If you caught some line into the prop shaft i cut the seal and leaked water into the housing… its now frozen and the armature won’t spin.

I think the common theme here is have your own routine, don’t let anyone rush you and don’t let anyone help you that can alter your routine.

Saying that, one late fall the walleyes where really biting on Pool 2 but couldn’t decide if I should try musky fishing instead so I had put booth sets of poles in the vehicle in the morning.

I always launch myself and carry a 20′ length of rope with a snap on each end. One attaches to the boat other attaches to the trailer. Back it down, boat floats off.
put er in gear pull boat to shore just out disconnect rope park vehicle.
As I was watching the boat float off notice it was floating a long ways out. got out, looked, both lines hooked to trailer. by now boat was in the middle of mississippi floating down river.

thankfully my musky rod had a big surface plug tied on, Loong cast caught my bow mount motor and reeled my V-14 to shore…

1938 sears waterwitch 5 hp
Sets the water on fire!!!

And the ultimate riverboat.
V14 with a 25 merc. 30 mph gps

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talked to Ft. Snelling staff this week, there is 4 inches of mud all the way down the ramp, they said it may be April until its open. Due to manpower.

May I suggest those who fish pool 2 swing by the fort snelling ramp with a flap shovel and 5 gallon bucket to facilitate is earlier open….

It takes a village.

I shoveled it all last year..

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