Tournament In Morning

Thank you

I am positive I'd have caught a lot more fish if my trolling motor was working like it should have. I went right back to where I located fish last weekend and lo and behold they were THERE! All the fish I caught came from that same area, doing the same thing that I did last weekend.

I was working a fluke near timber and if there was grass near the timber i was working it twice as hard. I was also sticking to the outside of the creek bends. I know the inside bends are the slowest current but the outside is the deepest and that seemed to be where they wanted to be. Last weekend I spent my time zig-zagging back and forth across the the creek, from the outside of one bend to the outside of the next. This weekend crossing the creek was not the issue, my TM worked enough to do that, but holding my position to fish the cover, now THAT was sooooooooooo aggravating and almost impossible to do! Although I did manage to do it enough to catch 3 nice fish, unfortunately I only weighed in 2 of those fish, the 3rd one came off right at the boat! :cussin:

Now the trolling motor issue. It had no momentary setting. It was either on or off and the only way to turn if on and off was either using the 12/24 switch or the Momentary/Constant switch. The big switch on the pedal did NOTHING. ALso the momentary side of the momentary/constant switch didnt do momentary it just did constant. I slammed the dock as soon as I had my boat launched this morning and didnt understand why. I soon found out it was because when I took my foot off the pedals big button it wasnt turning the motor off. :cussin: So needless to say I had a frustrating time trying to control the motor. You have no idea how aggravating it is to have to use the 12/24 switch to cut your motor on and off because you can not keep the motor turned as you wish it to be when you do that due to the fact that you have to take you foot off the pedal to hit the 12/24 switch. I eventually, put the speed selector switch on 3 and switched between 12 and 24 volts to try to keep some control. It didnt work great but it gave me a little sanity back.

I was soooooooooooooo mad that I called the dealer at 9am while on the water. I should not be having ANY problems with the trolling motor on that boat but yet I have had problems 2 weekends in a row. Furthermore, I thnk the problem i had this weekend was one that I mentioned to the salesman right before I bought the boat when I was still in the "looking" stage. Not only that but the tech that put my new tachometer in last week didnt hook the lights up on it so its not illuminated. Now I cant help but wonder if all the warning lights in it are hooked up too. I told the dealer that I did NOT want the guy who has been working on my boat to ever touch it again. Hes new and has only been working on boats for 9 months. I told them I knew he was new but that the boat was all I got and Id rather he learn on someone elses boat not mine. They said thats not gonna be a problem.

Anyway, like I said I came in 5th, with only 2 fish for 4.39lbs. There were quite a few zeroes too I guess. I Had a great time fishing. The 25+mph wind and temps leaved little to be desired and my TM was a pain in the butt BUT I was fishing and i had fun. Im surprised my batteries lasted me all day but they seemed to have done well especially when you consider the fact that my trolling motor was on wide open most of the day. I also found some new areas I never knew existed. One area I found, it seems can only be accessed by a bass boat during high tide but I believe fish will be up in it all spring and all summer. It looked SOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo perrrttttttttty! And as you may have guessed, I couldnt control my boat enough to really fish it although I did try. Im going back to it though sometime soon

Well thats that, I wish I could have had some pictures but the guys in my club rush toooo much. I keep trying to convince them that we need pix of all weigh ins because it would make a good scrap book but most of the guys in my club are as old school as you can get and could care less about stuff like that. Though my president and my vice president, Ziggy, and i have talked abouit it and they think its a good idea. Im hoping they bring it up next meeting. (Ziggy yoiu readin this?? )

Next months tourney is on Santee Cooper. God I am gonna be nervous tryin to learn to run that place! But I do know one thing, my trolling motor will be fixed and working like new or... or... well... Im not even gonna worry about the "or" part.