SkeeterZX225

I only got to use them on two trips before the water temp got cold enough I've quit fishing the shallows. They performed great both of those times though. Never got to take any real waves with them down, however my partner and I both got on the back of the boat and tried to rock the boat with them deployed. You could tell the wave absorption was working on them. They have enough down pressure that when I raise them after they have been fully deployed you can feel the back of the boat drop. Makes fishing off the boat like fishing from a dock. Can't wait to put them to work this spring.

I've got two mounted on the rear of my Skeeter ZX225. Only got to use them about 2 or 3 times before water temperature dropped, so I'm not fishing shallow water now. I really like how they are all electric, very quiet and very quick, also lightweight. They are about 2 inches lower than the highest part of my cowling when the motor is tilted up in the trailering position on a motor toter. Stick up alittle over a foot when the motor is tilted down in the normal fishing position. They can be programmed to run two on one remote or run one on each remote, they also sell a 4 button remote. Can also be removed from the boat if you get the optional quick disconnect.

Shipping out now. I should have mine by Monday of next week.

I fish Claytor weekly, sometimes 2 or 3 times a week if work lets me. The lower end of the lake (from Peak Creek down to the dam) is best for size of fish. The upper end of the lake is best for small (barely keeper) fish. Try shakey head worms (Zoom finesse worms) and small jigs if fishing is slow. If they are biting fairly well try Bandit cranks, spinnerbaits and larger jigs. Most of the Tuesday night tournaments right now are only taking 8-11lbs to win which is normal for that lake. Good luck!!

They're there to win and those guys will use whatever lure they have in their arsenal to get it done.

Exactly what these gusy said. If I see someone fishing from a dock or shore,I go by them far enough away to keep from interfering with their "space". If someone is just sitting on their dock or boat, not fishing, and I want to fish it, I will. I'll throw at the boat, dock, under the dock or wherever. Just because someone lives on the lake and owns a dock/boat doesn't mean they own everything around that dock/boat. I've had a few runins with dock owners who thought they did, and a phone call the local gamewarden took care of the problem. Public water is public water. Period!!

I've got 2 Orra's, 4 Revo S, and 2 Revo Winch's. I have nothing bad to say about any of them and I can't really tell any difference between the Orra and the Revo S. Both are easy casting, smooth and affordable.

Just wanted to say that I'm from Richlands, VA about 15 miles from Tazewell. Small world after all.....

Thats where I've got mine mounted also, on the right hand side of the boat.

Not difficult to install at all. It comes with the interlink, cables and mounting hardware. GPS plugs into one port on the interlink and the other two ports are for the fishfinder units. I've got one and love it. It allows me to drive by a spot with my 997, mark a spot and then drop the trolling motor and go right back to it using my 787 on the bow. It transfers all waypoints and routes saved on each unit to the other. The only thing it won't do is share the map card data from one unit to another.

I've got 5 of them and love 'em. Very smooth reel and the drag works flawlessly which is one of the most important things on a spinning reel.

2265 + 25= 2290

I've got Humminbird units on my boat and have fished in some downpours and pulled the boat to the lake in the same. I've never had any trouble with water getting into the SD card slots and causing trouble.

Possibly rust, do you have a metal tank?

I traded for a BPS extreme reel a while back and gave it to my father. Those things cast extremely well and fit perfect in my/his hand. He used it quite a bit this past fall throwing crankbaits and loves it. I think they're well worth the $80

I've never used BTS but use BBS on a regular basis and have nothing but good things to say about it. It will really make your boat shine like new and takes some of the nastiest water stains off easily. I use it on everything but sonar screens.

A good rule of thumb is the depth of the water is the size of the circle the d.f. will show on the screen. Say you're in 10ft. of water, the "cone" of the transducer will cover roughly a 10ft. circle. The d.f. will scroll from right to left on the screen, so the information you see on the far right is the most recent info and is in the cone of the transducer at that moment.

Just got home yesterday evening from a week at Guntersville. The lake was about 1.5ft. low when we got there on Monday and was at full pool when we left Friday morning. Water temp was anywhere from 68 to 71 degrees according to location. Water clarity was 2-3ft. or less. Fishing was great as usual, caught a 6.5lb early Thursday morning and got into a school of white bass and largemouth later that day. Probably caught 30-40 fish that one day alone. Caught fish on medium and deep crankbaits, jerkbaits, topwater poppers, flippin craw, swimbaits and had a bunch of blowups on a frog but could never get a hook in one. Good luck!!!

Ditto on what these guys have already said. If you mainly fish small lakes that you know well, I wouldn't worry about GPS. However, if you fish larger lakes and travel to new lakes go with the GPS. Most definetely go with a color unit, once you learn to read a graph the colors will make it that much easier to disect what you're seeing on the screen (ie. fish, brush, rocks, soft bottom, hard bottom, etc)

You say Skeeters are ugly boats, but you're looking for a Bass Cat : : ;D It doesn't matter what kind of boat you get, if you can't drive it properly in rough water its going to be a rough, wet ride.

I'd use about a 4/0 weighted hook, weight depending upon depth you are trying to reach, I usually use 1/8 or 1/4 ounce. One trick I use is to use a treble hook as a stinger. Just rig the swimbait as normal but slide a treble hook onto the large single hook before texposing it. The treble will dangle from the bottom of the lure and catch and short strikers or fish that come up and nose the bait. As far as retrieves, I usually just start out with a slow retrieve and speed up from there to see what the fish want on that given day. Good Luck!!!

I use a 6'9" M Kistler spinning rod with a Shimano Saros 2500 spooled with 15lb braid and a 6-8ft. leader of 8lb. flurocarbon. Rod can skip both light and heavier baits with ease and has backbone to pull fish from around dock pillings and brush. Some people like a shorter rod, but I feel that the longer rod gives me more control over the fish and I can still skip a lure easily.

It definetely wouldn't hurt anything to add a tranny cooler to the vehicle, but I don't think its necessary for no more weight than you will be pulling.

Put just a little bit of grease on each of the trim rods every few trips or so and it will take care of the noise.

I make a 1 hour and 45 minute drive one way (3 1/2 hours total; 220 miles) trip every week atleast once or twice to the lake. I've driven it so much I can tell you from each exit or marker on the road how much longer (almost to the minute) it will take to get there. Got pretty expensive last year when diesel went to almost $5/gallon but I kept doing it anyway.