fishfordollars

I own four. I just finishined spending 50.00 on the oldest one I have replacing the gears, spool, and pawl. Would not have done it if I did not like them. I own three Revos also and I like them.

I own three Revos and fish them hard and not one bit of trouble.

Get the marine carpet everytime. It is far more durable than the indoor/outdoor stuff. JMO.

I agree with you Catt. Except the 997 I just purchased all of my electronics are grey scale including an old LMS 240 gps/sonar unit. It's what I am use to and I am not going out just to get color; except the new 997 LOL.

I just drilled and mounted the side imaging transducer outside up under the boat on the step deck about 17" to the left of the motor. the manuel stressed that it should be mounted so that there would be no interference from anything. So that is where I mounted it. The manuel also says it will work best between 2-6 mph. Will finish it up today and I am going to intergrate it with other electronics at a later date. Want to run it and see how everything works before I start messing it up. Going to take it one step at a time and put it on the water before I start attaching other things. Will give everyone an update as I get to it. Will try to post pics and anything else that may help someone going through this.

The last thing I was told was to wire it completely seperate with a inline fuse. that is what I intend to do. I am mounting mine on the console with a mount that will allow me to turn it toward the front of the boat. Will let you know what I run into this afternoon.

Bought a 997 yesterday. It is in the garage, but I am going to start the instalation today. Will let you know what I run into;.

Boater makes all decisions during the time on the water. Have a frank conversation with him the night befoe explaining how you intend to fish.

If you want to read the scoop from the locals go to www.falconlaketackle.com, click on the fishing reports on the left side and scroll down to around April 21 and read what they have said about it. No pics though.

I use the hydralic adjustable bicycle seat in my Skeeter. Seldom do I sit on it. Just lean and grab it when I need to keep myself from going over due to waves.

The Big O, you use to by them in egg cartons. What a marketing campain. I still have and fish with them a lot.

Turn the key and go

First thing I would do is go back to where you caught your fish. Expand on it. If they were in the sagebrush, what dept. If in 6-8 feet I would start looking for newly flooded brush on the first flats off the creeks. Into the creeks start with outter points paying paticular attention to the secondary points if they have any brush. If this lake has any grass I would fish the inside grassline and do not be afraid to move back with the fish. With the water on a rise the fish will move with it.If you move back and are only catching small fish back out several feet in depth until you connect with a larger bite. You are probably going to have to cover a lot of water, just slow down when you get bit and cover the area well. If it were me I would stick with the jigs and lizard unless I just could not get bit. I know this is a lot of generalization; however, with out a map to check that's what I would start with having never seen the lake. Good luck.

Just got my latest issue of Bass Times. They have coverage of the tournament but I did not see a word addressing that issue. Guess they keep hopeing that it will fade away.

Is it pre or post spawn? What part of the country are you in? Are they pulling water? What is the weather forcast for the tournament?

I'm going to have to disagree on this one. Maps allow you to get a general lay of the land if you will and help with starting points for reference. you can certainly learn a lake wothout one; however, when you can sit down and pick out points for reference(ditches, drains, creeks, humps, navagation bouys,etc., it cuts the learning curve way down, as well as making it safer. I generally learn more in an hour with a good map than eight hrs on the water without it. Perfect example. I fished the TABC Texas state championship last September on Lake Falcon in southtexas. Never seen the lake. Spent well over 20 hours map studying before we took the seven hour drive to the lake. Had over a dozen spots I wanted to check when we arrived Wednesday for two prefishing days. The first three we went fishless. Caught a 3 and a 5 off the fourth spot. Next spot caught a 6. Next several were nothing special. About 3:30 I checked a spot that was a long point covered with brush running out several hundred yards with 20-30 ft water on one side. Fished it for a few minutes and never got bit. Put the rods down and started looking it over. Found two drains on the back side running up into the brush where you would never expect. The next dayof practice(Friday) I ran the 12 miles to the point to see about the early bite. Third cast off the end of the point caught a 10.4 on a swim bait. Went around the point to the drains and caught a 5 out of one and a 5 out of the other. This is in the first 20 minutes. Left and fished another spot that I had not checked tyhe day before and in six cast caught a 5 and a 7 on a series 6 crankbait. Saturday morning(first tournament day) ran to the long point but it had three boats on it went around the side to the two drains and never left there until time for weighin. Five fish that weighed 24.89. Day two went back and had another 20+ sack. This spot was 12 miles from the launch. I never would have been down lake that far without the map study. I'm sure your plan is fine; however, I will not go fishing without map study, and infact I probably spend as much or more studying Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend, both lakes that I have won a ton of money on. I am not confident without my map study. Sorry for the long post, just something I strongly believe in.

12-20 Gig Game in green.

My Skeeter sits on a tandem trailer and it is just short of 20 ft. Makes alll the difference when towing. I personally would never have a 20-21 ft boat on a single axle trailer.

If you want to pick it up that much it will take some internal engine porting, blueprinting, and balance work. It will help to get a blueprinted prop, balance the load in the boat, jack plate, and lighten the load to pick up several mph. There is no way to pick up that many MPH without some serious dollars.

Don't have a pic but just rub your finger inside the roof of the mouth. The spots will feel like 100 grit sandpaper. One on each side near the roof and on the tongue.

Welcome and don't be bashful.

Welcome, enjoy the forum and the new boat.

Fishing more and typing less.

Welcome

If the front is not a bad one it probably will have a small effect on the water temps. Just slow way down and if it is a bluebird day fish tight to cover, realize that you will not get a lot of bites(generally), so be prepared and take advantage by fishing each spot thouroughly and from different angles. It may take a dozen cast to a likely spot to make the fish bite.