Hot Water Outlet At The Nuclear Plant London,Arkansas

[TOPS]

I went to the hot water outlet today 3 Nov 05, I saw some blues being caught, the man seem to have about 6 in his cooler. No real large ones but there were a couple that would go about 4 to 5 pounds. they were caught on cut shad. I saw him throw the cast net once and had a good 25 shad in the net. the shad are in the outlet along with small bream. No skip jack in the outlet yet, just shad. :confused: :mad: :confused:

[Cataholic]

Hey Top!
I doubt the Skippies will be there until it turns real cold, maybe the end of January or February. Last year wasn't cold at all and you know what that did to our bait of choice, Anyways fishing with Shad is still fishing ain't it?

[TOPS]

The plant is still being worked on and they are not releasing much hot water,if any at all. May be after the first of the year before they start generating electricity again. :mad: :mad:

[TOPS]

I went to the outlet today 3 Dec. 05, I pull my shoes off and stepped into the water, it was so cold, I could chill my soda in it. The hot water outlet is no more! We will have a poor skip jack season unless the workers complete there job soon! :sad: :mad: :confused: :glare:

[ictalurus]

Hey Guys. What the heck happened to the website? I move and get busy with work and when I try to come back everything is changed and gone. Anyway more importantly, is the water at ANO hot yet? Now that I live in Conway I sure don't want to drive all the way to Russellville only to find more cold water. Thanks in advance. :cool:

[ictalurus]

Hey Guys. What the heck happened to the website? I move and get busy with work and when I try to come back everything is changed and gone. Anyway more importantly, is the water at ANO hot yet? Now that I live in Conway I sure don't want to drive all the way to Russellville only to find more cold water. Thanks in advance. :cool:

[jtrew]

Last I heard from Top, nuthin' but cold water from the nookie plant. If I remember right, only #1 uses lake water for cooling, while #2 uses only the cooling towers.

[TOPS]

Lindsey, The hot water is not coming out the the outlet, They are working on the plant and are not releasing any hot water. Talked to a man, that is working on the plant, a couple days ago and he told me hope to be finished by the of the month.

[jtrew]

Again, for those not in the know, steam coming out of the cooling towers has absolutely nothing to do with warm water being released into the lake. There's no visible way to tell if the discharge water from #1 reactor is warm or cold.
Seems like I remember years ago there being a phone # that you could call to find out if #1 was on line or not, but that was way before 9-11.

[TOPS]

Jerry is absolutely correct the cooling tower does NOT release hot water in to the outlet. That reactor is the only one working now and has been for a while now. The engineers are working on the other one. This is the one that releases the hot water and has no cooling tower.

[TOPS]

I talked to a man [ recruiting mission ] that works at the nuclear plant today 20 Dec. 05 He told me the hot water sould start flowing before christmas day. Well, I am correct this is just before christmas! I hope it starts soon. :glare: :confused: ;) :D

[Cataholic]

Verlon,
I tried to tell ya that the Skippies are hangin' out below the dam, water running or not! I have made 3 trips and my bait freezer is full!
Most of them were caught an hour before dark with no water running! This is not a hoax! This is not just another fish story!
I know it's easier for you to sit in your boat, but when you are out of bait as I was you might think about the short walk to just below the powerhouse, I found it very rewarding!
On second thought maybe you should wait for the outlet as the adrenaline rush I got catching them as fast as I could throw a jig 15 feet was almost overwhelming! I'd hate to see you hurt yourself on my account!
Now the question remains the same...
GOT BAIT?

[TOPS]

Joe, Are you saying the turbines do not have to be running for the skips tp bite? I may have a hard time getting over those rocks! my back is no better. Keep us informed!

[Little Mac]

The day I went down there Turbines was not running an was not a skip to be found, course it was early in the am. Perhaps we should go down there Top, you dont have to crawl around on any rocks, all ya gotta do is make it to the end of the walk I will help ya.

