Fishing Rhino

Never heard of them.

Speaking from experience, insist the person you co-sign for gets insurance, life and disability, to cover the loan for which you co-sign. My wife co-signed for a Sallie Mae college loan for our son-in-law. He became a veterinarian and unexpectedly died from an adverse reaction to meds he was on. He did not have life insurance. We were holding the bag for over a hundred grand.

You cannot answer "no" to both questions. I have not watched it, therefore, I do not know if it is worth it. Only someone who has watched it can offer an opinion as to its worth. :

Same thing has been happening to me on one of my favorite ponds. The fishing has been gradually slowing down, and yesterday it was maybe a half dozen fish where two days earlier it had been about thirty. The baitfish on the grass may provide a clue. On Monday, we saw a few balls of "baitfish" on the sonar display. Yesterday, balls of "baitfish" everywhere. Lots and lots of them. Alewives/herring enter this pond in the spring on their spawning run, but they do not spawn in it. The travel into the pond via its outlet, through the pond to its inlet, then through a small stream into another, smaller pond to spawn. They are apparently in a mass exodus, back to the sea, and are easy picking for smallmouth, largemouth and pickerel. On Monday, there was a Gray Heron at the ponds shallow inlet. It was like it had a symbiotic relationship with the bass. The waiting bass and pickerel would drive the exiting herring back to the shallows where the Heron was waiting to feed on them. The heron then frightened them back to deeper water, and so it went. Yesterday, two days later, the heron was not there for the first time in weeks. Apparently it was no longer hungry. I'm speculating the same is true of the bass. Weather conditions were the same on Monday and Wednesday.

Here's one item where BPS clobbers Tackle Warehouse hands down. Tackle Warehouse a buck eighty nine for 10 pieces. BPS 1.79 for 45 pieces. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_44440_175003000_175000000_175003000_175-3-0

or, if you see a Volvo coming, get out of the way. Scroll down the page to the two videos. http://translogic.aolautos.com/2010/09/30/volvo-suffers-another-auto-stop-safety-system-failure-in-public/

10,000 miles? Can something be wrong with the alignment on the trailer, making the tires scrub or scuff rather than rolling. Here's a quick easy way to check the alignment. String the wheels. It takes two people. Take a piece of string long enough to extend beyond the four bulges of the sidewalls of the tires at axle height. Stretch the string tight, then bring it up to the tires on each side of the trailer. It should make contact with the front and rear sidewall of both tires at the same time. If there is a gap, or bulge at any of the four places, the axles are not in alignment. I have a single axle trailer with my Nitro Z7, over 5000 miles on it (most of them on the road trip), and no significant sign of wear. But, if a single axle is out of alignment the trailer will "crab" to one side or the other, but will not scrub the tires as seriously as a double axle trailer where the tires are "fighting" each other. Dual axle trailers of any type will wear out tires quicker than a single axle. Every time it makes a turn the tires scrub the pavement. If there is no problem, alignment or tire pressure, I agree that 10,000 miles is not acceptable. I'd go with light truck or car tires as well.

X2 plus maybe you're not running long enough to charge the battery. It's never been a problem before today. But, you are right that I only make short runs on the small ponds around here. I had been having one other electronic problem that now makes sense to me. The Humminbird 898 started having depth reading problems when the motor was shut off. Sometimes it was accurate, other times it showed depths exceeding 1000 feet. The other two sounders had zero problems. When I'd start the engine, the 898 would quickly acquire the correct depth reading, which made me suspect it was some type of voltage drop with the engine shut off. Tomorrow, I clean up all the cable connections, including those for the trolling motors. Will then give all the terminals a good coat of the anti corrosion gunk, and make sure all connections are good and tight.

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Check your connections. My starting battery failed today. Started fine at the ramp. Started fine two or three other times. Got to the far end of the pond I was fishing, which was the downwind end of the pond, and the motor barely turned over. Pulled up to a dock with the tm, disconnected the cables from one of the tm batteries and connected the starting cables to it. Started right up. The volt meter was showing 14 volts when I was up on plane. But, when I disconnected the cables, all held in place by wing nuts, the surfaces were black, not making good contact. Went to the ramp, got the jumpers from my truck and reconnected the batteries as they were, after I did a little scraping of the contact areas. Jumped the starting battery with one of the tm batteries. Fished the rest of the day w/o a problem.

Yes! For the reason below. You will be surprised at how much it will help on the ponds with which you are familiar. Check out the bottom at your honey holes. Pay careful attention to the bottom image on the sounder. Find more like it, find more honey holes. It won't take long to get the basics. Makes prospecting unfamiliar waters much easier. You will be able to ignore some areas, and focus on those that approximate the good bottom on your regular fishing holes. "When I fish my local ponds, and rivers, things are way different. I almost always know where depth changes occur, where rocks, logs, etc are located."

Do any of the ponds you fish have horsepower restrictions? Most of the small ponds around here have either a horsepower limit, or no gas powered engines. If you only fish "no wake" ponds you shouldn't need a twenty horsepower outboard. It's capable of creating a wake on a boat that size. But, if there is a chance that you might fish unrestricted ponds, the 20 won't set any speed records, but it should move your 17 foot aluminum boat at least 15 mph, depending on the load, passengers plus gear.

