I've been away from the computer but not been away from the lake. I've made 3 or so trips to the lake since my big birthday fish. And I wish I could say I've loaded the boat.
Went last Thursday evening and fished from 4:00 p.m. to dark. Put in at Hornsby and fished several areas. Caught 2 slicks and one monster crappie on a DD14.
Came back Friday evening and put in at Hornsby again and fished a few new spots and wound up with the goose egg for the evening.
Then just got back a while ago from a morning trip and more the less goose egged again. Made a run to Whites Creek from Hornsby and found TONS of shad. It was a matter of time before I found the bass BUT my outboard has been running "cold collared" here lately. It flat out stopped on me this morning as I was getting ready to run to another point further up the creek. And WOULD NOT crank over again for nothing. I didn't know what else to do...no other boats in sight. No cell phone. But I did have a fresh charged trolling motor battery. So off I troll all the way from nearly the flat at Whites Creek to past Half Moon Island heading on towards Hornsby. I see a boat up ahead and a guy flailing his arms. I was going to pass him anyway and got to him and asked if his boat was giving trouble too. Yep. His outboard starter was shot and he'd been trolling since 9 that morning and it was a little after 1:00 p.m. His let down on him at the iron hill cut through and he was within a half mile or so of arrowhead marina where he was heading when I passed him. My battery soon went drained as I'd been running it on high the whole time. I was getting ready to switch to the cranking battery and decided to give the big motor one more shot before I changed over. And it started!! Yeah!! Took a time or two to get it running and I wasn't sure if it was going to get me to the ramp or not so I made a hard run for it. Got the boat loaded and here I am.
Here it is just a week away from my vacation and I was going to be doing some serious bass fishing and now I got a motor problem or something. It cranks and runs fine when its warm out side but if it's cool out...it sputters and jumps and just wont run worth a flip.
Went last Thursday evening and fished from 4:00 p.m. to dark. Put in at Hornsby and fished several areas. Caught 2 slicks and one monster crappie on a DD14.
Came back Friday evening and put in at Hornsby again and fished a few new spots and wound up with the goose egg for the evening.
Then just got back a while ago from a morning trip and more the less goose egged again. Made a run to Whites Creek from Hornsby and found TONS of shad. It was a matter of time before I found the bass BUT my outboard has been running "cold collared" here lately. It flat out stopped on me this morning as I was getting ready to run to another point further up the creek. And WOULD NOT crank over again for nothing. I didn't know what else to do...no other boats in sight. No cell phone. But I did have a fresh charged trolling motor battery. So off I troll all the way from nearly the flat at Whites Creek to past Half Moon Island heading on towards Hornsby. I see a boat up ahead and a guy flailing his arms. I was going to pass him anyway and got to him and asked if his boat was giving trouble too. Yep. His outboard starter was shot and he'd been trolling since 9 that morning and it was a little after 1:00 p.m. His let down on him at the iron hill cut through and he was within a half mile or so of arrowhead marina where he was heading when I passed him. My battery soon went drained as I'd been running it on high the whole time. I was getting ready to switch to the cranking battery and decided to give the big motor one more shot before I changed over. And it started!! Yeah!! Took a time or two to get it running and I wasn't sure if it was going to get me to the ramp or not so I made a hard run for it. Got the boat loaded and here I am.
Here it is just a week away from my vacation and I was going to be doing some serious bass fishing and now I got a motor problem or something. It cranks and runs fine when its warm out side but if it's cool out...it sputters and jumps and just wont run worth a flip.
