I've had the Judge out for some trips with the wife and some friends, but today was the first day we fished her. I still had some things to do before we could wet a line.
My new trailer came in last week and I needed to put the boat on the trailer and see if it needed any adjustments. I thought Sandy Point would be the best place to float the new boat on the trailer and slowly bring it out of the water and watch how she sat on the bunks.
Good thought, but bad timing. We had very low tides this morning and hardly any water at the ramps
. I had Lou watch so I didn't go past the yellow lines at the ramp. Damn; still a lot of trailer and bunk showing. I cranked the 27 Judge 2/3rds of the way and it stopped
. I had to drive it up anyway
.
We pulled it and inspected the bunks and winch. Looks like I need to have a few adjustments made. Nothing major, but just tweeked.
We splashed her back into the water (had to drive her off as well) and went looking for birds or breaking fish. Headed south and saw a group of boats livelinning just inside Eastern bay. We saw lots of bait on the surface, but nothing harassing them from above or below. We picked up a few under rock and a couple blues.
We pulled rods and headed south to 84 and again saw tons of bait. Dropped rods and picked up more undersize rock, but some nice blues. We kept scanning the area looking for better action, but called it quites at 1:30pm. I still had to drop Lou off at SP to get my truck and trailer, and I still had to run north to Bodkin Creek for my slip.
Back at the dock, I flushed the motor, hit the deck with a hose, and headed home for dinner and a shower. Off to a local watering hole for the Ravens game tonight. Those Michalobe Ultra's are going to taste real good tonight.
5th (Marty)