Bones
 

Hearing rumors and seeing pics of a bonito caught off the vineyard yesterday 2020 is a strange year so far. Striper fishing has been slow at my haunts bsb and tog were great til my boat broke down hoping to get back at it next week

Seems like every year there is a a quick hit in early June. Maybe they follow some squid inshore and then duck back out thill August....

Yeah

At least the squid are moving in always helps with the bigger fish
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That’s enough to get my heart pumping....

Good luck with the boat,,,, mine just developed electrical problemo’s
Tough stuff to fix....

Thanks gup steering cable snapped five miles out of tempest disconnected steering to start it and hand steer it in and the reverse cable snapped dead in the water. 1972 aquasport owes me nothing easy peazy
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Ray, every time you post something about your boat, I am more and more thrilled that I sold mine 2 years ago.

Every month I see my old McKee Craft in the OTW classified and every month I’m glad I don’t have the work, headaches and expense of owning a boat. I’m filling my freezer with good eaters faster than I did owning a boat and getting some exercise while doing it.

Paul, I hear ya,,, sometimes I wonder why I put myself through it,, then I go fishin..... LOL
Trailering around keeps me interested,,, BB tomorrow, Brant Rock Tuesday....
just keep kicking is the idea,,, you know!

Love the new boat. Going deep soon!

Trailering my boat gives me the highest level of anxiety possible...
Mainly because I don't take proper preventative care of my trailer and my bearings have blown 3 times on the road.
Now I only trailer it 2x per season to the launch to put it on a mooring and then pick it up.. and I hate every second of trailering.

It can be nerve racking for sure....
I’ll launch just before first light to have a particular ramp all to myself when alone,,,,

I was just talking to my buddy about this last night. I hate it too for same reason and would love a mooring. Last summer I was heading with wife for a cruise on our anniversary and got two miles and the bearing was gone. Spent the day getting and installing a new bearing. Burned that one out on the next trip on the way to a scheduled appt. with the marine mechanic. While he had it he replaced the axle as he said that was the likely culprit and did the other mechanical things on the motor I asked for. When he called me to let me know it was ready he said "ya know the rim on that tire is bent and that is probably why you are burning bearings. You want to get one and replace that yourself or should I order one for you while it is here." I told him I thought it probably made sense to replace it before I towed it the 40 miles home and potentially wrecked the brand new axle.
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Personally and it’s just me and maybe I’m young and dumb but enjoy having a 17’ boat with single axle trailer with no brakes. I tow it from Norfolk to the cape all year. Grease the hubs several times a year and always carry a spare hub assembly only takes 10 min to swap out on the road if need be as well as having one if not two spare tires a good jack and proper tools. I like the option to drop in at multiple places in several states so I can dodge the crowds and be on my own schedule. I always think about upgrading and going bigger but realize new problems will ride those coat tails. Just installed new steering cables and forward reverse and rebuilt my controller so hoping I can get through the rest of this year fingers crossed
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Trailers is the biggest headache in boating. I completely rebuilt mine, single axle, no brakes, bearing buddies, and wash that thing religiously.

That being said, I have found strategic boat yards to make it so that I rarely trailer over 5 miles each time I launch. Only time we run a long way is moving the boat from one yard to the next.

Gup is being modest...he trailers like a demon. Way better driver than most.
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