introducing zoso
 

hey guys:hi:, been following this site for a few months, gathering info on the V20, hoping one day I`ll have one :love:. Last week, my neighbor informed me he was wanting to buy a boat but not willing to fork out much $$$. I saw this one on CG and we picked it up. The johnson 140hp top end is newer than the bottom and runs strong, we`ve had it out twice already.
its rockfish season in Virginia Beach :sun:, so I`ll be posting pics of the hawgs as they come.
thanx for a GREAT site.:beer:

http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1227104677

Welcome Zoso, your boat looks good! What year you got there?
:hi:

she`s a `74
I cant claim ownership `cause she`s my neighbors, but I`m enjoying tinkering with her!!!
:love:

Welcome, you found the best way to enjoy a boat. Talk your friend into buying a boat.

Welcome and congrats on your boat.

Let us know when the hawgs get thick in the ocean....I for one will be making the trip up from NC. Won't be long now with this cold snap.

welcome to the site. i'm pretty new here too. glad to see another local on the site. how have you guys done your two times out with the rock?

:beer: Welcome

evilgli, our first trip out was to the 4th isl. at dusk, lost 2 mojo rigs ($30) along the rocks, trolled and casted the pilon`s on the incoming tide with no luck, so 1st night out was for practice.
We went again Mon. night but stayed around the Lesner Bridge managed 1 keeper @ schoolie size.
Look`s like the wind machine is not dying down until Sunday, hopefully we can get her out then also.
How you doin this season? , any luck?

Congratulations and
Welcome to the site.
Post more pictures of the new baby (might give me some ideas)!
Looks great!!

new v-20
 

Hi & welcome to the most informative website on the Wellcraft V-20/V-21. I see you live in Va Beach..I am just north of you on the Eastern Shore. I'll be enclosing my V-21 Sunday in hopes of snagging a few cows in our beautiful Chesapeake Bay in the coming weeks. Lots of knowledge here so feel free to seek it out. Dave

this is my first seaon striper fishing, so i'm still learning. been out to the hrbt 3 times in the past month and only brought 2 fish home the first time we went. working on saving some money up now to get my enclosure repaired here soon so i don't freeze my *** off out there. have not made it out to the cbbt yet, but hoping to soon, but i know nothing about that area out there. so hopefully it wo't be too hard to figure it out.

congrats on your new FREE boat. have fun with her....:beer:

You do not want to troll Mojo's around the rocks because as you found out those rocks are rig takers. Get some large sinkers and either bucktails or sassy shade and make up a three way. Use about a 3' leader for the sinker and about a 6' for the bait. You need to hang on to the pole and reel in line and let out line to keep it off the rocks. Your trying to run the baits as close to the rocks as you can without hitting the rocks. You will still loose some rigs but now your talking $4.00 instead of $30.00. I use the Mojo's in the ocean when the big striper are moving down the coast. If you go to the local tackle shop they can hook you up with what you need and they can show how to rig stuff up. I highly recomend building a relationship with one shop and as they see ou more they will offer out more info. One other thing to remember. If your trolling the 3rd and 4th if you look at the building on the 4th island you just want to be able to see the side facing the ocean. This should but you just on the side of the rocks and does help produce more fish.

This guy has a site and has podcast on striper fishing and if you scrol down you will see several.
http://www.chumlordfishing.com/Podcasts/Podcasts.html

we use side-planers down here...sounds like a good application for 'em against the rocks up there as well...:beer:

3 ways here just like said, I use a lighter line on the sinker so it will just break off with out losing everything else.

He was talking about trolling over the tunnels which are covered with rocks. They run from 10 to 70 feet under the water so you have to ajust your line as you fish them. He is probably letting out his lines and then just trolling but with the different depths its easy to loose the rigs. Is the function of the side planers to spread the lines out from the boat? I've heard of them but have never seen them used.

Yeah, side-planers spread away from the path of the boat...I think it's one reason they are so effective is because they travel a line outside that of the boat...we use them w/live herring easing along w/electric trolling motor so can pull 4 lines...two on planers and two straight off the transom..they're also effective w/lures when trolling w/gas motor...lure or bait can be way behind the planer or close to it...I've seen stripers actually strike the planer-board itself!!...

One thing about planers...since the line goes out to the board and then straight back, this can sometimes diminish the pressure of the line's hook-setting ability...so when a fish hits a planer line, I always wind down and SET it hard w/a little heavier drag...

1974--- thats 34 years old and i still love looking at them
thre the best looking boats till today is it me or does anybody feel that same way
I have my 78 sitting in my driveway and have to work on her this winter and shes 3 years old and still looking greatBUT she needs to be painted on the bottom,ive been saying that for 10 years now but this year she will be painted

Yeah...I like the look of the earlier models too...classic lines that are hard to beat...but I would swap mine for a later model inna snap...the belly tank(w/ 20 more gals of fuel), more flotation and self-bailing hulls of the later models are no-brainers in terms of improvements...:clap:

That might be the reason thay have not caught on in this area. People tend to flock to a few different spots this time of year and if people would use those types of riggs it would become one big mess. Its gets pretty bad now so I hope those don't catch on.

Yeah...inna crowd I can see where it'd turn into a cluster-f__k for sure...:fight: