Yeah, i tilt the motor up - i think you can see it in one of the pics.
We release them....there was a couple that we had a difficult time with but they did manage to swim away.
My son caught his first big bull drum this summer and said he was ready for a fight....sooooo on a nice slick day, we headed to the Atlas tanker for some donkey reefs...lol...he was done after 3...we caught 17 in an hour and half...a good day on the water..
I'm on my second parker and I love'em dearly but damned that non-skid floor - it holds every bit of dirt, grime, etc. and is a @#$% to keep clean.
I'm looking someone in the morehead city area that can put a different floor on it...I've heard there is someone that puts an awlgrip type and it...
Here's his website..he's really gotten into this..started out something simple now his craftsmenship is keeping him busy!
http://www.coastalnightlights.com/
Here's the thread on THT
http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/thre ... &start=341
I guess the same reason one would use a rod with the rod crossed....just like yours....to be different....
The upriggers work as a flatline without the use of a clip on the transom hooks or using a downrigger with a weight. So I have a flatline out and then a line like the back rod holder...
That's the way the dealer set it up and it trailers fine.
I keep it at the marina 99% of the time anyway - I only trailer it in case of a hurricane evacuation.
heard it from a reliable source - he works for Grady White - which alot of G/W dealers down this way also sell Parkers. He said there are talks of hanging twins, myabe trips on the back, sorta like G/W did with their new 36, except it has trips. He also told me that he has a dealer that...