09-13-2019, 01:02 PM
Mooseman and I went looking for some bumpers yesterday. Pisco had dropped off a couple of his FLAITS and we were excited to try them out. They were a real hit, pun intended. Every fish we caught was on one of them. They were in a clown color which is a sort of light chartreuse with red eyes. I baited mine with old stinky white bass and he used his garlic shrimp. As luck would have it I caught a couple of fish that would have given him a bump, but not me. He got four. We fished down by the orchards, starting by the L and far enough out that we were in 10 fow. Eventually we worked our way in to about 7.5' but when we started to get hung up on rocks we moved back out to 9-10 fow and headed back. We didn't catch any on our return leg. The fish seem to shut down about noon.
The air temperature was 46° when I got to the beach at 8:30. The water was right at 70. Justin had his smart phone so we could gauge our speed. I got it all calibrated so I don't have another expense of buying a finder when I have several other things to buy to get the boat decked out (is that a pun?) the way it needs to be.
When I got home a guy pulled in to the curb just ahead of me. I was afraid I had run over his cat or something but it turned out to be the man I bought the boat from. He has relatives in the area and they had recognized his boat and he came by at just the right time. He wanted to check on how everything was going. I've never been able to get the kicker started. He showed me how to do it and it was just what we had been doing except he suggested that we try throttling it up a little. I'll get a barrel of water and he will come back and we'll check it out. Every time out I learn something new and am starting to get confident enough to run out to farther destinations such as the island and Mud Lake. The main motor starts right up and purrs along. Once we have the kicker going for insurance I'll be all set. Thanks to everyone who has helped me with the boat.
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The air temperature was 46° when I got to the beach at 8:30. The water was right at 70. Justin had his smart phone so we could gauge our speed. I got it all calibrated so I don't have another expense of buying a finder when I have several other things to buy to get the boat decked out (is that a pun?) the way it needs to be.
When I got home a guy pulled in to the curb just ahead of me. I was afraid I had run over his cat or something but it turned out to be the man I bought the boat from. He has relatives in the area and they had recognized his boat and he came by at just the right time. He wanted to check on how everything was going. I've never been able to get the kicker started. He showed me how to do it and it was just what we had been doing except he suggested that we try throttling it up a little. I'll get a barrel of water and he will come back and we'll check it out. Every time out I learn something new and am starting to get confident enough to run out to farther destinations such as the island and Mud Lake. The main motor starts right up and purrs along. Once we have the kicker going for insurance I'll be all set. Thanks to everyone who has helped me with the boat.
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The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.
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