fishingmich- You are so right. I am so glad you enjoyed my posts. Love spending time with my monsters. That's what it's all about isn't it? I have three kids and someday, I want to have something big enough that all three kids, my wife, and myself can pile on and go out for the day (One of those 1860s would be nice right?)
But my nine year old is the fisherman of the family. Believe it or not, I was not into fishing AT ALL before I got this boat. He was always asking me to take him fishing, and I kept making excuses not to go. How bad is that? A father that wouldn't take his 8 year old son fishing. Now that I look back on it, I realize all of the time I wasted. I know once he is grown and out of the house and I am missing him, I will never forgive myself for not being more "outdoorsy" (as my kids call it).
It all started when I bought this lemon of a jet-ski from a guy that swore up and down that it ran for $600.00, I was so stoked (always wanted one). I got it home and cleaned it all up, took it to the lake, and ...................do I need to say it?....It didn't run, and IT LEAKED LIKE A FIRE HYDRANT!. So I spent a month, and probably 300 more dollars trying to fix that piece of....stuff.
Well, I was so SICK of seeing it sit in my driveway, that I put an add on craigslist, "Jet-ski for sale trade, make an offer". Well a guy sent me a pic of the boat (the first pic of my post is the actual pic he sent me). I was so blasted angry at that jet-ski, and wanted it gone so bad, that I told him that I would trade him if he would throw in $250.00. You know what? he did. To make sure he didn't get a raw deal too, I even explained all the problems I was having, and all the trouble I went through. He was still excited, so made the trade. I took the $250.00 and bought a trolling motor and an anchor. I already had a brand new blue top dual purpose optima that I got of craigslist for $50.00 (I can't pass up a deal. :mrgreen:
Well that very next day we threw the boat on my utility trailer, and headed to the lake.........and you know what? .......... I had the time of my life catching bluegill. I have never caught a fish in my life before that. Well, we kept going back (and I caught a catfish by accident I am sure), and after that I was really hooked. To this point we were catch and releasing. I went home and I watched videos on youtube to learn how to clean the catfish. The next time we went, we were on a mission! Bring home dinner!
We caught two 4 pounders, and that was big enough for me! We took them home, and it was not pretty, lol. I butchered the first couple. But....I managed to hack enough meet off them to make KILLER catfish nuggets that we deep fried. SOOOOOO GOOOOOOD!
That night I got on the internet. I thought there has got to be people out there that wanna fix up their aluminum boats like me. Google search: Modify aluminum boat.....enter.....first response......tinboats.com
Well the rest is history, and this is all since July 2011.
Now I am into hunting also....I know weird by product, lol. But, I enjoy the outdoors so much. We also picked up a used pop-up-camper to do some camping. Total 180 on my part. I would have been happy to sit in the basement and play video games or watch football. But now, you can't keep me in the house.
Well, that's my little story.
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