[Cataholic]

Hey Guys!
Did I not say that the Skips were plentiful running water or not? I try to go down in the afternoon around 3 pm 'cause that's when they had been generating. All that aside, the Skippy's are showing up about 4pm chasing Shad along the wall. Most of them are in the 2 1/2 to 3 pound range (big Skips!) I walk down the path from the parking area above carring my light rod, my bucket and my fanny pack. I usually stay 'till 'bout 5:30 or when my bucket is full. I don't notice the cool temperatures due to the fierce action!
Verlon, The walk ain't all that bad even for me and my bad back, I just take it slow, but it's well worth the effort! I'm planning another trip in a day or two with my son, (he's never caught Skippies!) The trip would be real nice with a couple of my BOC Brothers to shoot the breeze with. Call me if you want to get together! BTW, Have you located my bait knife? I sure do miss it! :crying:

[TOPS]

I have not seen that knife. I went out there and looked around when you first posted but I had just got my boat back from the first shop that wanted to charge me $15 hundred to fix my boat! I did not trust that guy. If the knife was in the boat well, I had a small bait pouch come up missing also. :cursing: :cursing:

[TOPS]

When are you going back to the dam. I cant go untill sat afternoon, Maybe! I know tha is christmas eve but that is the on chance that I can get away. We are down to one car now, wife works, daughter worksI must waite for one of them to be off. Sorry :o :o

[Cataholic]

Verlon,
I was hoping to go Friday evening with my son and have as of yet been able to get ahold of him. Hope to see him this evening. As far as the knife goes Mac said he put it in your shed when yall unloaded it to go to the shop. It's not really that big of a deal though I carried that thing for 14 years and they don't make 'em anymore, I guess the trouble we had getting your boat loaded that evening got me side tracked otherwise I'd have remembered. Wish you could go Friday cause there ain't no way the Mrs. is gonna let me out Christmas eve. Let's do sumthin!

[crane]

Are those skippies still biting? I've got a bunch of old frozen bait and I'm looking for some fresher bait. Russelville is a lot closer than cumberland for me. If anyone has any info. let me know, I might just make a trip to stock up for the winter fishing.

[TOPS]

The nuclear plant has not been releasing hot water. There has been maintenance performed on the plant for about 6 to 8 months now. They should start releasing soon!

Also, Joe Davis has been catching some skips below the dam here at Russellville, may-be you can set up a trip with him.

I will let you know when the hot water outlet starts producing skips.

[TOPS]

Do not throw those old skips away I have some fish oil that I can inject into them I hope this will freshen them some. I will take all your old ones! If need be I can give you some of this oil.

[TOPS]

The hot water started flowing today, I talked to a bass fisherman and his temp gage was reading from 44 to 50 degrees. depending on what part of the outlet you were at. If they release steady all week, the water should be right by next week.

[Smellycat]

Well I hav`nt been on here for a while. Am looking foward to catching some skippies at the nookie plant when they get it goin again. Have zero bait!! :cursing:

[ictalurus]

Went by ANO yesterday and the shad are starting to move in and there were a few gulls feeding around the mouth of the bay and immediately below the discharge. I would say we are at least a week from any noticeable change in the fishing. Whenever they have an outage they are required to slowly power down or decrease temperature to avoid killing fish, likewise when the power up they do the same. Top was right about them being back online, but it will take days for the reactor to reach 100%. You can see the progress at this website, but I suspect it lags behind at least 24hrs or more from the current situation.

The Arkansas plant is at the top of the list for Region 4 and the reactor that we all love is Arkansas Nuclear 1. ANT (#2) cools through the tower, ANO cools from the lake and gives us lots of warm water to catch fish (usually). :cool:
Just click on this link>
NRC Current Power Reactor Status Report (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/reactor-status/ps.html)

[TOPS]

The engineers had to shut the reactor down yesterday afternoon 29Dec. They found a problem with a valve, I do not know the exactly what but it is off line now. :mad:

[Little Mac]

Read about that in the russelville paper, something electrical I believe they said. Well Maybe Jan and Feb we can get stocked up Top. I sure hope so. Lindsey Good to see you back on here. Moved to conway did ya? Working with Reid any ? Mac

[coach]

i've got some bad news ............... i was reading in the arkansas newspaper that the game and fish over there has passed a new law that prohibits taking pictures of skipjacks........... truly a sad day in arkansas i'm sure..... :rolleyes:

[three_rivers]

Coach, theys takin a followin doin dat up nawth now. Iffn's i can find some freshies i'll post a pic of some already chawed up!

[Little Mac]

Shoot, the way things are goin, Im gonna need those pictures for bait!!!! No one this way is running any water at all, havent tried Ozark yet, Thinking of takin a day and go by ozark for a spell then on too Russelville. :p

[boliver]

been to ozark 2 days this week and barling 1 no water any where friday they run about 3000 cfs at barling for a short time then shut it down no fishermen at ozark either day but two in a boat. caught 1 sauger while trying for skipies and one little cat.

