05-06-2007, 04:37 PM
I always love to take my boat out by myself and I take pride in doing it right the first time! I make my own decisions on where to go and what sort of fishing methods being utilized whether its going bottom bouncing for walleyes or downriggers for suspending eyes. Its really hard to find a hardcore walleye addict so I go by myself.
One thing to remember, you dont want to go solo on a busy day where you might tie up the dock when there are a thousand of blowhard waterskiers. Go during the week or go somewhere where there arent a lot of boats tying up the docks.
It can get interesting when the winds pick up and things gets dicey... commonsense is required if soloing... gotta know the place before you go. For example: Willard... when the winds pick up you gotta head to the dikes where it is protected from the winds or go to the sandy shoreline and park your boat there until the winds subsides.
One more thing to consider, I strongly recommend that before you go solo, you must be a strong swimmer... you will be glad you swam better than Rulon!
Always check the air/water temp because hypothermia is a serious threat.
I love to swim and surf... those skills came in handy because boats are rather similiar to a surfboard in rough conditions... it helps you read the waves as you motor through them like hot knife through butter. You had better not slice straight at a wave but rather go cross-angle... then straighten the boat out and then go cross angle. Here is what happens when you go straight at a wave, there is always a second or a third wave behind the first wave that can swamp a boat as you jump over the first wave, there is a trough that the boat lands and the wave will sweep over the front part of the boat.
Hope this helps!
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One thing to remember, you dont want to go solo on a busy day where you might tie up the dock when there are a thousand of blowhard waterskiers. Go during the week or go somewhere where there arent a lot of boats tying up the docks.
It can get interesting when the winds pick up and things gets dicey... commonsense is required if soloing... gotta know the place before you go. For example: Willard... when the winds pick up you gotta head to the dikes where it is protected from the winds or go to the sandy shoreline and park your boat there until the winds subsides.
One more thing to consider, I strongly recommend that before you go solo, you must be a strong swimmer... you will be glad you swam better than Rulon!
Always check the air/water temp because hypothermia is a serious threat.
I love to swim and surf... those skills came in handy because boats are rather similiar to a surfboard in rough conditions... it helps you read the waves as you motor through them like hot knife through butter. You had better not slice straight at a wave but rather go cross-angle... then straighten the boat out and then go cross angle. Here is what happens when you go straight at a wave, there is always a second or a third wave behind the first wave that can swamp a boat as you jump over the first wave, there is a trough that the boat lands and the wave will sweep over the front part of the boat.
Hope this helps!
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