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Hi all! - Partizeit - 03-31-2019
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I’m happy this forum exists! The admiral and I enjoy cruising Lake Michigan with the 2006 Sovran 3600 that we bought last year. She has Cummins QSC 8.3 engines and has been a dream come true. Prior boat was an 18’ canoe. Home port is in Illinois.
We visited 12 ports last year and can’t wait for this season to start! Lots to experience and learn.
The greatest unexpected pleasure for us has been the wonderful boating friends we’ve made in the past year! Helpful and fun!!
We’re stricken with permagrin... cant wipe the smiles off our faces!!!
RE: Hi all! - Sans Peur - 04-02-2019
Canoe to a 36' boat. That's a hell of a jump, but a really good one I might add.
Welcome to the forum, good people here.
RE: Hi all! - Partizeit - 04-02-2019
Thanks Sans Peur! LOL! It is said, go big or go home. Don’t have time for two-foot-itis. I’ll be retiring in a few years and want some good experience under my belt by that time. There’s always lots to learn and I appreciate what the good folks on this forum have to share.
Good friends have invited us along on their boats over the past couple of decades and my wife and I decided this is the life for us. We always wanted a cottage on the water and we wound up with one IN the water!
We probably spent close to 100 days on our boat last season and expect the same this year. So much to learn. I practiced docking my boat 120 times before he went out on our first cruise. It reminded me of learning to drive a car when I was a teenager.
This year our big cruise will be to Door County. Another focus will be to learn to fish Lake Michigan. I’ll be attaching half-a-dozen rod holders on my Sovran and will run a couple lines with planer boards. Maybe add a couple downriggers later.
A good buddy, with lots of lake fishing experience, will be teaching me. We figured the Sovran will fish well. The cockpit is pretty good size. We can fold down the transom table and seats to maximize. Not tournament fishing, but should be good recreational.
I know Sovran is a compromise. Open, like yours, is the great fishing platform. I haven’t seen any threads about Sovran fishing. I probably should start one!
RE: Hi all! - jclark003 - 04-03-2019
nothing really standing in your way in terms of fishing off a sovran. High freeboard and big platform don't make it an ideal setup but it's all relative. Much better than a canoe I suspect. Probably going to need trolling valves and possibly will be hanging bags over the side to get to trolling speeds. But you will be doing it in style.
RE: Hi all! - Partizeit - 04-04-2019
Thanks for the insights jclark003. I responded in the “Fishing a Sovran” thread I started in the “General Boating Discussion” section.