[tkwalker]

To bring you folks up to speed ... after selling my 23 foot guide boat in 2007 and selling my Cabin on the Caney In 2011 and pretty much parked the River Hawk. The wife says I want to go fishing ... Since we really like to troll for Walleyes ... I decided to buy a Walleye boat ... Hard to find around here ...

Through a friend I found one via a boat Insurance salvage for $2575 in Minn in January 2012 BURR .. So 18 months later Here is the first fishing trip. (It would have been completed sooner but it is hard for me to turn Outboard customers away) ... The boat needed Total Electrical overhaul ... All four carbs rebuilt on the Yama 4 stroke,etc ... and trailer totally restored .. I added my on electronics and trolling motor ...

Now our first shake down cruise/fishing trip (today) was to see what else it needed for the wife and I to make it more comfortable for us ... So I still have some work to do ..

Now the fishing trip ... Center Hill was the lake and wanted to aim in on some of my Old Walleye Haunts ... Since we arrived at mid day we decided to gill fish until the Sun got lower for the EYES ... We wore the Gills out with the Bison TM ... But never got in to the "suppertime ones" I did probably catch two of the smalliest Bass I have ever caught ... See Pic one ... The second cast I caught a Small Jaw half the size of the first one ..

We started Trolling for the eyes around 4:00 My Son and his Wife stopped by for a few min's Going to take a few days off for a little R&R ... See Pic's ... Yes that is a Sea Ray Pachanga with twin 454's ... He loves water sports but never got in to the fishing like I did ... Maybe it was the Drag Racing I use to do in the 80's and he was one of my crew members at 12 yeas old .. He could almost tear down a Small Block Chevy by himself and tell you how everything worked ...

Continued Walleye fishing ...Not much luck ... not seeing much on the screen ... So Either I'm to late or to early for my honey hole ... With this cold Spring we are having I suspect to early ...

Fixing to call it a day and in a slow turn the wife said she was hung ... I start reeling in and then detect our lines had crossed ... But I told her that would not give a hung sensation ... I asked her to check again and see if you are still hung ... .. Well her "HUNG" Surfaced ... Not what we were looking for but still fun .. About a 4 pound Channel Cat ... (To the pond he will go !!) ...

So needless to say I am still hearing about the most and biggest fish caught today ... She did the same thing to me on a trip to Canada to fish the Boundary Waters ... ... The Guide sat in the back of the boat and strung the fish ... I sat in the middle seat and put the Leech on her hook and she sat in the bow and about every other cast she was either hauling in nice eyes or Pike ... And the assemble line would start over ... I am still hearing about that trip <'TK><