A beautiful warm, calm, quiet morning of fishing on Flathead Lake, Montana.
So little time, so many trout.
Green Electric Boat (sort of)
Can an electric 12-volt 1-hp trolling motor with a 100ah battery push our 4,500-lb. boat to that distant island (2-miles) and back? That was the bet. And we won. In fact, it pushed us along at 1.5-knots (nice trolling speed) for 5-miles, and it still had juice remaining.
We never fired up our very thirsty 4-barrel 250-hp Mercruiser. First time. And we feel virtuously green because, as everyone knows, electricity comes from the pixie dust raised by the stomping golden hooves of dancing rainbow colored unicorns.
Okay, we used a lithium battery. But still, that’s a lot of barge to push through the water.
We would now call it an e-boat, if WWII history had not already taken that name.
The Slow Melt
I’m anxious to get out on Flathead Lake, but the water is still a bit thin (7 feet below full pool). Even if I could get in the slip, I would need a ladder to get in and out. We need to get those snow-packs melting in the mountains.
One Last Day On The Water
Cold weather on the horizon prompted us to pull the boat after this one last, glorious, fall day on the water.
Lonesome Fisher(people)
You would think being the only boat out there, we would be catching all of the trout. Not the case. Nada. We did, however, catch some great fall sky footage over Danke Schoen Bay (Flathead Lake, Montana).
Here is a 2-minute clip:
Game Face
My pensive, Quint-like (Jaws), game face — seeking the “Great White” (or $10k contest trout). By the looks of my expression, this must be serious stuff.