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I went through a boat builder in Sitka. I think a fair amount of people who want to DYI their own boat use the Specmar designs. This one is a Specmar orca hull. As far as I’m aware you can pick some of pre made kits or design your own based on those kits. We did some modifying to one so the plans themselves cost $8k. The boat builder did complain a fair amount about their Specmar plans, as some modifications had to be made during the build. For example, the deck was raised up during the planning phase but the bulwarks didn’t get raised with it and had to be modified mid build. There’s quite of few other things I would have changed but no boat is perfect. If you really want to build one yourself (which I would think long and hard about), spend a lot of time in the planning and spec phase. Think about every detail and make sure the measurements are what you want. I would also think about the hull shape that you want for your intended purposes, as most Specmars are low angle deadrises (flat bottom)- mine is a 14 degree at the transom. All in $350k with trailer, motors, electronics, labor, etc. I would guess $250 plus/minus $25k doing it yourself. Took 6 months he had a team of 4-5.

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Thank you! We would love to host you sometime @taxman778

Thank you! Both are effective and have time/place. Mostly dependent on how windy it is to see if it’s drift able or not. But if fish are hitting only in particular spots it’s sometimes better to anchor on top of it vs trying to keep the boat there regardless of how windy it is.

@@FishKraft your the best thanks for the advice. Still learning the ropes of Sitka but I was able to self guide a 156# halibut last year and sooo many quality salmon and bottomfish. Much respect Dane Hurn Wa state

@@american_dane that’s awesome!

Specmar design. Sitka custom marine made it

Best boat is in the eyes of the beholder. I would have done a few things differently but works well for charter fishing in southeast

Thank you. Deep water fish minimum 600 ft to get okay sized ones. Good eating for sure

Haha ya that was funny we joked about that for a while

Thanks!

I hope you can too!

Thank you!

Specmar design. Built by Sitka custom marine

We more so look for depth, fishing the shelf. Usually 1800 ft is where we do best, sometimes it’s better a little deeper or a little shallower. Use smaller circle hooks (I use 13/0) with swivels as they spin like crazy on the way up.

Thanks very much for the tips. I've been scheming for years to try for them. @@FishKraft

It’s above the water..

I’m confused? are you talking about foam or what?

@FishKraft No foam. (Although you could add it to dampen vibration) Build positive buoyancy air chambers into hull and transom. An air-tight double wall hull, like Stabicraft does it.

@@louism9790 above water does not necessarily mean positive buoyancy.

@@jejoko cool concept for sure 👍

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Thank you! That’s the plan

Nice! Enjoy your trip and hopefully you’re able to get out fishing

See you out there!

Thank you! Haha sounds good 👍

Thank you!

We will anchor in 600-800 ft for halibut and catch bonus black cod and pacific cod. If ocean conditions are good (<10mph), we will drift at 1400-2400 ft of water with 2-3 electric reels. When we are drifting, we usually always have an outboard in reverse to back down-- using 3-4 lb of lead.

@@FishKraft Makes sense, I figured when targeting them it would be hard or nearly impossible to anchor that deep but the drifting makes sense at optimal conditions. Great videos and hopefully your spring comes sooner than later!

@@eriks9576 thank you!

Sounds like a fun trip!

Thanks Dane!

Ok

Thx

Haha thanks. Yep, beginning of the season

Hey Dane, thanks! We’re typically catching halibut while mooching on the mooching rods as we commonly hit bottom- fishing sandy and gravel flats for the salmon. Most of these we throw back as they are small but occasionally we catch a keeper size. When we go out for a traditional halibut fish, yes we will throw out a mooching rod and fish for salmon. Sometimes this works for Kings, but normally better for Silver salmon later in the season (July - September).

Sweet

Thank you! Cheers!

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Healthy game fish! Caught alot of kings n these act like steelhead,game n jumping! looks like fun 👍🎣

Halibut bait courtesy of the shark,dam!

Let’s go!

Those are shortraker rockfish and they look similar to yellow eye. But you’re right, yellow eye has been closed the last few years.

@@FishKraft awesome! Thanks. I was just up there last week and I think we let a big shortraker go but just wasn’t sure. Quite the amazing place Sitka is! Keep up the vids, I love them!

Not necessarily

Thank you 👍

GoPro 8

Only enough to fish the legal max of 6 :)

We commonly catch salmon and halibut at the same spot while mooching. The halibut may not be the right size or big enough for some guests at some salmon spots, so we have change programs and specifically target halibut. Typically this means going out into deeper water. Black cod is found anywhere from 600-3000+ feet. We fish for halibut in the 600-700 ft depth occasionally, and sometimes we get lucky and catch black cod at that depth in the same spot. In 2021, it was very common to catch several black cod at that depth (600-700 ft). But that's not always the case. In general, that depth is the shallowest we can catch black cod.

Yep!

Outside Kruzof for sure. Thanks for watching!

Haha ya that would be funny. Pretty soon there will be Bluetooth remotes