Margaritaville
Nice Logo. Makes me want to head out for some cold drinks in the hot sun. I was looking at super slow finess fishing for waldos. I also troll sticks and spoons at about 1.5 to 3.2 on the big pond but I really like to crawl on those days when its muddy or murky in the river.
Yeah, I figured the Crappie King needed a signature with a crappie.. Just seemed the thing to do. I like the slow finesse bites too, but speed, faster or slower, is always a trigger, it's finding out which one. I know we have a couple spots we need to be trucking for good scores, most are best slow, but a few need to be fast. I am sure you'll find some plates. Maybe you can get your crappie buddy's pic on them..
Hey Crappie King, I see that the Margaritaville guy has more posts then you now... I think he's making a move. Before you know it, Margaritaville will be ahead of LoadMaster and Aquaholics too. You go Margaritaville... Maybe he has a margarita per post.. I am with that. Strawberry margaritas were a fun thing. I would fish all day, then go in quest of the best margarita at night a couple years ago. I want to be able to hook up a blender in the boat and make one while fishing.. That would be the life.. Maybe when I finally get the catfishing machine put together. Anchor above a great location, get the baits in the water, make a pitcher of margaritas, get some Jimmy Buffet on the tune box, and sit back and relax.. What do think of that idea Mr. Margaritaville? Game for some big fish with a fresh margarita in hand?
Ed,
Not sure how much help it will be to you, but I ran a trolling plate on a 50HP Honda a few years back. It was pushing an 18' Lund Pro Angler. I got it because I could not go slow enough (3/4 to 1 1/2MPH) for lake trout in Canada. I hated the thing! It was the cord release kind. It worked OK, maybe to OK. The things I didn't like were, you loose your boat control and as I mostly struture trolled that didn't work out. The direction of your boat is dictated by the prop pushing you in a given direction and the plate blocks that force, thus, you can't steer, at least not very well. The other thing that I didn't like was it surprised me how much I had to get the RPM's up to even move. Can't remember the brand I bought.
Have heard of guys getting the same effect by trolling with a drift sock straight out the back. An interesting idea.
Hope it helps.