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Post by Brikatw on Jan 3, 2006 10:39:59 GMT 12.75
OK, spent almost all day Saturday with Matt going over the boat for the up coming season. Got it cleaned up, a trott line or 2 ready to go, the rods ready, coolers, fish basket, bait cast net, gas and oil, paddle, fire extinguisher, bucket, bilge pump and even an extra plug for the boat. I just can't for the life of me remember what else it is I need to do to that boat.
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Jan 3, 2006 11:56:53 GMT 12.75
Check and make sure wasps haven't built a nest in the water pump drain, and check life vests
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Post by Mars on Jan 3, 2006 12:46:40 GMT 12.75
First aid kit.
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Post by RogueWarrior1957 on Jan 3, 2006 13:07:47 GMT 12.75
Those darned little mud-dauber wasps (we called 'em dirt-daubers when I lived back there) sure play heck with motorcycle air cleaners and boat motors don't they. When I lived in TN the kids couldn't keep their baby Honda running and came to get Uncle Bill to look at it...all that was wrong was the dirt-daubers had the air intake to the filter blocked completely. The minute I took off the air cleaner it ran like a striped ape, so that's how I found the wasp nest.
On your list...what about a landing net or gaff, a length of rope for tying off and etc...and a rope and anchor. Of course people may fish a bit differently there than they do here in the desert! ;D I think lasso'ing a cactus to tie off may be out of the question! ;D
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Post by bloodlust on Jan 3, 2006 13:34:38 GMT 12.75
A paddle, and PFDs. And if yer boat doesn't have a horn, an airhorn. Did ya check the lights? And if you troll around a lot, get one of those little doohickeys that can tell how much charge is left on your battery.
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Post by Paws on Jan 3, 2006 14:47:58 GMT 12.75
Cooler, 12 pack, two boxes of baking soda, toilet paper, flashing lantern, 6 empty milk jugs, two balls of kite twine, four dozen m-80 fire crackers, 20 foot of chicken wire, 30 foot of dog chain, and a half dozen propholactics!
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Post by othmar on Jan 3, 2006 15:29:18 GMT 12.75
Leave a note with someone which tells them exactly where you are going what you are doing and what time you are expected back home. Also a cell phone and spare batteries.
When ever I go away for a trip I let someone know where, when, what. So if something should happen they can find me quicker. Such preparation has saved the life of many people including a friend of mien which we could find quick after he was missing for three hours from camp.
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Post by Mars on Jan 4, 2006 5:02:37 GMT 12.75
Lets make it simple. Drive to your nearest Bass Pro store, jack the store off it's foundation, slide several(many) pontoons under it, tow to your fishing spot, launch and enjoy, until you forget something else and need to go to Wal-Mart. ;D
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Post by Brikatw on Jan 4, 2006 5:36:45 GMT 12.75
I got the PFDs, can't get in my boat with out them, remember the stumps and stuff in the swamp. Got lights, gas, rope, bailing bucket and hand pump(don't trust a battery). Gps, compass, rods, reels, trott lines, nets(hoop, landing and cast). First aid kit for me and the boat. Airhorn in a can, 12 ga flares, cell phone w/batteries, cooler(to be stocked), Jugs for fishing and other uses, even have a portable gas grill and lantern. Got the dirt daubers out and talked to the boat shop guys about the water pump on the motor. No problems there. I even have an anchor, now all I got to do is figure out where I can sit...... ;D
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 4, 2006 6:27:40 GMT 12.75
Best place to sit is in the front seat of the truck while you're trailering that sucker down here to Okeechobee!
We got more big bass than any place else in the country, and specks? Oh man! You can catch those things till your arms hurt. Boy do I know a couple of spots for them trotlines too!
I'll be gearing up for a month of serious fishing in a couple of weeks, then I have to put the rods away and devote everything to turkey season. After that, I can fish and hunt hogs for a few months until September rolls around and bowhunting starts up again.
