Arthur - sometimes you fish, sometimes you swim

Got out on Arthur today.  Sort of.  Loaded up the boat and launched from McDaniels.  Planned a nice fall afternoon trip.  As I was connecting the motors, I had a slippery_potato moment with the tie rod and BLOOP!  Into the drink it went.  The water is just shy of 5' deep at the back of that launch.  Know how I know?  Because after my wife spent 10 minutes feeling around with her feet for that thing, I spent another 20.  Oh, and 70 degree water isn't at all pleasant.  Never did find it. 
 
Packed up and went back home.  How's that for failure?  I didn't have a spare with me, and I didn't have anything to redneck it into working.  Considered lighting up the 80, but that POS hasn't turned over since spring and didn't run good then, AND it would have been a nice fine even if I was idling from spot to spot.  If I can't find the rod I had made to hook up with the big motor tilted up, my boat is done for the season.  I'm pulling the big motor and giving it to a guy to refurb and sell, and I'm repowering in the spring with a turnkey 20hp.  Screw Erie and big engines, I'm over it.  
 
Fishing report... they were probably jumping in the boat.  But I wouldn't know unless I stepped on a perch by accident.  

Not all stainless is ferrous... but yeah I thought of that.  $10 bounty!!

A garden rake (rock rake) may drag it up for you...

Look for a ratchet jaw in the parking lot with a magnetic antenna. There's still some around. Look for people who say 10*4 a lot.

In my 13 1/2 years of over-the-road truckin', I probably blew over a grand in CB antennas. I had single Hustlers', dual Hustlers', single Shakespears, single coil load shorties, and yes, even a pair of "beer cans". On my last new truck, ('84 Volvo White cabover), I went with twin Shakespears, and they did very well. But the ultimate antennas were the K-40s. Had a trunk mount on the wifes' Caprice, and did a through the roof mount on my Chevy van. Actually thinkin' about doin' a through the roof K-40 on my Ram. Bit of a pain gettin' the headliner down on a 4 door, but it ain't nothin' I haven't done before. K-40s are just awesome. But this ain't helpin' Zelie get his connector rod back. A few good deep breaths with a swim mask, then some nice warm clothes when ya come up with it. Walk 'er back! C'mon!

Good God what did I start? I'm never going to admit how much I spent! For some unknown reason my truck could smell out a radio shop.When running slip seat the old vice grips dually s worked fine.

Walleye jigs
I'll bring a bicycle pump and garden hose, Mitch you grab a 5 gallon bucket! Sooner or later we'll convince B.T to going for a swim.
 

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                                            FRIENDS LIKE YOU WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?
 
 
                                                                  And it ain't even my dam thingy....... 10-4 ????
 
 
 
 
 

Don't know about the temp at Arthur, but the Allegheny river went from 69 degrees last Sunday to 61 degrees Saturday morning.
 
Jigs, I found out (in the swimmin' pool when I was stationed in GITMO in 71) that you can't breathe underwater through a garden hose. Seems when you get 2 or 3 feet under the surface, you can't expand your lungs enough to suck in air.
 
And BT, the antenna doesn't need to be dead center of the roof, but closest is best. That roof gives you that huge ground plane, and coupled with perfect SWR, (set easily on the Cobra 29 GTL), and the 50W linear amp., you can talk over the 4 wheeler ratchet jaws.

Sam I didn't do it....... honest!! Jigs made me do it!



Emitch if you have CB db in your veins try this sight for some fun reading.
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj/editorial.htm


Sam honest 😖


Jigs I hope you're happy NOW!!!

Had a chance to take the magnet out to McDaniels over my lunch break but sadly no tie rod.  Managed to pull out some rusty pliers and a few other pieces of scrap but you were not kidding about the weeds being thick.  Magnet got caught up with almost every throw.  Felt it grabbing metal a few times in a few places but anything larger than a set of pliers would have got caught up in weeds, making the ability to get it to the surface challenging to say the least.  One would think a magnet with 250 lbs pull force would actually lift up to 250 lbs, but I found physics does not work that way.  Magnet got covered in gravel as soon as it hit the bottom every time apparently from iron in the rock.  This is turn greatly reduced the pull strength.