jekern1015
Well-known member
Headed up to the gorge sat. morning for what was going to be 3 fun filled days of fishing, someone else told us not a chance. I replaced the plugs in my kicker before we left but failed to start it at home. Launched the boat on saturday and motored over to where we were going to start trolling. I pulled the starter rope, then I pulled again, 5 min. later I gave up my arm was tired. We replaced the new plugs with the old plugs I took out, same results. Ok lets use the electric, foot pedal hooked up were on our way. Not more than a minute later the pedal quits working, motor will turn but the speed no longer works. Headed back in to diagnose problems in the parking lot instead of on the lake. We managed to catch Gregg from the buckboard boat shop before he left. He told us the plugs we were using were crap and replaced the plugs with ngk brand for my merc. kicker. One pull starts right up, lets go fish. Started trolling at dusk, nav. lights on wind starts to blow, wife is scared of the waves and not being able to see due to darkness. Start big motor and no power to turn starter, battery dead. Head in on kicker power arrive 45 minutes later. Charge battery overnight, get up and get ready to launch for another fun filled day of fishing. Lost track of my dogs, start calling them. A gentleman asks me if this is my dog, I say yes. My dog ran head first into his boat trailer while he was headed for the launch prep area. My dog died from head injuries a few minutes later. Threw dog in boat and headed for home, enough is enough. I fished the gorge 3 weekends in a row and never caught a fish, while others in my boat have. I would like to thank everyone for all the help I received and hopefully I can use this next year and start fresh. For what ever reason The Gorge did not want me to play this past month and she made her message loud and clear. I won't see her again until the burbot bash.
