Hey Pap, no real shake down here, my boats ready 24/7, I fish all year long .Nice thing about having an outboard
on an 18' semi V jon boat. Worst case is a month between trips due to work or stupid ice(stupid ice is not safe enough to ice fish on, and to much of a pain when I break it up with the boat ).
I also have a serious condition,its called "next", when a season is out or the bites not hot on a particular species ,
I move on to the "next" species. Theres always something.