Paddletrucker
03-16-2013, 09:34 PM
So, the weather was GREAT here today. Near 80 degrees, clear skies, and I was going fishing if I had to run over people to do it!
I got to the river and admired my new bamboo landing net that my wife had boughten ( :D:p Josh :D;) ) for me a while back. I've been REALLY busy, so I haven't had time to fish for a few weeks, just drive...home...sleep...drive. Repeat. This was the first time I've got to use the net. I like it. It floats and it looks nice. Floating gear is essential to a kayak fisherman!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000075.jpg
Here is the fishing assault vessel, all rigged and ready for a bass chasing outing. I didn't put the fish finder on because I forgot to charge the battery, and it also has a light on a pole that makes it legal to paddle at night, but I wasn't going to be out near dark, so I didn't put it on. I usually paddle and fish a lot at night during the summer.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000084.jpg
Didn't get anything big. Mostly 14-15 inch dinks like this, but I was on the water fishing and that's better than working. (Even though I could have been doing the oxygen sensor, the header panel, or the fender, or the lift on the Jeep.)
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000078.jpg
Finally, the sun started to fade behind the hillside and the wind picked up. The temperature dropped and I began to get a little chilly, so I headed on in.
My chariot awaits me, sagging springs and all.:D
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000083.jpg
Now, you can buy a number of different roof racks to haul kayaks on top of your vehicle. Some attach to the rain gutters, some attach to the luggage rack already on some vehicles, and some require to drill through the roof for permanent mounting. They have all kinds of different securement options. They range in cost from a few hundred bucks into the thousands. Or...you can do like this cheap redneck and just use a Jeep Cherokee XJ (green ones work best:smiley-taunt002:) and 20 bucks worth of nylon motorcycle straps from Wally World. :D
All loaded up and ready to head home.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000085.jpg
There are really two reasons why I haven't done my lift yet. One, the tires were in pretty good shape when I bought the Jeep. I thought I'd get as much wear as I could out of them, and then do the lift. I didn't want to buy tires before I needed to and I SURE wasn't going to run these little tires on a lifted XJ!:crazy: Turns out, my XJ is really freaking easy on tires. They're hardly wearing at all. I hope that's true after the lift, too! The other reason is hauling around my kayak. As much as I hate the saggy look and as much as I want to get the lift on, I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to throwing a 65 pound, 16 foot long hunk of plastic very high when it's windy! It'll be uber cool, though, to roll up on the scene with a lifted XJ!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
I got to the river and admired my new bamboo landing net that my wife had boughten ( :D:p Josh :D;) ) for me a while back. I've been REALLY busy, so I haven't had time to fish for a few weeks, just drive...home...sleep...drive. Repeat. This was the first time I've got to use the net. I like it. It floats and it looks nice. Floating gear is essential to a kayak fisherman!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000075.jpg
Here is the fishing assault vessel, all rigged and ready for a bass chasing outing. I didn't put the fish finder on because I forgot to charge the battery, and it also has a light on a pole that makes it legal to paddle at night, but I wasn't going to be out near dark, so I didn't put it on. I usually paddle and fish a lot at night during the summer.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000084.jpg
Didn't get anything big. Mostly 14-15 inch dinks like this, but I was on the water fishing and that's better than working. (Even though I could have been doing the oxygen sensor, the header panel, or the fender, or the lift on the Jeep.)
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000078.jpg
Finally, the sun started to fade behind the hillside and the wind picked up. The temperature dropped and I began to get a little chilly, so I headed on in.
My chariot awaits me, sagging springs and all.:D
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000083.jpg
Now, you can buy a number of different roof racks to haul kayaks on top of your vehicle. Some attach to the rain gutters, some attach to the luggage rack already on some vehicles, and some require to drill through the roof for permanent mounting. They have all kinds of different securement options. They range in cost from a few hundred bucks into the thousands. Or...you can do like this cheap redneck and just use a Jeep Cherokee XJ (green ones work best:smiley-taunt002:) and 20 bucks worth of nylon motorcycle straps from Wally World. :D
All loaded up and ready to head home.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/picsofnate/P1000085.jpg
There are really two reasons why I haven't done my lift yet. One, the tires were in pretty good shape when I bought the Jeep. I thought I'd get as much wear as I could out of them, and then do the lift. I didn't want to buy tires before I needed to and I SURE wasn't going to run these little tires on a lifted XJ!:crazy: Turns out, my XJ is really freaking easy on tires. They're hardly wearing at all. I hope that's true after the lift, too! The other reason is hauling around my kayak. As much as I hate the saggy look and as much as I want to get the lift on, I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to throwing a 65 pound, 16 foot long hunk of plastic very high when it's windy! It'll be uber cool, though, to roll up on the scene with a lifted XJ!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: