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Well, I guess this would more properly fit on a board called "Gone Ridin'" as opposed to "Gone Fishin'" lol I spent my Saturday down on Santee Cooper running around figuring out how to get from point A to point B without tearing off the foot of my motor. Good news is my boat is stilll in one piece lol Bad news is I barely made 50 casts all day long. However thats ok, I still got what I had set out to do accomplished. I found a bunch of nice areas, relocated some areas I had been taken to in the past and laid down some nice trails and way points to nagivate myself through the ocean of stumps come tournament day. :clap:
I actually lucked out at a few places. I was sittin in the middle of nowhere, reading my map and checking out my GPS when a boat came flying by, going the direction I either wanted to go or that I have never been, so... guess what I did? LOL Yep, put the map away and followed them from a distance. lol I felt kinda funny following them. One boat was going much slower than mine would so a couple times I had to set her down and wait a few so they could get further ahead and then continue following them lol I ended up with some good trails in and around The Brickyard from one boat I followed :thumbup01: LOL
All in all my GPS trip calculator clocked 63 miles on the way yesterday lol That gas bill is gonna suck come friday when I fill her back up lol
I didnt stay as long as i had intended. I was going till stay till dark but the wind came on hard and heavy after noon and I enjoyed it for a while. At one point I was hauling out to the lower lake and the waves were getting quite huge... in the area of 6 footers... which for those unfamiliar with Santee, is still quite small for Santee waves when the wind gets up... anyway, I recalled what Jim said about when he hits rough water, he keeps it trimmed up and moving pretty good. So thats what I did. It was probably a very good thing I had no rider lol I kept her trimmed and i think I spent more time in the air than in the water. The first time i heard that motor and prop suddenly wind up as the boat left the water kind of freaked me out but after that it was music to my ears lol I cant help but wonder if you should not do that if that quick wind up of it coming out of the water is bad for the motor? Eventually what I did was when I felt myself get airborne was get off the hot foot a sec until I landed. (Id love to know whats good and bad in this situation... or was i just going too fast??) Anyway, I had fun running in the wind and waves for a while but it sure wore me out and by 3pm i was done and back loading up to make my 2 hour trip home. Next weekend I plan on heading back to Santee but I am headed to the northern end rather than the middle of the lakes. I believe I will be putting in at an area called Packs next weekend. I think I iwll even get some fishing in next weekend lol
Ya know what will tick me off too? If my club meeting comes the Thursday before the tournament and the guys decide to put in on t he lower lake at a place like Angels or something. That would suck because I have no idea how to run that area and dont have the time to figure it out lol
Anyway, that was my saturday. :clap: So how about some advice on driving in high winds and huge white caps?? lol
I actually lucked out at a few places. I was sittin in the middle of nowhere, reading my map and checking out my GPS when a boat came flying by, going the direction I either wanted to go or that I have never been, so... guess what I did? LOL Yep, put the map away and followed them from a distance. lol I felt kinda funny following them. One boat was going much slower than mine would so a couple times I had to set her down and wait a few so they could get further ahead and then continue following them lol I ended up with some good trails in and around The Brickyard from one boat I followed :thumbup01: LOL
All in all my GPS trip calculator clocked 63 miles on the way yesterday lol That gas bill is gonna suck come friday when I fill her back up lol
I didnt stay as long as i had intended. I was going till stay till dark but the wind came on hard and heavy after noon and I enjoyed it for a while. At one point I was hauling out to the lower lake and the waves were getting quite huge... in the area of 6 footers... which for those unfamiliar with Santee, is still quite small for Santee waves when the wind gets up... anyway, I recalled what Jim said about when he hits rough water, he keeps it trimmed up and moving pretty good. So thats what I did. It was probably a very good thing I had no rider lol I kept her trimmed and i think I spent more time in the air than in the water. The first time i heard that motor and prop suddenly wind up as the boat left the water kind of freaked me out but after that it was music to my ears lol I cant help but wonder if you should not do that if that quick wind up of it coming out of the water is bad for the motor? Eventually what I did was when I felt myself get airborne was get off the hot foot a sec until I landed. (Id love to know whats good and bad in this situation... or was i just going too fast??) Anyway, I had fun running in the wind and waves for a while but it sure wore me out and by 3pm i was done and back loading up to make my 2 hour trip home. Next weekend I plan on heading back to Santee but I am headed to the northern end rather than the middle of the lakes. I believe I will be putting in at an area called Packs next weekend. I think I iwll even get some fishing in next weekend lol
Ya know what will tick me off too? If my club meeting comes the Thursday before the tournament and the guys decide to put in on t he lower lake at a place like Angels or something. That would suck because I have no idea how to run that area and dont have the time to figure it out lol
Anyway, that was my saturday. :clap: So how about some advice on driving in high winds and huge white caps?? lol