ELLGRASS

blacktailbuck3x3 · Feb 24, 2019

WHEN MY GRANDMA AND MY AUNT PASSED I QUIT GOIN UP. MY GREAT UNCLE MARRIED A YURROCK WOMAN AND HER BABY WAS DOTTIE MY COUSIN. AND HER UNCLE OSCAR WOULD KEEP US WILL SUPPLIED WITH BEAR AN ELK MEAT HE WAS MY HERO ALWAYS CALM AND FRIENDLY. MY GREAT UNCLE BACK IN THE DAY RAN AN OLD STAGE LINE .AND HIS FAMILY THE FOX'S OWNED A CATTLE RANCH UP IN THE HILLS EAST OF TRINIDAD. MY OLD MAN AND MY COUSIN WORKED FOR SIMPSON THEY PUSHED THE LOGS INTO THE MILL FROM THE PONDS.SORRY ABOUT THE SPELLING JUST KINDA GETTEN OLD.I REMEMBER ONE YEAR WE ALL DROVE DOWN TO EUREKA DOCK TO BUY FRESH CRAB RIGHT OFF THE BOATS FOR A QUARTER APIECE.GOOD TIMES BACK THEN. MY 3RD COUSIN IS A BIG PLAYER ON THE YUROCK REZ DON'T KNOW HIM HES WAS A YEAR OLD WHEN WE MOVED. KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY AND ALWAYS PULL THAT TRIGGER!!!

eelgrass · Mar 3, 2019

blacktailbuck3x3, good times and good memories. I can remember buying a huge cooked and cleaned crab for $1. I would take it in my scull boat out on the bay duck hunting. You can still buy live crabs off the boat but they average about $8 each now. Yurok's are good people and I'm always welcome in their fish camp. Take care and nice meeting you.

blacktailbuck3x3 · Mar 4, 2019

MAN I REALLY LIKED SCULLING I ONLY DID IT FOR THREE YEARS SELLING MY FLOAT WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST MISTAKES LIKE SELLING SOME OF MY FIREARMS REALLY BAD JUJU. THE BOSS IN THE YARD I WORKED WITH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN EUREKA CANT REMEMBER HIS FIRST NAME BUT HIS LAST NAME WAS LEVITT. GOT MY SCULL FROM WADE DELA*****T NEVER COULD PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME.HE HAD A SHOP IN HIS BACKYARD. REALLY NICE FELLOW.$400 FOR FLOAT $100 EACH FOR TWO SCULLING OARS.AND YOU SCULLING ON THE BAY I BET YOU HAVE SOME AWESOME STORYS! I WOULD REALLY BE HONORED TO SPEAK WITH YOU ONE DAY.MAN THIS IS HARD FOR ME I'M NOT A SOCIAL HOMBRE SO I SURELY DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I'M SOME KIND OF INTERNET FREAK.YOU WORKED IN THE WOODS PLUS YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH YUROKS. ANYWAY ITS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE MET YOU ON THIS FORUM. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS.

eelgrass · Mar 6, 2019

I know the name Levitt, but I didn't know him personally. And Wade Delashmett made some good boats. I started sculling in 1963 and I just recently sold my scull to a young kid. I killed a couple hundred birds a year from 1964 to about 1985.

Down in south Humboldt Bay. I built my scull. She's a good sea worthy float.

I enjoy meeting some of the guys from around these parts, no offense taken,
Steve

blacktailbuck3x3 · Mar 6, 2019

EELGRASS: I ONLY WISH I KNEW ABOUT YOUR SCULL FOR SALE. WOULD HAVE BEEN UP THERE THE NEXT DAY NO BS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN TOTALLY PLANNED OUT. WAS IT GLASS OVER WOOD? I'VE SEEN ANOTHER PICTURE OF YOU IN YOUR SCULL COURSE DID'NT HAVE ANY IDEA IT WAS YOU.FIBERGLASS IS GOOD BUT TRULY LIKE OLD GLASS OVER WOOD.THANKS FOR THE REPLY. TAKE CARE MIKE

eelgrass · Mar 7, 2019

Mike, the hull is solid glass and the deck is plywood glassed over. I wanted to be able to walk out on the deck so it has ribs under the deck. I ran 42 lbs. lead for a bow weight. 14' 4" length. I loved that scull.

I did own another scull back in the 60's. It was a glassed over Redwood plank boat. I don't know who built it, but it was a good boat, just real heavy. It was real quiet in sloppy water though. I paid $65 for it. I had to chop firewood all summer to pay that huge price. HA!

I knew quite a few of the old scullers. George and Wes Dean, Bill Nellist, Homey Domyer, Bill Roberts, D!ck Bermuda, Norm Stearns, Steve and Mark Eskra, Skip Swanson, Garland Hamilton. We were all friends, but fierce competitors out on the water. Those were good days!

blacktailbuck3x3 · Mar 7, 2019

STEVE: I'VE READ ALL THOSE NAMES BEFORE AND YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH THEM AMAZING! LIKE I MENTIONED ONLY SCULLED TWO YEARS. NEVER GOT NEAR YOUR SKILL. I HUNTED MANY YEARS OVER DECOYS AND OWNED SOME REALLY GOOD LABS. BUT HUNTING THE HILLS WON ME OVER LOVE THAT BUCK HUNTING ALWAYS DID BOTH BUT HILLS ARE BEST PLACE FOR ME.PLUS DO ALOT OF WILD HOG DOVE QUAIL AND VARMINT SHOOTING.SOON AS MY WIFE SHOWS HOW TO POST PICTURES I WILL PUT A FEW ON THE FORUM.

STEVE Y'ALL TAKE CARE
MIKE