Nitro 882

How long should a spool of mono or copolymer line last if stored properly?

I bought some velcro( hook and loop) material, put a narrow strip of the hook material at each end of the ruler. Then placed a larger pad of the loop material on the fiberglass at the front of the casting deck. Don't make the strips on the ruler too wide or it will be too aggressive and hard to remove easily . The material I found was self adhesive. No drilling or hardware and it works well for me. Hope this helps--good luck.

You owe it to yourself to look at the "New" Pro Qualifier . Hard to beat for the $$$$

I just went through the same senario. Turns out the seal in the lower unit of the trolling motor leaked and water got in to the electric "guts" of the unit. This causes an inordinate amperage draw and consequently shortened battery life. Eventually the unit will burn out completely. Most likely right in the middle of the best fishin' day you've ever had. P.S. The fix cost me $180 for a 70# thrust Motorguide unit.

Anyone have any info re: this body of water located out around Auburn, Mass. ? Thanks in advance.

I've got a Motorguide Pro 70 24/volt trolling motor going on it's 4th season. At the beginning of last year, I'd get about 4 hours of use and the power would be nearly gone. Barely move in top speed. Tested the batteries (load tester) and sure enough, one of the batteries was bad. Replaced it and all was well. This year it's starting to act the same way so I figured the other battery needed replacing. Load tested both batteries again and this time they test out fine. I could take my boat back where I bought it but they're so busy I wouldn't see it for a month. Anyone suggest what else I can check. By the way the connections are clean and tight and there is no fishing line behind the prop. Thanks in advance for your help.

EXACTLY > same issues.

Hey, you know my wife? ;D

I hate to break this to you, but fish kill fish. When an over abundance of pickerel start to take a toll on bass fry or stunt bass growth because of over competition for available forage, I simply was wondering about action that could be taken that would improve the situation for the bass.

One of my favorite local lakes is full of pickerel. The large mouth bass fishing is pretty good but I keep thinking that if there were less pickerel competing for the forage, there would be more and larger bass. Don't get me wrong, pickerel can be fun to catch and, on those real slow days, I appreciate any fish that wants to give me a tug. But I get ticked when fishing in a tourney there and you can't get passed the pickerel to catch a bass. Anyway, I've been thinking about a little "kill and release" for some of these toothy critters but something inside keeps telling me this isn't for me to fool with. Any feelings pro/con?????

I'm from Massachusetts which ain't the Bass Capitol of the world. However, and I still have a hard time believin' it, the state record LM bass is nearly 16 Pounds. I aqree that there's a biggun right in your backyard where ever you live. Certainly there are areas in the country where growing seasons are longer and florida strain get bigger quicker etc.etc.etc. But don't give up hope if life don't let you stray far from home.

I took my dream trip to Florida a couple years ago. Now, I don't consider myself a great fisherman, but I think I'm a good fisherman. I fished Lake George and the St. Johns river for 10 days and I don't think I caught a dozen bass. And none over about 2 1/2 pounds. When I got home(Massachusetts) the first week of March it was still real cold but a week later we had a warm spell and I went to one of my favorite local lakes about 15 minutes from my house. LOADED THE BOAT. Including 2 over 4# Now I'm screwed cause every time I start to talk about another fishin vacation to some exotic place that I've read about, my wife reminds of this. I guess those Florida bass just did'nt realize who they was messin with.

Still can't beat good ole dynamite to load the boat.

I've been catching and releasing bass since long before Ray Scott made it popular. Mainly 'cause I ain't never been hungry enough to eat a bass---yuck. Now, if a walleye or rainbow make the mistake of biting my hook it's "catch and FILLET."

Why not just look at what you tied on the end of your line. Thats what he ate last.

Like food, clothes, shelter etc

You will hook the largest bass of your life the day you leave your net in the garage. :-/

Its been a loooooong winter (again). I've read all my fishing magazines so many times I can recite them word for word. I have re-reorganized so well that I'm afraid to move anything now. It looks so perty. I have used my dremel with a small wire brush to remove the rust from all my hooks( I now its easier to replace them but I NEEDED SOMETHING TO DO.) I've designed a number of ingenious new lures that, oddly, all resemble a 4 inch piece of broom handle with hooks ( red hook in the front of course). I drove to the ramp on my lake a couple weeks ago and it was still all ice. A week ago, you could see the open water out in the middle but the cove where the ramp is was still ice. Yesterday the ice at the ramp had melted out to about 40 feet from shore then there was about 150 yards of ice out to open water. I came home, loaded my gear, hooked up to the boat and headed for the lake. My intent was to back in and run the motor with the boat on the trailer. Fired her up and , after all the smoke settled, she was purrin like a kitten. Then I snapped. I drove the boat off the trailer, pointed to main lake and set off at headway speed for the damnable ice flow that seperated me from my beloved open water. My 18 foot bass rig proved more than a match for the remaining 2 inches of ice. I inched toward the main lake leaving broken shards of ice in my wake like an ice breaker in the arctic. A small crowd of others who come by the lake on a daily basis to check how much ice remains were whistling and shouting encouragement as I plowed on toward freedom and my first casts of the season. I fished for 3 hours, caught nothing and froze my tail off but, I'M ALL BETTER NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me guess, you don't fish jigs do ya.

Thanks guys--kinda what I figured. Have a great season.

How critical is it to use a torque wrench when tightening the prop nut on a 150hp Merc. ?

Try a 3" green pumpkin grub on a 1/8 oz jig head. Dipping the tail in chartruese "Spike It" seems to improve performance-------

A true testimonial to catch and release, catch and release, catch and release, catch and release, catch and release etc. etc etc --------

If you can catch fish on a regular basis, it's a sport. If you can't catch fish on a regular basis, it's a hobby.

I bet they probably ship them $11.45 'uns