Normspeed Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 I decided to take a short fishing trip next weekend. Got the teardrop hooked to the P24, fishing poles and folding boat loaded, and the countdown to Friday begins. Quote
bob_amos Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 Headed for Lake Hemet again? Have a good time.. Quote
rearview Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 How much does that teardrop weigh? Does the P24 have any problems pulling it? Fishing... must be nice. Closest I come at this time of year is the Friday fish fry down at the corner place. PS: Did you send the blocks yet for machining? Quote
Normspeed Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Posted January 22, 2007 I think I'll try Lake Elizabeth this time. Less altitude, might be a bit warmer. Not sure what the teardrop weighs but it's built on a welded angle iron cage so probably fairly heavy. Lots of tongue weight since the wheels are set so far back. I pulled out my lowering blocks and I'll send them off soon. Car rides better now that I'm not leveling the rear with the air shocks when I'm not towing. Quote
52B3B108 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Posted January 23, 2007 How do you carry the folding boat? Quote
Normspeed Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Posted January 23, 2007 It fits on the roof about like a 12 foot surfboard. Hull only weighs 67 lbs. All the other stuff (and there's a pile of stuff) rides in the back of the wagon and in the teardrop. I usually run a 6 hp outboard but I got an electric trolling motor for Christmas so I'm taking that one instead. The roof racks are Thule gutter mount uprights with oak crossbars that I made up. Thule has these taller uprights that allow the crossbars to clear the bulbous roofs on our old cars. Quote
Normspeed Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Posted January 24, 2007 This fishing trip is starting to read like one of those ads that ends with "priceless". NFS one day camping pass: $5.00 Replace one fishing rod with broken tip: $15.00 2007 CA resident fishing license: $48.00 Battery & box for new trolling motor: $70.00 Jeez, I haven't even gone tequila shopping yet! But the weekend will be....priceless. Quote
Reg Evans Posted January 24, 2007 Report Posted January 24, 2007 Is the trolling motor 12 or 24 volt? You might want to bring an extra battery or an extra bottle of Jose Quervo. Quote
Normspeed Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Posted January 25, 2007 12 volt, but the lake I'm going to is so small you could almost walk the boat back to the ramp if the battery went dead. And I have oars just in case. I got a Minn Kota 36 lb thrust troller, has a built in battery meter. The battery I bought is pretty large, a group 27, with 720 cranking amps. The boat emergency kit has a flask of Herradura Reposado so if I get snakebit I'll die smiling. Quote
greg g Posted January 27, 2007 Report Posted January 27, 2007 I believe it was WC Fields who said "In my right hand back pocket, I always carry a flask of medicinal brandy, in case of snake bite!!! In my left hand back pocket I always carry a small snake." Quote
Normspeed Posted January 27, 2007 Author Report Posted January 27, 2007 AaaaahhhYessssss, a man after my own heart. Quote
randroid Posted January 27, 2007 Report Posted January 27, 2007 Gents, I've been following this thread with much amusement because due to my Pop's job I grew up in your area and have fished many of the lakes and streams you've mentioned. I also put myself through college in part by building campers, tricking vans, and even helping to create small camping trailers like the teardrop but with newer technology. Thing is, I earn some of my living writing novels (only one published so far and unless you've visited Estes Park, CO, you've never heard of it) and a current work in progress deals with the Imperial Valley and that it has the most toxically poluted groundwater in the Western Hemisphere. Under no circumstances should you ever eat anything that comes from the Salton Sea: Celenium is the biggie but it is also blessed with every form of agricultural, industrial, and human waste known to man and a few which may be morphing. The story of how it got that way is an hysterical example of black humor that would never be believed in one of my works of fiction, so if you question what I say check-out San Diego State University's New River project. They are the only people in the world who seem to give a rat's ass about the problem and are trying to do something about it. Whew! Sorry, but if you stray that far in your fishing travels and eat what you catch there it will kill you as fast as it's killing the migratory birds. Have a nice day, -Randy Quote
Normspeed Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Posted January 29, 2007 Randy, I went to the Salton Sea once with a boat, it was certainly an experience but not for everyone. Years ago there was a pretty good fishery there, including orange mouthed Corvina. Not much left now but the occasional croaker, and you're right, you wouldn't want to eat one. This trip I went to Elizabeth and got skunked but it was a nice couple of days anyhow. The old Plymouth ran like a top, got lots of waves and thumbs up from other drivers, and averaged better than 13 mpg towing. The road back, Lake Hughes Road, was a mass of small rockslides. Several places I had to travel down the oncoming lanes to get around rocks in the road. Good to be home. Quote
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