I usually put on a second hoop piecing between the braces but I'm trying to keep this as light as possible. I'm not really certain how many of my rigs are out there, enough that I lost count. I wonder how many of my Jon boat pedestals are still out there. I made a bunch of swivel pedestals back in the late 80s.
Yes I try to make room beside the motor so you can get to the back some just in case a fish takes you back there. I like to keep all the hot stuff covered but still get around. I also made the seat area a,little bigger just in case you want to stand on it to fish. For other, I talked to Tony about his switch panel after thinking about it. I ordered switches with waterproof covers and decided to put them in the lid of an ammo box to give him storage for a few tools or phone wallet etc.
I always take my wallet out of my pocket these days. I was using my push pole on the bow platform, lost my balance in went in the drink. The water was about 3-4 feet so I pulled the boat to a shallow area to get back in.
When I got back in I looked around to see if anyone had seen the whole thing. Wouldn't you know it, two fish commission guys. I saw one of the glassing me so I waved to let them know I was ok. They never came over to me, maybe because they were in a jet boat and I was in a very shallow area. I'm not sure if they witnessed it all or not.
I have more than a few of these adventures that I will share when I start doing fishing videos in the spring. After 45+ years on the river I've had a few incidents. One of them happened at the boat ramp not long ago when filming a how to video on unloading/loading your boat.
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