Maiden Voyage today!

[gabowman]

My first trip with the "new-to me" boat this morning and it was somewhat of a success.Thumbs Up Didnt have a clicker onboard (forgot that:rolleyes but I'm guessing I caught a limit of crappie between 8:30AM-12:30PM. It stayed overcast most of the morning and little to no winds. A great day on the water.

The boat I got came with a really old graph with about 50 buttons (a Lowrance black and white something-something 2000:rolleyes) and after getting it on the water I found that I was fishing practically blind so after getting home I stripped that one off my boat and put my 522C onboard so now maybe I can "see" where I'm fishing again.:p Also spent some time getting rod holders in position too. Anyway, nothing worthy of pictures today. Only had 5 keepers out of the bunch @ 10" to 11" each with everything else being skidders so they all went back in to grow some more. I gotta finish the registration next week and get the numbers on the boat and I promise I'll take a few pictures and get 'em up for you guys to see what I'm riding in. Anyway........glad today wasnt a skunk in my new-to-me boat.:o:p

[Rod Breaker]

glad to hear u got it on the water

[Fisher-o-Men]

Great to see you out there in your new ride, Butch! Every new toy requires some tinkering, but a pile o' fish on opening day is a great start. And having your own familiar electronics on board will pay big dividends on your next outing plus make it feel more like "your" boat too!

[Tracy Swanson]

congrats on the new boat its got to a nice one. the skiff wasn't a sore eye and it had to be fun slime it up on the first day. it wont take long and you fell wright at home in it did you keep the i pilot cant weight to see some pics of her good luck with it. b.o.a.t. break+out+ another + thousand LOL

[drill instructor]

Great job Butch can't wait to fish beside that ranger

[strmwalker]

glad you got out and fished in the new ride!!!

[gthartwell]

Great job Butch can't wait to fish beside that ranger

Did he say ranger????now that's a big change!!!!Thumbs Up hope you enjoy it.

[JIGGS]

Was good to have seen you on the water again. Been a few since we had heard form you. Good job of catching and the ride looked greast.

[STUMP HUNTER]

I'm glad you remembered how to unload a boat since it's been a few weeks DohRofl
Good to hear you got to fish out of the Ranger and hope the adjustments doesn't take you to long.
Good report, sounds like a good day.Thumbs Up This thread would have been nice with "pitchers"Hands Clapping

[burdawg]

congrats on getting the new ride out, Butch. It won't take long and you'll have all the kinks out. And like Stump said some "pitchers" woulda been nice...........Ronnie, he's probably wanting to get it wrapped before he shows us the pix...Anybody wanna guess who his sponsor is?....