Guess i have 80 posts andnever introduced myself! My name is Dustin from Duluth, MN and in my late 20s. Have a wonderful fiance and were getting married this summer
I used to fish lots, but the past decade archery has pretty much consumed me. Hunting, targets, 3d shoots. Just put fishing aside for years.
Last year broke my hand at work. Had a cast on from june through august. Well there went shooting. Sooo i was in a tough spot, couldnt waiste away summer!! My dad had the boat i currently have so one day said ya know what im not going to sit around and do nothing. I knew it was easy boat to launch so i bought a roll of shrink wrap for wrapping pallets, hooked up the boat and drove to the lake. Wrapped my cast so it wouldnt get wet and went out. Didnt catch anything but it was a beautiful day and right then and there i fell in love being out on the lake again. at the same timemy dad re-fell in love with it as well but his wife wanted a bigger boat. Disnt take him a week to pull one home. So i bought the boat i had fishedmy whole life in from him.
Took my fiance out and i figured she would like it but also figured after two hours she would get bored and want to go home. Oh was i wrong. I soon found out even after a good 8 hours on the lake i had to practically drag her off the lake. She loved the lake the boat the sun and catching fish. We got along wonderfully on the lake and it just became the best thing in the world to do together. Later she got the nerve to drive it and fell in love with that too LOL.
So here i am. Just got done with my mod to make our small boat even more enjoyable to fish out of. Weather in april has been CRAP so i a chomping at the bit to get it out more!!!! Its been kind of a rough winter with back issues from a december accident and work and life has just been tough. I cant wait to be back out on the water on a nice sunny day with my love and best friend and ejoying the outdoors together again.
Doesnt hurt that my dad has re obsessed himself with fishing either, and moat all my friends have also gotten back into it as i have. Nice to get a couple boats out there and anchor next to eachother and relax.
Glad i found this forum, great help and fun to see what others have done. I greatly enjoy my little tin and these new big azz 20,000-40,000 boats really dont interest me much, so to find a place that revolves around boats like i have has been a hidden pot of gold. Thanks to all that participate on here to give me so much great reading material
Now, if anyone has a 25 hp 4 stroke they would like to donate to me, my boat would be absolutely perfect!!!