[jtrew]

Don't none of y'all believe what Coach posted, cuz he cain't read. :p

[Cataholic]

I guess I'm still safe, who ever heard of taking pictures of bait anyway?
Coach, Sad day indeed!

[TOPS]

I rode down to the hot water outlet today 3 Jan 06. I talked to a man that just came out of the water. He had no skips but I think he was striper fishing. I asked him did he check the water temp! He told me that it was running around 65 degrees close to the barrier. The temp is coming up but I did not see the gulls in there.

[ictalurus]

According to the NRC site ANO is now running at better than 95%, so the water should be almost back to normal. I'm not so sure how the fish will react. I'm not suprised at Top's report that there are few gulls and probably few fish so far in the cove. It may take days or weeks for the fish to find the hot water. This will be interesting.

Don't know if I'm going to go there anytime soon, but if I do I'll give you all a report and pictures. :D

[jtrew]

I don't think the gulls will be there till the shad find the warm water and move into it. When the shad show up, the catfish will soon follow.

[ictalurus]

The water has been hot for almost a week. Has anyone been yet? :confused:

[Little Mac]

Yep, Went to the Nuk plant yesterday, there are skips there, I managed 9 big ones from the bank, I think if I was in a boat I coulda done better. Looked like most of them was up past the barrier, I was fishing close as I could and still needed 40ft extra in my cast :crying: Suppose to go Wensday with Top weather permitting. The gulls were up past the barrier, not feeding much below it, So Im geussing they are not stacked up yet. But worthy for a little bait. :D

[jtrew]

Sounds about right. Before 9/11 we always seemed to do best on the skippies up in the actual discharge canal. Off limits now, of course.

[TOPS]

Well Guys, Mac and I will try the hotwater outlet tomorrow.[ 11 Jan 06] we will be skip jack fishing but may take a cat rig also.

[TOPS]

Mac and I fished the hotwater outlet today [ 11 Jan 06 ]. All I have to say Got bait!!

[three_rivers]

Tops, how long was you guys out there?? Run into anybody you guys knew? LOL

[TOPS]

We ran into a fellow B.O.C brother and his wife Danny, and of course his dog. The brother Wore us out!!

[three_rivers]

I'm sure mac will drum in.............oops......... i mean chime in shortly. LOL

[crane]

Sounds like you guys had a good time. Was the catching very good?

Danny, I might have to beg a few fresh ones off of you this weekend. I hope I can make it to Tunica, I haven't fished that stretch of river and I have a feeling that things will be good for catching some bigguns Saturday.

Oh yeah, Coach wants to see some pictures, he's just too proud to say it himself. LOL!!

[TOPS]

When fishing the hotwater outlet please have at leaste 10 pound test line on your reel. We have BIG skips here. When you catch a double they will break off if the line is not above 10 pound test.

[Little Mac]

Had a good time yesterday, Danny, Jo and Sis was already on the water when we got there. We caught a few skips. Sorry I havent posted till now, Im busy gettin ready for the weekend! FISH ON!!!!! LOL. Mac

[VerotiK]

Mac and I fished the hotwater outlet today [ 11 Jan 06 ]. All I have to say Got bait!!

Top, how did yall do? We need to come down and get some bait stocked up, but when we went last year we couldn't catch crap. The year before, right around this time, we couldn't STOP catching them.

[gofish]

I'm noticing that Danny hasn't said whether they caught any or not...:glare:

Top, Mac, Tin, et al..............have a safe trip this weekend and good luck. I hope I have as many deer lies to tell as y'all have fishin lies! :p

Danny, are you going to Tunica this weekend?

[three_rivers]

Joe, i caught enough for a little bait! Theres a crew that is suppose to show up in the morning and put up a carport. They also said they don't work on fridays so i don't really know if they are or aren't showin up. I'm trying to reassure jo she can handle this while i go fishin. :0a10: If they aren't showing up i'm goin friday or iffn's i can get off Sunday. I'm wanting to go for sho!:crying:

[VerotiK]

I know they probably aren't biting that good yet, but me and SmellyCat will be going down there Saturday. Hope to maybe meet up with some of you guys down there. Send me a PM if your goin.

