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Skunk City
07-12-2015, 10:34 PM
Covered about 6 miles of river this afternoon on a nice float trip. Lots of blowups, follows and misses, but managed one big girl. Completely dominated a watermelon crankbait in 3ft of water. Quick fight, quick dehook, quick measurement and quick release. She measured out to 37.5", my biggest of 2015 so far.

Also spent the morning fabbing up a trolling motor mount. Came up with this simple setup that worked great. I can definitely feel the weight of the battery and motor when paddling, but this thing hauls ass now lol. Used it to blast through unproductive waters. Will be modding it a bit when I come up with ways to improve upon it.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h252/QuikSilverSRT4/Fishing%20Photos/IMG_20150712_220754_zps44xtv15q.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/QuikSilverSRT4/media/Fishing%20Photos/IMG_20150712_220754_zps44xtv15q.jpg.html)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h252/QuikSilverSRT4/Fishing%20Photos/IMG_20150712_220230_zpskrqxycfy.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/QuikSilverSRT4/media/Fishing%20Photos/IMG_20150712_220230_zpskrqxycfy.jpg.html)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h252/QuikSilverSRT4/Fishing%20Photos/20150712_201632_zpsfa3goo33.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/QuikSilverSRT4/media/Fishing%20Photos/20150712_201632_zpsfa3goo33.jpg.html)
ScowardNJ
07-12-2015, 11:18 PM
That Pike pic took me 2 scroll swipes on to see the whole fish!!!! haha. Lengthy Fish!!!!!!
FASTEDDIE29
07-13-2015, 09:33 AM
Nice lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng Pike, wow!!! Wonder how much thicker she is in the late fall! That head is rather large. Good fish for sure!!!

P.S. How fast were you going in the custom yak? Any speeding tickets?:D
JDTuna
07-13-2015, 11:10 AM
Awesome fish man! Beast for sure.
njflyfisher
07-13-2015, 11:41 AM
Nice fish man!!
The Birdman
07-13-2015, 12:38 PM
beats pike look at the jaw on him. nice yak set up! i did the same on mine with the wood mount. good stuff
bowzonly
07-13-2015, 02:26 PM
Even with a kayak, if you put a motor on it I think you have to register it.
UglyStick
07-13-2015, 02:30 PM
Even with a kayak, if you put a motor on it I think you have to register it.

Correct... NJ always gets their cut...
RyanMac14
07-13-2015, 07:10 PM
Yep need to register anything with power. Just a question because all i ever see is kayak P updates, is there any problems floating a small jon boat in the P? Id like to get out on it and feel my like 9 foot jon would do well on it.
Skunk City
07-13-2015, 08:51 PM
Yep need to register anything with power. Just a question because all i ever see is kayak P updates, is there any problems floating a small jon boat in the P? Id like to get out on it and feel my like 9 foot jon would do well on it.

Some stretches are deeper than others, but if you don't mind wacking a submerged tree or scraping on some gravel, it is perfect for a jon. On the float we did, there was one spot where a tree was blocking the entire river, so portaging around it was a must.
Jigman13
07-13-2015, 09:19 PM
Sweet fish Rob. Things head is a monstrosity lol...
Chrisper4694
07-13-2015, 10:58 PM
That better not be my white whale you got there buddy! Haha nice job! I slam everything in there with the motor on my Jon boat, they're made to hit stuff. Just get a spare prop and sheer pins and bring a paddle too.
Skunk City
07-14-2015, 08:53 AM
Thanks guys! The trolling motor won't be a permanent thing, maybe when I'm fishing big waters or trying to save time paddling to a spot. Could be lethal in the fall fishing the big lakes though ;).
jimmythegreek
07-14-2015, 12:48 PM
sweet fish Rob, where was that beast hiding a few weeks ago! I like the trolling motor setup, you are prob doing 5mph with that thing, thats the way to go IMO, bring on the fall jigfest hahaha
Andrushkin33
07-14-2015, 02:22 PM
Nice catch Rob,

Sweet looking toothy you got that.

Andre
CabesaRoja
07-14-2015, 04:58 PM
Hey, that kayak mount looks very familiar! :p Looks great! Very nice fish as well! I love having a trolling motor, it's allowed me to cover a lot more water and get to fishing spots quicker than I would if I was paddling.
Skunk City
07-15-2015, 08:54 AM
Hey, that kayak mount looks very familiar! :p Looks great! Very nice fish as well! I love having a trolling motor, it's allowed me to cover a lot more water and get to fishing spots quicker than I would if I was paddling.

Haha that picture may or may not have influenced my prototype :p.