Ecofina "Woo Hoo" 9/18/05 report

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Ecofina "Woo Hoo" 9/18/05 report

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:-D We figured it was going to be hot as hell today ,but decided to go anyway. :-D Got there about 7:40 and it was drizzling rain and overcast, I thought great at least we won't be hot. Got out the mouth no problem on plane, punched in the spot I had the topwater hits last week and headed out. All is going well the water is just under three feet then BAM!!! :smt013 I hit my first rock ever! :smt013 It took quite a chunk out of my skeg so I'll call it Skeg Rock. The coordinates are N30'01.581 by W83'56.946. So I curse a little and off we go again. Get to the spot in 3' it's stained ,choppy , and 80 degrees. I start off with a rattling minnow bait with no luck. So I tie on a Mirrorlure propbait and cast out. Rip rip BAM, fish on, my first ever topwater trout. Two casts later annother one, this time an 18' keeper. Man I'm hooked, after I boat 4 fish my buddy finally listens to me and ties on a devilhorse. 2 casts later his first ever trout on topwater. :-D :thumbup: :-D We never left that area which is a small 500' group of GPS #'s all 3-5' deep. We would just keep doing different angled drifts as the tides and wind changed. The water stayed from 80-83 degrees and lightly stained. We used jigs under thunders, topwater, cut bait(1 fish) and staight jigs. We caught 8 from 15.25-19 and 2 borderline that we through back and around 20-25 shorts. Also only 1 cat(jig) and a 30" ladyfish(topwater) What a blast! And I caught my last trout on topwater at 11:00! :-D :-D :-D I also had a pesky gull that kept pickin up my lure off the water, that was funny to watch.
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Nice way to end a rocky day...good catch... :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Post by Sir reel »

Good job H-n-M. :D Sorry ta hear bout the rock :( but thanks for giving us the #. Hope all ya came away with was just a piece of the skeg gone. Make sure to check your prop shaft for a wobble and the seal.
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Good deal, HnM. Hope the motor isn't damaged too bad.
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Topwater middle of the day! Got to love it. :thumbup:
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You forgot to post the GPS # for the fishing hole. :D Glad ya'll caught a few. :thumbup:
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Post by dave7 »

:thumbup: Love that topwater. I'm cheap and was hesitant to spend the $$ on it, but it sure is fun.
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Post by canoeman »

sorry to hear about your boat, sounds like a good day on the water
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Good day cept for the rock.
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Post by Hit-n-Miss »

:-D Birdog those #'s are N..........by W.......... Just make a beeline from the tripod to the rock, it's in that general direction. Not sure how much past that rock you have to go. Just don't hit the rock. :-D As luck would have it the prop appears untouched just missing a chunk of the skeg.
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:-D :thumbup:
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Post by squiffy »

This presents a good opportunity to change your user name to 'hit-and-catch'.

I busted up my lower unit a few years back on one of those rocks - now I go really slow when I head east.
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Post by Algaegator »

H&M,
Sorry about your motor. The same thing happened to me a while back. Wavel Porter (Porter Marine, Woodville) hooked me up. He repaired my skeg and installed one of his custom SS rock guards on my lower unit all for less than $200. Great fish catching though.

Here's a pic of the rock guard.
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Post by birddog »

Algaegator wrote:
Here's a pic of the rock guard.
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Thats my next project for my boat.
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Post by tin can »

Birddog, you have a problem. Wavel doesn't work on black motors. :wink: :-D
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