winterizing bass boats

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
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"SimRacer" wrote in message SNIP

As for tackle removal and cleaning, I do that after every trip. I don't
get
to go out enough, so I have plenty of time for cleanup after each day on
the
water. ;-)

I actually went out and counted the rod/reel combinations that I have in
the
boat. I have 25 rods and reels currently in the boat! There's not enough
time to keep up with all of those, so I have to empty the boat and bring
it
all in.

Wow! 25? My boat ain't even big enough to carry that much stuff...my normal
rod count is 8, two way-too-big tackle bags and a spinnerbait box...and I
thought I had a lot of stuff. lol

The downside to that is now my wife really knows how much stuff I have.
Luckily, she doesn't give me a hard time about that.

Same here. The wife knows that fishing is my therapy, so she doesn't mind
too much the time or money I put into it. She goes out with me about half
the time anyway, she's a pleasant gal for an outdoorsman to be married to, I
admit.