I changed all my liquids before winterizing so all I did was just add gas and fish. If its been a while since you changed your plugs, I say do it. Unless you can walk on water to get help when your boat is dead then I guess its okay.
Such disappointment with this cold front. The fish are all confused, they come up, then back they go. Its ok, only a couple more weeks until people flock the docks and the destroy the croix, zig-zagging, chasing whitebass and a few poaching walleyes. Yes, sad but true. My brother was shore fishing the croix last week and some Hmong peeps had a walleye on a yellow stringer. WTH? I think we need to start tipping and utilize the DNR tip line, even if its our own kind. The law is the law and they're not going to learn if we let them slide.