OnthePotomac

At least another month, or longer.

Thank you fellow anglers for your kind remarks.

If you are anxious to contract a biological infection go ahead.

Recent issue with an article on the Great Lakes has Lake Huron map as Lake Hudson.

Since I dumped on everyone weeks ago, thought I would bring you up to date. I now sport three stents in my heart and had carated artery surgery two weeks ago to open a blockage. I am dead, dogged tired all the time and my trips right now are from chair to chair and hope that changes. Came off a powerful beta blocker two weeks ago and I know that is nasty stuff. Hell getting old guys.

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Excellent article

I know as a fellow Michigander, A-jay will agree that this is not so far fetched as over the years the Coast Guard has had to do many idiot ice rescues

Angler A is wiping down his new boat with a 300hp merc at the dock when Angler B pulls in beside him to wipe down his boat. Angler B turns to Angler A and compliments him on what a great rig he has. Angler A says that it sure is and he just had it out to check on the performance and it was great, to which Angler B responds that it sure was and he could tell he was really hauling butt as he went by him.☹️

You should consider that if there is ice that bad on a ramp there will ice on the water somewhere and no fun to hit at speed.

I do not have your boat, but I have had the Pro 175 with a 60 hp Yammie 2-stroke for 20 years on the Tidal Potomac and even though I am a weather watcher before launch, I have come out of a calm tributary on occasion and had to navigate 3 miles back across the river to the state park launch with 3 ft breakers. You become an expert at quartering the breakers at a very slow speed and depending on if you are quartering waves on the port, or starboard you will get very wet. The Potomac is mostly 5-6 deep outside the 20-39ft deep shipping channel, so there are no rollers, just nasty chop, one right after the other, but if you do it right, you will make it safely. It is a rare occasion when it happens, but we are close to (30 miles) the Atlantic in my section of the river. On those days I wished I had purchased a V-hull. At 10mph the river white caps and at 20mph you are in trouble, but I love the river and respect it.

After A-Jay did his boat I did my Bear Trailer with the high density polyurethane Ultimate bunks with the same aluminum channel for the bolts. You are talking life time bunks with these things. 1 3/4" thick without the aluminum bolt channel, I installed them in the parking lot with another fellow in less than one hour. My original bunks (2@60" and 2@95") came with heavy vinyl wrapped 2'x4's. and lasted 20 years before they completely rotted away from the Tidal Potomac. BTW, no such thing as the boat (900lbs) sliding off on its own.

Water quality/temp a really, really big factor