Got A New Toy..Finally

[chezz]

Well the maiden voyage has to wait for the afternoon..
The fog this morning was way too thick to even think about heading out..
no wind..super thick fog..warm as hell...= no hunt.....

[chessieguy]

Hopefully worth the wait!!!

[chezz]

Finally got to test out the new set up and it worked like a charm..
The only real change is to get a second anchor for the stern..

We loaded 14 goose decoys, 12 duck decoys and all of our blind gear and took a cruise up the harbor a little farther even though there wasn't any wind a lot of fog..
We seen a few ducks but nothing was interested in decoying at all..

Although we got skunked we had a good experience in the new blind..

Here's a couple pics with it packed any ready to go..

Pics of the blind up will follow later on

[patman]

Looks great, I see theres a big lump up at the bow. May have fix that.lol

[crockett]

Glad you got out there to try it out anyways. Hopefully next week you'll coat it with blood and feathers!
-Croc

[shermie]

looking good bud gotta paint da motor tho...its way to brand new and shiney lol just teasin ya

the fella i bought my honda off of seen his motor and prety near had to pick his jaw up off the floor ,oh my gawd what did you do ??matches the boat dont ya think lol

[chezz]

No need to paint it cause it's covered from the bow straight back over the motor..

Eventually I will have a cover for it but for now..it'll have to do..

[sage]

Nice job, looking forward to seeing the blind in action.

[chezz]

With a good breeze and some geese hanging around we decided to try the lake out this morning..We managed one goose but the big test was to see if the geese would shy away from it and they landed all around us..They seem a little puzzled coming around but put in the prime location, it'll work just fine..
We could have easily shot more with some better shooting but I think the excitement of it all got to us and we missed some easy shots..

Here's a few pics

[kevin]

Nice pics Chezz and congrats on the goose!

[chessieguy]

Looks fantastic man!!! Job well done.

[sage]

Great looking rig, gotta be working pretty good to fool the geese!!

[Rockblind]

Very nice, hunting out of my boat done up with the same stuff, hunting divers and they are decoying no problems, better later in the year when most of the background is the same color. Also my stuff has darkened as it has been outside all the time.

[chezz]

mine has lost a lot of the brightness already and once it gets where I want it, I'm going to apply some water seal to it to extend the life of it even more

[crockett]

Chezz - I know that you told me that you were thinking of going with braces rather than cross-lines to hold the blind up, but is there anythign else that you would do different?
Do your clamps ever cause you problems, or do they hold pretty well?
Just guestimating, but is your blind about 10 feet long (assuming that jon model is 14 feet and change long)?
-Croc