sat and sunday...

[stubby]

i have ran my trs drive into reefs or objects three times in the last 12 years and it's no fun!!
really have to watch out and hard to trust charts or gps when you know you are in skinny water, best to avoid water less than 6 feet and that's a calm measurement for me.
sorry about your luck, evidentaly you will have to get used to a rig with more draft
the "trailer" button and idle speed are your friends here
my insurance co. paid for the last one because it ruined the housing and the main shaft not to mention the prop at 600 bucks
never had these issues with my inboard lyman!....

[wakina]

This new to me boat actually takes less water to float than my older boat does. I simply failed to compensate for the water depth in the areas between the waves and also failed to follow my own advise and watch the depth of the water with the sonar. Been on this lake since 1955 and have been unlucky twice in those years. Had I not thought or cared that the small boat might be in trouble this would not have happened. I had left water 15 to 18 ft deep and veered my course at least 60 degrees to port to offer possible assistance to a fellow boater. The water was sloppy enough that moving the out drive to higher position or slowing down more would have caused me to possibly lose control of my boat.

[stubby]

This new to me boat actually takes less water to float than my older boat does. I simply failed to compensate for the water depth in the areas between the waves and also failed to follow my own advise and watch the depth of the water with the sonar. Been on this lake since 1955 and have been unlucky twice in those years. Had I not thought or cared that the small boat might be in trouble this would not have happened. I had left water 15 to 18 ft deep and veered my course at least 60 degrees to port to offer possible assistance to a fellow boater. The water was sloppy enough that moving the out drive to higher position or slowing down more would have caused me to possibly lose control of my boat.

oh, believe me when i say i know you did the right thing!...caution always prevails, just too bad the gremlins bit your boat!...

[empty hooks]

The guys and kids we seen on the bass boat ,I don't know what they was thinking .. wakinas boat is 23 ft I think and it was a rough ride in it . I would not want to be on a bass boat that day.
I may have cought the bigger fish but I would have to say that was just luck .