The boat still floats

It's been a while since the boat has seen the water. Made a quick trip out to the local spot to see if it still floats, threw the fishing poles in the boat just in case. The boat motor is still has a few issues. The alarm triggers after about 3 minutes after its up to speed. Not a cooling issue, I've check all that out...(and no it doesn't have a radiator on it!) The oiling system is also hooked up to the buzzer. Once the buzzer sounds, kill the engine, wait for about 3 or 4 minutes, and off we go. As long as we keep it under about 2K rpm, no issue. The book says that 'old' oil or a clogged filter can cause this. I have no idea where this filter is, not yet anyway.

As expected fishing was pretty slow. Several boats were out passing the time of day and we didn't see a fish caught. We drifted up to a shell reef that's about 2 foot deep and dropped the anchor. Just on the other side the water drops to 28 feet. I was throwing plastic in the shallows when the fish hit. Quickly hoisted the anchor, cranked up the boat and took after the fish as it headed for the deep water. After about 10 minutes or so, we landed the fish....a black drum...kin to the redfish. The fish is in the 30 lbs class. My fishing reel is spooled with 12 lb test! After the photo opportunity, we released the drum to fight another day.