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SoilVol said:
Love my skiff. It's fun to work on ans customize. Fun to fish on. Love having it available.

I hate owning a boat. I can grab my kayak in the morning, throw it in my truck, drive to the ramp and fish, go home, put it in the garage and call it a day. With the boat (especially on salt water) I often have to take care of several things the night before to be ready. Load the trailer, fill up the tank, make sure everything is operational and ready to go (motor, battery, etc), load all the gear and such. It takes longer at the ramp. Often having to wait for others. I can get further and faster than the yak, but it's a challange to hold location especially with wind. When I leave it takes longer at the ramp again. I have to unhook the trailer and wash the HECK out of my truck, trailer, boat, and run freshwater through the motor and drain the gas from the system. In the winter I have to winterize the motor. In a few years I'll have to gut the thing and install new stringers and decking from 15-20 years of age and rot.

At least beater aluminum boats and smaller motors have less maintenance. My dad's 1955 aluminum boat sits outside half-filled with rainwater and leaves for 8-10 months of the year until duck season and spring crappie fishing. I get anxious every time it rains about my hull getting damp and growing fungus and molds on the wood (yes, I need a carport or barn).


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I had an 82 ranger 335v when I was in my mid 20s (and single) that was great for a while but eventually got to where it wasn't worth fooling with to fish once or twice a month. Kind of got overwhelming and I didn't enjoy fishing out of it after a while. The little 16 ft Jon I've got now is perfect, hardly any maintenance. Heck, I don't even have an outboard, just a trolling motor. Of course all we fish is small ponds, but I have grown to enjoy that more than I ever did fishing bigger lakes around me.
 
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Smyrna ATL Vol said:
Didn’t say they were the best athletes in the entire US lol. But they have some damn good athletes that didn’t play this sport ten years ago. You don’t watch and that’s ok. But just admit it. I would put Musah and Robinson up against many athletes in sports today. They are elite athletes.
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Then you should probably go back and re-read my two posts to which you responded. I said that in other countries the best atletes play soccer. In the U.S., the best athletes play a slew of other sports. That is the biggest reason that we don’t dominate the world in soccer.
 
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Volunteer821 said:
That's all I've got enki and its fine for me and my son. Can crappie and catfish fish just fine out of it. Not bad to do a little bass fishing out of either. All we ever fish is the wma 20 mins from the house but its great. Catch all we want. $300 Garmin is plenty good enough to find fish too.
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I may get one some day. For now I just go bank fishing at a private pond. Huge fish in there, probably wouldnt believe me if I told you, 😂. I'll try to get some pictures in a few weeks, when it warms up.
 
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drvenner said:
I concur on Piney Flats. My brother in law moved there recently and it appears to be a good mix, just as you described.
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Its still a bit Sullivan Countyish for my tastes. And by that, I do mean red. Before y'all get up in a roar, I grew up on other side of Boone in Snyder Creek.

If you want lake frontage, go Bristol 421 to S Holston. Or, as when I retire ... you ready? Pogue. Po-gee.

10 minutes from native harvest Rainbow. 20 minutes from Boone NC. And not anywhere near anyone in particular.

Watauga Lake is the most beautiful lake in the TVA chain, and one of the most beautiful Ive ever seen. Rivaling, gulp! Yellowstone lake.
 
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GiggerVol said:
After 48 yrs of full time work, your truly is "retiring" effective May 3rd. Actually can't wait. Although after taking some time off and going on a couple of trips, I will probably look for something to do about 20 hours a week or so mainly to stay somewhat active. Wish me luck!
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Congratulations!!
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Its still a bit Sullivan Countyish for my tastes. And by that, I do mean red. Before y'all get up in a roar, I grew up on other side of Boone in Snyder Creek.

If you want lake frontage, go Bristol 421 to S Holston. Or, as when I retire ... you ready? Pogue. Po-gee.

10 minutes from native harvest Rainbow. 20 minutes from Boone NC. And not anywhere near anyone in particular.

