Mack Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 <p>This is a picture of my 1981 Bonefisher after a day out on Biscayne Bay.</p> <p>Thanks for adding this secton to the Hewes forum!</p> <p><a cl***="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2007_03/1173407191-HEWES_ON_THE_BAY.JPG.6c9e72c1e2e8b83ae5b29742a848d23e.JPG" rel="external nofollow"><img src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2007_03/1173407191-HEWES_ON_THE_BAY.JPG.6c9e72c1e2e8b83ae5b29742a848d23e.JPG" data-fileid="%7B___base_url___%7D/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=2062" cl***="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt="1173407191-HEWES_ON_THE_BAY.JPG.6c9e72c1" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 <p>nice...</p> <p>dc</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestFoto Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 <p>It is good to see all of these fine old cl***ics. Very Nice.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidmotion Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 <p>gosh, i wonder how many nice older hewes like this are still out there, being used? i wonder how many old ones are down in some remote islands still working every day?</p> <p>nice boat mack. more photos?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Posted March 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 <p>I think there are quite a few around. Most of them are refurbished in one way or another but you still can't miss those cl***ic Bob Hewes lines. I will fish my Bonefisher until she sinks and hopefully that day will be one in the Keys or, even better, at Andros. Here is a freshwater picture.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>-Mack </p> <p><a cl***="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2007_03/1173576665-IMG_0121.JPG.40b2ad82efa66a891f48bafd169faa95.JPG" rel="external nofollow"><img src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2007_03/1173576665-IMG_0121.JPG.40b2ad82efa66a891f48bafd169faa95.JPG" data-fileid="%7B___base_url___%7D/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=2083" cl***="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt="1173576665-IMG_0121.JPG.40b2ad82efa66a89" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidmotion Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 <p>i would be proud to own any of these boats on the 'vintage' forum so far. very nice boat, mack....is that graphic running the length of the boat an original designed and added later?</p> <p>i really don't feel like mine would be cl***ified as 'cl***ic' or 'vintage' but it is a lapstrake model, which i have always loved the looks of. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 <p>Everything is origional except for the trolling motor and a few repaired items. I think the stripe was a standard item during the time. Check out this old picture I found of an 80s era Redfisher. It has basically the same stripe.</p> <p>-Mack</p> <p><a cl***="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2007_03/1173664140-RFISH_1_.jpg.b0f29e604e2994ebf00acdd669aa148b.jpg" rel="external nofollow"><img src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2007_03/1173664140-RFISH_1_.jpg.b0f29e604e2994ebf00acdd669aa148b.jpg" data-fileid="%7B___base_url___%7D/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=2084" cl***="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt="1173664140-RFISH_1_.jpg.b0f29e604e2994eb" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headsortails Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Funny thing, a 75 hp. was considered big back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yjwrangler95 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 i hear you, now everybody and thier mom has a 250 on thier skeeter. my buddy wants me to help him look for a boat he is from KY, he said I want somthing with at least a 250 on it. He just couldn't understand how a 130 could run him 50 mph, I thought it was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestFoto Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Mack You have the same push pole as I do. That must have been the one you got with the boat. Nice to see that too. I see you do not have the spray rails on your boat, how wet do you get in bad chop? Did your boat come with them? Or did you take them off latter? I still have mine on the boat I am on the verge of getting them off. But the other owner (my dad) says keep them on or we will get wet ... So it is just one more thing to worry about to keep up on the boat. Thanks West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestFoto Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I have had the strip running down the side of mine since it was new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 West, My boat never had the spray rails so I can't really say if they make a difference. I like the way my boat cuts through the chop now so I think you will be O.K. This past weekend we had gust to 20mph inshore which created rough conditions. My boat had no problem with it. The only time I take some spray is if I am heavly loaded down with two other persons and lots of gear. -Mack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestFoto Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 West,My boat never had the spray rails so I can't really say if they make a difference. I like the way my boat cuts through the chop now so I think you will be O.K. This past weekend we had gust to 20mph inshore which created rough conditions. My boat had no problem with it. The only time I take some spray is if I am heavly loaded down with two other persons and lots of gear. -Mack Mack Thanks for the reply. I have always had the spray rails. and as you might tell I would rather not have them but as it is I will keep them on for now. Thanks for the info though. West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidmotion Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 i like the look of the spray rails on yours, westy.... cl***ic, clean machines you guys have. like i said on an earlier post...these were the first hewes i saw as a kid. and i fell in love with them. made for fishing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestFoto Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 i like the look of the spray rails on yours, westy....cl***ic, clean machines you guys have. like i said on an earlier post...these were the first hewes i saw as a kid. and i fell in love with them. made for fishing..... Squid Thanks for the vote of confedence on the spray rails. It is a fishing machine, you have that right. West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidmotion Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 well, for pensacola bay fishing, back in the late 70s, it was great i bet....good for open, deep bays. and good for the varied shallow areas in the sound, etc. it gets much much more shallow here in texas than i ever remember it getting in pensacola. miles and miles of flats. sometimes just a foot or two deep at most! i can't wait to take the hewes back home for a long weekend, however! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakster Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 I'm back! I am now "Yakster" (previously known as Mack) After a few years up north killing the largemouth on the tidal Potomac River, my 1981 Hewes Bonefisher and I are back in South Florida. Good to be back in the salt. The enclosed picture shows my latest referb project - the interior decks, gunnals (carpet), cockpit, and power pole addition. The next phase will be the top deck then finally the hull, that is if I can convince myself not to fish for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barebones Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Good to have you back in Florida and nice looking lappy... :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblauch Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 It's pretty cool how the look of the '81 cl***ic BF design has held and looks exactly (almost) the same as my '94 lappy RF. Timeless design and what a great looking boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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