Kickerfish, Nickajack, Bass, 09/25/2017, Nephew

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Kickerfish

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My nephew and I took off yesterday morning to try our luck out on the Nick. We were plagued with issues from the start but ended up making a fun day out of it.

Up first, are the issues. To those who were at Sullivan's yesterday morning, my apologies!

Put the boat in, boat buckle was loosened but not unhooked so the boat wouldn't come off the trailer. emoBang
Pull out on the lake from the dock waiting on the my partner, big motor gets stuck in reverse. emoBang
Walk up on the deck to troll back to the dock, trolling motor is dead. emoBang
Got a tow back to the dock (thank you stranger!) and loaded the boat on the trailer. We fixed the big motor issue. The rod that shifts the motor into forward, neutral, and reverse and come off from its peg and wasn't shifting. I was terrified though as my prop acted like it was locked (reverse). Took off to Lookout Valley to check my trolling batteries. The oldest of which was from 2012 was done for. It looked as though it had exploded. The top was cracked and raised up off the case. emoBang
I bought 2 new trolling batteries and we headed back to the dock. emoThumbsup

Went down to Mullins Cove and threw the frog around. It was a tough bite. We had a few that cooperated but they wouldnt stay buttoned up. I also threw a swimbait on a Picasso double blade through the grass and nothing. The few that we did find hit multiple times too. We caught a few and that was all I needed to make the day better. September is not my favorite month by any stretch due to the transition. Good luck out there!
 
Welcome to the boaters world...always something....glad u got back out & had some fun..... emoGeezer emoUSA
 
lol, I think we have all had those days! My back still has pain from a few for sure!! Glad you got it all figured out and still got to fish!
 
A bad day on the lake is still better than a day at work. Boats....money pits....but they are fun especially when there is one pulling on the end of the line.
 
Bring on another Thousand!!!!! That’s what they stand for but got to love them better than not having one had to fish a lot growing up from the bank but still rather spend the money and be able to get out and enjoy the good old lake from time to time nothing wrong with fishing from the bank either cause most of the time I end up throwing at the bank anyway when I’m in the boat wonder why we do that if we in a boat we throw at the bank if we on the bank we throw out as far as we can. Glad you got it going good luck mine is up tell after deer season..
 

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