Watauga Lake is the most beautiful lake in the TVA chain, and one of the most beautiful Ive ever seen. Rivaling, gulp! Yellowstone lake.
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We (my wife’s family) have a couple properties on watauga. Absolutely love it up there late summer/ early fall.

Not exactly somewhere I’d want to go if you were avoiding the “reds” though.
 
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GiggerVol said:
After 48 yrs of full time work, your truly is "retiring" effective May 3rd. Actually can't wait. Although after taking some time off and going on a couple of trips, I will probably look for something to do about 20 hours a week or so mainly to stay somewhat active. Wish me luck!
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Similac taster?
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
I may get one some day. For now I just go bank fishing at a private pond. Huge fish in there, probably wouldnt believe me if I told you, 😂. I'll try to get some pictures in a few weeks, when it warms up.
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I would almost guarantee you'd love it. I can put it in by myself very quickly and with no hassle. Which my son is always with me so he does help, but when he was younger I could do it by myself just as quickly with no hassle. Very easy to handle.........and if I forget to put the plug in (that has happened) I'm not trying to drown a $60,000 bass boat. 😋
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Its still a bit Sullivan Countyish for my tastes. And by that, I do mean red. Before y'all get up in a roar, I grew up on other side of Boone in Snyder Creek.

If you want lake frontage, go Bristol 421 to S Holston. Or, as when I retire ... you ready? Pogue. Po-gee.

10 minutes from native harvest Rainbow. 20 minutes from Boone NC. And not anywhere near anyone in particular.

Watauga Lake is the most beautiful lake in the TVA chain, and one of the most beautiful Ive ever seen. Rivaling, gulp! Yellowstone lake.
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WTH..I'm assuming by reds you mean common sense living Americans..
 
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Volbucky said:
We (my wife’s family) have a couple properties on watauga. Absolutely love it up there late summer/ early fall.

Not exactly somewhere I’d want to go if you were avoiding the “reds” though.
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lol. fair enough. you're blessed to have places up there, granted in my experience Butlerians are hill folk, different than rednecks.

And @Ulysees E. McGill I also said I'm bit of a redneck myself.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Its still a bit Sullivan Countyish for my tastes. And by that, I do mean red. Before y'all get up in a roar, I grew up on other side of Boone in Snyder Creek.

If you want lake frontage, go Bristol 421 to S Holston. Or, as when I retire ... you ready? Pogue. Po-gee.

10 minutes from native harvest Rainbow. 20 minutes from Boone NC. And not anywhere near anyone in particular.

Watauga Lake is the most beautiful lake in the TVA chain, and one of the most beautiful Ive ever seen. Rivaling, gulp! Yellowstone lake.
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I thought you were a big fan of red.
 
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SoilVol said:
Love my skiff. It's fun to work on ans customize. Fun to fish on. Love having it available.

I hate owning a boat. I can grab my kayak in the morning, throw it in my truck, drive to the ramp and fish, go home, put it in the garage and call it a day. With the boat (especially on salt water) I often have to take care of several things the night before to be ready. Load the trailer, fill up the tank, make sure everything is operational and ready to go (motor, battery, etc), load all the gear and such. It takes longer at the ramp. Often having to wait for others. I can get further and faster than the yak, but it's a challange to hold location especially with wind. When I leave it takes longer at the ramp again. I have to unhook the trailer and wash the HECK out of my truck, trailer, boat, and run freshwater through the motor and drain the gas from the system. In the winter I have to winterize the motor. In a few years I'll have to gut the thing and install new stringers and decking from 15-20 years of age and rot.

At least beater aluminum boats and smaller motors have less maintenance. My dad's 1955 aluminum boat sits outside half-filled with rainwater and leaves for 8-10 months of the year until duck season and spring crappie fishing. I get anxious every time it rains about my hull getting damp and growing fungus and molds on the wood (yes, I need a carport or barn).


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My dad said the same thing after buying his Jackson kayak ..he loves how easily it is to transport so for 5 years he hit it non stop and I guess he got burnt out or just missed having a boat to fish the river with he doesn’t go to the lake much unless it’s for crappie or sauger…rest of his time is spent on smallies
 
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