08/05/2026
So yesterday I was able to make a video of my Lund Ducker, today I’m going to just have to write about the next boat in the series as a couple of my boats are stored in my shed behind some other stuff and I’m on my way to Game Fair in MN for the next couple of weeks.
So this boat is a Carstens Pintail. It’s a shallow drafting, two point, old school kind of duck skiff. It can be push poled (my favorite), oared, or paddled like a kayak. I’m also going to make a little motor mount to go into the spud poles for that PPF MUD MOTORS that’s on my other boat. I think it would push it fairly well.
This boat weights about 100 pounds. Light enough to drag a ways, just not terribly far. I’ve taken it 100 yards and I wouldn’t want to do that too often but it is doable.
This boat has a fairly flat bottom compared to some other skiff style boats like this. It’s great for super shallow water as there is no keel to catch the bottom and dig in.
They are surprisingly stable and sea worthy on open water. Obviously I don’t want to take it out on 2’ breaking waves but it can handle some decent weather. Places like in the second photo are where they excel.
I can fit myself, my dog, and bag of 20-25 mallard decoys, and my gun and blind bag pretty easily.
With the pointed ends and low profile they are easy to get into cover and hide quite well by just bending over cattails although this year I plan to use a couple of the fast strike blinds to help hide me if needed.
I haul this one around with a trailer but they can definitely ride in the back end of a pickup if you’ve got a 6 or 6.5’ bed.
I’ve said this a bunch of times on here but there’s nothing that makes me feel more like a duck hunter than push poling a boat like this through the marsh before sunrise…I’ve got a repost of a photo that shows this exact moment for tomorrow’s post.
