ok, first of all...........i HATE WEISS LAKE! lol. after lisa and i hit it yesterday and yes, she outfished me again, 6 to 3. i went by myself today.
BAD MOVE!!
i got in the water, everything was lined up jsut right. overcast skies, hardly any wind, and they weren't pulling water real bad. nice morning right?
well i lowered the motor and went to start it up. NOTHING. WHAT?!?! no click, no nothing. it ran jsut fine yesterday evening, what's the deal? so i got back to the dock (thaks to my "new" to me trolling motor. tied off and started loopking at all the fuses. all looked intact. so that ain't the problem. then i took off the hood on the motor and looked at teh fuses there. nope, fine here too. i gently tap on the starter and soilinoid. still nothing. @#$%$! OUT LOUD! only thing i can do is call up the mechanis and see if they are open and busy. no answer. curses again out loud. so i call up the store next to the shop and ask if the mechanis was gonna be in today. the kid on the phone says yeah........round 8:30 or so. GREAT! nwo i gotta wait for 2 hrs.
i load up the RAJUN CAJUN, cursing all the time cause i know it has to be the switch i have been wanting but really wanted to wait on.
then i cussed some more (forgive me LORD) because i was wasting a wonderful morning of fishing.
see i took a vacation day to do this. after thrusday evening i just COULDN'T work friday. blame me? suck an egg,lol.
i head over the mechanis shop, taking my time and getting really down aobut the whole mess.
i arrive and the mechanis does the same things i did. checks all the fuses, starter, soloniod and such. then he looks at teh switch and says, "yep, that's gotta be the problem". ok i say....oyu got one? "nope, been meaning to order some but ain't got around to it." GREAT! now what am i gonna do. he can order one but it'll take 3-4 days to get here. (cussing again, again...forgive me LORD) "let me make a call", he says. ok. he makes a call and says "found a fella that has one. ALRIGHT! draw me a map i say. he does and here i go again.
i get there and this guys says," only got one kind, dunno know if it's the right one for oyur old rig. we'll see. that's $85.00 an hour if i take off your old one and put on the new one". WHAT?!? hey man, can i borrow a screw driver and socket? "wellllll.......i don't usually let folks borrow my tools ya know." PLEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEE??!?!?! "oh, ok. but i am gonna be out here with you, that ok?" ABSOLUTLY! so i get the part and procede to taking off the old swith, WHEEEEWWW, same kind.
so after 30 mins i am set to go again. only it is now 11:00 am. (cussing yet again, and again i ask for forgiveness).
so i go back to the launch and set out for an AFTERNOON of fishing.
and wouldn't oyu know it, skies clear up (fish stopped anyway), wind kicked up and so i said to heck with it, and took a nice hour long nap floating on the rig. texted ol MB too. lol. got up and tired it again.
but they started pulling water, wind was still up too much. so i loaded up and went home.
so in one day i burned up a half a tank in the truck (driving here and there trying to get the boat fixed) and half a tank in the boat (trying to find a plac out of the high winds and rolling water).
came home and lisa hugged me and said it was alright. things happen. at least we got the new switch and she "should" be good for a long time now.
we may it it in the morning. i told lisa i didn't get a bite because i didn't have my lucy charm with me. it's true too. she is my lucky charm.
and daniel..thanks man. your words helped me alot too. ain't no hoss i can't ride buddy, thanks.
BAD MOVE!!
i got in the water, everything was lined up jsut right. overcast skies, hardly any wind, and they weren't pulling water real bad. nice morning right?
well i lowered the motor and went to start it up. NOTHING. WHAT?!?! no click, no nothing. it ran jsut fine yesterday evening, what's the deal? so i got back to the dock (thaks to my "new" to me trolling motor. tied off and started loopking at all the fuses. all looked intact. so that ain't the problem. then i took off the hood on the motor and looked at teh fuses there. nope, fine here too. i gently tap on the starter and soilinoid. still nothing. @#$%$! OUT LOUD! only thing i can do is call up the mechanis and see if they are open and busy. no answer. curses again out loud. so i call up the store next to the shop and ask if the mechanis was gonna be in today. the kid on the phone says yeah........round 8:30 or so. GREAT! nwo i gotta wait for 2 hrs.
i load up the RAJUN CAJUN, cursing all the time cause i know it has to be the switch i have been wanting but really wanted to wait on.
then i cussed some more (forgive me LORD) because i was wasting a wonderful morning of fishing.
see i took a vacation day to do this. after thrusday evening i just COULDN'T work friday. blame me? suck an egg,lol.
i head over the mechanis shop, taking my time and getting really down aobut the whole mess.
i arrive and the mechanis does the same things i did. checks all the fuses, starter, soloniod and such. then he looks at teh switch and says, "yep, that's gotta be the problem". ok i say....oyu got one? "nope, been meaning to order some but ain't got around to it." GREAT! now what am i gonna do. he can order one but it'll take 3-4 days to get here. (cussing again, again...forgive me LORD) "let me make a call", he says. ok. he makes a call and says "found a fella that has one. ALRIGHT! draw me a map i say. he does and here i go again.
i get there and this guys says," only got one kind, dunno know if it's the right one for oyur old rig. we'll see. that's $85.00 an hour if i take off your old one and put on the new one". WHAT?!? hey man, can i borrow a screw driver and socket? "wellllll.......i don't usually let folks borrow my tools ya know." PLEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEE??!?!?! "oh, ok. but i am gonna be out here with you, that ok?" ABSOLUTLY! so i get the part and procede to taking off the old swith, WHEEEEWWW, same kind.
so after 30 mins i am set to go again. only it is now 11:00 am. (cussing yet again, and again i ask for forgiveness).
so i go back to the launch and set out for an AFTERNOON of fishing.
and wouldn't oyu know it, skies clear up (fish stopped anyway), wind kicked up and so i said to heck with it, and took a nice hour long nap floating on the rig. texted ol MB too. lol. got up and tired it again.
but they started pulling water, wind was still up too much. so i loaded up and went home.
so in one day i burned up a half a tank in the truck (driving here and there trying to get the boat fixed) and half a tank in the boat (trying to find a plac out of the high winds and rolling water).
came home and lisa hugged me and said it was alright. things happen. at least we got the new switch and she "should" be good for a long time now.
we may it it in the morning. i told lisa i didn't get a bite because i didn't have my lucy charm with me. it's true too. she is my lucky charm.
and daniel..thanks man. your words helped me alot too. ain't no hoss i can't ride buddy, thanks.