[Smellycat]

Hate to seem like a DA, but I`ve been trying to find these posts for a while tonight. I hav`nt been posting much since the forum change because I can`t find my way around. The old forum was more like a list, easy to "run down" it and see what everyone was talking about and just chime in if you wanted to. I can`t find SHI# on this board! Maybe I`m just too old for change, but I bet I`m not alone.
If it was`nt for all the good people I know are members, I would just give up. Gonna try the Nuke plant tomorrow for the skippies. Looking foward to meeting you Topsarg. Smellycat

[TOPS]

I rode to the outlet today [ 14 jan 06 ] to meet Verotik and smellycat. This was the first time to meet them. I hope you guys have good luck today. They had a fishing spot in their boat but I have to many honey-do list to complete.;) :) :mad: :o :crying: :)

[fisherdude]

Saturday, I met a man at the discharge basin ramp who gave me a business card with this web address on it and I thought I would give it a try.

I moved to Russellville late last summer and I caught a few blues and stripers in the inlet channel to the nuclear plant. About mid November, everything just stopped biting and I caught a few blues and stripers in the outlet basin and then that turned off as well. The last two weeks there have been skipjacks in the discharge basin, but I have seen very few stripers and catfish taken, none by me personally. I did however stock up on frozen skipjack for bait.

I'm curious, is the fishing in the discharge basin likely to improve or is this it until spring?

[TOPS]

Ron, I gave you that card. Welcome to the B.O.C.!! Do not give uo on fishing the inlet or outlet this winter. The cats and stripers will come in there. We must fish around the nets at the outlet now but they will be there.

[jtrew]

There are two reactors there; reactor #2 uses the cooling towers and has no effect on the water temperature or the fishing. Reactor #1 has been offline until recently, so it has just begun to warm the water there. As the rest of the lake water cools, fishing should pick up in the discharge cove; it's normally good throughout the winter, peaking in early spring. Catfish are in the discharge cove throughout the summer, but the water is so warm then that the fish are not fit to eat.
Use your depthfinder to locate the old barge channel that was dredged to bring in parts of the reactors; along the ramp side of the channel there is an old stumprow. I've caught lots of 6#-8# blues along there. Also, there's a hole kind of between the two boathouses out toward the mouth of the cove, probably 50-75 yards out from shore that's often good. Another good spot is just out of the cove on the left. Visualize the current coming out of the cove into the lake, among the stickups, and fish the current edge.

[VerotiK]

Fisherdude, i believe we are the ones you gave your skipjack to when you left. Thanks again! What did that big one end up weighing?

Top, it was a pleasure to meet you. We had fun catching some skippies. We started around 10 and didn't catch any for about 30 mins, then they schooled up and ran through and we caught them off and on for about an hour and a half or so, then they just kinda disappeared. We have enough bait in the freezer to last a little while. They weren't biting like they had in the past, but it was good enough to get us started. Most of the ones we did catch were good sized, and Fisherdude caught one that was just 5oz or so off the state record.

[Big Sam]

:rolleyes: Went to the outlet yesterday......The skippies were above the barrier managed to get 12 nice ones..One was over a pound...The stripers were busting above the barrier..I tried for some cats....no luck..The water temp was 65 all the way around the corner...Maybe they will move in soon.:cool:

[TOPS]

What type bait did you use to catch the skips? Crappie jigs wor well there the more the action of the jig the better the catch.

[fisherdude]

I used a red/white hollow body plastic minnow type crappie tube bait with a 1/32 oz jig to catch skips. Any type of red/white crappie jig would probablly work. I rig mine about 18 inches behind a 3/8 or 1/4 oz bullet weight to help it cast further and sink better in the current from the reactor discharge. I can cast either down stream or across the current. A constant short twitch during the retrieve really seems to help. Skips are good at spitting out the hook, so I reel it in as quickly as possible after hooking up to keep the pressure on the fish. I lose a few. A landing net helps.

I see other fishermen using tandem white crappie jigs of some sort and they seem to do well also.

