The early scenes, especially, of interloper Ben (Dana Andrews) poling his way on a flat -
bottom skiff into the swamp to look for his dog «Trouble,» feel as essentially American as Tom & Huck rafting down the Mississippi, and as laden with the unknown and unknowable.
They hiked 6 miles to meet the flat -
bottomed skiff — which was strapped to the bottom of a helicopter and flown in — and carried nets, food, gear and gas because mules couldn't cross the streams swollen with snowmelt.
Not exact matches
The flat
bottom viewing
skiff is a modified herring fishing boat, allowing wildlife viewing in the shallow estuaries.
These are very shallow areas where
skiffs with two motors touched
bottom with the propellers and broke up the Thaiassia.