New PB and my first boat

JerseyFisher · 07-06-10, 10:26 PM

The Holiday weekend sure turned out to be a great one. Going into the weekend I knew I might be the proud new owner of a boat, I found one on craigslist on the same lake that my family has a house on. So Saturday morning I drove to check it out with my family and liked what I saw so I made the purchase. It's a 12' Ouachita Jon Boat w/ a 4 HP Mercury engine. Very solid boat and the engine runs very smooth. I plan on doing some modifications with it but that will come with time. Its gonna be a great fishing rig, no longer will I have to use the kayak, canoe, or my family's ski boat.

So... back to fishing. I went out twice Friday in the canoe. First trip very unsuccessful only a few short bronzebacks and some pesky rock bass. The second trip was turning out to be the same. I fished all my favorite spots but nothing was working like it had all year. I'm assuming with the increase in temp the bass are finally post spawn in upstate NY. So I was about to call it a day, but I wanted to hit up one more spot. Its a steep drop off probably from 5' to 20' marked by a danger buoy. First cast with my drop shot, I was using a Zoom shaky worm in mardi gras color, it gets whacked hard. Feels like I hooked into a log. After a few minutes I finally net her. Surprisingly it was a largemouth, usually this spots only holds smallies. I took a few pics on my camera phone, but since she was so nice I decided to paddle 100 yds back to my boat house to get the parents to take some pictures too. She was only 19'' but boy was she chunky. I let her go to be caught another day.

bamabassman · 07-06-10, 10:55 PM

that is a beautiful bass jersey. wonderful coloring. ours aren't that bright this time of year. guess the sun is so hot is part of the reason. congrats on your new rig too. take oyur time with the rig on fixing her up. she'll be a fine platform when you get through with her. love the picture of oyu going out on the bottom with the sunset. awesum.

catch2288 · 07-06-10, 11:53 PM

Congrats on the bass and boat. I too have a 12' jon boat I purchased used last year. I run it with strictly a 40lb thrust trolling motor and absolutely love it. The lakes I typically fish in are between 50 to 250 acres which is the perfect size for my boat. Congrats again.....................

JerseyFisher · 07-07-10, 03:51 PM

How big do you think it is? I don't have a scale but I would assume it is around 5lbs.

CamG · 07-07-10, 03:56 PM

Looks like she'd go around 4 lbs.! Good looking fish too!

keithdog · 07-07-10, 08:38 PM

Great looking bass! Gotta agree with Bama on the coloring. Beautiful fish. Nice boat ya got there. I fish from a 12' jonboat as well. Small lakes around here with bad launches so it work out pretty well for me.

Bob Smith · 07-07-10, 08:57 PM

Great looking bass there, kiddo! MY guess would be a strong 4 pounds plus , maybe even 4.5! looks like some fun fishing there!

Vegasspider · 07-08-10, 12:20 AM

Way to go now you can never sell that boat. It’s your lucky boat!

Cavs1123 · 07-09-10, 04:59 PM

Nice fish! She has a good gut on her!

07-06-10, 10:26 PM	#1
JerseyFisher BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York, NY Posts: 156	New PB and my first boat The Holiday weekend sure turned out to be a great one. Going into the weekend I knew I might be the proud new owner of a boat, I found one on craigslist on the same lake that my family has a house on. So Saturday morning I drove to check it out with my family and liked what I saw so I made the purchase. It's a 12' Ouachita Jon Boat w/ a 4 HP Mercury engine. Very solid boat and the engine runs very smooth. I plan on doing some modifications with it but that will come with time. Its gonna be a great fishing rig, no longer will I have to use the kayak, canoe, or my family's ski boat. So... back to fishing. I went out twice Friday in the canoe. First trip very unsuccessful only a few short bronzebacks and some pesky rock bass. The second trip was turning out to be the same. I fished all my favorite spots but nothing was working like it had all year. I'm assuming with the increase in temp the bass are finally post spawn in upstate NY. So I was about to call it a day, but I wanted to hit up one more spot. Its a steep drop off probably from 5' to 20' marked by a danger buoy. First cast with my drop shot, I was using a Zoom shaky worm in mardi gras color, it gets whacked hard. Feels like I hooked into a log. After a few minutes I finally net her. Surprisingly it was a largemouth, usually this spots only holds smallies. I took a few pics on my camera phone, but since she was so nice I decided to paddle 100 yds back to my boat house to get the parents to take some pictures too. She was only 19'' but boy was she chunky. I let her go to be caught another day. Attached Thumbnails

07-06-10, 10:55 PM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	that is a beautiful bass jersey. wonderful coloring. ours aren't that bright this time of year. guess the sun is so hot is part of the reason. congrats on your new rig too. take oyur time with the rig on fixing her up. she'll be a fine platform when you get through with her. love the picture of oyu going out on the bottom with the sunset. awesum. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

07-07-10, 08:57 PM	#7
Bob Smith BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cartersville, Georgia Posts: 1,472	Great looking bass there, kiddo! MY guess would be a strong 4 pounds plus , maybe even 4.5! looks like some fun fishing there! __________________ Bob Smith a.k.a. "Porko" (vintage Strike King variety!)

07-09-10, 04:59 PM	#9
Cavs1123 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 1,398	Nice fish! She has a good gut on her! __________________ Tom

07-06-10, 11:53 PM	#3
catch2288 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ironwood, MI Posts: 44	Congrats on the bass and boat. I too have a 12' jon boat I purchased used last year. I run it with strictly a 40lb thrust trolling motor and absolutely love it. The lakes I typically fish in are between 50 to 250 acres which is the perfect size for my boat. Congrats again.....................

07-07-10, 03:51 PM	#4
JerseyFisher BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York, NY Posts: 156	How big do you think it is? I don't have a scale but I would assume it is around 5lbs.

07-07-10, 03:56 PM	#5
CamG BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Superior, NE Posts: 974	Looks like she'd go around 4 lbs.! Good looking fish too!

07-07-10, 08:38 PM	#6
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Great looking bass! Gotta agree with Bama on the coloring. Beautiful fish. Nice boat ya got there. I fish from a 12' jonboat as well. Small lakes around here with bad launches so it work out pretty well for me.

07-08-10, 12:20 AM	#8
Vegasspider BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 570	Way to go now you can never sell that boat. It’s your lucky boat!

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