Author Topic: Taking the boat out tommorow (Read 357 times)

davidpt40 · « **on:** March 27, 2003, 07:56:48 PM »

Weather has been nice and the water is warming up. Friday morning at approximately 0600 hours my fishing buddy and I are going to be invading the local lake. Resistance by native fish populations is expected to be fierce, but my goal is to capture, not kill, as many as possible.

On a seriousness note, has anyone done much fishing yet this year? I caught a few crappie and bluegill while fish from the shore last week. Didnt want to fish too much though as it messes up their spawning.

Pongo · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2003, 10:16:10 AM »

Nope.
Out after rainbow this weekend though.

mason22 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2003, 10:18:40 AM »

not been fishing...but there has been a bunch of tourny's on our lake this past 2 months....not sure what that means.

Mini D · « **Reply #3 on:** March 28, 2003, 10:21:13 AM »

Damn... a thread about taking the boat out and I don't have the infamous hblair in his boat pic to post.

MiniD

MrLars · « **Reply #4 on:** March 28, 2003, 11:05:37 AM »

I'm getting my boat preped for the summer soon, having the boot replaced this year and getting a new stainless prop fitted as well as a new depth finder and GPS plotter.

Someone once told me just exactly what the word BOAT means...

Bring Out Another Thousand

Oh well, what ya gonna do, gotta pay too play

BTW, Largemouth Bass is what I fish for in fresh water mostly, White Seabass, Halibut and Thresher Shark for saltwater fishing.

Underwater I'm a gatherer, mostly Lobster and Scallops, it's too damned easy hunting with a speargun, IMO.

Otto · « **Reply #5 on:** March 28, 2003, 11:16:01 AM »

I'll be putting my Catalina 22 in next week. I just hope the ice is off the lake by then:)

LePaul · « **Reply #6 on:** March 28, 2003, 11:50:52 AM »

Well if you boaters need nav software, check us out... http://www.thecapn.com

MrLars · « **Reply #7 on:** March 28, 2003, 12:06:31 PM »

Here's a story about my most embarrasing fishing trip...

3 years ago on the first day of Salmon season and my first time in the Monterey Bay with my boat I launched from Moss Landing.

Making my way out of the breakwater I wondered just where the Salmon would be, I looked out to sea and saw about 200 boats 6 miles offshore and thought, Ahah! That's where they must be.

I cruised out there and positioned myself in the middle of the pack, went forward and tossed the anchor over so I could hold my spot in a 4kt current. I'm standing there on the bow feeding the anchor line out when I came to the end of the line.

400ft of anchor line and no bottom? 'WTF is going on' I'm asking myself when I look up and damn near all the other fishermen around me are pointing their fingers at me laughing their tulips off.

I couldn't figure out what was so funny until I pulled out my chart and suddenly it all became clear.

Seems that I was trying to drop anchor over the Mariana Trench that was....6,400ft deep at that point.

I learned a lesson that day and provided a good laugh to the other boaters