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Smoke on the water
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:00 pm
by Micah
I finally got a pic of my boat running, and thought I'd share my newest addiction with you guys. Man it's an adrenaline rush doing 80+ on the water. I know, you can't catch fish at 80 mph, but it sure makes the boat ride fun.
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:34 pm
by Chuckle12
Man, doin' 80+ on the water is haulin' booty! Fastest I've ever been is 72 and it scared the hell out of me. Nothing but the prop in the water. What size motor you got on that thing. You runnin' a HotFoot? I hope so going that fast!!
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:48 pm
by Micah
I'm running a 250XB Mercury, and my best speed to date is 86.4mph.
I wouldn't think of driving a high performance rig without a hot-foot. I also don't get on plane without the kill switch hooked up and the life jacket fully buckled.
This boat drives better at 85+ than my old boat did at 70mph. You have to respect the power of the boat, and you have to be aware of your surroundings.
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:08 am
by crow
Just make sure there ain't no "fire in the sky" to go along with that "smoke on the water!"
Dang foolishness...I go fishing to relax. And, I don't care what you say, there ain't nothing relaxing about 80 mph in a boat!
If you need to go that fast, then, wherever you are going, you should have been there yesterday!
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:33 am
by gadwall2
There ain't nothing relaxing about 80mph in a boat
Amen!
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:45 am
by MRDUCKS2
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:46 am
by GulfCoast
Be carefull. I live at ground zero for crazy boating accidents.
What is a "hot foot?"
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:23 am
by chopper30
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:26 am
by MemphisStockBroker
What is a "hot foot?"
it looks like the gas petal on your truck, and operates the same way
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:25 am
by 1SHOT
80 IS GREAT BUT DON'T HIT SOMETHING AND BEND THAT PROP IT IS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD ONE
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:27 pm
by iron grip
Is that the Tenn Tom your on Micah?
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:57 pm
by Micah
The picture was taken this past weekend on Smith Lake near Cullman, AL.
It's a beautiful lake for sure. I couldn't have asked for better weather to be out on the water.
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:09 pm
by iron grip
almost like glass. Bigwater was in a smoker like that one time and came out of it doing about 65mph. Said it scared him so bad his bowels were puckered for a week.
Heck what are you guys talking about
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:53 pm
by Stano
Thats the whole reason I fished bass tournaments the boat races heh I guess I should have gotten into boat racing cause I sure sucked at bass fishing :::grin::
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 5:23 pm
by NOHERE
If you had a Skeeter, you could do a 87 mph..
Are you running a chopper prop or what.
