Thread: $2,000.00 fishing trip….

Originally Posted by Ketchn

we used to see boats every trip tied to trees at lake fork when they opened it back some 45 years or so ago , all of them were minus the motor and the transom .
the boat lanes were very much unmarked back then and it was just a flooded giant thicket of big oak trees , sure was a dangerous place to take your boat back then .
having been speared hard at just on plane one time makes one really appreciate the impact of hitting something hard going fast .
it is no wonder our new boat law is so heavily enforced about wearing your kill switch .

That boat stops a lot faster than you do. I took one over a log floating just under the surface one night. That was a slow nasty trip back with the prop all wrecked

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

That boat stops a lot faster than you do. I took one over a log floating just under the surface one night. That was a slow nasty trip back with the prop all wrecked

Turned hard right before the boat lane one night at fork , me up front running the q beam as us young men might have done back in the day .
Cut off an oak tree at the water line about telephone pole size and the skeeter was fine .
But ketchn and the driver had to fight off a million mad wasps and fire ants and spiders in the dark, After we changed our soiled underwear !

Originally Posted by Gone Fishin'

Ouch! That kind of damage just hurts your feelings and your wallet.
Maybe your good attitude will be rewarded with a limit on every trip the rest of this year.

Yeah,
I don’t get too stressed about much at my age.
I can fix about anything(not bragging)
At least I always try.
Only trouble now is I don’t like to work on stuff anymore.
Every time son in law comes to the house I send him him with a truck load from my garage. Welders, torches and tanks, bearing press, last time he was here. Lol.
I did rebuild a Harley motor for a friend this winter and of course it was a freebie with him just buying the parts. That was only a couple day job while it was too cold to fish.
Chuck


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Originally Posted by Ketchn

Turned hard right before the boat lane one night at fork , me up front running the q beam as us young men might have done back in the day .
Cut off an oak tree at the water line about telephone pole size and the skeeter was fine .
But ketchn and the driver had to fight off a million mad wasps and fire ants and spiders in the dark, After we changed our soiled underwear !

Sounds invigorating

Got new lower unit mounted today.
Put my new aluminum Honda prop on.
Stainless prop will be the spare while in the river. Lol
Only took about 20 minutes.
Now to attempt to straighten the prop shaft and install of seals on the banged up one.


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Good job Chuck!

Bright shiny and new. Looks awesome

Originally Posted by Chuck Adams

Should read expensive hobby!! Lol
Chuck


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My experience with hobbies has always been expensive.


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