New, to me, boat. Maiden voyage photos added

[Roy]

So how did it go? Are you happy with it? Any tweaks you want to do?

[kickingfrog]

I forgot how much of a pain it is to troll from a console. I only had a few hours before picking up the kids from daycare. Things went so smooth I kept expecting to have the motor fall off on the highway home.

I'm used to my hummingbird so there is a bit of a learning curve with the lowrance, but no big deal. I hope to go fishing next week and that's where I'll start to get a sense for any tweaks.

[Sinker]

Uh oh.......skunked on the first outing is a bad sign!

 

Glad to hear it went smooth otherwise.

 

I fully understand the whole trolling/console thing.

 

 

S.

[Rizzo]

...looks great Rob! Glad you got out and that all went well. A real nice look with your tow vehicle.

[Rizzo]

my 3 year old son (who should be in bed) just peered over my shoulder while I was looking at your photos and said "hhheeeyyyyyy that guy is fishing in OUR boat" (and now he's bugging me to scroll back to the picture)

[kickingfrog]

Ya, you gotta watch what's one the screen when the little ones are around.

[DRIFTER_016]

There are a couple of options when it comes to preventing stone chips.

The flaps are OK but do nothing when stones are thrown from vehicles passing you.

 

The Bow buddy attaches to the front of the trailer to protect the hull from stones.

http://www.trailer-rockguard.com/

 

If you travel a lot of gravel roads the Trailer Tux is the one to have.

http://www.trailertux.com/

 

I want to add one to my trailer and I think the Tux is the one I will go with.

They aren't cheap but neither is a paint job.

 

Almost forgot to mention that they are both Canadian companies.

Edited May 26, 2013 by DRIFTER_016

[motv8tr]

Nice!!! Congratulations Rob, I know you'll enjoy that...

 

Maureen