Fluteplayer Blog

I’ve been working on rebuilding a 1955 Evinrude/Johnson 25HP boat motor
and learning about how all that works. Should be getting that up and
running soon. The boat that it attaches to is a 1955 Glasspar Lido
class boat – fibre glass recreation boat 14 foot. This thing needs a
complete restore, but it should be a fun project. We’ll show the before
and after pictures when all is done.

I’m still figuring out the electrical systems – the boat had not been
taken care of very well. There seem to be lots of alterations to the
electrical wiring. I’ve ordered the manufactures manual to see how this
thing should really look.

I have the house-basement leak repair complete and the boards replaced
on the back deck. So that project is done.

Always car maintenance though. Shilo’s car needs its brakes replaced -
I’ll get that done over this week. But the muffler system is completely
shot as well. We’ll have to take that into the shop for replacement.
Costs for that work on a Subaru are over $500. Geez! Apparently it’s not
just the muffler, but the entire exhaust pipe coming from the engine is
rusted through. Whatever.

Fun Fun, and more fun.

fluteplayer Just me, Wistful Fisherman boat, Evinrude, Glasspar

I was able to do some fishing this holiday weekend. I took Zuri out fishing on the local lake: Stoney Lake. It’s not a large place, but there are serveral types of fish here.  Fishing from the canoe, we’ve mostly landed Bluegill and Sunfish with worms…and a few dough balls.

So, I’ve been throwing different lures into the water just to see what might interest the fish on any random day.   I’ve been able to pick up a small mouth bass on a yellow tail fly/jig.  Actually, Zuri was smoking me with the fish count. But more importantly, I think he had a really good time getting out in the canoe with me and stalking fish. He’s actually able to bait his own hook, cast, set the hook and bring the fish in all by himself. I think he enjoys the thrill of the catch as much as I do.

I did figure out a way to troll from the canoe and put a small floating rattle trap crank bait in the water with a drop down sinker rig. I picked up a large mouth bass and a perch within 5 minutes out.  That little lake has quite a diverse bit of cover and topology, so I’m figuring there are other approaches as well.

Maybe one more time out this fall. Maybe some fishing from the bank as well.

fluteplayer Wistful Fisherman