EricM
Well-known member
Hoo-eee! Another beautiful striped bass on 6 lb line! And a story to go with it (what a surprise).
Been having trouble for some time with my trolling motor. It quits - especially under a heavy load - and it needs to reset itself (somehow) before it can be used again. I just cleaned and tightened all connections around the batteries and circuit breaker, and it either is the same or worse now. I will trace and check all of the connections at and inside the trolling motor next, but I am losing faith.
The cat fishing was terrible today with only one coming into the boat while I struggled with the trolling motor and the wind. Here is a good fishing question: are bad words actually spoken if there is no one nearby to hear them? Anyway, I used the big motor to position the boat when the electric would get stupid, and sure enough I hung a big fish. Of course, it immediately went under the boat and hell and gone downstream while I couldn't reposition the boat to fight the fish. I finally got the line cleared under the dead trolling motor and could fight the fish - remember, it was only 6 pound test. I was pretty certain it was a striped bass rather than a big cat from the way it fought. Sure enough, it was a pretty 22 pounder that I chose to bring home for a few dinners. I cleaned it on the water (bloody damn thing) and spent a fair amount of time washing down the boat with a bucket and the bilge pump. At least that worked. I checked the nav lights and the bait tank pump and those aren't working right now either!!
Some days I love fishing more than others........................
Been having trouble for some time with my trolling motor. It quits - especially under a heavy load - and it needs to reset itself (somehow) before it can be used again. I just cleaned and tightened all connections around the batteries and circuit breaker, and it either is the same or worse now. I will trace and check all of the connections at and inside the trolling motor next, but I am losing faith.
The cat fishing was terrible today with only one coming into the boat while I struggled with the trolling motor and the wind. Here is a good fishing question: are bad words actually spoken if there is no one nearby to hear them? Anyway, I used the big motor to position the boat when the electric would get stupid, and sure enough I hung a big fish. Of course, it immediately went under the boat and hell and gone downstream while I couldn't reposition the boat to fight the fish. I finally got the line cleared under the dead trolling motor and could fight the fish - remember, it was only 6 pound test. I was pretty certain it was a striped bass rather than a big cat from the way it fought. Sure enough, it was a pretty 22 pounder that I chose to bring home for a few dinners. I cleaned it on the water (bloody damn thing) and spent a fair amount of time washing down the boat with a bucket and the bilge pump. At least that worked. I checked the nav lights and the bait tank pump and those aren't working right now either!!
Some days I love fishing more than others........................
