SalmonDaze
12-17-2012, 03:31 PM
Hello gents,
I'm an avid hunter, fisherman, boater with the family. I am most often on TheHullTruth blog, but I think you guys will likely be able to give me the best insights to several questions.
We are accustomed to fishing big water, mostly Great Lakes, but also some in-shore and off-shore ocean. I also like to fly fish and cast; although, my gear is mostly for trolling, etc.
I have 3 general questions and hope I get lots of feedback.
1) My office is off I-65, south of I-440/Nashville. We'd like a small piece of property (~1 acre) and certainly don't have Brentwood money for that size. I've looked on-line as far south as Franklin and Spring Hill, even over to Chapel Hill. Any thoughts on this area, especially with respect to the below bullet points and schools for our 3rd grader (all others are in college or have their own families). We won't be relocating until well into summer, 2013.
2) What to do with the big boat. I have a 265 Albemarle sportfish express. I love my rig, but she's built for big water. Do I find a dock on OH or over to Barkley/Kentucky Lake? Is my little 13' squared transom canoe with 4hp gasser going to be too little for these same lakes? I'm sure the big boat is more than enough for striper/steelhead, but what about water . . . she draws 3 feet.
3) Gear: I have 4 electric downriggers, outriggers, the works. As I tell the admiral I'm going to need more rods, she's going to have a shopping list that will surely put me in the poor house. OK, so I'll die with the kids hating me . . . oh well. What do I need?
Many thanks folks! As lifelong Wolverines, Buckeyes, and Illini, we can't tell you how eager we are to abandon the Yankee territory and acquire the southern Graces.
'Daze
I'm an avid hunter, fisherman, boater with the family. I am most often on TheHullTruth blog, but I think you guys will likely be able to give me the best insights to several questions.
We are accustomed to fishing big water, mostly Great Lakes, but also some in-shore and off-shore ocean. I also like to fly fish and cast; although, my gear is mostly for trolling, etc.
I have 3 general questions and hope I get lots of feedback.
1) My office is off I-65, south of I-440/Nashville. We'd like a small piece of property (~1 acre) and certainly don't have Brentwood money for that size. I've looked on-line as far south as Franklin and Spring Hill, even over to Chapel Hill. Any thoughts on this area, especially with respect to the below bullet points and schools for our 3rd grader (all others are in college or have their own families). We won't be relocating until well into summer, 2013.
2) What to do with the big boat. I have a 265 Albemarle sportfish express. I love my rig, but she's built for big water. Do I find a dock on OH or over to Barkley/Kentucky Lake? Is my little 13' squared transom canoe with 4hp gasser going to be too little for these same lakes? I'm sure the big boat is more than enough for striper/steelhead, but what about water . . . she draws 3 feet.
3) Gear: I have 4 electric downriggers, outriggers, the works. As I tell the admiral I'm going to need more rods, she's going to have a shopping list that will surely put me in the poor house. OK, so I'll die with the kids hating me . . . oh well. What do I need?
Many thanks folks! As lifelong Wolverines, Buckeyes, and Illini, we can't tell you how eager we are to abandon the Yankee territory and acquire the southern Graces.
'Daze