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Sounds like summer put you to the test Joe. Bummer about shortening the number 4 rod, that hurts. Glad to hear the lobsters treated you well though.Hopefully your time on the ice is trouble free. Looking forward to sharing ice stories with you over the coming season.
$2300 and a weekend is a great deal for a fresh bottom end and piece of mind for reliability, I hope the swap goes smooth for ya.On another note... You ever get the group pics of last years outing ready for upload?
No I didn't .. thanks for reminding me... I was thinking, that day was like the beginning of the end... Covid took over shortly thereafter and halted life as we knew it...
Great to have you back, Joe.Congrats on the big stripers, flounder, bugs & doe.Sorry to hear about your power. Great that you were able to get it up and running again. Can't think of anyone more qualified to repair/fix the motor than you, especially for that money.I have a few questions for you: How long were the blues around?How'd you get back to shore when the motor seized up? How many hours did that motor have on it?Good luck on the hard water this season.
Welcome back Joe. Sorry to hear about the boat troubles. It doesn't sound like it slowed you down too much. It sounds like you did well with the stripers. Can't wait to social distance on the hard water. Hopefully we have a good winter.
Great pics, the bugs look good Joe.
Sounds like my mom, she grew up on the coast in Canada, Shediack I believe. The shells are clean as glass when shes done, even the funky green stuff in the head gets eaten... Oddly enough they had lobster all the time when she was a kid because they were poor, times have changed...
Joe, handy that you were close to home when that motor gave up. At 16 years old, I'll bet your motor had far more hours than most when they're done. I'm sure it doesn't owe you a dime and now it has a whole new lifetime ahead. You should have many more seasons with it. Times certainly have changed, Stealth. Lobster was eaten by the poor and fed to prisoners because there was so little demand for it. In the early 1960's a friend of mine and his boyhood friend were fishing alone on the friend's father's boat out of Rye. They landed a big bluefin tuna. Had to take it by water down to MA to get a nickel a pound for it. Did you know Shediac NB is known as the lobster capital of the world?
Stealth. Lobster was eaten by the poor and fed to prisoners because there was so little demand for it. In the early 1960's a friend of mine and his boyhood friend were fishing alone on the friend's father's boat out of Rye. They landed a big bluefin tuna. Had to take it by water down to MA to get a nickel a pound for it. Did you know Shediac NB is known as the lobster capital of the world?
Anything wild caught or gathered..My wife, steams and breaks them down, she scrounged every last morsel, tails and large claws get vacume sealed in usable portions,body meat goes for lobster rolls and stews, she boils the remains, then strains and makes stock for soups, stews etc.to be frozen for latter.
Coastal women are my heroes. They both sound like amazing people!
It owes me nothing..bit I trust , injustice cantbwrap my head around the price of new engines..I know this one inside out, there is nothing that I can't fix that can happen to it, I e en have spare rebuildable block ..
Stupid money Joe. To the point its cheaper to buy another boat instead of re-powering. Im sure you'll have that motor running better than it did soon enough.