I totally forgot this post was still up. The motor is gone and since replaced with a minkota endura 55# thrust trolling motor. I used it mainly for big ponds and drifting around in the deep water channel. Since the motor is gone I'd let it go for 300 with the trolling motor and deep cycle battery . PM me if you are still interested. Thanks

 I have a 12' Sears aluminum boat I need to offload. Its been on CL for a few weeks with no hit so I thought I'd try here. Its been cleaned up and painted on the outside. It's bare on the inside. Had a split in the bow where previous owner slammed a rock. I had it welded up and beefed up. No leaks. With all this rain, it hold water pretty good. Would make a sweet fish tank. Haha. $350 obo. I have a Johnson seahorse 6hp that needs a recoil starter, but I can start it with a pull rope from the flywheel. $100 firm. Current registration.

Thanks for the info. Better safe than sorry. I was having a hard time reading the regs. Do they have a fishing regulations for dummies book? haha

Its definately reccomended you have a truck with 4wheel drive. There is a lot of deep slippery mud in some places out there. The only thing I'm disappointed with is the amount of trash out there. If bank fishing its horrible. We had a fire going this morning and tried to burn as much trash as possible in our area just so we weren't tripping over it every 2 minutes. Other than that, if you can get out there when the tide is coming in and during slack tide, you can bang them out. When the tide starts going out the action stops drastically.

 On another note.. Are there any marinas on the deep water channel out there? Say If i wanted to launch my yak and still come back to a complete car?

 I went out today checking out a new spot in Courtland at the midway point in the deep water channel. I didnt get a chance to take the yak out because I didnt know what launching would be like. Early morning the water is up to the top of the bank so launching will be easy. Caught  3 stripers, all 22-23" and 6-7 lbs. They stopped biting at about 10:30 when the tide was going out. I will be going back in the yak for sure.

Sounds nice. I cant wait to get back there. I only live 15 min from there also so its a every other weekend paddle spot for me but I never knew that was back there. I really dont want to wait til saturday to go.

Has anyone on here been fishing in the secluded ponds across from the aquatic center at lake Natoma? I ran across a video on youtube and it looked interesting. So I looked it up on google maps satelite image and it looks like a good spot to wet a line.  I would imagine the water is warmer in there this time of year.

Im not going to make it out there 'til sunday afternoon afterall. Have too much to do. Im gonna drop by in the morning to show my dad the spot. He's gonna get his license tomorrow. I have my little Emotion all setup and cant wait to wet a line!!!