06-30-2016, 01:54 PM
[#0000FF]Everybody to their own tastes...said the old maid as she kissed the cow.
The great thing about fishing...and about propulsion systems...is that we are free to choose what suits us best...for our own styles of fishing.
By the way, I have a few years on you. But that is not the reason I started using a motor on my craft a few years ago. In former times, much of the fishing I did was on smaller waters...or in smaller defined areas of larger lakes. However, the lakes I fish most now...and the distances between where I launch and where I like to fish...often require more speed and range than I can get with fin power. And, while I am a pretty good oarsman, I almost never use the oars. They are not compatible with the PVC trinkets I can't do without...and I prefer hands-free fishing. I use my fins to maintain position and make minor moves.
I also had a Renegade for a while. Good craft, but just a tad too large to move around a lot with fin power alone. And again, I don't do oars much. I also had an Outcast Cougar...with the low profile air bladders. Loved it too, but again it was too much craft for my style of fishing.
One of the final reasons for going with the motor is for potential problems on the water. I am still in good health but I do have occasional "twinges" in my knee...or get muscle spasms in my legs. And if I need to work my way back a long distance...against the winds that always blow in the wrong direction...I am able to do so without a trip to the ICU.
As they say about taking a coat with you on a warm day..."Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."
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The great thing about fishing...and about propulsion systems...is that we are free to choose what suits us best...for our own styles of fishing.
By the way, I have a few years on you. But that is not the reason I started using a motor on my craft a few years ago. In former times, much of the fishing I did was on smaller waters...or in smaller defined areas of larger lakes. However, the lakes I fish most now...and the distances between where I launch and where I like to fish...often require more speed and range than I can get with fin power. And, while I am a pretty good oarsman, I almost never use the oars. They are not compatible with the PVC trinkets I can't do without...and I prefer hands-free fishing. I use my fins to maintain position and make minor moves.
I also had a Renegade for a while. Good craft, but just a tad too large to move around a lot with fin power alone. And again, I don't do oars much. I also had an Outcast Cougar...with the low profile air bladders. Loved it too, but again it was too much craft for my style of fishing.
One of the final reasons for going with the motor is for potential problems on the water. I am still in good health but I do have occasional "twinges" in my knee...or get muscle spasms in my legs. And if I need to work my way back a long distance...against the winds that always blow in the wrong direction...I am able to do so without a trip to the ICU.
As they say about taking a coat with you on a warm day..."Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."
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