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2.5 hollow bodies definitely fit in a decent snakehead’s mouth. I would throw a fluke as a follow up bait. They’re fun fish.

Are you fishing hollow bodied frogs or soft plastic toads that you buzz over the water? Your gear seems fine for either, although I might go with a H rod if you’re fishing in heavier grass beds. Snakeheads have small mouths, so remember that as you choose lures and hooks. Trailer hooks help if they don’t constantly hang the grass. It’s hard but wait a split second after the boil to set the hook. Finally - fish shallower than you think you should, especially as temps rise. The can be burrowed into stuff in less than 6” of water.

Water, water, everywhere and all the boards do shrink… I am the worst as far as drinking coffee, but a big glass of water 1rst thing in the AM will save you significant pain later. Continuing with large glasses of water through the day will then significantly reduce your medical bills and reliance on pain meds. Stones are no joke. If you know you know.

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There’s d-ring tie downs on most of them; you just bungee or carabiner stuff to the board. It’ll be way more stable than a kayak of similar size/price but similarly affected by wind. Most bungee a cooler to it to sit on and hold gear but ymmv. Much better platform for having open/stand able space but it would not be as dry of a ride.

Have you ever considered a inflatable stand-up paddle board? If you short on space and only really fish warm weather, that would be reasonably cheap, fit in a crate that you could then use to sit on, and be a good platform. I would rate them as way better than short/narrow kayaks, and much better from a space standpoint

Walk, wheel, human, horse, steam (coal), gas, etc… We keep moving forward. Full electric is probably that next iteration with the way batteries have developed and the environment has gone downhill. I’d actually really appreciate the less noise

https://www.wildernesssystems.com/us/products/heavy-duty-kayak-kart-no-flat-wheels There’s one with wheels like bike wheels for pavement or more challenging terrain, but you get the idea. You drag on, strap down and go.

100% been there on all of those- turtle in the mouth is waaay easier than a foot hook!

I would get the wildness system cart and work on your paddling with that F12 - it’s such a great fishing platform, and that cart makes it easy to move. But that is just me. I fished from a Dagger Delta and then a 10 ft Mad River canoe, and while both were functional, they really fell short on fishing while staying in the boat, especially with any waves/wakes or current. I dumped that Delta more than once just turning the wrong way with a good fish on.

The Obed was always my favorite, but it’s much smaller.

There’s a very few smallies waaaay in the upper end of Norman, but I would consider them accidental and not a targetable population. I bet your techniques and chosen lures are targeted more towards largemouth- like flipping docks with worms or jigs. I fish Mtn Island mostly, and when I fish in cover with soft plastics I catch more Lmb. When I fish cranks or flukes or spinnerbaits more on the riverine part, in moving water, or on off-bank structure, I catch almost 100% spots. There’s some bruiser lmb in there but I think I like the spots better. And spots make great catfish bait. ?

Right?!? The fact that ‘peach pants’ came up on BR is fascinating!

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Unless you have an extra 1000 lbs of gear, your actual tow weight on that with a 20 hp is going to be about 1500#. Boat is less than 700, trailer is 420, motor is around 100 lbs. that still gives you 300 lbs for batteries and gear. So you should definitely do the Ascent but maybe you don’t need the trailer breaks.

Always better too much and not need it…go ahead and get that trade value…

My biggest fish have always come in small spots with low current…behind boulders, in eddies, the front ‘pillow’ of current breaks. One exception is at night where I’ve caught good fish in 6 in of moving water

I think my question would be…are you looking for a reason to upgrade or are you trying to figure out if your daily will be safe? The Ascent would be better but I’d still put brakes on the trailer if you’re going to be pushing 3k. Out of curiosity- what brand/model are you looking at? 2400 just seems heavy for a boat that size.

Daaaang, somebody got lost from SoFla…the traffic on I-95 must have been moving

Something with at least a 3000 lb towing capacity. And I’m adding surge brakes to the trailer. I thought you were getting a 17 or 18 ft aluminum with a 20 hp Merc. So I guess you can use your Suby but you are going to wear it out much, much faster than normal.

Roadrunners in 1/8th and 1/16th oz and then either a curl tail grub, Shad body, or small straight tail. It will catch anything.

Til the sweat drips down…?

So I have a 15’ aluminum with 20 hp, two batteries, two anchors, 8-10 rods, tackle, 55lb bow remote trolling motor, and deck sitting on a single axle trailer. Unless it’s really built out or really full I think your #2400 may be way high, but that depends on the boat build. Mine is conservatively right at #1000 as towed. I tow with a 2006 4Runner with a V8 and have 0% problems going or stopping within reason. It will go through more brakes. I would add that you tow a boat like you drive a boat - safe distance to all obstacles and try to have a safe way to go should an obstacle pop up in front of you. You can’t stop on a dime.

Check to make sure you went through the eyelets on all the guides. Sometimes it gets through the frame and can do exactly what you’re describing.

My mom had a stroke a little over two weeks ago. It’s her second but recovering has been similar - little improvements each day. Little things like feeding herself are huge milestones, and very much not insignificant so don’t ever apologize for being excited about that. Hopefully she is on a good road to recovery. When you see them the first few days/week after it’s very jarring, and hard to deal with. Congratulations on her progress!