1.5 hour drive to one of my favorite lakes - boat wouldn't start at the ramp *sigh*

[Grainraiser]

Nothing like boat troubles, just got mine back from shop, been in there for at least a month and boy does the fishing change in a month period. If your gonna catch them on a consistent basis you gotta stay with them.

This is true. It's one of the reasons I kept my little 2 man bass boat when buying a bigger rig. I can always fish the shallows during the spawn and the bridge pilings any other time of year if the big boat is down. It has a little 5hp Mercury but 95% of the time I only use the trolling motor and Garmin Stryker.

[Danny Lang]

I wish I would of kept my old boat, was moving from Virginia to Georgia and didn’t have another driver to pull extra truck and boat, so I sold both before I moved.

[Rojo]

I don't have anything new but I got spares so something is taking me fishing when I'm ready. Always work to keep old stuff up but the overall cost is lower. Still being through and honest with ones' self when surveying the condition of your vessel is priceless. I never leave the dock if there is a remote chance I will need a jump, if there is a water leak anywhere, the amount of fuel on board is in question, etc. Sounds harsh but I have only been towed twice in my life. Broke a driveshaft in a 25in Looper 225 Evinrude, turned out to be a factory design defect and blew the 90 degree gears out of a Mercruiser 888 Stern Drive, just junk iron.

[Hitek]

Had that happen one day. I launched anyway and dropped the trolling motor. Ended up having one of the best fishing days I have ever had.

[Yak Fish]

I had an old 135 HP Johnson that hated to crank in cold weather. I'd run it the day before, but unless it caught early and run right off the bat, it would just suck the cranking battery down. I ended up getting a set of welding leads and would boost the cranking battery off the truck. Once she started, she'd run all day. But if she wouldn't fire, I might as well just go on home.

Jim

[Chuck Adams]

New boat with the wiring a mess.
Bet I can guess the brand, even if you don’t say. Just saying!!!


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