Vbay report, Fishing my new boat
 

Well guys ran out to marsh island today and found the reds, We were 2 shy of a 5 man limit. Did not have to work to hard for them. After that we ran out to fish the reef outside the pass but when we got out there one of my buddy got sea sick so we ran back in. Overall water inside the bay was muddy but outside the pass was green and nice.

We fished the reds with Carolina rig, with dead shrimp
Only had 2 throwback reds

Btw It was nice meeting you GOOCH, You have one nice boat

First blood on the new ride
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Nice catch bro,glad you got to break in the boat the right way.

Nice catch!!

Sweet!

very nice reds!!

Geez man did you beat that poor red to death?? Lol. Nice catch!!

LOL it was too easy for some reason maybe the red was either hungry or stupid lol

Great catch! The wind forecast was definitely wrong today. The bay was rough!! I fished up north and scratched out.

Yea it was! More than the weatherman predicted as usual

Haoward, did you have to go inside the island to find the fish, or just the north shore?

Inside the island 1st time in the island found some water moving out of a canal and fished that area and almost caught out limit.

Awesome....excellent way to break her in....

Awesome catch! Good meeting you at the launch.

That pathfinder is looking good too, how's that vmax push it?

Nice way to break in a boat. Congrats on a good trip.

with 5 guys and loaded down she did 38mph at 4000 rpm. I think it did great the boat handle the water great and we had her in less then a foot of water coming out the spot we were fishing inside marsh island.

Oh great now they have somebody else who can get to all my hidden honey holes. Lol. Glad your enjoying the new boat and congrates on breaking it in right.

Lol it was kind of hairy getting out that shallow area when we got in it was 3ft when we left it was under 1 did not even notice the watee dropping until we were reaey to leave. Had to use my jackplate and titlt my motor up just to get to deeper water.

Nice catch, and glad to hear your maiden voyage was a great one. I was looking out for ya but didnt see you.

That jackplate comes in handy doesnt it! had to use mine a number of times already.

That's awesome man, nothing better then catching them good on a first trip out!

Yeah, had a great time but not so much for fighting the crowd of the boat launch. Waited 15 min for a guy to get his stuff from his boat to his truck in the launching lane!

I've not used
 

my jackplate very much....I usually just leave it in the highest position. Do you guys leave it in the lower position and just raise it when needed?

Yes I really don't know how to use it yet was playing with that and the trim tab

very nice haul

the manufacturers recommend lowering the jackplate all the way down when trailering. less stress on the plate and the transom. kinda like carrying a load with your arms extended all the way out.