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I promised Jack I would take him fishing saturday since he could not come to jigfest. We stayed in the bunklodge at Riley's friday night, and now Jack wants to move there lol. I made some kolaches with jalapeno/cheese smoked sausage which were a hit. We made 2-3 drifts below buffalo shoals, and caught mainly small browns, on olive/ginger jigs, then fished around the island and caught a few more. After some mandatory exploration time on the island, we fished a little more then went around the other side of the island(I did not get hung up this time!). About this time Jack decided he had fished enough and was ready to leave. About 300 yards from the ramp I noticed a small bit of smoke and stopped to open the battery compartment and was greeted with acrid smoke pouring out. we beached the boat and got it on the trailer(felt like it took forever) and found my lithium starting battery had an internal short which caused nuclear meltdown. Too much excitement for one day.

We ended up taking the safe route and fishing at buffalo city. I will post a report in a few

That sounds like allot of work

Ya

looking at the cam at gene's makes me believe I can fish long hole on min flow, Has anyone ever tried? https://www.ozarkvideos.com/genestroutfishingresort/?cam=up

Chris knight is one of the best songwriters of our generation. Down the river, On the border, enough rope, and countless others are just amazing songs.

long drive to saltwater still.

where at

must be all that power trying to get out

5.7 engines are bad for it. We see it constantly

I bet the motel in venice will allow critters, but hot springs aint nowhere near halfway.

you must drive a dodge, dont ask me how I know lol

I would go down to Grand Isle, LA. In the winter there is great fishing along hwy 1. there is a motel down there that is very reasonable, and has a full kitchen.

I have a case of b12 carb cleaner, it works amazing. I thought it was buffalo shoals? I have slept since then.

It seems like you were distracted by the worm bag, I bet that is what happened.

Thankfully you were recording and we can all laugh.

Yeah I used the steelflex 2000 ultra slick. I am very happy with my choice.

I do this 100% of the time. I bought two inflatable pfds from bass pro and me and anyone in my boat wears one anytime the boat is in the water. Kill switch attached every time boat goes faster than wake speed. The inflatable pfds are so comfortable you forget they are on. Also, one of the reasons I put pods on my boat was for getting back in. I used non-slip coating for the tops as well.

Me too, although my son is almost 9 and becoming interested in fishing.

Especially handy when they are wearing waders, because I was wearing tennis shoes

Absolutely. that was part of the idea. I looked at the shoal pretty hard but neglected to look ahead lol. Absolutely, everyone should push the limits somewhere safe to see what it will do. Its a 16x48 with a 3" tunnel and pods. Currently I am having some carb issues on top end so I am not getting the speed I need, also my liner is wore past the wear limit. I have a stainless impeller and new liner coming now. that being said, the place we ground out was only 2 inches deep so I am not upset with its current performance. The steelflex 2000 epoxy made short work of getting off the shoal. I should have recorded @Daryk Campbell Sr pulling the boat with one hand with me in it.

Sunday @Daryk Campbell Sr and I fished at buffalo city and fished around the island on minimum flow. At the bottom side there is a huge gravel bar and we decided to test out the new boat build....and found its limit😆 https://www.instagram.com/p/CIws36MFEUd/

Thank you Rick. I was very happy with the performance and fishability. I still need to clean the carbs, and finish the small stuff like rod tubes but overall I am extremely happy.

I am down like a fat kid in dodgeball.

I wish you woulda stayed, the ice wasn't bad to fish in, but it started raining and I wasn't wearing my rain gear.