We left thurs night for the LCI open in burlington Vt. stayed over in TI to fish a bit friday. fished Friday and headed up to VT. from there. got to the hotel during 5;00 rush, not good with boat...
Me and the Banshee, Sat AM got up and drove 40 miles to ramp by the area I wanted to fish. long story short... bass were there. also added a plan B in case we needed some bass. was a good pratice and I was super excited, some big bass were going to be caught. I riggged up the banshee with big lure and heavy tackle, instructions... get a bite pull like crazy!!!
Next morning we got to the ramp way to early, left at 6:30 back at 3 hopefully. We took off and had an awesome 35 minute ride through a nice chop. The Stratos was just awesome. dream ride. got near our spot around 7 am and noticed a large canadian tournament taking off. crap. figured I'd have company. Got to my spot and had it to ourselves. We caught bass all day long. lost a few in the heavy stuff but had a really nice limit (8 bass). Banshee did an amazing job with fishing an entirely new way. She was Pullin'! left to head in at 1:50, figured that would give us alot of time to take it easy. At 2:15...
At 2:15... the boat slipped out of gear and stopped. tried taking off again and clunk... Lower unit. again... No boats in site. crap... after the trolling motor died, finally a cabin cruiser got us to a marina at 4:15. called a cab back to the truck in about 45 minutes, (30$ for cab) went back to the boat, got it on the trailer and out not easy considered the ramp was a shale bank and steep... So the banshee pulled out the boat up the hill... I hopped out as she went up the hill and WOW... lower unit was dangling 90 degrees and flopped over Hanging on by what I believe to be the shift lever. Did I hit something you ask... nope, Lower unit and prop was all but flawless. Well, we used the trim, motor toter, and some duct tape for the ride home. one thing left... we pulled over to the office with the boat, We needed a weigh in...
we took the bass out 1 at a time, estimating the weight. we got to 8, the total was about 29#'s. two bass at or over 5. we took them down to the dock, called some older guy fishing with his dog to be a witness. let them go one at a time. they were nice. On the road and back home at 11:30 pm. I'm used to this stuff but I felt bad for her, she did great only to have it wasted.
Tues am. took the boat to beckleys in Albany. they never seen anything like it. mid section broke off. I guess I'll see. Luckily it stayed on there with my prop, or else they would have said I hit something. got 3 boxes of Coronas in the fridge so I'm set for now.
I bought this boat so I wouldn't have to worry about problems making long runs on big water. my confidence is now shot. I went all in for this next 2 years only to be flamed out. but you all know me...
Still alive and well...
still alive and well...
every now and then it's really hard to tell...
but I'm still alive and well...
I have pics... send me email titled duct tape LU. I'll send them to you so you can post them here.... thanks...
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that sucks....
It's in Louisiana with it's new owner. I had a 200 ProXL just like you in '05. 
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