Late this afternoon I finally got the new pontoon boat onto the water at nearby Spring Lake. Thanks to Kay Lynne for going along and taking the photo of the momentous event.
The boat is made by the Creek company, popular manufacturer of pontoon boats, float tubes and a zillion fishing accessories. I got it online and on sale at Cabela’s for a ridiculously low price. So, with the money I saved, I decided to get an electric trolling motor and a marine battery (both also on sale). Does anyone pay full retail anymore? The question I’m avoiding is how much I had to spend to get all those great sale prices.
We can at least pronounce the maiden voyage a success as far as the nautical aspects are concerned. The fishing part of it was not as achieving, but I was only out for an hour or so. I marked quite a few fish at 10’ or so in the 12’ – 15’ water depth range, but none chose to taste my tempting power bait offerings. Not even my new Scotty pole holder bolted to the front rail could shake the skunk off.
Thankfully, I had saved my portable, battery-operated fish finder that I bought many years ago when I didn’t own a boat and was just renting them. A set of new “C” batteries and it revived perfectly. A fish finder may show you where the fish are, but unfortunately you've still gotta catch em!
I’m glad to get the “test run” out of the way, and it feels good that everything works as it should. Hopefully I’ll get some serious fishing in this next week with my cousin Joel who has a neat, new inflatable Sea Eagle boat and troller. I’m thinking we’ll knock em dead at a hot lake just south of here, which will remain our secret for now.
8 comments:
Very cool! I'm jealous.
Thx, Gregg. Hopefully it'll be a lot of fish-catchin fun!
KLK has found a new career! Making old guys look young! I am headed that way to see if she can get the same results for me!
I have looked this photo over several times. The same question always comes up: "Where do I sit when you and I go fishing? On your lap?"
The image of the both of us on that boat brought a big smile to my face. Glug, glub, glug. It would either sink or be so low in the water that we'd be sitting in 6" of liquid. Guess we'll have to rent a small patio boat when you come up here to fish
Cool! But do your legs get cold? Because cold feet is a major fishing distraction for me!
I don’t have a budget to buy one yet so I just go for pontoon rental instead. I don’t have all the time in the world so renting is suitable with my lifestyle. Your pontoon looks great and I hope I can buy one if I have extra money for it.
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