Greetings! I'm a long time lurker between Iboats and here. You fine folks got me motivated to upgrade my Naden Aluminum boat. 2009 was the first year I had started fishing since I fished with my father some 35 plus years ago. He passed away when I was 6 so I had no other experience fishing after that.
I few of my friends invited me to go fishing with them last spring. I had no fishing rod or tackle so I had to borrow from them. Needless to say I was hooked. We went to a hidden lake and caught a few Northern Pike for our "friends fish fry"
Friend Dave kissing a pike.
So I had to buy my own gear and I was able to purchase a complete set of rods, reels and tackle from Ebay.
We fished a number of days on and off, in a buddy’s aluminum boat that had no motor, just paddles. Now this lake we have access to is shaped like a horseshoe, so you can be in the middle, cast and hit the shore from the boat on either side. It’s that narrow. It’s close to a small river so my guess it was part of that river and after time it was closed off but fortunately it’s fed by a spring. Anyway back to my point, I bought a trolling motor and a battery and we were set to go, problem was we kept the boat at that lake and if we wanted to go anywhere else I “had” to buy a boat.
So 2 months later I was a proud owner of an 14’ Naden Fisherman with a 4 stroke 15hp Yamaha.
I few of my friends invited me to go fishing with them last spring. I had no fishing rod or tackle so I had to borrow from them. Needless to say I was hooked. We went to a hidden lake and caught a few Northern Pike for our "friends fish fry"
Friend Dave kissing a pike.
So I had to buy my own gear and I was able to purchase a complete set of rods, reels and tackle from Ebay.
We fished a number of days on and off, in a buddy’s aluminum boat that had no motor, just paddles. Now this lake we have access to is shaped like a horseshoe, so you can be in the middle, cast and hit the shore from the boat on either side. It’s that narrow. It’s close to a small river so my guess it was part of that river and after time it was closed off but fortunately it’s fed by a spring. Anyway back to my point, I bought a trolling motor and a battery and we were set to go, problem was we kept the boat at that lake and if we wanted to go anywhere else I “had” to buy a boat.
So 2 months later I was a proud owner of an 14’ Naden Fisherman with a 4 stroke 15hp Yamaha.