Could also be an intermittent ignition (wiring) problem. My wife had a car that would cut out when driving on a highway. Get up to speed, and when the engine wasn't pulling or holding back, it would die. Then it would start again, on it's own. Standard tranny, so the engine would keep turning when it shut down. Floor it, it ran fine. It started fine, and idled fine. It was only when the engine wasn't under load that it shut down. Turned out it was a wire in the distributor. The insulation had worn off in one spot where it touched the housing. When the timing advance plate was in one precise spot, the wire would short out on the housing. Most engines today do not have distributors. They use a "crank trigger" mechanism that tells the coils when to fire. Take the cover off the engine and check all the ignition wiring for any loose connections or bare spots where the insulation has worn off. Most intermittent problems are electrical/electronic.

I've been asked the question, but never by someone with the attitude, "then what's the point". They are just curious. My pat answer is that I could eat them, once. But I and others could catch them many times if they are released.

No, thank goodness.

With all due respect, none of those really play much of a role in bearing failures when it comes to boat trailers. It's the immersion in water. A trailer serviceman explained it to me like this. There is always air space in the bearing area. Travelling will always build up heat in bearings. Not enough to damage them, but enough to cause the air in and around the bearings to expand. Back the trailer in the water and that cools the wheels, the bearings and the air. When the air contracts from being cooled, water will be pulled through any imperfection in the seals. If you launch in salt water, and it gets into the bearings, they can be ruined in a matter of days. Fresh water, though not as destructive, is still a problem to be avoided. Frequent inspection, by pulling the bearing cap, is the best way to avoid a costly bearing failure while on the road.

You're not crazy. That used to be a forum. It vanished several months ago. Strange that it came up on your phone. I'm guessing it may still show up in the archives.

Some of you might find this interesting. The Westport Fishermen's Association was founded 26 years ago by fishermen and folks interested in the Westport River, its promotion, protection, and preservation. Folks of all ages, and from all walks of life in the community have joined in the efforts. Over the years a scholarship program was established, an old ramshackle lifesaving station restored, which now serves as a museum of sorts, and this year will be used as a workshop, where a strip plank Rangely (Maine) rowboat will be built to raffle off at the 2011 clambake. The canoe I was lucky enough to win is near the top of the page. Linda Greenlaw will be hosted by the WFA, and will be speaking about her latest book and the television show, "Swordfish, Life on the Line". She is the author of "The Perfect Storm". If you've seen the tv show, you've seen her. The old fishing tools are interesting. The gaff hook is unique, and an old handline frame can be seen. A couple of eel spears are not really spears. When used, an eel passes between the tines, and is impaled when it is drawn back. I've done it a few times. It's done through the ice, and at areas where the sandy/gravel bottom transitions to mud. The eels hibernate in large balls. When you strike into one of these balls it feels like you've run into an innertube. A few quick stabs and backward jerks will result in a few or several eels. Eels and Johnnycakes are an old New England staple. Johnnycakes are the New England version of hush puppies, made out of cornmeal, and generally cooked like pancakes unlike the southern fried treat. The Town Dock in the photo at the top of the page was home to my lobsterboat for more than two decades. Here's the link. http://www.westportriver.org/

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How long a "tear", and where? You can get a price on a welded repair. The estimate shouldn't cost a cent. If that turns out to be more than you want to put into it, the patch panel is a good idea. I'd use 3M 5200 marine adhesive to bond it. Clean the area and the patch thoroughly to the bare metal, then apply the 5200 to the patch in an even coat. The coat should be thick enough to ooze out slightly (or a lot) around the edges. I'd apply the patch to the inside of the hull if possible. Allow several days for the adhesive to set. The directions will tell you how long. Once it is well set, you can, if necessary, then smooth any irregularities on the outside of the hull. You should not need any type of mechanical fasteners if you have properly prepared the mating surfaces. Clean up any excess ooze out with mineral spirits right away. If you have a largish bead of ooze out, use a putty knife to remove it, then clean the knife and the excess adhesive remaining with the mineral spirits or paint thinner and a rag or paper towel. Again, check the instructions. I'm going by memory as to the mineral spirits or paint thinner.

We went to the Westport Fishermen's Association clambake today. My wife bought some tickets for a canoe that was being raffled as a grand prize. A while after we got home, the phone rang. When I answered, I was informed that they had drawn one of our tickets as the winner. Won't be used for fishing however, if it gets used at all. It is a showpiece, valued at 6,000 to 8,000 dollars. It has no frames or ribs. The inside is as smooth as the outside. It isn't quite as ornate as the one in the photo below, but does have some dark accent strips. Weighs only 40 pounds.

I bought a Field and Stream suit from Dick's last year. It is light, dry, and breathable. It also has a liner. Zipper pants bottom so you can put it on over boots w/o having to remove them. The liner allows you to wear less clothing underneath on cool days, yet is surprisingly comfortable on hot rainy days. I bought another because they are now on sale. Regularly 120, now 80. They come in the sueded version in the link below and regular smooth polyester. The only complaint is that I would prefer bib pants. They do tend to ride down and if you don't pull them up before sitting, the next thing you know rain will be running down your butt. I'm getting suspenders to solve that problem. http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3676720

Why not just get an ipod, load it with what you want to hear and be done with it? It seems that all these other programs are like drugs. They start out fine, get you hooked, then morph into the same ol', same ol', commercial ventures. I got an ipod years ago. Put audio books on it, favorite albums, favorite songs, etc. Most of the time, when travelling I'll listen to an audio book. The length varies from six or seven hours to nearly thirty hours for any given book. In some of the newer cars, they link directly to a touch screen on the dash, and mount into a dock in the glove compartment, out of sight of would be thieves. It's another symptom of old age. Never heard of Pandora radio until this thread. I have heard of Pandora's Box. Seems Pandora radio was aptly named. Seemed like a great thing initially, but bites you in the end.