Went to Larto Sunday. Got up a bit earlier(for me). Sonic was still closed! Launched at Bud's and he gave me the general advice but the specific depth. Tried one spot I thought would be good and not a bite. Then a bit of a boat ride to a spot I had not caught fish at(apologies to my english teacher), but always thought it should
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be good. Bingo! Four boats there, but plenty of room for more. They were catching a few crappie, while I was catching a few catfish! Changed the rig a bit and raised them off the bottom a bit. Caught a couple. About 10 am by now and they started leaving. I had my Humminbird on Autochart Live Record, so I was making a one foot contour map of the area as I fished. There was a deep channel that wound through the area, but you couldn't tell it looking at the water. I started fishing the dropoff to the channel, and started catching crappie!! By then I was the last man standing! Ended up with 14, kept 10. Went back and tried the spot I caught them a month ago, and caught a gar and a catfish. Cleaned fish at Bud's and went to get my boat trailer. Oh Oh! The 2nd roller from the front had split and the rubber part had fallen off!! I had another roller, but it was 4" short, and a new shaft and capnuts. I have done this job before, once it was easy and once it was near impossible. This one was the impossible kind, in the afternoon heat! After lots of pounding and prying, bleeding and sweating, I got the @##*@@!! thing off. Putting the new one on was easy, and I used a piece of rope to keep the roller centered on the shaft. Made it home ok and found I had somehow damaged my trailer light plug wire. I had splices, and correct tool so I fixed that today while it was still cool. Then fished Lake Concordia for a few hours with nary a bite.
Good trip to Larto. Thanks to Bud for help launching the boat, a bit of key info, and helping with the roller fix. He's good people!!
Anyone know an easy way to get the capnuts off boat rollers after they have been in place for 15 years and in salt water a few times?
