can float shallow/skinny water, hold 3 people, and self bailing.
I know of the flycraft stealth x and nrs.. but im not sure if nrs approach is 3 person compatible nor self bailing

I know 2 different pro Musky guides who use Stealthcraft rafts. Both seem real happy with them. I don’t know any details though. Both also have hard side Stealthcrafts for guiding bigger water though.

[BobMc]

My Uncle (the artist that does veils for them) has a Hooligan. I went back to Michigan last March and visited my Mom. While there I spent a day on the Pere Marquette fishing with him. We stopped in at the factory in Baldwin and chatted with Mike. I tried to buy a hoody but he wouldn’t have any part of it and gave it to me.

We floated the PM, I rowed more than half, wanted to see how it handled. I was impressed. The PM is a twisty, snaggy, treed, river, you’re pretty much always on the sticks. His was the larger version but still was easy to pilot. I didn’t have any trouble pivoting it around the multiple snags and bars.

I have no opinion on fast water as it was pretty chill. The bottom seemed solid, and the braces inspired confidence. I’d give it a thumbs up.