I borrowed my buddy's Pelican Bass Raider pontoon fishing boat a while back and took the Lil' Shaka out with me to Saint Ellen Park which has a few nice strip pit ponds. According to some of my sources, Saint Ellen Mine officially opened in 1903 and ran until 1960. I remember in the 1980s there was a popular place that all the Slow Pitch Softball players played at right next to Saint Ellen Mine. Today, houses stand where that those softball diamonds used to be.
We've been out to Saint Ellen Park twice now. And, I am happy to say that we purchased our own Pelican Bass Raider Pontoon Boat from Academy Sports. They only had the floor model left, and they knocked 10% off the price. I consider that a win. As I write this post, it will remind me when I go back and read it that we are now in the Post Pandemic World. Supply chain issues, manufacturing issues from Asia...these are all real issues right now. These specific boats are not being produced right now...they are literally out of stock, so to pick one up for a good price was a steal. I could probably turn around and sell this boat on Ebay for double the price. I see these Pelican Bass Raider Pontoon boats going for $2000.00 on Amazon right now.
Quick pick of the Pelican Bass Raider 10E Pontoon Boat that we now take on our fishing excursions. We Love It! I have some other places we will take this boat now. It opens up a ton of possibilities for us to hit ponds and lakes we could not fish before from the bank.
Saint Ellen Park Fishing
We have had success on wacky worms and flukes. You definitely need to go weedless as their is a ton of vegetation types in the ponds. The main lake is roughly 10 foot deep in spots (from what I can see from my fish finder). There is definitely plenty of cover for the bass. We caught some decent size bass that look very healthy in the main lake.
We will continue to fish with our new Pelican Bass Raider Pontoon Boat. More fishing exploits to come. Stay Committed, Stay Driven!
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