1980's 16' lund or 1973 14' Gregor?

[Kalmic]

Ok guys I have 2 boats to choose from to make a good duck boat out of. Before I start on too much let me say that I hunt in Southern California so I am limited on where I can hunt. My options are Colorado River, Salton Sea and the Ocean in a few areas. I have a couple good size Lakes I can go on if I choose to go a little North but I am sure you know why I need a V-hull. My choices for a boat is a mid 1980's 16' lund or the 1973 Gregor. I will generally be hunting at the Colorado River. The boat will have me 170 lbs, my buddy 240 lbs, and my dog which a 75 lb yellow lab"Loui" and all our hunting gear. Both boats require refurbishing and have good hulls. Just looking for some opinions or advice. I currently have 20 hp Mercury outboard with a prop and I may be getting a 30 hp 1989 Johnson if I need it. Thanks in advance!

Rob

 

[Johny25]

The Lund for sure, the extra room will come in handy with hunting gear, dog and buddy. Lund also makes a very good boat......oh and get the Johnson too

 

[rickybobbybend]

Johny25 » Yesterday, 20:59[/url]"]The Lund for sure, the extra room will come in handy with hunting gear, dog and buddy. Lund also makes a very good boat......oh and get the Johnson too

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[shawnfish]

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[nomowork]

I'm also from So Cal and have a 14' Gregor that I refinished. It has a new 15hp four stoke Honda. I only use it on small lakes, mostly in the Eastern Sierras. In many of the larger lakes like Diamond Valley, Castaic, etc., I prefer to take my larger and heavier glass boat as the waters can get nasty quickly.

Recently, we were out in our glass boat in Long Beach and saw three guys in a tin about 14 feet long. Even though it was inside of the breakwater, they were riding quite low. Wakes from larger boats were bouncing us around so I can imagine what they felt.

We shore fish at Willow Beach on the Colorado River occasionally and I thought of taking our tin there but my GF and her brother said that when they let water out of the dam, my tin would be too small to handle the current. Looking at the rental boats there, I see that they have larger glass boats with much larger outboards so the next time we go there, we are taking our glass boat.

Whatever you get, have fun and be safe.