03-22-2008, 03:00 AM
Left the marina at about 3:30 and headed out on the maiden 2008 voyage in the big boat. It didn't start off that easy though. I was in the boat and had DKS's son driving my truck. He put me in the water and the starter wouldn't go. I hooked the gas line to the kicker and fired it up. Put it in reverse, heard a clank and nothing happened. I shut it off lifted it up and the entire prop assembly is in 6' of water. WHAT THE &%@*?????
Finally get the big motor to start and then headed out. We ran the motor for about 15 minutes and decided to start trolling. We each tried a number of old reliables with 2 hits and one hook-up(kelly had a good fish on for a few seconds). We trolled for about an hour without even marking a fish on the finder. We then decided to go fish for cats in the shallows. No bites on bait so we threw plastics for a whil. I had 3 good hits but no hook-ups. The W came up and it got cold so we migrated to the marina and tried in there. I got a phone call and while engaged in that had a large fish take my jig. Set the hook to nothing but water.[mad]
A loan tooner came into the marina and we proceeded to bs for a while. I asked if he had any luck and he gave me the finger.[shocked] 1 finger that is, he pulled up a nice wiper. We trailered the boat and walked over to inspect his fish. This 5.25# 20" wiper is a striking resemblance to the state record in obesity! That fish was the thickest wiper i have ever seen. Hopefully it is a sign of things to come.
Water temp ranged from 41* to 44*. The ice will be gone completely in a day or 2.[cool]
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Finally get the big motor to start and then headed out. We ran the motor for about 15 minutes and decided to start trolling. We each tried a number of old reliables with 2 hits and one hook-up(kelly had a good fish on for a few seconds). We trolled for about an hour without even marking a fish on the finder. We then decided to go fish for cats in the shallows. No bites on bait so we threw plastics for a whil. I had 3 good hits but no hook-ups. The W came up and it got cold so we migrated to the marina and tried in there. I got a phone call and while engaged in that had a large fish take my jig. Set the hook to nothing but water.[mad]
A loan tooner came into the marina and we proceeded to bs for a while. I asked if he had any luck and he gave me the finger.[shocked] 1 finger that is, he pulled up a nice wiper. We trailered the boat and walked over to inspect his fish. This 5.25# 20" wiper is a striking resemblance to the state record in obesity! That fish was the thickest wiper i have ever seen. Hopefully it is a sign of things to come.
Water temp ranged from 41* to 44*. The ice will be gone completely in a day or 2.[cool]
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