Tom I have a Bass Tracker Pro 16V Combo with a 50 horse 4stroke and TWO electric motors. I also flyfish from the front and rear platforms but really get off on trolling with my flyrod. I troll at about .5mph to 1.5mph. JimMay your GOD be your fishing partner.
EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOODJoin me> From: t...@comcast.net> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Subject: [VFB] Re: Nothing says recovery like a Bass boat...> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:15:23 -0700> > > That is exactly what I plan to do. Most of the fishing I do in my > kick boat is near the shore, and the bass boat seems like the perfect > "upgrade" since I can still cast and fish like I am use to, but can > cover a lot more water. And I figure I can haul my kick boat out on > the bass boat if I want to do a little slow trolling and get some > exercise. Just park the boat somewhere and start kicking. Also, I'm > looking forward to a little more "society" when fishing, I go out with > my buddies a lot in the kick boat, but invariably we find ourselves > separated. I like having someone around when fishing, so I can either > show them up, or be shown up by them. Either way it makes it more fun.> > Tom> On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Jimmy D. Moore wrote:> > >> > GREAT ! Welcome to the Bass Boat Owner fraternnity. And yes, you can> > fly fish from the deck of your bass boat. I DO! Just ask Alan Di > > Somma> >> > JIMMY D> >> > Tom Davenport wrote:> >> >> Some of you may know I spent about six weeks in the hospital> >> recovering from my "overnight" surgery. I lost 44 pounds, and up> >> until a few days ago felt incredibly weak, and have only been out of> >> the hospital 9 days. Well, I went out today and bought a 18 foot> >> Ranger bass boat, used, with the essential extras, front mounting> >> trolling motor, fish finders, 150 horsepower outboard. I'm new to> >> boats, so it is a little intimidating but I have several neighbors > >> who> >> are avid boaters and will get me started when boating season begins.> >> For the last 10 years I have been fishing from a kick boat.> >>> >> How is that for a recovery?> >>> >> Tom Davenport> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
