What limited experience I have related to hunting ducks from boats is that it doesn’t work very well.
A friend of mine once owned a boat called “The Duck Boat.” It was a 17 foot boat designed specifically for duck hunting. It looked great, stayed afloat in terrific storms and was very comfortable. Cost? About $7,000.
After hunting Ryer Island in the Susuin Bay, we returned to port in four-foot seas. My friend powered that boat into the waves while I prayed. We made it.
On another occasion we drug the boat through the marsh at Lower Klamath. Not so good.
We hunted the slough at Mendota. Never fired a shot.
On the other hand I once owned a Boston Whaler that made a pretty good platform for duck hunting. We built various types of blinds to put over it and killed a few ducks on Frank’s Tract. It was fun when I was young and had more energy, but now days it wouldn’t be worth the effort. Not to mention that the agencies have created a web of regulations that nearly shuts down duck hunting in the Delta waterways.
When Webb Tract was flooded, Rob and I drug out 14 foot aluminum boat over the levee and hunted ducks from it inside the island. A mallard flew directly over and we stood up at the same time, coming very close to fipping the boat. So much for that.
I once directed a boat builder to build me a layout boat. Thought I knew what I was doing, but the boat didn’t work. It finally rotted away at our duck club.
However I still have a desire to find a boat that will work and today I broke down and decided to give it one more try. Our duck club is being reworked this summer and we’ll have a lot more deep water when the work is complete. And, there will be no blinds to hunt from. Hence, a new duck boat. Here’s a link to what I decided upon.
If anybody has experience with this Final Attach Duck Boat, let me know. I also purchased a camo cover for it and a back rest to make it easy to lay back and wait. Hopefully it will work better than the boats of my past experiences.
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I have no experience with that boat, but I love my Perception Sundance kayak, and I’ll be taking it out on big water for ducks this year.
It’s a 12-foot, sit-inside camoflauge recreational kayak. It tracks well, and has a great, big open cockpit. I often fish out of it on the American River.
I wish I knew you were looking for a duck boat, as I would have recommended a 12-14 ft. recreational kayak, instead. These are boats made by boat-makers, instead of people who are trying to build something for duck hunters. Good boats – boats with good lines, symmetry, maneuverability, and stability – are just as important as good guns and other equipment.
That Final Attack boat looks interesting, and I hope it works out for you. At the very least, it looks like it makes a flat-out awesome portable blind for goose hunting!
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Thought about a kayak, but decided to purchase a dedicated duck boat with the blind aspect of the boat being the focus of my decision. I won’t be traveling more than a couple hundred yards.
However the kayak sounds interesting from a multipurpose aspect. Observed several people fishing from kayaks on my recent trout fishing trip.
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WOWjust what I was searching for. Camme here by searching foor kayaking gopro hd
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