On Thu, 12 May 2005 19:58:33 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 May 2005 17:34:32 -0400, "JimH" wrote:

We would typically splash our boat during the 1st week of May and pull it
out by mid October, logging an average of 60-65 engine hours/year.

Fishing rarely involved trolling.....mainly drifting or at anchor. The
majority of the boat use was to cruise to beaches for swimming while at
anchor and to other ports on Lake Erie including Leamington, Canada and
the
Islands. We would also head up to Metro Beach on Lake St. Clair
once/year.

How about you?


I'm averaging about 80 hours per year, almost all of which is fishing.
Maybe the
wife and I will go playing four or five times a year, but then the boat
usually
gets only a few hours. Most of the 'time' on the engine is spent trolling
which
sometimes adds six or so hours a trip.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

That seems pretty reasonable. When do you splash and when do you pull out?

The fishing season starts on 15 April and ends on 15 December. I usually splash
right after 15 April and put it away around mid-November, or earlier if it gets
'too' cold!

I don't like running the boat with the plastic screen installed. Visibility
sucks. The windshields on Prolines are slanted way back, so I have to squat to
see through it, and even then can't see much. I like seeing over the windshield
with nothing in front of me. That does make going out in very cold weather less
fun. Plus, if the fish aren't biting, as they were'nt last fall, I may have it
put up earlier.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."