02-26-2011, 10:00 AM
My round little buddy called me to see if I was bored enough to go out and test his boat/try for fish this afternoon. I was so bored that I said YES! His pontoon boat trailers like a dream. We headed down the lake at full throttle and got a really stupid reading on the tach, so I turned it over and changed the switch. The tach is temporarily hooked up and is, well, to be honest it is hand held right now! Kind of a different concept, but not totally unexpected if you know Spur. We could only get about 3500 rpm at full throttle, so the 16&quot; prop is going to have to drop waaaaay down, maybe to a 12&quot; pitch. The boat gets right up and runs well, but we&#39;ve got to get that wot rpm up where it belongs. (A thought - Erik, double check the cables and make sure that the throttles are opening completely.) This is turning into a very nice rig.<br /><br />We wandered about a bit and tried for the perch, bluegill, and spotted bass that have been around recently. We caught a few of each, with both Catfinger and Spur embarrassing me on the catch ratio and sizes. I know I contributed one nice bluegill to the dinner frying pan, but had the big fish of the day pull off of my 4 pound test and #4 hook because I couldn&#39;t *SET* the hook with my rig. I suspect it was a really nice bass, but it could also have been a catfish. I still would have liked to see it. It was taking drag regularly before it came off.<br /><br />Erik caught his first &quot;real&quot; yellow perch (he had caught a teeny-tiny one once). It wasn&#39;t a TARP, but it was definitely respectable, maybe 9 inches. We caught most of the fish quickly, then the fishig simply died.<br /><br />I think the yellow perch bite is pretty much over for this year. I think we caught maybe 4 small ones today. There are some really terrific ones in the lake, but there are a bunch of other nice species to enjoy there too. I&#39;ll be making an occasional trip there in the future now that I&#39;ve been reintroduced to it.<br /><br />Erik can add pics if he&#39;d like - nothing huge to show off, just some friends and family having fun!