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New ride!

Should pull my boat just fine.

 

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This stupid mist is keeping me from working on ANYTHING!!!!
Should have gone fishing. At least the fish will still bite in the mist.

 

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I'm installing my LED bow lights today.

 

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Start by drilling a small hole for the wire.

 

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Wire them in.
I'm using heat shrink butt connectors.

 

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Mounted

 

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Got the same ones! Can't beat BPS.

 

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Yep, BPS for $15 if I remember right. I could get some cheaper from eBay and waited for them to take the slow boat from China. Then sit at the port while the longshoremen are on strike.
Nah, this should work just fine.

Now if my brother would hurry up, we are supposed to be fishing today.
Here's to hoping for a few bites.

 

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Alright, he just called, 5 minutes out. This is a power plant lake, so it is already warm enough for spawning. Some have spawned, some are staging, some are post. I'm just gonna fish and hope for the best.

 

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Well we launched and made the run to the dam. We weren't there 5 minutes and my brother is on the board.

 

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I'm running the TM and trying to fish, but the wind is pushing us into the rocks of the dam. You want to fish close, as that is where they are. I look down and realize my lights aren't on. I thought my brother bumped the switch, but it was on. Fuse is good, just no navigation lights.

AWESOME!!!!!

So I can not for the life of me figure them out, so I get back to fishing. No one is going to hit us this close to the dam. There is a fallen tree that I almost always catch a decent fish from. I get the boat positioned and tell my brother where to throw. He makes several casts, but nothing. I keep telling him, you have to cast right up tight to the roots. A few more casts and still nothing. So I make a cast and
BAM!!!
Its about a 7lber. It runs away from the tree and I can see its just barely hooked. Its turns and makes a dash for the tree. I'm trying to keep her out of it and be gentle at the same time. I finally get her to turn and she stands up with her mouth at the surface and




You know what happens next.


Out comes the one and only hook from the crank bait I had in her.
It was a good fight and I'll catch more off that same tree.
We head back to the dam and we see what we think is a nutria. It might be a never, but it's swimming and only its head is out of the water and maybe 75 yards away. Then it gets up on the bank and its an otter!!!!

We scramble to get our phones out and snap a couple pics. Not the best, but the best we could do.

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We moved and caught a couple small fish. ( when I say small I'm talking 2lbs.) We are fishing a slot limit lake and its full of big fish.
Then my brother sticks a little better fish.

The coloring on this one was unique.

 

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We kept fishing and


20"!

 

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Finally I stuck one that was OK for a pic.

 

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We saw all kinds of ducks today. Several blue bills, and buffle heads. Saw some blue winged teal and a couple shovlers too. But by far the best sight today was the cinnamon teal drake. He was gorgeous!!!
I took pics, but I don't know if you can see him.

 

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I've got several duck pics, but no clue if you can see them on here.
Oh well. It was a good day. The bilge quit working too, so it looks like I have some work to do.

 

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Well, here I go. I got my depth finder transducer wire hung up. I'm going to cut out my floor to see what's up.

Wish me luck.

 

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