I am curious about the motor your friend Mike uses on his "one man pontoon boat" Is this one of the kickboats with inflatable pontoons? What type of motor does he use on it? How does he steer it? Questions, questions, questions.
I got one of the Bass Pro Shops, Whiteriver Blue Herons this summer and have only had it out on the [still]water once. It's a 9 footer made by Outcast. In fact it is actually a BPS branded Outcast 9 Lite. Really nice little watercraft and I would like to put a motor on it.
Thanks.
- Gary
At 10:12 PM 09/10/2003, you wrote:
Weather is ready to change so my back weather forecaster was telling me that when I got out of bed this morning. Just before 8 am my doorbell chimed. It was my fishing partner Mike. He wanted to know if I was up to hitting the river. He got a one man pontoon boat and wanted to try it out. He had put it in at the access and motored up to my house. Told him to start fishing and I would be down in a short. Had a quick breakfast, popped a pain pill and went downstairs to get my gear on. Got to the dock and Mike had a trout on. That was his eight trout that morning from around my dock. He was to take his pontoon boat up to the shoals and I was going to take my river boat up. I got a strong whiff of gasoline. I noted some white slime in the boat. It was wet oil and gas. Some animal had chewed through the fuel squeeze bulb during the night and sliced it like a razor. If I wanted to use the boat I would have to shed my fishing gear and waders to go to town and get a new fuel line assembly. Scrapped that idea and fished at the house. I had a few hits on the chili pepper but no hookups. Mike was not doing much either. Switched over to a sz 16 floating sowbug. Had a couple of long line releases. Mike suggested I get the canoe and he would tow me up to the shoals. Off we went. At the shoals there were a few fish working so I stayed with the sowbug. cast just ahead of the rises and picked up four nice rainbows. Mike picked up a few on one of his emergers. He had a few of them that he showed me that morning. Gave me a sz 16. More on that later. Things gad slowed down to a halt. About 1/2 hour went by without a hit. I decided to tie on a Chili Pepper. The first five casts took five rainbows to 15". The seventh cast cast took another nice rainbow as did the ninth cast. That was seven trout in nine casts. By them most of the fog had lifted and the sun was bright. The shoal started to come alive on the surface. They would just tap the Chili Pepper but not take it. It was time to switch over to a small emerger. I tied the sz 16 emerger Mike gave me. It is tied on a scud hook. The body is four strands of turkey tail wrapped on the shank wink is a short upright wing from Zelon. Thorax and head, peacock herl. Thread black. I got a number of hits but few hookups. Mike was using a sz 18 and the trout was taking it with gusto. Mike was getting three or more hits than I was getting on his sz 18. I changed over to sz 18 peacock emerger and starting to do better. The wind came up and the rises stopped. Went back to the chili pepper and caught several more trout before the pain pill wore off and I called it a day. Mike towed me back to the dock. We finally got started fishing about 10 am and I quit at 1 pm. I had about 16 trout and Mike must of had close to two dozen. All trout were released unharmed. I had not planned on hitting the river this morning but I was glad Mike came by and really had to twist my arm to go. LOL A great morning with a great friend. What more can you ask for. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
