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Scoot...were you using Rod's boat?

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Scoot,<BR>Sorry to hear about the incident with the rock. Are you sure it wasn't a turtle. I like to think that I am a good map reader so the rocks I do hit must just be huge turtles migrating through the area.<BR>Hope your next trip goes better.

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Bummer Scott....At least you got the 'skis you were after!

Scoot Grand Master

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warrior,<P>Thank God no!!! I was using out 17' Alumacraft. Had I cracked up my dad's boat, I wouldn't have dared come home! He actually decided not to come over there because the water was pretty low and he didn't want to hit anything.<BR>The weekend wasn't really as bad as I made it sound. It was a serious bummer dinging up the 115 Yammy though. Oh-well, I guess that's why we pay for insurance, eh?<BR>Scoot

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I hit a rock! First time for this for me. I'm afraid I'm one of the many, many people on LOW this year who have cracked a rock. I was fishing out of Morson and have a top of the line set of maps for the area. I also had a very good map reader who was in charge of navigating with me. However, we both had a mental lapse for about 10 seconds and "WHAM"! My buddy was having a hard time reading the maps because the water was crashing over the boat and making the maps tough to read. I cracked the lower housing above the skag, broke off the skag, probably screwed the gear case (lower), and maybe bent the shaft. Yuck!<BR>Fishing was tough- we fought the wind and waves on Fri and Sat and managed a few walleyes, very few smallies, and three sklunges. Three lunges on Sat for two boats was a good deal, but that was about it.<BR>Then, of course, when we had to head out on Sun, the freakin' weather was beautiful. Figures.<BR>Scoot

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Hey Scoot, <BR>Bummer about tagging the rock. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger though. I know of 8 lower units gone up in the Angle, including some locals who drive the lake every day. It's a bad year for 'new rocks.' I did a lot of looking around this past weekend, and had a couple "I've been driving over THAT all this time?!" moments. Even found a couple things that aren't on the map.<P>A friend of mine up there has a saying: "There are two kinds of people on LoTWs - the people who have hit rocks, and the people who are going to." You just moved from one camp to the other is all wink.gif<P>Hope you get the Yammy fixed and back on the wayer quick.<P>Cheers,<BR>RK<BR>

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RK:<P>This is Daver. <P>Pretty cool looking out there this year huh?<P>I've spotted a few rocks this year that have always sort of haunted me over the years, I've just given them lots of room, now I've got a real good bead on them.<P>You know that big rock flat on the south side of Royal? I was fishing there the other day with the electric, and I just finished saying to my partner, I bet you could hit this bugger this year... two seconds later my big motor bumped ground...Careful going by there... that one will get somebody this year.<P>It is so fun to look down at certain spots this year, take lots of notes, you probably won't get this good of look again in your lifetime.<P>Take care,<P>Scoot, sorry about the lower unit... I was put in your camp years, and years ago.. several times. I'm hoping my rock hitting days are behind me. You are right though all it take is a 5 second mind lapse, and wham... I've hit a few I knew full well were there, just wasn't thinking for a second pulling out of a spot...

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Hey Widetrack -<BR>Yeah, really is wild seeing all the stuff that's out there. I bumped a rock this past weekend too. One of those "supposed to be a rock here somewh-WHUMP. Oh, there it is..." deals. Realized there are some spots that I haven't been respecting nearly enough in terms of the size and location of the rocks. Come in hot or leave hot on a spot, and no idea how I've gotten away with it so far... Gonna wear out my waypoint button pretty soon. wink.gif<P>Also had a few 'so this is why this spot is so good' revelations. Not bad now because the water's clear, but when it greens up it's gonna be freaking spooky.<P>You going up this weekend or over the 4th? I'm heading up this Friday, staying all week and going home on the 6th. If you're headed up, drop me an email and we'll drink a beer or something. <P>RK

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Rob,<P>I won't be up this coming weekend, but pretty sure I'll be around at least some over the 4th. There is always a cold one in the fridge, stop in if you see the lights on.<P>Dave.

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Hey Widetrack - <BR>Sounds good. May see you up there. Will be running around in the Tuffy-mobile as usual. Finally bought a kicker though. Already used it to get out of a couple things I shouldn't have gotten into. wink.gif<P>RK

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Scoot,<BR>My buddy and I joined the growing"rock club" as well up at the Angle 2 weeks ago. Now I know why they put that skag on the bottom. Brand new Honda 50 4. Cracked about an inch off the bottom of the skag but that was it. That has to be the worst feeling in the world. Wham! and then raising the motor not knowing what to expect. Fishing up there was real good though.<BR>Good Luck,<BR>Tully

Scoot Grand Master

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RK,<P>How'd it go for you last weekend? Find any sklunges?<BR>Scoot

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