Oneida Lake 10/15/08

[muskybob]

Arrived at the launch @ 6:45am to meet Landshark who was going to be there at 7. Stood around talking to other fishermen at the dock while waiting. In the distance I saw a boat putt putt putting toward the dock. When it was 20 yds. away I realized it was Landshark and it was 7:10. He said he got there early and wanted to go ahead and launch & make a few casts. When he tried to fire up the main motor to come back to the dock it wouldn't start so he had to come in on the kicker. We weren't gonna let that deter us from going out, so I went aboard and we headed out on the kicker. For those of you who troll regularly you can appreciate us sitting there with the putt putt going & how long it took us to go a mile and a half to the "hotspot". Visions of hammering the eyes during the early morning light were slowly diminishing. LS tried to start the main motor numerous times and I even offered up my limited knowledge of 2-strokes and possible solutions. Well to make a long story short, we trolled for 4 hours till LS took a look on the floor and saw his kill switch cord laying there. :shock: We decided the fish weren't gonna bite till later so we decided to leave. We were pulling in rods when LS realized he had a fish on. It ended up that was the only fish of the day for us.

Trolled east & west with stickbaits off the church boards in about 35 fow. Maybe next time will be better. It was a blast being out on the water on such a nice day and Mike and I had quite a few laughs talking about this site and the great members we each have met thru it. I promised not to break them on him too bad when we got back, and he promised to let me on his boat again. :D Thanks Mike, it was a great day.

PS: I got a pic of Landshark's walleye, but can't download & post it till I get my computer back from the fix-it shop on Fri.

[carpedium]

Glad you guys were able to make lemonade out of lemons! The thing about the kill switch is that most of us never touch the thing, so when it gets caught on your leg and it gets pulled out you usually don't notice it.

Last time i was out there it was very weedy on the surface, fouling most of our setups. We resorted to using bottom bouncers and still had no luck. Congrads on the fish!

[Landshark]

Truth be known I think Bob sabotaged my boat. I did manage a walleye before picking Bob up at the dock. I was casting in 2-3 feet of water. It was great fishing and laughing with him today. It's days like this when it didnt matter if we had put a single fish in the boat. Great weather, beautiful fall day, and good company. Can I get an amen?

[muskybob]

AMEN!!!

[L&M]

When ever Bob;s involved >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well ya kn the answer. Could be worse and have Ray around. Bet you won't forget to ck the lanyard again tho.

[ray koziatek]

MAYDAY,MAYDAY,MAYDAY,main engine wont start ,uhhu yessir 2 dummies on board,uhhu we have a paddle and life vest,uhhu we do have a kicker but we both gotta go to the bathroom could you send help,uhhu last known location was the dock now were on the water,uhhu we have a GPS oh! i see,uhhu we have tried every thing we know about starting the moter put it in nutural and turn key,uhhu we got gas in fact we both got gas like i said we gotta poop and the gas is killing us,uhhu yes there is a curly cord hooked to my wrist its got a little plastic thingy on the end that i pulled out of the dash to set rods,uhhu oh plug it back in and try to start moter..........VROOM...wow mister you must be really smart thanks for your help ,oh your the plumber the coasties arent in yet ,uhhu i see,ok were good to go thanks again............

[L&M]

:roll:

[muskybob]

Your time's comin Ray K. :D

[Landshark]

Didn't we talk about that yahoo today Bob? lol