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I bought a boat/trailer before Christmas, and then started modifying, adding lots of lights and a control panel to run everything..
Today was a good day..
I hadn't had a chance to try the boat I bought and modified this winter.. I had added numerous LED lights, both inside and out, as well as mounting the Yamaha 15hp, trolling motor, battery, etc..
I got home from work and hooked up to the boat, stuck everything (almost, more later) in, checked lights and drove across town to my local boat ramp..
It's been a while since I've played the boat game, but the boat launched perfectly..
The boat starts instantly and I took off up the river..
As I headed upstream I remembered the one item I didn't add to the boat, being a life jacket. Since I'm a crazy man and a rebel, I said screw it and continued upstream, rather than get back in my truck and go back home to get a life jacket.. I lived on the edge and went up to where I was going to fish.. (I know, stupid, but I'm a good swimmer and the river's not overly wide or deep. The jacket is now in the boat.)
This is a stream that comes into the main river.. It was a beautiful afternoon and I sat there and enjoyed a couple beers.. I wasn't expecting to actually catch anything, as I was out there just to give the boat a shakedown run, but...
The skinny channel cat got tossed back in, and I caught another, BUT I also lost two larger fish.. I was using a small hook and a nightcrawler under a stick bobber because I really didn't have a clue what I might catch in this stream.. Next time, I'll be using a bigger hook and some different baits, as cold water channel cat would be pretty darn tasty!!!
I'm just glad the boat worked as well as it did... Actually it worked better than I could ask, stable and everything worked perfectly. And it loaded on the trailer with the first attempt, too..
Today was a good day..
I hadn't had a chance to try the boat I bought and modified this winter.. I had added numerous LED lights, both inside and out, as well as mounting the Yamaha 15hp, trolling motor, battery, etc..
I got home from work and hooked up to the boat, stuck everything (almost, more later) in, checked lights and drove across town to my local boat ramp..
It's been a while since I've played the boat game, but the boat launched perfectly..
The boat starts instantly and I took off up the river..
As I headed upstream I remembered the one item I didn't add to the boat, being a life jacket. Since I'm a crazy man and a rebel, I said screw it and continued upstream, rather than get back in my truck and go back home to get a life jacket.. I lived on the edge and went up to where I was going to fish.. (I know, stupid, but I'm a good swimmer and the river's not overly wide or deep. The jacket is now in the boat.)
This is a stream that comes into the main river.. It was a beautiful afternoon and I sat there and enjoyed a couple beers.. I wasn't expecting to actually catch anything, as I was out there just to give the boat a shakedown run, but...
The skinny channel cat got tossed back in, and I caught another, BUT I also lost two larger fish.. I was using a small hook and a nightcrawler under a stick bobber because I really didn't have a clue what I might catch in this stream.. Next time, I'll be using a bigger hook and some different baits, as cold water channel cat would be pretty darn tasty!!!
I'm just glad the boat worked as well as it did... Actually it worked better than I could ask, stable and everything worked perfectly. And it loaded on the trailer with the first attempt, too..