Hawg Trough repair

[Cowpokey]

Is the shape of it that makes it so special? I feel like I may be missing out by not owning one. Of course i'd actually have to catch something to need one....

Ease of use, one piece design and light weight. Putting it across your lap, frees up your hands to take a picture, or get your stringer ready. As John mentioned in the other thread, using a permanent marker on the hash marks makes it really easy to read also.

[NYstyle]

Is the shape of it that makes it so special? I feel like I may be missing out by not owning one. Of course i'd actually have to catch something to need one....

[medicyaker]

Thanks for all the help on this. I just got around to fixing mine... doing it tomorrow. Got everything I need.... I hope. Let y'all know how it turns out

[Cowpokey]

Bump for the new season, and folks that haven't reinforced their Hawg Trough yet. With the bigger fish around, you're going to want to add some strength before you snap yours too.

[YakCapn]

The test will be with my beast that is easily over 150lbs once loaded...I have hard tires on my scupper hole cart, not inflatables.

[Cowpokey]

The plywood is a good idea, but the sand really isn't "that bad". I pulled my kayak up the sand solo after being on the water for 10 hours the other day.

[PigPen]

WWCD...What Would Cowpokey Do! That repair looks great and if it floats all the better! Got an Idea for Beverly Triton meet and great to deal with the sand, what if we put like 3 sheets of plywood down for launch and retrieval to help with the carts. Do you think it would work? They can be picked up after launch and replaced later. Your thoughts Please.

That is thinking out of the box. We'd probably need to stack up the wood between launch and recovery over by the bathroom.

[eyedaddy]

WWCD...What Would Cowpokey Do! That repair looks great and if it floats all the better! Got an Idea for Beverly Triton meet and great to deal with the sand, what if we put like 3 sheets of plywood down for launch and retrieval to help with the carts. Do you think it would work? They can be picked up after launch and replaced later. Your thoughts Please.

[Cowpokey]

Repaired Hawg Trough worked like a champ today! Float tested it too. Stays on the surface when dropped, thrown or put under water...yes I got bored for a couple minutes after measuring a fish. LOL

[Cowpokey]

Only measured fish I thought may go on the stringer today. Ten or so legal fish so far, 23.25" one just a few minutes ago.

[AbuMasgouf]

Nice repair.

A fat 26" rockfish broke my trough during measurement. I fixed it using plastic model cement, then I added plywood with a coating of polyurethane. Yeah, a bit heavy, but it floats and it's strong. No problemo.

Because I read of everyone else's breaking a while back I also did the wood backing like tufnik. Nothing will break this, and I can use it as a fish club! LOL

[Salty Dog]

Wood is so boring, I went with the Goodyhawg trough.jpg and Cowpokey design. Added a little color coordination. Now all I need to do is to catch something big enough to use it.

[tufnik]

Nice repair.

A fat 26" rockfish broke my trough during measurement. I fixed it using plastic model cement, then I added plywood with a coating of polyurethane. Yeah, a bit heavy, but it floats and it's strong. No problemo.

[Cowpokey]

Hind sight being what it is; adding wooden dowel where he foam is would have covered both floatation and strength.

The fiberglass makes it pretty heavy, but it should be idiot resistant now.

[Shady]

nice, I added wooden dowel rods into the spaces where you have foam and covered with caulk. It floats, and still going strong after many fish and several years use