Recent content by 16Pounder

I boated and fished the San Juans in my 16' Angler for 12 years before I moved to Ohio. The wind chop can be nasty. I had a heavy deep cycle battery in the front cuddy along with a bunch of other stuff which helped keep the bow down. I also kept the motor trimmed down when it got choppy which...

I am 6' -1" and 180# and fished out of Winter Harbour BC once a year for 10 years with my 6'-3" 300# brother. We didn't have any problems in my 16' Angler. Pics are in my photo album (16Pounder). Al

bait well pictures are in my album

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Last year I made a trip to St. Pete, Fla. and needed a live bait well for my 16' angler. I bought a 14 gallon Keep Alive bait well from Cabellas. It has an aerator that is simply a small 12v bilge pump with a tube from the exterior of the tank feeding it air. It worked fine for me. I set it just...

I have my house battery (deep cycle) in the cuddy just in front of the steering column and the starting battery in the rear on the same side of the boat. The kicker is on the opposite side of the boat (port). This seems to be balanced fairly well. You can see the house battery in one of the...

I have a 2003 Honda 50 on my boat. It's been in storage since last October and I pulled it out last week. It fired up on one crank and I have done nothing to the carbs except what the manual says. I have never had a problem with it. I throw an additive in the gas to keep it fresh and drain the...

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I have fished out of my 16' Angler for about 13 years now all over the San Juans and off Vancouver Island at Quatsino Sound in some rough conditions. Based on the weather predictions shown, there is no way in hell I would try to make that crossing with or with out a ferry escort. Al

When I bought my boat a long time ago, I had heard that they would be self draining if you drove around with the plug out. I launched my boat one day at the Washington Park boat ramp and started to tie it up when a guy on the dock offered to just hold it for me while I parked the truck. I said...

The large swells coming into Winter Harbour are usually not that steep as it is pretty deep (definitely not 24', yikes!) but they can easily be 20' or more. I only say that based on the weather I fish in because I am sure it could be much worse in nasty weather (think gale force). When the wind...

After reading this thread, it seems to me that the boat may have pitch-poled (end over end). One of the issues that I haven't seen mentioned is the fact that all 6 people crowded into the pilot house. Assuming these are all adults, that could be 1,200 pounds or more. Add in the weight of the...

I got skunked opening weekend but I took my neighbor out Saturday and I boated a 28" fish and he boated a 33" fish. He has been out with me once a year for the past 4-5 years and this was his first legal fish so he was a happy camper. Al