We never pull my boat in Cape May and it has been this way for years now. Never had one bit of a problem with ice or cold ever. Lots of boats stay in all winter at Canyon Club and South Jersey Marina as well as mine.
Both are out as of 4 days ago and both covered as of yesterday. Too many irons in the fire right now so to speak and next time I would be able to use them would be after the new year. And who knows what the weather will hold by then. Plus winterizing them in cold weather sucks and is for the birds.
Game over for me. Plus now I get to make my fix it list in preparation for the upcoming season. Won't be long now boys !
Already pulled the leaning post on the one.
We pulled 12 this week and got all of them power washed and winterized before this freeze. I'm sure we'll get a few more calls for haul outs, it was very late the past 2 years.
we pulled 12 this week and got all of them power washed and winterized before this freeze. I'm sure we'll get a few more calls for haul outs, it was very late the past 2 years.
I usually wait till January. But, when I saw last nights temps dropping, I ran some antifreeze thru all the pumps to be safe.
The current weather forecast is not looking too promising.
Till the Stripers are out of range. We ran 35 miles up the beach and there is no reason we won't run 35 miles down to catch up with the migrating school. Plenty of fishing left out of South Jersey.
I pulled both boats this past weekend. It gets too much to worry about when it starts getting this cold. But I did do a tog charter on Wed, and just inside the legal line off AC we saw birds galore with not a single boat around. Captain didn't seem too interested.
My friend pulled his boat, (Knot At Work) last Sunday 12-11. We went out that day and caught 4 keeper stripers for 4 of us. We called in other boats to where we were catching, and they also caught a few fish. We go out of Manasquan, and we fished on the line that day in 70 feet of water.
He keeps his boat behind his house in Lake Louise. I believe that that lake is fed by an underground freshwater spring. That would make the water brackish and more likely to freeze. When we left his dock one of the engines was not "pissing'. We had to wait until it finally thawed and started working correctly.
Is there anything that could be done to not have this problem in the future?
Still in, hoping for 1 more trip. Open CC so it'll have to be really nice. I plan on getting a pilot house sometime to make use of a warm cabin. I really like the 23 Steiger Miami. The Admiral would like a cabin as well.
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