Wye Report 8.25.06 (good news/bad news)

I got my new prop installed and we went crabbing at the Wye last Friday. Chad and Kendra were along and we ended up with 2 b-bulging b-bushels! That was the good news. The bad news is…the boat motor is still messing up. It still has this annoying jerk in the motor when in gear and at half throttle or full. I finally gave up and took it down to a marine place to have it fixed. I am beginning to think that only Japanese built motors are the only trouble free motors…. PERIOD! If I have anymore problems with this Evinrude, that last statement will be confirmed in my mind. I might just have to go out and buy me a Honda or Yamaha outboard!
Here are a few pics from the trip….

Hangin on to my hat…

Conrad was up to his usual antics…

Take a look at a crab factory! This female is about ready to unload her eggs. Of course we tossed her back in the water.

The end result… 2 bulging bushels!

Prop Installation.

As you may recall from my last entry, the last crabbing trip we were stranded and had to be towed in. What a bummer. The naughty prop that decided it didn’t want to be on my motor any more has been replaced. Hopefully it will behave and last a good long time! We hope to make another trip crabbing on this Friday. We are privileged to have the recently married Chad and Kendra from SC to join us on this trip.!

Something is missing here….

A nice shiny new prop!

Ready to roll!

Stranded at Chester River!

There was a reason we only got about 20 crabs today! My boat has been having a strange outboard motor related problem. My 48 HP Evinrude had this strange skip when running along at mid or full throttle. I changed the power pack before today’s trip hoping the problem was solved. After luanching the boat and starting off, I could tell the same problem was still there. I took a chance and decided to continue on with the trip. Made it out about 5 miles and dropped our lines. Ran them about 3 times each when suddenly, when in reverse, it made a shudder and quit all forward and reverse motion. I called for help and some friends brought my brothers boat to pull me in. After getting the boat out of the water I was shocked to see what the trouble was. My prop was clean missing off the motor! I guess that must have been the trouble all along. Hopefully after the new prop is aquired, the 2006 crab season will resume for us!

Aug 4 Crab Results.

My bro. Ben and his employees came in for a crabbing effort on Friday. We all spread out among 3 boats. Ended up with nearly 6 bushels. They are running a little smaller right now but more of them. Our boat was done filling the 2 bushels by about 10:45. A good time seemed to be had by all!

4 of the six bushels are seen below.

AOL For Free?

Some of you may find this interesting. Especially if you are an AOL user.

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We have been using AOL along with our high speed internet connection mainly because the 15.00/month AOL fee is covered by points I accumulate using my AOL visa card. I recently received a notice that AOL was going to terminate the points for AOL fee offer. I had made up my mind that I was not going to pay the 15.00/month just to have AOL. According to this article it appears like they will be giving AOL for free now to those who use it through DSL or cable high speed connection. I really believe they are doing this because they have been losing piles of people that are finally going with a high speed connection. Its still too bad that many of you can’t get, or don’t yet have broadband. If you did, AOL would be free to you and you could make use of the high speed features they offer. Those of you still on dial-up, I feel your pain!