Bridgeburner
BASSHOLE
Nice floater by the way. Congrats.I bought a used boat 2015 Key West 203f with 150 Yamaha (just under 200 hours):
Mine is white though. It gets delivered Friday and plan on going after saltwater trout on Saturday.
Nice floater by the way. Congrats.I bought a used boat 2015 Key West 203f with 150 Yamaha (just under 200 hours):
Mine is white though. It gets delivered Friday and plan on going after saltwater trout on Saturday.
I was going to do a power pole but a friend almost has me talked into a trolling motor instead. They have built-in GPS and will hold you in place automatically no matter the water depth. I've just got to decide if I want to give up the room on the boat.Anchoring has been my nemesis this past year on kayaks too. That's not a tide thing but a small boat in current thing. Thinking about putting a couple of power poles on the back of them. That will cost more than the boat though so...
Yeah, the spot-lock trolling motors are really cool. Even more expensive than the power poles (at least the micro-power poles for kayaks) haha. I would definitely be looking at that if they would work for me. Unfortunately the rivers I fish are too shallow in a lot of places for any sort of motor.I was going to do a power pole but a friend almost has me talked into a trolling motor instead. They have built-in GPS and will hold you in place automatically no matter the water depth. I've just got to decide if I want to give up the room on the boat.
One of the two people I fish with has one of those motors on his boat, its' pretty darn cool. Though we've only used it on inland lakes so the current is limited. Very cool little gadget. Personally, if the choice was power pole or that kind of trolling motor, I'd pick the motor because it does more than just one thing. You could also, you know, troll with it lolI was going to do a power pole but a friend almost has me talked into a trolling motor instead. They have built-in GPS and will hold you in place automatically no matter the water depth. I've just got to decide if I want to give up the room on the boat.
When you anchor the boat you will need to drop out a lot of line.. 50-100 ft in shallow water..Let’s just say anchoring and tides are something I’m still figuring out and need more practice before taking “friends” out. The intercoastal doesn’t work like a lake I’m discovering LOL.
Nice! Gonna be a sweet set up man.Alright. Update.
Got a Striker 4 portable kit as a birthday present from my family; so now I'm super excited for spring. Though I will try out the ice fishing feature in the next couple months.
Next up for my boat, I'm going to get this Scotty inflatable boat attachment so I can throw on a transducer arm for the striker 4 transducer. It comes out of the box with a suction cup but I think that will be hard to position right when I'm in the water. I think this will allow me to easily, and relatively cheaply (for less than $40) raise and lower it to a proper position while in the boat:
Last year when I went out, I was struggling in new waters to figure out where the fish were and what depths I was working with to even pick lures. I think this will help dramatically.
I found myself unable to figure out what was going on under my boat. I ran into some mud/bottom with my prop a few times because I couldn't tell what the depth was. The Huron River has 30ft+ parts closer to where it's dammed up, and then gets shallower away from the dam. More problematic, around bends there can be 10-20 foot spots that get super shallow along the inside of the bend. Really hard to not hit stuff and to figure out where to throw lures.Nice! Gonna be a sweet set up man.
I backed off of the whole electronics thing after thinking about it. The rivers I fish are just too shallow.
By the time your depth finder gives you a shallow reading your gonna be beached anyway! Hahaha.I found myself unable to figure out what was going on under my boat. I ran into some mud/bottom with my prop a few times because I couldn't tell what the depth was. The Huron River has 30ft+ parts closer to where it's dammed up, and then gets shallower away from the dam. More problematic, around bends there can be 10-20 foot spots that get super shallow along the inside of the bend. Really hard to not hit stuff and to figure out where to throw lures.
Don't glue it on. Use screws.Memorial weekend project started: getting the new depth finder attachment glued onto the boat. Got it out of storage and blown up, washed it and went to lowes for some flexible vinyl glue. Once it dries I should be able to attach it. Planning on hitting the water this weekend to give it a test run. We got really nice weather coming up (apart from some threat of a few thunderstorms on Sunday). Once it's on, I'll get a picture on here.
Alright, had some time last night and it's all dry this afternoon. Not the prettiest glue job but super functional (it was pretty watery glue and the bend of the mold was slightly off so I really had to push it to get it to conform to the curve of the boat inflated)Memorial weekend project started: getting the new depth finder attachment glued onto the boat. Got it out of storage and blown up, washed it and went to lowes for some flexible vinyl glue. Once it dries I should be able to attach it. Planning on hitting the water this weekend to give it a test run. We got really nice weather coming up (apart from some threat of a few thunderstorms on Sunday). Once it's on, I'll get a picture on here.
No, comes with a large-volume hand pump; takes about 5 minutes to blow up once you have the setup down. Pumps on the up and down:Do you have to blow that thing up with your mouth each time you go fishing?