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Finally got the boat back, river is low again, but now Im wondering if all the fished died in the freeze

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All those fish… the dead trout in the crystal clear water is just heart breaking to me and LDWF hasn’t made any statements on the fish kills.

I posted on their Facebook asking if they had an overview on what the impact was. No reply yet

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BREAKING NEWS!!!! Got my boat back today!!!! Yay!! One problem… well two. They damaged my trailer… and marred the shit out of the trim caps.

The trailer step is broken, could’ve been a heavy person jumping on it, but they must’ve noticed right? I told them order the step, I’ll fix it myself.

The trim I didn’t notice till I got home. Not the end of the world, but if I wanted it marked up, I would’ve done it myself. This is a professional shop, not my buddy in his garage. Wtf right? Or am I over reacting?

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Oh man!!! That doesn’t look good at all

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Update: 01/23/25, they are waiting on the parts still. They ordered the parts on the 16th. The parts are stuck in Georgia. The insane thing is I could’ve ordered the parts myself, save $50, and had them to my door in less than 72hrs. Then after all this, I have spider cracks in my hull I need to have looked at, but I know the boat will be gone for months doing that.

Seriously… I’m becoming depressed over here.

All this just reminds me of why I need to buy a little flat boat. The ones on marketplace have come down a lot in the last 2 years… When I was looking in ‘23, people wanted 10k for a 14’ flat boat with 5hp motor. I’ve seen some reasonable deals recently. I’ve been saying it for the last 2 years, a small flat boat that I can fish some rivers, ponds, and unfamiliar inshore marshes would be awesome.

Like each spring I take the family camping, and a lot of the camps have ponds or small lakes that allow boats but nothing over like 10hp or whatever. I struggle with the concept of owning more stuff though. I currently have 2 motorcycles that i haven’t ridden since I bought my boat 5 years ago, and now that I keep my boat at home, I’ll have 2 boats to store. I’m thinking I could get a 14’ and keep in my garage… time will tell

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Just spent 30 mins day dreaming looking at their site. Wish I could reasonably afford to do one of those trips. That must be crazy catching 100lb+ tuna.

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Thanks man, yall have me looking at the bass trackers now… and since they have actual seats and not a leaning post, it sounds like my wife is giving me her blessing. Just need to make the decision

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Making it work. I like that the flat boats are so versatile, especially the smaller ones.

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I need to experiment with the track recording on the app. Removing my SD card off the Simrad is too time consuming

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I was wondering the same thing. Texas made regulation changes after their last freeze. But Louisiana, probably not lol

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Planning on going tomorrow. I’ll post how it goes

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The snow has been wild… I love it. I hope we get it every year (minus the fish kill part)

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Yeah that makes sense as to why they seem to have a back log. I wish pier21 in kenner was a Yamaha shop, they did my steering in like 2 days from drop off to pick up. I think that’s because they don’t sell boats. I mean you know the dealers have to prioritize rigging new boats over fixing other boats…

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Thanks

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Man in 5 years of owning this boat and trailer, the only thing i haven’t had to replace was axles, winch and frame. It’s unreal.