HighTechRedneck
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- Montgomery
While launching a boat was coming in and said 4+ foot waves were out there and they were calling the day a bust. Needless to say I figured this would be a prime opportunity to test out the new Raymarine s1000 autopilot. I had a buddy boat and coming out of the harbor and were greeted by 3 footers. We headed east and the waves continued to build. a mile or two out my buddy boat decided to head back to the harbor so we kept east alone. Waves were 3-5's and the autopilot handled them with no problem except for if we were going into the waves if were going under 2.8mph it started to have trouble but any other direction we could get down to 1.9 with no problems. In big waves my boat really has a hard time hooking up with fish. It had been a few hours at this point and the lake was starting to lay down. Got a call from my buddy boat and he was at the dock and ready to head back out now that the conditions were better. It was like 2-3' rollers. Shortly after we got 2 kings on. we came around and picked up a laker than back again and another laker. By this point the waves were building again and that was it for fish. 4 for 4. good size lakers (7 and 11lbs) and average king and a small king. all taken 55-65 down off riggers and dipsy. riverside stripper spoon and green/chrome flasher green fly took the fish. There was a large barge about 2 miles further offshore that was throwing up a spray over 30' hitting the waves so I decided to headed out for a closeup. halfway there we saw our buddy boat coming in and the waves now were 5+. I think at one point we went over at least a 9 footer because the boat was strait up and down and half the outboard was buried in the water. the barge was moving faster than we thought so catching it wasn't going to happen. we ended up turning and ran back in along side salmonalogist.
Here are some pics of the day. Somehow I ended up with no pictures of the fish
I LOVE AUTOPILOT
HTR
Here are some pics of the day. Somehow I ended up with no pictures of the fish
I LOVE AUTOPILOT
HTR
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