[three_rivers]

Something i noticed while fishing was that with only one jig it took a while to get a bite. When i had two or three in tandem (white) it would almost certainly get strike every cast. Strange how one or two extra jigs made such a difference. Your right about the constant twitch. That worked very well for us the other day. My wife hooked two or three on one cast and they pretty well finished off that reel. I would have to hold the handle in to get it to work and it was still catchin skips. I did bring backup but thought a 7000 series abu would of been overkill. ha ha I'm not sure how many we caught that day, lets just say it was enough.;)

[Big Sam]

Tube jigs...Top.. pink and white...with 3 in a row..reeling pretty fast...they were in the top 2ft of water...;) ;)

[Smellycat]

I dont know where else to post this, but it was nice meeting you last weekend at the nuke plant Sarg. Wish you could have went with us. We probably caught all the skips we will need this spring.:)

[Blue Bruiser]

I Think Fishing A Nuclear Plant Would Scare Me. LOL
You

[Blue Bruiser]

I Think Fishing A Nuclear Plant Would Scare Me. LOL
You Guys Are Hard Core:)

[fisherdude]

I fished the nuke basin discharge near the barracade on Saturday from about 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and caught about a dozen skipjacks, 3 small largemouths, and one channel cat (on a bass minnow). I didn't see any other cats or stripers being caught while I was there.

[TOPS]

Ron, was you fishing for skips or was you just fishing? Did you keep the skips?

[fisherdude]

I was fishing for cats on one side and skips on the other side. The skip side got the most action.

[gofish]

I Think Fishing A Nuclear Plant Would Scare Me. LOL
You Guys Are Hard Core:)


Nothing to it....if you aren't afraid of glowing in the dark...:0a13:

You should see the size of some of the fish that come out of there too!


LOL

[jtrew]

Actually, I don't go there looking for big fish. I've caught a couple in the 20# range, but seldom catch one over 10#. It's a great place to go to fill the freezer, though.

[gofish]

Jerry, I was referring to the radioactive fish.....:cool:

[jtrew]

It's no worse than cooking one in the microwave! :p

Think about it. Where else does the EPA keep such a close eye on the water quality?

[TOPS]

Mac and I tried to catch some skips today. The were slow only caught 5 ships. but Mac did catch this blue!! I am not use to the camera and I cut Mac's head but I DID get the fish!!

caught 25 Jan 06

[crane]

Tops, I sure hate to hear that you guys didn't catch more skips than that. I'm needing to make a trip somewhere and restock my bait supply with something a little fresher than what I have now. I was thinking of coming that way this weekend, but if things aren't any better than that i might just wait until another time. A three hour drive to catch 5 skippies just doesn't pan out.:crying:

[TOPS]

I think you should wait. I think the skips have gone back in the river the warm weather we have had has them confused. we need about 3 days of real cold weather for the skips to come back in the warm water.

[Little Mac]

I agree with Top, it was just dead today, one short run of skips then no more, The birds wasnt interested either. Need some cold and they will be back. Mac

[fisherdude]

I didn't get to go out this past weekend and I was wondering if there are any fish biting this week?

[TOPS]

I did not fish at all this week. I was in Louisiana with my new grandson.:)

[fisherdude]

I was at the outlet for about an hour and a half this past Saturday. The weather was unpleasnt again this week due to the cold and wind. It was actually snowing from time to time. I left about 11:30 am due to motion sickness from rocking around in my boat and tryint to tie on a hook. I caught a cat and some others I met were catching stripers on minnows. I think there were some skipjacks around, but I didn't try for any. I'm ready for some nicer weekend weather.

[VerotiK]

The good weather will be here before you know it. Do you ever fish below the dam Fisherdude?

[fisherdude]

I fish below the dam from time to time. The last time I checked, there wasn't much water flow yet. Its a good place to drift around for catfish.
I prefer not to go there alone and I just haven't put a trip together for fishing below the dam yet this year. The discharge basin is near my house and I find it an interesting place to fish.

[Cataholic]

Hey Buddy your profile pic looks real familiar...
Inlet perhaps?

[fisherdude]

That photo was taken looking West along the inlet this past fall. Thats Arkansas One in the background. The stripers and cats both were biting that day. Since then, they have repaired the shad net and I'm not sure if its still a hot spot like it was in the fall. I will be fishing the outlet for another few weeks, and then I guess I will go back below the dam and see what's going on over there.

[TOPS]

Tinboat and I fished the outlet today. The skips were bitting slow, shad were every where we were snagging the shad with the sabuiki rigs. those hooks are sharp!! No ships caught but we did have a few given to us. I saw Tatfish, {jessie Lyons} he had several nice blues that he caught. The larger one TIN weighted it went 18 plus, some odd ounces cant remember.

