Yesterday I took my friend Josh out the maiden voyage of the "Dogfish".

I had rowed a DB before, once, so we decided to choose an easy river for our float. About 3 minutes in the river, "CRRRRRRRRRUNCH!!!" Going down a spot of shallow water I found the one rock that was sticking up higher than the rest. Thankfully I had installed that aluminum chine! The scratch was only on the aluminum.

Josh started us off with this one.



Then a nice bright buck.


And finally I got to catch one


The boat tracked very well, I don't need to adjust the setup too much, , just a few things like the gun rack, heater and cooler placement need to be addressed. My arms are a bit sore, but I had a great time rowing my project boat down the river for the first time.

Thanks to all for the encouragement throughout the project, and thanks to Tom who gave the boat to me in the first place.

Dogfish out.

That is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO unfair I fished the last two weekends on that river.. I recognise it:) and couldn't catch a bright coho to save my life all i could find was stupid olg chums!!!!

On the other hand the boat looks great!!! glad your having fun with it..

Good job Dogfish.
Nice lookining fish and glad your drift boat worked out.

Glad your first voyage went well. Those are good looking fish. Are those fish from "the river or the one next to it?" Hopefully see you sometime over the thanksgiving break.
Chr

Beautiful boat and nice fish, Andy. One scratch for three chromers is a deal you should be happy with.

And let me compliment you on your choice of fishing apparel, too. We KNOW how important the proper selection of apparel is to a successful fishing trip.

Hey dogfish, Post the pics of Josh Blowing you!

Zozo,

Are you jealous?? Tag along with Josh sometime and we can make it a threesome! Seriously. I've enjoyed talking with you over the years on the board, and you are entirely welcome to come along. Your humor would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, do you remember your first? How did it taste?

Andy

Tastes like chicken!