Comment from: Mark Gomez
Nice report. Glad you were able to get the truck fixed at a low cost. How often does that happen?
What was the name of the little lake?
Also, did you throw a few casts at salmon below the dam?
The best laid plans...
By djkimmel on Oct 11, 2008 | In News, Fish Stories
That's it!! A tiny, regular 15 amp fuse!! A blown fuse keeps me from being able to shift my gears. I could have been all set in two minutes myself if I had knew that was possible!!!!! 
Amazing that a half ounce piece of plastic and metal can keep a 6,000 pound vehicle from moving!
Live and learn. The whole deal, tow and all the help between Tim and Jay costs me $75 instead of the hundreds I expected. I do lose most of the afternoon because of the time it took to get to the ramp; Track down someone who could help; and drive over to get the help. So not much fishing today, but I can stay my last day and I can still get out fishing tomorrow. There's still hope... and somewhere there's a bunch more TOAD smallies weighting to be caught!!
I did get one more productive thing out of my day. I stopped by to check out the brand spankin' new MDNR ramp on the Cheboygan River.
Talk about a gem! The Forks public access site is long and narrow, with parking for over 70 rigs of all sizes, the ramp is just north of the Black River confluence on the far south end of Cheboygan with deep, wide concrete ramps for 3 to 4 boats launching at a time. There's several handicapped parking spots by the ramps. Two large docks. A walkway down from the long upper parking area. Everything a ramp needs to put a bunch of boats on the river not too far from Mullett Lake.
There were only two rigs in the lot when I visited. Here's a shot of the long, black top parking lot.
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Comment from: djkimmel
First time I’ve ever had a fuse blow and keep my truck from shifting. I didn’t even know a simple fuse could do that? Feel kind of stupid, but I guess I don’t know everything…
I could have been out on that lake all afternoon after just a couple minutes if I had known. I know now! Long Lake was the lake. Kind of pretty. Small and narrow. The ramp was kind of flat - probably backing in so far is what blew the fuse. But it was deep enough to launch my big Ranger Boat.
If I’d of had 2 more days up there, I would have spent Monday in a smackdown with all those smallies that were coming in to the shallows. Then maybe half a day below the dam for some multi-species.
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