[Cataholic]

I know the area well and feel it's a better spot than the outlet in the fall. The bait is always there stackin' up so the fishes cain't be far behind. I don't have a boat and only on occasion get the opportunity to fish it. Mill creek is just around the corner to the north and I'll sometimes bream fish around the tracks in the summer. Right now my favorite spot is The Illinois under the bridge in about thirty feet of water. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

[TOPS]

I made a very large mistake Wed.Feb. 15th 06, I had the opportunity to take pictures of that 18 pound blue but I forgot that I had my camera with me. I had ample time to take the picture because Tinboat weight the blue for Tatfish. I just forgot about the camera for this I am very sorry!! Most of you know I like to post picture but old timers kicked in!!

[fisherdude]

I'm told that as we get older, the memory is the first to go. I forget what goes next. Forgetting you had your camera is not a big thing. Just go back and try again.

The weather looks as if it may be tolerable at the outlet for this coming weekend, but I will be out of town. Bummer!

[TOPS]

Has any Arkansas members fished the out let lately? Just wondering how the fishing there this time of the year.

[jtrew]

Top, I haven't gotten up there yet this year, but this time of year has always been excellent in the past. There are a couple of smaller coves between the launch ramp and the big cove with standing timber that's about halfway out towards the main lake. I've caught cats up to 20# in those little coves in the spring. In the past, I would fish the nookie plant outlet till the water in the river dropped down enough that it wasn't covering the dikes any more. Not only do I prefer fishing the river, but by that time, the water in the discharge cove was beginning to get hot enough that it affected the taste of the fish.

[TOPS]

Seedtick and I went fishing at the stump row of the hot water outlet. I got one bite but did not catch him. Seedtick bought some fresh shad and I got the bite off the shad. Did not get a bite from the skips. We went up into the discharge and tried to catch some skips but we only caught those Large mouth trash fish. Seed wore them out. the first two cast he caught one of those Large mouth trash fish. caught them off crappie jigs green in color.

This was the First time I met Seedtick one nice fellow But oh heck that is normal for the B.O.C. I have never met a bad person while fishing with B.O.C. members.

[Little Mac]

Good for you Top, Im glad you got to go fishin. I just couldnt break away this week Sorry. So did you take his boat or yours? how did it run? Later. Mac

[TOPS]

Mac, we took his boat, I do not trust mine right now untill I get that old gas out. I did learn something from two different people. Will not post yet. PM me for the info.

[TOPS]

Mac and I will fish the hot water outlet to night 13 May 06. People say they are biting there at night we shall see!!

[TOPS]

Well, Mac and I fished the outlet. I cought one that would go about 2 pounds.We also had some crickets to use to catch some flathead bait. Most of the gills that we caught were to big to use as bait. The gills are bitting at the outlet but you must know where to find them.

[Smellycat]

Me and my son in law "Veritok" drift fished from the dam saturday night from about 7:00 to midnight and did pretty good with frozen skipjack.
We caught; a 5 pounder, 8 pounder, 12 pounder, 2-14 pounders, 2-15pounders, a 16 pounder, and a 17 pounder. All blues except the 5 was a channel.

[TOPS]

I tried the skips in the outlet today, no skips to mention but I did see people catching some small stripers and whites. Should not be long now and the should enter the outlet.

[TOPS]

Mac and I fished the outlet yesterday 10 Nov. 06. I caught two nice stripers. Mac whipped me like a red-headed step child. Mac caight 10 skips and I caught ONE.

[Little Mac]

Yep, Redheaded stepchild for sure. cept you still look more like santa clause to me.... :big_smile: I'll give ya a chance next time...... Maybe. :cool2: :big_smile:

[Little Mac]

Well, Top and I went after the skippies Today, Top held his own and I believe we come out pretty even. 9 total, They just arent in there yet like they used to be. I suspect once it gets nice and cold they should be coming in. Believe it or not, We used My boat today!!!! It was fun, found out what worked right, what worked wrong and what needs changed or moved, it was a fun day for me, and I think Top enjoyed it too. She floats, she fly's but I put the steering in assbackwards, so I gotta go flip it over. Was fun tryin to load it on the trailer............... :ooooh: :big_smile: Mac

[TOPS]

well Mac and fished from his boat yesterday 24 Nov 06. for those that seen his boat before he started to work on the boat. That boat is very nice. he sure put alot of work in to the boat make it look so good. Plenty of room to fish,nice very nice. The skip fishing were slow, we managed to catch about 9. I got broke off twice, I think they were stripers. I will fix that today, I will change the line on that rod.

[TOPS]

With the cold weather coming in today 30 Nov 06, The ships should be coming into the outlet. I love to catch those hard fighting boogers!