Air temperatures rose 31 degrees today, from 6 to 37. Hopefully, we’ll continue with a couple days of warming and I’ll finally be able to get my new boat wet and put a couple of scratches on her.
You ready for an hour or two on the Potomac Br’er Rat or Yakbow? Thinking Landers to just paddle around a little. I don’t have rigging on the boat yet, so no fishing for me (OK, not much…)
Here’s hoping you get in the water Big
D. I’m putting my new canoe in the water this weekend. I’m in love again.
Yeah, I love canoeing too
There's not much more satisfying that putting out onto a misty river with a thermos full of hot joe, a box of chocolate covered donuts, a bag of tackle and a rod. The first three strokes always seem to define the day. Make them good. I like to get all ready, then take five minutes or so of quiet time to focus my thoughts and give thanks to the Lord. Then I hit the river, big grin on my face.
I even like the sound the aluminum makes on the gravel as I'm pushing off on those days. My own boat is plastic, but I've got a 13' Michicraft that I store for a friend and have unlimited use rights. The sound of plastic on gravel just isn't the same. Comes from years and years of using rented aluminum Grummans I guess.
- Big D
Nothing wrong with the Grummans and
Alumnicrafts…used to rent those too. They’ll take a beating and stay afloat. Maybe its me, but I just cannot paddle a kayak as quietly as a canoe, very peaceful.
I’m a lot more quiet in a kayak
Isn't that odd?
I mean when I'm not whooping and hollering about catching another fish. Then I'm pretty loud. Or when I run out of beer and start shouting to my paddle partners to beg a brew from them. Or if they caught a fish that was clearly intended to be caught by me and they need to be dressed down. Then I'm pretty loud too. But paddlewise, much quieter in a kayak.
- Big D
Same here…
I sound like a beached whale in a canoe. All sloppy paddle strokes and splashing my stern mate.
What? You don’t think they actually let me steer do ya?
Whattaya mean “in a canoe”
first redfish
tena and i went paddling yesterday and she caught a beautiful spottail bass on her second cast. i think thats the first gamefish of the year for her. i really enjoyed watching the fish ‘swim out of her hands’ as she gently released it : )
getting out…
sounds great derick. right now i’m fighting my annual bout with bronchitus. i went out for the first time this year two sundays ago to a resevoir near fredericksburg. water temp was 41 deg. nothing bit, not even on my workmates catfish bait. i did a paddle of about 2 1/2 miles just to check the area out. let me know when you want to get out…mikey