12-07-2023, 07:08 PM
Sounds like a good shake down trip with the new rig. And a 32" trout is a big positive in my mind. So, I think it sounds like a good trip.
It's true about the fog too. I was on the ocean in Oregon in my boat and I ran up on the Yaquina Bay dredge a lot faster than I wanted to. It is a bright orange 90 foot tall boat that is 180 feet long and I couldn't see it through the fog 50 yards away. I couldn't even tell which direction she was headed so I had a radio call with them where they expressed their displeasure about how close I was to them and asked me to wait until they passed me.
Another time, I was using my eyes and my GPS to get back over the bar and into the jetty. My eyes insisted that the GPS was wrong. For an hour I thought there was no way the GPS could be right. It wasn't until 30 seconds before I hit the bar that I saw the jetty tips and knew the GPS was right on and my eyes were playing all sorts of tricks on me.
I vowed I would never go out without a radar again. I'm glad I have it now. It's come in very handy and helped me avoid other potential collisions.
It's true about the fog too. I was on the ocean in Oregon in my boat and I ran up on the Yaquina Bay dredge a lot faster than I wanted to. It is a bright orange 90 foot tall boat that is 180 feet long and I couldn't see it through the fog 50 yards away. I couldn't even tell which direction she was headed so I had a radio call with them where they expressed their displeasure about how close I was to them and asked me to wait until they passed me.
Another time, I was using my eyes and my GPS to get back over the bar and into the jetty. My eyes insisted that the GPS was wrong. For an hour I thought there was no way the GPS could be right. It wasn't until 30 seconds before I hit the bar that I saw the jetty tips and knew the GPS was right on and my eyes were playing all sorts of tricks on me.
I vowed I would never go out without a radar again. I'm glad I have it now. It's come in very handy and helped me avoid other potential collisions.