Out of the water

Posted by Greybeard on Oct 24th, 2008 in Fishing | Comments Off

Today was the day,  we tried to make a short run at fishing before pulling the boat,  but that didn’t work out.

Leaving the mouth of the river,  we noticed that the marker bouy’s were bobbing in and out of sight in the waves.  We had to run the windshield wipers to be able to see, to get out to the marker bouy’s.  Once past the buoy’s,  we were in about 4 to 5 foot Chop.  NASTY STUFF!  (I have a knot on top of my head,  to witness one of the drawbacks of owning a hardtop fishing boat).  Giving up on the fishing idea,  I pulled it around and headed back to the launch.   

The next big challenge was hull cleaning.  After trying every type of cleaner I had in the garage,  I went out and bought a gallon of MaryKate’s On/Off bottom cleaner.  Very strong acid,  would be another way to describe it.   I have to admit though,  it did do a pretty good job of cleaning the hull. (with only minor lung damage to my lungs,  and one destroyed pair of coveralls).

Looks like that last trip for Walleye was just a pipe dream.  Oh well,  there’s always next year.



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