Maiden voyage

Well the season started today and I was right there at the crack of dawn launching the Skeeter that I had purchased over the winter. There were quite of few guys out trolling for salmon but needless to say I was the only one bass fishing (as usual). The ice had just gone out mid week so the water was ice cold but today was more about getting to know the boat than really fishing hard. Other than the stock fish finder everything worked great. The old Lowrance appears to be missing a pixel or two.....or eight. I was blown away with how perfect that Yamaha outboard ran. What an incredible upgrade over my old 68 Mercury 500. It just purrs and effortlessly goes about its business. The layout/storage of the boat worked and I had fun just bombing around in it. Another big improvement in my life is how smoothly the boat loads and unloads from the trailer. It practically did it for me. Now that its warming up I'll be able to switch my tm and ff from the old boat. The wind was blowing 20 mph today and I was kind of missing my 24v Minn Kota AT 65 but I will say that the stock 12v Motorguide 43 on this thing held its own better than I'd expected. Aluminum is a little different animal but it handled pretty well even running in the whitecaps I didn't catch a thing today but it was an awesome day on the water. It's going to be a great season!