I Christened the Cat Today

Yup. The "new" Bass Cat is now O'ficially a Yuma Area Colorado River
runner. I put her up on a sandbar hard today. She went so far up on the
sandbar she fell to one side when we came to a stop.

AND...

The water was falling. It dropped a noticeable couple inches while I was
standing there trying to move it.

Now that she feels at home on the river I ought to be able to catch some
serious fish out of her.

--
Bob La Londe

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Way to go Bob! Be sure to make sure you didn't plug up the water
intakes on the motor.

I have hung up a Ranger and a Champion. Both on the Mississippi River
Quincy Pool. The Champion was in less than ankle deep water and a real
PIA to get floating again.

Some folks don't understand how that can happen. But rivers change.
Sand shifts and water levels drop.

I have never seen a bass boat with more than minor scrapes on a lake.
But I have seen boats and engines destroyed while fishing rivers.

Take care.

Carlos

I had my old Stratos high n dry, about 8 feet above sea level on the
Delaware. Luckily the tide comes back in every 6 hours lol... Boy it sure
was embarrasing though watching my fishing buddies come n go for 4 hourts,
laughing at me...

WW

"Carlos" wrote in message
...

Way to go Bob! Be sure to make sure you didn't plug up the water
intakes on the motor.

I have hung up a Ranger and a Champion. Both on the Mississippi River
Quincy Pool. The Champion was in less than ankle deep water and a real
PIA to get floating again.

Some folks don't understand how that can happen. But rivers change.
Sand shifts and water levels drop.

I have never seen a bass boat with more than minor scrapes on a lake.
But I have seen boats and engines destroyed while fishing rivers.

Take care.

Carlos

I Christened the Cat Today

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2005, 5:16pm (CDT-2)
From: (Bob=A0La=A0Londe)
Yup. The "new" Bass Cat is now O'ficially a Yuma Area Colorado River
runner. I put her up on a sandbar hard today. She went so far up on the
sandbar she fell to one side when we came to a stop.
AND...
The water was falling. It dropped a noticeable couple inches while I was
standing there trying to move it.
Now that she feels at home on the river I ought to be able to catch some
serious fish out of her.
--
Bob La Londe
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Through the Month of September 2005
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Bob, was that a sandbar that I am familiar with? When me and my friend
Ron were fishing the river alot, he called me "Sandbar Johnny"!

JK

"John Kerr" wrote in message========
Bob, was that a sandbar that I am familiar with? When me and my friend
Ron were fishing the river alot, he called me "Sandbar Johnny"!

Just above Cabin Lake coming back down river from Island Lake. Last year I
was able to run all the way to Island from Fisher's hugging the Arizona
Shore. At Cabin I was able to tuck in against the tulies and make the run,
but the channel filled in this spring. You have to cut over to the Ca shore
at that point and cut back to the Az shore to finish the run. Worse I knew
better and even had the bar
marked on my GPS. I just brain farted and went the wrong way around it.
Come to think of it... last year I was running the Baker Tunnel hull. I
could lift the motor up on it and run in about 8 inches of water in a pinch
over sand punching the skeg through. Can't do that with the new Bass Cat.
I need a full ten to twelve inches depending on the load.

--
Bob La Londe

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...

"John Kerr" wrote in message========
Bob, was that a sandbar that I am familiar with? When me and my friend
Ron were fishing the river alot, he called me "Sandbar Johnny"!

Just above Cabin Lake coming back down river from Island Lake. Last year
I was able to run all the way to Island from Fisher's hugging the Arizona
Shore. At Cabin I was able to tuck in against the tulies and make the
run, but the channel filled in this spring. You have to cut over to the
Ca shore at that point and cut back to the Az shore to finish the run.
Worse I knew better and even had the bar
marked on my GPS. I just brain farted and went the wrong way around it.
Come to think of it... last year I was running the Baker Tunnel hull. I
could lift the motor up on it and run in about 8 inches of water in a
pinch over sand punching the skeg through. Can't do that with the new
Bass Cat. I need a full ten to twelve inches depending on the load.

--
Bob La Londe

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That is when it is nice to have a 3/16 thick aluminum hull jetdrive boat.
Still a pain to get off the bars.

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
k.net...

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...

"John Kerr" wrote in message========
Bob, was that a sandbar that I am familiar with? When me and my friend
Ron were fishing the river alot, he called me "Sandbar Johnny"!

Just above Cabin Lake coming back down river from Island Lake. Last
year
I was able to run all the way to Island from Fisher's hugging the
Arizona
Shore. At Cabin I was able to tuck in against the tulies and make the
run, but the channel filled in this spring. You have to cut over to the
Ca shore at that point and cut back to the Az shore to finish the run.
Worse I knew better and even had the bar
marked on my GPS. I just brain farted and went the wrong way around it.
Come to think of it... last year I was running the Baker Tunnel hull. I
could lift the motor up on it and run in about 8 inches of water in a
pinch over sand punching the skeg through. Can't do that with the new
Bass Cat. I need a full ten to twelve inches depending on the load.

--
Bob La Londe

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That is when it is nice to have a 3/16 thick aluminum hull jetdrive boat.
Still a pain to get off the bars.

There are days when I wish I had bought that Tracker PT185 Jet, but when I
am running 65+ back down the river with a livewell full of fish... Also,
jets don't fair so well when you get into those backwater lakes that are all
choked full of grass.


--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
news:1127760056.54354bac6a5493df6a9ecd0a7ce0618a@t eranews...

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
k.net...

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...

"John Kerr" wrote in message========
Bob, was that a sandbar that I am familiar with? When me and my friend
Ron were fishing the river alot, he called me "Sandbar Johnny"!

Just above Cabin Lake coming back down river from Island Lake. Last
year
I was able to run all the way to Island from Fisher's hugging the
Arizona
Shore. At Cabin I was able to tuck in against the tulies and make the
run, but the channel filled in this spring. You have to cut over to
the
Ca shore at that point and cut back to the Az shore to finish the run.
Worse I knew better and even had the bar
marked on my GPS. I just brain farted and went the wrong way around
it.
Come to think of it... last year I was running the Baker Tunnel hull.
I
could lift the motor up on it and run in about 8 inches of water in a
pinch over sand punching the skeg through. Can't do that with the new
Bass Cat. I need a full ten to twelve inches depending on the load.

--
Bob La Londe

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Spinnerbait Tips & Tricks Contest
Through the Month of September 2005

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That is when it is nice to have a 3/16 thick aluminum hull jetdrive
boat.
Still a pain to get off the bars.

There are days when I wish I had bought that Tracker PT185 Jet, but when I
am running 65+ back down the river with a livewell full of fish... Also,
jets don't fair so well when you get into those backwater lakes that are
all
choked full of grass.


--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com


Actually, I wouldn't trade the Bass Cat for much of anything except a newer
Bass Cat. LOL.