Expensive Lake Mead Sundy

[BaySport]

Sunday, 11/25/07- Hit the water early (5:45 am.). Lots of anglers tossing nets today. Everyone looked to be catching enough shad, although we had to work for it.

Headed to Sand Island and sent shad deep (sometimes 150 feet). Medium heavy pole, line counter reel, 4 oz. sinker hooked to a slider, swivel, 3-4 ft. leader, then a hook. Moved around slowly with the eletric motor trying to stay over fish. Boated 10 nice stripers in about two and a half hours, most about three pounds. Sorry no pictures.[unsure]

I still believe that small stripers (1-2 lbs.) are great tablefare, however, 3 & 4 pounders hauled in from deep water provide excellent filets.

Off the water by 1:00 pm. While traveling home the trailer burned a bearing.[] The amount of smoke a fried bearing produces is unbelievable! The tire rim was so hot I could not touch it. My insurance company sent a large truck out to pick up my boat and take it home. There it sits today, damaged and unable to be used until repaired.

Since I am now stranded on shore for awhile, I've been looking for a good pole to tie on two buckets so I can join the shore fisherman. []
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[evandostert]

That is a pretty simple fix. You should look into it. They sell hub kits, just a single nut and cotter pin hold that stuff on there. Really simple repair.
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[BaySport]

The problem is that the spindle is chewed up really good.The rear bearing broke apart and ground things up! May need a new axle. Oh well, buy a boat, buy a tool box! I'll look into it this weekend. Sure hate to miss that great live bait action that should happen on Saturday & Sunday.
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[Mead_Stripers]

I've got the perfect solution for you...take out a houseboat for the weekend.

Best regards,

Paul
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[evandostert]

Some one sells a kit that fits over a chewed up spindle. I think I saw it in trailer boats mag. I will look for it tonight. Looks like it would save some major cash. Your wheel kinda hang out a little farther but I would save the cash.
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[evandostert]

http://www.southwestwheel.com/store/c-219-e-axle.aspx Thats the kit anyway. Get you on the water and keep you running for awhile. I will speak to a friend who owns camp out. I might be able to source you out a cheap axle from a used trailer. They make trailers they got all the goods for em.
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[BaySport]

Thanks, I'm going to tear it apart and check out the damage. Maybe I'll get lucky and the spindle can be cleaned up and reused, but I doubt it. Right now I need to figure out what I need. The trailer is a single axle EZ Loader. What fun with possible rain in the weekend forecast!
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[Mead_Stripers]

Yeah, it's raining in Southern Cal right now (11/30 @ 11:00 a.m.)

Best regards,

Paul
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[reellittlephish]

I was out in Callville Bay today and you didn't miss much. Swells to 4 or 4 1/2 ft and spray up on the rocks about 5 ft. Not even one bite.
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[BaySport]

Sounds like fun, 4-4.5 foot waves! Must have been blowing about 35 mph! Nice cold day on the water!

Finished the trailer late this morning. My pard, Don, is a mechanic, he cleaned up the spindle and installed new bearings on both sides of the trailer! Said the damage was mainly to the tapered portion of the spindle, not the bearing seat....or something like that. Anyway, he says it's good to go and I'm lucky to get off so cheap. Hope he's right! Hope the weather improves, we are heading out early Sunday morning.
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