[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you just want to get in a skiff and go; Dragonfly’s Marsh Hen is one to consider. I got to borrow one last week and fished it hard everyday for a total of 10 days, including getting soaked one afternoon. My haunts were the ones I knew well from my walk-in experiences or hitching a ride for a trade-out for advertising. My fisherey, excluding my surf fishing haunts, were numerous canals with fresh water, brackish water, salt marshes and saltwater on incoming tides. I caught largemouth bass, snook, cravelle jack, redfish, small tarpon (10 to 40-pounds) and a variety of exotics including a 40-pound Asian carp. I fished exclusively alone – didn’t have to heed another anglers preferences for time to leave or come home. My days started at dawn to late morning to nightime for dock snook and tarpon, which was the most fun, but leaving me a little “off” the following day.
Note option wheels – just throw the Marsh Hen into the bed of your pick-up and just wheel it to that launch point no trailered skiff could possible get to. The removable wheels option will get you into places no other skiff could ever get to.
The best thing about the Marsh Hen is the weight – 135-pounds soaking wet. She runs with 9.9 HP and gets on plane in seconds. Just a rinse at days end and your done. No fussing around for hours.
I carried a small cooler with ice, water and snickers bars, two fly rods (Sage Bass rod with 330 grams SA fly line and 8-weight switch) and two reels, one Everglades Tibor, and a 10-weight with RIO’s outbound and a spare spool with a 10-weight clear intermediate.
Marsh Hen 15:
And sometimes you like to fish alone without any hassles. So do we and that’s why we know you need fishing space, dry storage and agile boat performance in extremely shallow water. We’ve put all that into the Marsh Hen 15. Standards include fore & aft storage with Dri-Dek; exterior trim 3/4-inch J Rail; interior trim 3/8-inches; Bow eye; rounded chines for quiet entry; built-in spray rails; built-in non-skid floor; 9.9 HP engine. Composite fiberglass lamination in your choice of color: Aqua Mist, Seafoam Green, or Fighting Lady Yellow.
Boat, motor, trailer: $13,000 with a slew of options available.
50inch BEAM –15-foot LENGTH | FUEL 6 GALLONS | 135 LBS
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Dragonfly Boatworks LLC
3435 Aviation Blvd.
Vero Beach, FL 32960
P: 772.567.8835
F: 772.567.8836
dragonflyboats@bellsouth.net
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