Thread: Old timers

For the longest time, all I had was a 10' Jon boat. No paperwork so it wasn't registered. I'd put my tackle box and a cooler in the back and sit up front with a pole in one hand and a short paddle in the other and skull paddle from one end of the bayou to the other. Got to the point that I could get where I needed to go pretty quick. When I finally got a trolling motor, I was in high cotton, son! Most of the time, I'd still just use a paddle to avoid lugging a motor and battery so far. Kept the boat on the bank. I would have given up a lot to have a rig like that. Anything the makes the job easier is a step up.

Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Adam, Linda and I fished a lot out of such a rig when we were first married 46 years ago. My block was a 2X4 and the troll motor was a Wizard bought by my Dad at Western Auto. It had about 20 pounds of thrust. My main propulsion was a 9.9 third hand Johnson that we ran for years. I then was able to buy a second hand 15 from my father in law's friend. I figured I'd really get a lot more speed out of that one. Well I timed a mile run with each and found that they pushed the boat almost the same speed, but the 15 looked like a real motor compared to the little turtle shell looking 9.5. Enjoy your new creation and there is nothing wrong with going slow and small, you get to see a lot more and in most cases catch more fish.
"gene"

And you are so right, sir. Your story reminds me a lot of us. Most of my fish time is after work and mostly after dark it seems. That's the weekend "getaway"boat. But it's allowed me to see more of fishing a river system.
Learned a bunch quick.
Waters low, fish against any type of current where water is running backwards and there's extreme depth changes bf the current break.
I catch mor fish in the twenty mins bf dark after work. than I do on a 4 hr weekend trip.
Sure is fun and hope Lindsey n I can do it as looks no as you n Mrs Linda have.



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