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Jan 4, 2006 10:44:20 GMT 12.75
N2, If I can ever find time I may have to pull mine down there ;D Its just a little boat, a 17 foot Javelin 379, with a 150 Johnson Faststrike ;D
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Post by Mars on Jan 4, 2006 10:50:48 GMT 12.75
n2eatn, I caught a 8 1/2+ pound bass in Oklahoma many years ago and took it to be mounted being the biggest bass I've ever caught. Taxidermist asked why I wanted to mount a baby bass for. He was wall to wall with double digit size bass. Though they where "florida strain" bass brought in by the fish and game and stocked in the public waters. Brik, don't forget to wax the boat hull.
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Post by Brikatw on Jan 4, 2006 15:41:03 GMT 12.75
Well, I spent some more time on the boat again today. I had to rewire the running lights because the guy that had the boat before me had it all pieced together. If there is one thing I cannot stand is piece meal wiring. >:(One piece of wire as far as it needs to go and then a little extra in case of a bad terminal. I got all the wiring and switching in and the front light still didn't work. Turned out that the plug thing the light sits in had messed up pins. So I dug into my bucket of old aircraft parts and found what I needed and repaired that. Now the lights light when and where they are supposed to. As for waxing Mars, the paint is olive drab and I really don't need to go that fast. If I'm out fishing, I just don't get in any kind of hurry. I figure 28 MPH, by the GPS, in that boat is pretty good. It's a 15 ft with a 4 ft wide flat bottom and a 25 HP Mariner pushing it. Up front is a 48 lb Minn Kota. All together, more than I can turn loose in the swamp. most of the time anyways ;D But the new headlight will turn midnight into noon at 75 yards ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Mars on Jan 5, 2006 5:58:42 GMT 12.75
OOPPS, living in Indiana I forgot that people wax their boat hulls for speed as well. I did mine up there to speed up the cleaning time. The lakes are so polluted that when you pull your boat out it's got a black ring around it plus those goofy zebra mussels that must be cleaned off.
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Jan 5, 2006 6:47:43 GMT 12.75
Make sure you got your current registration in the boat and the sticker on the sides. You could also run it by a CO and have him give it the once over for you to make sure it is legal.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 5, 2006 10:45:05 GMT 12.75
Freddie, that's bit more boat than I'm used to. I'm getting a sixteen footer, but I'll only be putting 60hp on the back side. But, if you're in a big hurry to get to that special honey hole, that 150'll get ya there right away I bet. Course, ya wouldn't want to run that fast during the love-bug season! Mars, there ain't a thing in the world wrong with mounting an eight pounder! Heck my Dad and brother both have much smaller fish on the wall. Each one had a special story behind it is why. I've not caught anything past twelve pounds yet, but they're out there. One of my best days fishing several years ago involved twenty bass, six of which were over eight pounds. Nothing like wild shiners in a phosphate pit! ;D Brian, you got something to push that thing along with. Last time I took the airboat out we were fishing in the mangroves and kept having to push off of the oyster beds. A paddle wouldn't have been much help and I didn't want to keep cranking it up. A good push pole was a huge benefit.
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Post by Brikatw on Jan 6, 2006 4:33:59 GMT 12.75
I've been ythinking about the push pole for when Matt doesn't come along. Otherwise, by the time you think of getting a push pole that boy is in the water. (I think he just like to get wet) But that is a good idea ;D
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Jan 7, 2006 9:25:52 GMT 12.75
Might want to put a chainsaw in there too ;D
You think I'm kidding but I actually know a guy that carried one in his boat to at least one bass tournament on the Ohio River.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 7, 2006 10:47:36 GMT 12.75
Okay Carter, I gotta ask...what kind of fish was he chasing that he needed a chainsaw to get it in the boat?
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Post by Brikatw on Jan 7, 2006 14:02:28 GMT 12.75
Actually, depending on where we go the chainsaw may be a requirement, especially after the storms this past year. We always have a machette with us no matter what we're riding in or on when in the woods.
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