Hello I'm new and from Oklahoma
 

Just wanted to see if any locals my area are on this site?
City is Ninneka bet youve heard of that.
I did put a contract on a 1987 sport fish 20 today.
Doing boat trial Saturday to see how she runs. Boat has a 1987 200hp
evinrude I was told it runs very good.
The boat looks good to me at least no cracks dings etc. A little Dull
but not bad. We tried to move the moter up and down ended moving trailer on it's springs so the thing seems solid.

So Hi to every one here. :hi:

Welcome Deep, good luck with her, where will you be fishing and running her?

Welcome to the site, Deepguy. Hope the boat turns out to be a good one. Put up some pix if you get her. There are some pretty nice big lakes out in OK, right?

Plan on going to Lakes close 150 miles or less
 

Lake Texhoma and Lake Murry in Oklahoma most of the time.
Want to do some stripper fishing big time.
I hope some one gets on here to least show me ways to get started
on my local lakes.

I bought my dog from your state, dam rat!!

Welcome to the site!! Not sure we have anyone that far inland? But I am sure them striper hybrids are about the same to catch as the wild guys?

Welcome....good luck with the sea trial....keep us up to date.

Hey Deep!!...welcome to the fun!!...if you found an 87 w/no dents or dings, you did pretty good!!...

I do a LOT of freshwater striper fishing...how you fish for them, largely depends on what kind od bait or lures are available to you...our main "go to" is live Herring...bat-shops around here sell them now, but back in the day we used to stay up all night and net them under lights, then fish stripers all day w/ the herring for bait...15-20 lb line and a 1 1/2 oz barrel-sinker to get you down to them...in winter we free-line w/only the hook thru the herring's nostrils...free-lining requires an electric trolling motor to move around SLOWLY (just enough to keep the free-lined bait out behind the boat)...let me know what yer using and I'll try to steer you to 'em...large minnows (shiners) work great too...here's a local freshwater record caught last year...63 lb 4 oz...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...4ozStriper.jpg
I don't even know this guy, but I wish I did!!...

man that is one healthy fish

The lake trial was very good. The boat flies, well it felt that way.
Idles smooth and had plenty of power Felt like 45mph but did not
have gps to check. The outboard ended up being a Yamaha 200.
The hour meter was showing 350hrs so who knows but I'm happy with it.

I never even been around any fish that big. Or as far as that goes.
Did not know they were real ,hey you got a picture so there you go.

My son said we would probably be in the 3 to 10 lbs range.

I did take some pictures but they are in the 2 meg range so I will check to see what it takes to upload some.

Lake Texhoma is around 87000 acres in size. I been looking at some of
the fishing guide's site pictures and they can be quite nice looking.

I'm way happy just retired last month with no worries, lots to look forward to. :sun:

Welcome to the site DEEP. Congrats on the new boat and your recent RETIREMENT!!!!!!!

Some Boat pic's I hope
 

Here is a few pictures for starters.
We had 4 adults in the boat that day. My wife took the pictures but only
got 2 inside and those were of Javan my son and I.
I've already had more fun just chating with you all than you can
shake a stick at.

Welcome aboard Deep..... Its a brother from another mother.... my V does have family.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...8/DSC03396.jpg

I can tell it's a great boat just by looking at it.
I'm new to Wellcraft boats and noticed there are not many sport fish
around like these as far as I can tell am I wrong?

deep theres only a few that ive seen around . in the bay where I boat in nj I see 100's of steps but have only seen one dually that I can remember.

I'd like to find one with a full transom one in good shape I'd buy it.

Dually's and V-21's - the rarest of the rare. Welcome to the site Deepguy...nice boat!

Welcome to the site and congrats and the retirement and boat and hope you have fun fishing! The boat looks like it is in great condition.

Hey Deep,

Welcome. I was starting to like you until you said "retired" you dirty dog. I was close, and the real estate market did one of these to me:nut:.

Only been to OK once - Ft. Sill reserve summer camp years ago - a little more humid than I was used to. I'm part of a small outpost of V-20 guys out on the left coast, but I can tell you this is a great community of guys. You won't come up with a problem that someone doesn't know how to solve.

Re: the pictures, when you get them down to 600 x 800, look in the "How to" part of the forums - posting's pretty easy.

Enjoy the boat :clap:

10 lb stripers are LOTS of fun!!...what are ya'll usin on 'em out there??...:hi:

Welcome aboard
 

Welcome Deep.. That 200 Yammy should top you out at about 55 to 65, depending on load, wind, current, etc.. That's a lot of motor for a V20, so just be careful in the turns and look far ahead..
Not too sure about inland Stripers, but we use Herring up and down the east coast to land some pretty impressive cows. Might want to try drifting a bloodworm or two if there's any current in the lake... I've taken many a Striper that way.. just a hook and a worm... doesn't get any better than that.

Been busy last few days, on more stuff
 

I traded a ford 1994 ford explore for a Shasta 24 ft Motor home 1981 with
53000 miles on it.
Camper part good bad air and icebox but 460 motor and trans good. It will be another project going on right now.
Thanks every one with the welcome messages.
Looks like the big mouth Bass are starting to bite locally. And me off doing other stuff. It seen that the way things go sometimes ?