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sounds like a winner, glad to hear you enjoyed it, even in the middle of that storm this morning,was going to give it a flick this morning myself till i heard the thunder, anyway hope you enjoy it, cheers bennykenny.
Hi All
Well after much anticipation, i finally got to take my newly purchased boat out. But i guess i better start at the start of the story.
About 4 weeks ago, i purchased a 2004 4.35 Allycraft, with a 40HP Yamaha on the back. This is my first boat, so to say i was stoked with the purchase was an understatement. Unfortunately 2 weeks prior to this, i had shoulder surgery, and would be in a sling for 6 weeks. So not only was i an cripple, i was unable to enjoy and modify my new rig.
Through much help from my old man, over the next few weeks we added a few extras to make it more fishable, and exactly how i would like it. These included:
- Nav Lights
- Navman GPS
- Lowrance sounder
- Home made casting platform
- Motor Guide Wireless 55lb
- Other bits and pieces
Due to me being unable to drive, and my old mans limited time, we were unable to take it out and see if any of this works. Well today i was taking it out (after 1 week out of a sling) regardless of the weather!
So we decided on a plastics session down the pin. Got in the water about 6.30, and took about 30min testing everything and slowly motoring around. Then i caught a small flattie to christen the new boat!!!! Not a big one but you got to start somewhere.
This is where things got interesting. From 7.30 to 8.30 we drove up a tiny creek and sat through a pretty severe eletrical storm and about an inch of rain. So with about 50L of water in the boat we continued to fish for a few more hours, but the wild weather seemed to shut things down.
The verdict. Everything ran smoothly, worked first time and was in the correct position. 100% perfect. Awesome. I must also thank the members on here who gave me advice on some of the fit out, especially the casting platform. That is what forums like this are all about, and so much knowledge is obtained from the simple sharing of information through the telling of yarns, etc.
Anyway i just thought i would share that with you, and some pics to come.
Cheers
Last edited by MJ-Apache; 10-10-2007 at 05:23 PM.
sounds like a winner, glad to hear you enjoyed it, even in the middle of that storm this morning,was going to give it a flick this morning myself till i heard the thunder, anyway hope you enjoy it, cheers bennykenny.
...of all the liars among mankind, the fisherman is the most trustworthy. ~William Sherwood Fox.
G'day
Good to see you getting the new rig out and about.
May want to throw a bilge pump in there somewhere.
Dave
Storm fishing is way fun!!
Great looking rig mate and well set up lots of great days fishing to be had there hope you enjoy a trouble free run and catch plenty nothing like the excitement of a new boat ...matt
A bad days fishing has got to be better than any day at work......
Looks like a pretty versatile rig to me.Good on ya old man for doing heaps for you too.Hope you get a creel full.Ben
Nice outfit mate, looks like a very good bay rig.
Looks like many more enjoyable days on the water to come, top rig!
Nice looking boat you've got there mate!
Hope you have lots of fun with it.
TOL
allycat - it would be an awesome bay rig, unfortunately i am headed to Canberra in a few weeks as i have a job down there.
Cheers
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