Re: Stratos 1850 possible rebuild?
Well, I do have some videos and a lot of pics from the last week. There were no great ceremonies other than popping open a bottle of some muscato, pouring some over the front deck and sharing it with my wife, sister and brother in law.
It sits very nice in the water.
We put on quite a few miles this last week. The E-Tec starts like a dream and runs quite well. It would only hit around 4700 RPM with a 20" prop on it, but I'm not sure if the boat mechanic adjusted the throttle completely. Through their own snafus, the motor didn't get completely installed until late Wednesday afternoon. We had already pushed our cabin reservation back one day because of the delays. With a full equipment load and 5 people, it hits 40 mph consistently.
Fishing was very slow up on Watagua. Wednesday evening, we went out trolling for lakers based on summer patterns and didn't get a thing. Thursday morning, we boated a small spotted bass 50' deep in around 150' of water. I never would have suspected that spotted bass would be that far out in open water. Friday morning, we did the same thing with a small mouth bass. 55' deep in open water.
Friday afternoon, we went out on Boone Lake to see if we could find some striper activity. Nothing to be seen there; however, we did boat a large mouth and a decent small mouth.
Saturday morning, we went back up to Watauga after doing some research on lake trout and observing where others were fishing for them. We saw them out when we pulled out on Friday. We found fish in 60 to 70 feet of water in some cuts off of the main lake. While jigging up from the bottom, you could see them go up or down to investigate our jigs on the depth finder. Couldn't trigger a strike no matter what we threw at them.
So fishing was slow as heck. I have yet to boat a fish, but that will come soon enough.
Well, I do have some videos and a lot of pics from the last week. There were no great ceremonies other than popping open a bottle of some muscato, pouring some over the front deck and sharing it with my wife, sister and brother in law.
It sits very nice in the water.
We put on quite a few miles this last week. The E-Tec starts like a dream and runs quite well. It would only hit around 4700 RPM with a 20" prop on it, but I'm not sure if the boat mechanic adjusted the throttle completely. Through their own snafus, the motor didn't get completely installed until late Wednesday afternoon. We had already pushed our cabin reservation back one day because of the delays. With a full equipment load and 5 people, it hits 40 mph consistently.
Fishing was very slow up on Watagua. Wednesday evening, we went out trolling for lakers based on summer patterns and didn't get a thing. Thursday morning, we boated a small spotted bass 50' deep in around 150' of water. I never would have suspected that spotted bass would be that far out in open water. Friday morning, we did the same thing with a small mouth bass. 55' deep in open water.
Friday afternoon, we went out on Boone Lake to see if we could find some striper activity. Nothing to be seen there; however, we did boat a large mouth and a decent small mouth.
Saturday morning, we went back up to Watauga after doing some research on lake trout and observing where others were fishing for them. We saw them out when we pulled out on Friday. We found fish in 60 to 70 feet of water in some cuts off of the main lake. While jigging up from the bottom, you could see them go up or down to investigate our jigs on the depth finder. Couldn't trigger a strike no matter what we threw at them.
So fishing was slow as heck. I have yet to boat a fish, but that will come soon enough.
