A great day on the river.
 

Man what a nice day. A friend of one has a 17ft Jon boat with a 35 evinrude 6 ft beam and stick steering. No speed boat but great to fish out of. We took it up the Wabash river making a 40 mile one way run. The temps were low 70s but the sun felt hot.

The "flying fish" (Asian carp) were a pain in some places but not bad in others.

Just a nice day enjoying a mid western river. Just got home and I'm beat. If next weekend is as good as today, we'm probably do it again!

By the way, did I mention it was a nice day? Lol!

A great day on the river.
 

Tim wrote:
Man what a nice day. A friend of one has a 17ft Jon boat with a 35 evinrude 6 ft beam and stick steering. No speed boat but great to fish out of. We took it up the Wabash river making a 40 mile one way run. The temps were low 70s but the sun felt hot.

The "flying fish" (Asian carp) were a pain in some places but not bad in others.

Just a nice day enjoying a mid western river. Just got home and I'm beat. If next weekend is as good as today, we'm probably do it again!

By the way, did I mention it was a nice day? Lol!

Nothing wrong with stick steering. I have it on one of my boats -
350HP, too! I'm glad I don't have to worry about 10# "flying fish"!

A great day on the river.
 

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 11:45:56 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
Man what a nice day. A friend of one has a 17ft Jon boat with a 35 evinrude 6 ft beam and stick steering. No speed boat but great to fish out of. We took it up the Wabash river making a 40 mile one way run. The temps were low 70s but the sun felt hot.



The "flying fish" (Asian carp) were a pain in some places but not bad in others.



Just a nice day enjoying a mid western river. Just got home and I'm beat. If next weekend is as good as today, we'm probably do it again!



By the way, did I mention it was a nice day? Lol!

Ya, Asian Carp...thanks to a dumb **** American.

A great day on the river.
 

Stick steering on 350 hp???

A great day on the river.
 

On 9/16/2014 10:55 AM, Tim wrote:
Stick steering on 350 hp???

Joystick?

A great day on the river.
 

On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:55:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Stick steering on 350 hp???

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I've never seen that. Down in the islands however it's fairly common
up to 80 or 90 hp, along with manual pull start. Typically the
motors are Yamaha Enduro 2 strokes. I don't think you can buy them
here in the US.

A great day on the river.
 

Tim wrote:
Stick steering on 350 hp???
Maybe 375. It's swinging a 72" prop. You need a lot of torque for that.

A great day on the river.
 

Now that makes sense. I've never seen a stick or tiller on an outboard THAT big!

A great day on the river.
 

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 11:45:56 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
Man what a nice day. A friend of one has a 17ft Jon boat with a 35 evinrude 6 ft beam and stick steering. No speed boat but great to fish out of. We took it up the Wabash river making a 40 mile one way run. The temps were low 70s but the sun felt hot.



The "flying fish" (Asian carp) were a pain in some places but not bad in others.



Just a nice day enjoying a mid western river. Just got home and I'm beat. If next weekend is as good as today, we'm probably do it again!



By the way, did I mention it was a nice day? Lol!

Sounds like a super day, Tim! Wonder if you could get in any shotgun practice on those flying carp.

A great day on the river.
 

John, I don't know how effective you could be with a shotgun. Check this out. I don't know why they're throwing them back...alive!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jb8OmEr7VqI