Low Baller

Home bound. Would like to thank everyone for their input and support. Another great weekend on mother O. Big shout out to Capt. Mike and best mate ever Tanya for taking us on the last run. Lake went from 2's to 8's in an hr this morning. Still managed to get Brandon 1 for the road. Had salmon and rice for brunch compliments of Tanya. Excellent! Alot of good folks still left in the world. Be safe,  good fishing. 

Clark 

Now if I can get Jr to get a frigging haircut. Lol great day

Brandon got it done,  1 for Jr.150 down 140 ,ffs. 

Found temp this morning 130 over 160 out of Mexico launch. Little help from Captain Hachimo. Did a full spoon spread. Picked up a skip for Brandon. Back at it shortly on the SR side. Tough but great weather. Little bumpy but doable. 

Ran out of SR this afternoon. 70° water out to 130. Set up 2 dipseys with ff's and riggers scraping bottom with spoons. Few marks hugging temp 140 to 155. 1 knock off. Lake was beautiful tonight. See what happens tomorrow. Kids had fun. 

9 minutes ago, whaler1 said:

Hoping for a good day. Pretty sure the blow pushed in warm water, not cold. 
Good luck to all going out. 

As usual 

That's what I'm talking about!  The blow bringing in silver. Thanks for the intell.

Locked and loaded. Grandsons are off tomorrow, will head up in the am for the afternoon bite if all goes to plan. Weather looks good, hope lake lays down through out today. Hope everyone has a great labor day weekend, I'll be happy just hanging out at the launch lol. Mission is to get Brandon his 1st salmon. Andrew Jr is a salt, he's been rolling with me since he was 5.

Triple check safety protocol and gear. Keep it tight, I'm stoked! 

Perfect. I'll only use 2 riggers, 2 dipseys, maybe copper down the shuttle. Have otterboats and a dbl reel single mast if needed. Boat isn't that big lol. Thanks for chiming in Less. I look forward to hearing from you every year.

I'm looking at Cannon mag 10 ts electric and gimbal mounts. Have unitrol hand cranks with swivel mounts on old boat. I'm assuming the white down riggers are salt rated? I fish both as a weekend warrior,, so any gear won't see a ton of use. Trying to be cost effective. 

Also I could use the other forward rod holder with another adjustable gimbal mount for dipsy.  I know I could just Google, but I like hands on experience.  Thoughts? 

Fly by wire, fish in the boat, kid's with happy faces. Doesn't get any better.!! Outstanding!

Thanks Hornet, have bearing buddies. I run a helix 7 and agree it's a battery killer. Alot to ponder. Trial and error. Every boat has it's on personality. 

Trailer's squared away. Leaf springs, bearings, tires. Captain chairs and pedestals ordered. Any recommendations on restoring faded jell coat. Picking up a buffer with wool pad for compound. Are all marine products the same. 3m was recommended to me. Also when switching to dual battery, can I run down riggers with other auxiliaries, or do they need their own battery?

Thanks, Clark 

Yeh, that's ugly. Going to be quiet this week. Every year same bs. West wind at 15 +, 3 to 6 ft seas, and I'm chucking cleos at the light house.

Yeh, that's ugly. Going to be quiet this week. Every year same bs. West wind at 15 +, 3 to 6 ft seas, and I'm chucking close at the light house.

Thanks bud. I double those #'s. 1ft in a 16 feel like 3's 

How's it looking on Mexico? Getting antsy.

42 minutes ago, sherman brown said:

a 9.9 should be great as we use a 9.9 big foot on our 26' boat. i use mercury on mine but i guess any of the top brands would work. i have a 02 mercury 9.9 tiller with the start button on the tiller that's a great looking and great starting with electric starting and running motor, and she runs awesome for sale for 1600.00 that'll knock your socks off. but i would guess you live too far away to make the trip to pick it up.

 

as for the batteries you need to get an isolator to control which battery is getting charged when it has the lowest charge. this switch is automatic and keeps both batteries charged. there is another switch that does this but for the life of me i can't remember what it's called. and if possible, you should put the kicker mount on the opposite side of the boat to balance the extra weight. but the 9.9 4 stroke merc only weighs a little over 100# dry.

Send me a pm, I'll be fishing Mexico labor day weekend. Thanks 

Good advice EK, I'll have to try a test troll with the main motor. It's an 02 merc 90 saltwater smoker. Maybe a baffle. Don't like messing with bags.

Starting to read up and search for components and advice on setting up for trolling.  Watching the classifieds for good used riggers etc. Have a fish hawk from other boat. Want to covert to 2 battery system. Need a little input on proper mounting. Also keeping an eye out for good used kicker and bracket. 9.9 would probably be sufficient. Boat isn't huge. Any input is appreciated. 

On 8/24/2022 at 7:04 PM, greenhornet73 said:

What vhf channel are guys on while out there?

This time of year hand signals work fine. Either a wave or the middle finger. 😆 

Outstanding!! Great pics. Lake looked perfect. I swore that this weekend was labor day. Was ready to roll till the grandson told me I need meds See you next Friday, 😆 

3 hours ago, p3434 said:

I fished Wednesday the 17 th, In front of the big river. 120 fow, 80 ft down. Picked up 3 kings. Fishing was slow, but should  pick up . I’m going back up this Wednesday and Thursday. 

Thanks brother, can always depend on you. Good luck, I'll be listening 

Long range forecast looking decent for Mexico bay this coming labor day weekend. Hopefully the lake has settled into some kind of thermo, and not 70° out to 150. Any Intel would be appreciated. 

Crickets.