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Today was the maiden voyage of my ODC sport, 8' pontoon. Buddy (in a FT) and I hit Jordanelle at Rock Cliffs. It was a picture perfect day, light wind, trout hitting the surface (made me wish for my fly rod), surprisingly little traffic around the lake. As far as the fishing, the perch were quite active, giving my rubber-worms hell as I tried to scare up a bass. I caught three perch on jigs. No bass.
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Despite that, it was a fine morning on the water.
'Toon lessons: [ul] [li]Put in didn't take very long at all, maybe 10minutes. [/li] [li]Sunscreen on the legs![/li] [li]Fins are pretty necessary, as is an anchor (have both, used both)[/li] [li]Have a way to tie off the anchor for shallower waters.[/li] [li]Rod holders are a must, and I might be headed to Lowes later today.[/li] [li]Make sure the 'toons are straight up and down, otherwise the pockets slouch.[/li] [li]ODC kicks ass![/li][/ul]
I don't know why it took me so long to buy one of these things in the first place []
I'm heading to pineview as soon as I can. Oh, and now its time to pimp my ride [cool]
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[cool][#0000ff]Great report. Glad you finally got afloat and that you caught fish, with a minimum of trauma and disaster.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Let me know if you need some help in getting your goodies attached. Be happy to have you come over and put your ride up on the tables for some serious pimping.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]PM me if you want, and I will send you my address and directions.[/#0000ff]
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when you hitting Pineview? im thinking if hitting it sometime this week maybe thursday evening. in my odc supersport 9' it will be my maiden voyage
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when you hitting Pineview? im thinking if hitting it sometime this week maybe thursday evening. in my odc supersport 9' it will be my maiden voyage [/reply]
Right now I have no idea, but I'm hoping maybe sunday morning.
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You couldn't have picked a better place to have your maiden voyage than Rock Cliffs. Easy launch, nice scenery, great fishing, and no problems with the power squadron (wakeless area). Also, the ospreys will occasionally join you as fishing companions and show us how it is done. (3 were there Saturday evening) Wait till you hook up with a big smallie and it is towing you around. I think that is my favorite part of fishing out of a tube or toon. You are at "fish level" and it seems to be more of a "hand to fin" battle when tied into a quality fish than it is fishing out of a boat or from shore. See you up at RC soon.
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[cool][#0000ff]Great report. Glad you finally got afloat and that you caught fish, with a minimum of trauma and disaster.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Let me know if you need some help in getting your goodies attached. Be happy to have you come over and put your ride up on the tables for some serious pimping.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]PM me if you want, and I will send you my address and directions.[/#0000ff] [/reply]

Thanks much for the offer, but I'm just not sure when I could possibly have time to haul the 'toon over.
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