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Pic 2 of Bridge.
Note ... This bridge was drastically changed after I used the Kayak.....to be seen in following pictures....track longer and rigger included on the track.
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So I found a spot to launch from and spent the morning playing with the kayak and the salmon equipment between Cedar Point and Christian Island......marked a few salmon but there were no takers. I got out a little late and it was pretty sunny. There were a million bait balls.
I got about 500 feet from shore and felt my life jacket missing.......crap looked and not on the kayak.....I wont go in a boat without a jacket on. Back to shore and searched my car....crap left it at the trailer. I was on the reservation, the woman that looks after the ferry seen I was packing up to go home. Spoke to her earlier and she knew it had been a long dream for me to go salmon fishing and the day was perfect. Told her I forgot my jacket and had to go back to my trailer..... a 45 minute drive. She offered to look after my stuff but I said I had to much invested in my toy to leave it lying on the beach and thanked her for her offer. Then she found a jacket in her pickup and offered me that.....unfortunately it was a children's jacket. While I continued to pack up she asked the ferry captain if I would be able to borrow a jacket......against the rules. I continued to pack up.....then I heard a yelll from her saying she had gotten me a jacket. What a big hearted woman I found that I am now proud to say she is a true friend. She canvassed the line of cars going to Christian Island on the ferry and someone had a adult jacket for me and when done to leave it with the woman that got it for me. Simply amazing what she done for me. I gave her the parking fee back with a handsome tip and thanked her 100 times for saving my day. I did get some nice pics of the area and will post those......sorry no fish boys n girls
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Who said you had to catch fish & post pics to have a good day. Seems like you had a good one.... nice pics from the water and you experienced / established a a 'friendship'..now that's a winner for sure.
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QUOTE (Fozzy47 @ Jul 11, 2024 - 06:51 am)
Who said you had to catch fish & post pics to have a good day. Seems like you had a good one.... nice pics from the water and you experienced / established a a 'friendship'..now that's a winner for sure.
btw...real nice rig!
Thanks Fozzy....yes I did have a great day and plan to return there a few times.
In regards to the rig....love fishing from it but I don't like the way I mounted the rigger. I don't trust it for strength so I will raise that bridge section by three inches and put in a longer track and mount the rigger mount on the track and then we are good to go.
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I changed the bridge on the kayak today. I raised it by 5 inches and put a full 36 inch track on it, so it now has room for the down rigger and it will be a lot stronger by being in its new place. Also everything is now at my fingertips.
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I decided to put in 2 support bars, from the bridge to the gunnal tracks, to stiffen up any horizontal movement. It is definitely solid now.
Note.....All the track and support bar can be removed undoing 4 wing nuts, for storage or for non-salmon fishing. If that is done the seat then can slide forward to its regular position....with trolling motor removed and pedals put back in to make it a peddle kayak.
Building a fishing kayak, with a Minnkota Ulterra
