My "new" Gheenoe

[jldriver]

I've been meaning to post a photo of her, but didn't really have any good ones to share...well this morning was a beautiful foggy morning on the hooch and thankfully my brother thought well enough to snap a photo before we headed out.

She's a 1979 highsider with a "custom" paint job in FSU Garnet and a 4 stroke Suzuki 2.5hp

Over the last two weekends I've made a few trips from Azalea down to Bull Sluice and up toward Island Ford and this morning we cruised Medlock Bridge and hooked a few rainbows upstream from the ramp. I'll mostly use her on the hooch, but thinking of dipping her in the saltwater this summer as well. So far, its been an excellent boat for the hooch and I'm pretty impressed with its capabilities compared to a canoe or kayak.

Anyways, I welcome any/all tips on which ramps to launch from, where to go, etc. as my experience with the hooch thus far is mostly from Cochran to Paces and I'm not daring enough to run that section with a fiberglass hull...

Hope to see some of you on the river soon!!

[Swamp Angel]

Originally Posted by jldriver

She's a 1979 highsider with a "custom" paint job in FSU Garnet and a 4 stroke Suzuki 2.5hp

Mahty nice lookin' vessel there. And yet a nuther skiff amongst a group that has yet to repeat a college allegiance. Let's see, South Carolina, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Miss'ippi State, Auburn, Alabama, an' LSU. . . an now Florida State. (Gatorbyte better hurry up an' git those Blue an' Orange Alligators represented soon!)

It 'pears raht quickly to me that you mostest certainly do have a very good craft fer the waters of the 'Hooch atween JB an' McGinnis, as well as Lac du Bull Sluice. Lahk you already said though, there are a lot of good fishin' places on the 'Hooch that ain't gonna be too particklerly comf'terble fer a fiberglass hull.

Next thing to do to her, however, is git her GA registration numbers put on her in a nice FSU metallic gold, an' give her a name! (Consider a trollin' motor on her as well. A thutty-pounder should werk okay, but bein' that she's a 15'-4" high sider I'd consider goin' up a size to a little better than a forty-pound thrust.)

Hope to see ya on the 'Hooch soon!

[Trouty Mouth]

Nice craft! I normally frequent Bull Sluice in my Rivermaster (Sage color 16'), but I have been checking out some other areas lately. I'll keep my eye out for you to say hello. There is a "fleet" of us that gets out together from time to time - SA will log your name in his "thinker" and post when we are going to get together!

[jldriver]

Thanks Swamp...the letters and name are on order (in complimenting Gold...well, yellow...as you noted). Her name is Renegade...bonus points to anyone who gets the FSU reference

Also, what benefits for the river does a trolling motor provide aside from less noise? I originally intended to use a trolling motor exclusively, but decided that the hassle of charging the battery and potentially running out of power mid-trip were reasons enough to switch to gasoline...hence the little baby motor that's on it. Plus I figured that the faster I went, the more damage it would do when I hit something

[jldriver]

Trouty -- I'll try to look for you at the ramp or on the lake...I'll be fairly easy to spot in the parking lot as I'm probably the only small black trailer behind an Acura RSX...I get some fun looks from people at the ramp, but I'm getting much better mileage

[Jakal03]

Originally Posted by jldriver

Her name is Renegade...bonus points to anyone who gets the FSU reference

That would be the horse that carry's the injun named Osceola around. My dad is a FSU fan.


Nice ride lookin forward to seeing you out there.

[Swamp Angel]

Originally Posted by jldriver

Also, what benefits for the river does a trolling motor provide aside from less noise?

With a trollin' motor, ya ain't gotta worry 'bout pullin' enny string to git started to correct a drift that's slightly askew. Use the gas motor to git upstream as far as ya wanna go, an' then use the trollin' motor to correct yer course on the drift back down. All ya gotta do is twist the handle and make the correction. Ain't no need to yank a string an' git her started to git back in line.

As fer the Renegade name, I'll fergive ya. I reckon I coulda named mine Mike the Tiger if'n I'd thunk about it long enough. Shoot me a PM with what font you'd lahk the name in an' I'll see if'n I can git it to ya at the fall fling if you can wait that long. Else-wise, we need to hook up sooner in a Naval assault on some finned foe somewhere! (I'll need enough time to visit family in Dothan, Alabamastan to git the letterin' fer ya!)

[thelearner]

Congrats on the boat! I guess we're the two newbies to this kind of craft here. I love mine. I went out with Swamp Angel last weekend and learned a lot. As for the trolling motor, it absolutely necessary for maneuvering while fishing. Ie if you missed that good brown under the log, you can run up and try again without cranking and scaring him off.

Swamp, I'm all fixed up and ready to go again! I'll be chasing reds in south Louisiana this weekend though.

Let's all go for a ride soon!

[Swamp Angel]

Originally Posted by thelearner

Congrats on the boat! I guess we're the two newbies to this kind of craft here. I love mine. I went out with Swamp Angel last weekend and learned a lot. As for the trolling motor, it absolutely necessary for maneuvering while fishing. Ie if you missed that good brown under the log, you can run up and try again without cranking and scaring him off.

Swamp, I'm all fixed up and ready to go again! I'll be chasing reds in south Louisiana this weekend though.

Let's all go for a ride soon!

TM Mount is in the truck, TA, but the truck is still awaiting a functioning transmission. Should be ready some time this week though. Meaux an' I are gonna be up at the confluence of Injun Crick an' Bunches Crick on the Tsalagi Reservation in NC this weekend. I hope you git as many reds as we do trout, or that we git as many trout as you do reds!

Hopefully we'll git a good NGTO Confed'rate Naval assault together soon!

(I'm still jes' a-tryin' hard as I can to figger out 'zackly what the name Thele Arner means. . . I been readin' through all the baby namin' books lately, an' I think yer momma mighta jes' made that name up!)

Good luck with those reds! Catch a couple in the slot an' then ask one of them coon-@$$e$ how to properly prepare 'em fer the table.

[thelearner]

Ha. I guess I need to straighten you out SA... Its THE LEARNER cause I learn from guys like you!

Jldriver, hope to see you an that red boat out on the hooch soon!