First Splash of 2025...3/14/25

I'm not fishing today, but rather, doing the necessary job of breaking in the big motor, before taking clients out.

The first two hours of operation are critical in making sure the engine runs efficiently for the rest of the season, with no issues.

So, for the first two hours, the RPMs will be adjusted every two minutes at variable speeds, up to 4500 RPMs. Then, the next 8 hours of break in can be done when I'm actually guiding out there. 

The weather will be chilly this morning, but warming up  nicely this afternoon. A high of 70 is expected today. This weekend is calling for some wind and rain tomorrow morning, with gusty SW winds.  Luckily, it's an offshore wind, so that shouldn't muddy this side of the lake up any. 

I'm running new to me electronics in this boat, so I'll be playing with that today, too....to learn it.  I'm going from Humminbird to Garmin's EchoMap Ultra2 126, so if anyone has one of the those and has any tips for me...I'm all ears. :)

I didn't schedule any trips until the last weekend in March, due to not knowing when the boat was going to show up, but I do have some regulars that are looking to get out, so I could be getting out before the last weekend...weather and their schedules permitting. :)

Stay tuned....

Capt Juls