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I thoroughly enjoy your videos, Gene, and your stories about your life. Love your attitude on life. So with that being said, Here is the Irish Fishermans Blessing...to a good season everyone, good luck!! Thou King of deeds and powers above, Thy fishing blessing pour down on us.
Dude ! I love your story! I used to be addicted to fishing, but then I started on some meds , and the desire went away. I am much happier, but fishing was my drug before for sure. My wife said I was a much better person after coming home from fishing. I do really enjoy teaching others , but feel sad that they can’t enjoy the kind of fishing in the 70s - 90s . You need me on your boat for a more entertaining program! Ha!
Really enjoy your ‘fishing’ videos (and stories) , they are pretty similar to my ‘fishing’ trips, more fishing trips than ‘catching’ trips. I don’t have a boat for the river but who knows we might meet on one of the lakes someday. Keep ‘fishing’ and tight lines.
Great work ethic. I hope you can reap rewards from it now with good health. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend lots of time with my daughter during her youth. She is my best friend. Enjoy that river and homestead. It's a foreign concept, being from Florida, that a river can be devoid of any fish.
Do you run a 9.9 trolling motor on your boat? The reason I ask is I have the same boat in a tiller model and run Yamahas, 60/40 jet and 9.9. The 9.9 has power tilt and start. The boat is a little butt heavy probably due to the heavier motors and tiller. Do you like how your boat gets on plane and how it trims out? Seems fine. I would keep your pull start/manual tilt.
