With the endless reports about how awesome Willard has been, I just figured I had to go for my time off today. I was anxious to try and catch my first wiper, walleye and crappie. Unfortunately this wasn't meant to be, as I discovered that my tube had a leak in it! I wasn't sure what to do, so I decided since I forked out the money to have day use, I might as well make an effort. I was at the north Marina, so I went north of there and noticed that the carp were very active all along the shoreline. I discovered the joys of snagging these fellows, which made my trip skunk free. When I came back, I noticed that there was some crappie action at the opening of the marina. Unfortunately no luck there. [:/] Even though the trip didn't meet my expectations, it still was fun. I firmly believe that part of being a good fisherman means having to learn from mistakes to increase success for the next trip. I think I now have a better idea of how to fish Willard when I come next time
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Whenever I get holes on my pontoon I just grab some zap a gap with the brush and put duck tape over it. Using a sharpie, mark the area, deflate the pontoon, toss some zap a gap on it, put duck tape over it, an out side coating around the duck tape, after that dries off put another coat on it then one more layer of duck tape, one last touch up on the 2nd piece of duct, and let it dry for a few hrs.
That's how I always fix my holes. I've never trusted the patches and glue kits because they just come off but with this zap a gap/ducktape it will stay on. Had holes from last year and they haven't even budge open even.
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No no no, when dealing with inflatables and puncture wounds the LAST thing you want to introduce is any more sharp objects! How do you think you got where you are in the first place!
Tugs is tugs. Glad you salvaged a trip, less skunk. What did you use for Crappie? Color is key (s) I hear
Use Aquaseal to fix your leak.
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I posted this over on the float tube forum, but the challenge I have is that the leak is on a seam, which I hear can be a game changer, but if you guys think those things might work I'll give them a try.
Now regarding crappie color, I used chartreuse and white jigs, I have all types of colors, I just know the guys I talked to said that color didn't seem to matter for them
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A seam can be tricky. And not all seam situations are the same. If it is just a small leak, try just the AquaSeal. If you think it could use some reinforcement, I have used a thin layer of AquaSeal then a small patch of mesh nylon fabric (not stretchy) with more ASeal on top of it.
A picture of the problem area might help.
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