Here's Nicks Bass, A freaken 4 1/2 #er! Little shit! 

Big Mouth catches Big Mouth!

Well, we seem to have found out the hard way that a 14’ Aluminum boat with a 15hs motor isn’t quiet enough for most spots on the Columbia, so Nick an I have been fishing for Large Mouth Bass in the lakes around here. We have had some luck, well Nick has, I hooked one, and it came up to the surface long enough to flip me the fin and hed back to safety! Nick caught a really nice big Mouth Bass in Cullaby Lake. It was a nice male, about 4.5 pounds. I was very happy and proud or him. He fought it in with a light, Lamaglass rod and tiny reel with only 8lb test! It was the biggest fish he has ever caught; accept a steelhead on big gear!

Anyway, the boat works flawlessly and has even gained the admiration of my wife heather. Nick and I took her to a couple of lakes and spun her around till we were cutting through our own potato patch and getting sprayed!

I think our next place to try will be the Nehalem River, near the bay in Wheeler. I need to upgrade my crab rings, but it should be allot of fun. I am thinking we could take a big lunch and chase after those crabs!

Anyway, keep an eye on the Daily Astorian (Fish Wrap-Liberal Butt wipe of a local paper) and see if you recognize my name in the obit’s! Three die in terrible drowning! Cause, Beer and a missing boat drain plug!
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Me and my Boat! Nice keg huh? Just need to find room for it on the boat!!

A New Way for Me to Kill Myself....

After a long time dreaming, saving, divorcing, working and more saving I have been able to finally purchase a new/used boat! Of course, its not my dream boat, a 21’ Arima Sea Ranger, but it is awesome!

The boat is a welded aluminum skiff, much better than the riveted type, 1992, 14’ Klamath deluxe. It has a wide beam and a very nice elevated bow for superior wave handling! The Motor is a 15hp outboard Mercury mariner outboard, that has exceptional giddy-up and go!

The boat and motor have been well cared for, with few hours. The boat and motor and trailer came with all the history and maintenance records showing a past of TLC. Of course there is a little wear and tear on the boat. The inside paint job is a little bit scratched up, but all in all it is damn nice!

My good friend Keith and I traveled to Hazeldale WA to pick the boat up, and for two weeks my good friend Nick and I have been slaving away stripping the boat of any corrosion and polishing the hull. The trailer had some rust spots so we treated those areas with some rust remover and rattle canned some galvanized paint on all the bare or rusty spots.

After all this work, we finally took it out on a maiden voyage on Cullaby Lake. It runs beautifully! Of course, having little to no experience using an outboard motor, I flooded the motor and had to wait for this stranger to come up and help us out with some sage advice! Nick and I were laughing at our selves, for we had just seen this guy’s outboard motor on his boat, and let me tell you, it was probably in use during WW2! This thing was ancient looking! But, alas, this guy had it running with what sounded like perfect tune! It was a 60 some odd horse motor, without a cap. The man had said it belonged to his father, course, he looked like he was 180 yrs old, I could only imagine how old his pop was!

After a successful trip familiarizing ourselves to the boat, we took it out today on the Columbia River. The weather was cloudy and raining a bit. The river was running high, and swift with rollers in excess of 2-3 ft! After the tide slacked out, it flattened a bit and we moved from the East End Mooring basin to in front of the Maritime Museum. We caught nothing, but I did have a fish on for a min before it decided to live another day! We enjoyed ourselves enough that weather depending, I think we will try the Tongue Point area tomorrow.

So keep your eye open in the newspaper’s and see if you recognize any of the obituaries as your’s truly!

Markus