North East MD new 190 Bay

[Timagination]

Hey there......

It's new to me, I drove home an '04 190 Bay with a 115 Yam atop today from a private seller in Salisbury, MD. 65 hours on the meter, actual hours about 15 fewer. I am so psyched about this boat I can hardly stand it. The fishing on the Susquehanna flats is primed to explode within a week.

We're gonna hire a local guide for a day and get him to show us the navigational fundamentals for this part of the Bay, I ran boats in the USCG in the late 70's, 44'MLB, 41'UTB and various smaller outboards at a SAR station on Nantucket.

I've fished all of my life. Never owned anything bigger than a 13' Whaler.....except my currently longest kayak at 17'.

See Ya...........

 

[NCangler]

Welcome to the site Timagination and congratulations on the 190!

 

[AstroDiver]

Welcome to the site and congrats on your new boat. Feel free to post photos of your boat and any "projects" that you do to your boat.

 

[Timagination]

Thank you guys for the warm reception. I bought the boat on 10/4 and I've had her underway four times since. I'm hugely impressed by the boat's handling qualities.

She's very easy to launch and recover. Quiet. Fast, faster than I need but it's cool to have that capability. Paid for. Equipped with a really, really nice Garmin GPS/chartplotter that came with all of the charts pre-loaded........I had to buy this one myself, but West Marine had chopped the price by 200 clams plus I bought the display......saved one-third of 10/1 price.

My wife, and kids, and brother-in-law are completely at ease and comfortable aboard. Fishing here on the upper Chesapeake is primed to abso-freaking-lutely explode over the next few weeks.......Tuesday 10/10 I caught a beautiful 24" striper on the Bohemia river from a school of feeding fish.

I'm going to have a Bimini installed this week and a fuel/water seperator as well.
Regards and tight lines..........