BassnChris

That's ok...............I have laughed at it too........later when I watched the video..............Live not so much......but no emotion at that moment either.....if you watch closely.....when it 'looks at me'.....I turn to look at it thinking...'What are your doing...I have pressed no buttons nor stepped on the pedal?".......Then Bang! it abandons ship......my 11 year old son said, "that scared me".....he thought it had ripped a giant hole in the boat......it was a very loud departure. I called Motorguide and they said to take it to my local autohorized repair shop (less than a mile from my house) to check the motor for water infiltration, look at the quick mount and have them call Motorguide and they would decide where to go/what to do from there. now the waiting game for a while I guess.

There was a very large tree trunk there......in about 9 or 10 feet of water. The hull of the boat road up over it when I turned around and re-traced my track...........we were moving at idle and I quickly turned off the big motor and trimmed up....but it altered my path enough to avoid the motor but I could see the tree this time on the sonar. And that is what I told my son........everyone came home alive and unhurt (physically ) so that was the best outcome. He agreed.

I'm hoping they will agree it was a faulty quick connect plate and make things right. I may or may not go back to another quick connect......I do like the ability to quickly remove the TM when I want to. That is suppose to be how the Xi5 handles it too. I will keep everyone apprised to the outcome.

Sucky fishing............I remember your TM issues well.

The power was disconnected before it hit the drink.

Yep you're right!

There were a lot of garage words for the tire. That's not the hub......it is the spare tire mount. Yes......Xi5 That is how I mount it......lock it in place and then crank it down. In the pics you can see where it failed.

I thought that was just famous people dying.........that's what I'm going with......yeah that's the ticket. OR Maybe not having the right tools to change that blow out was the 3rd thing.................had to improvise and curse a lot to get it changed.

Here is a pick of my new baitfish electronic device that was being delivered today. I ordered it off the WWW Worldwide Internet thingy..........it is a little bigger than the KVD version but I am guaranteed to catch or kill more fish with it. Comes complete with some depth charge thingys.

Yep.....Motorguide.......I try to keep everything tight by using what the manufacturers recommend. Hoping for the brand loyalty...........and maybe the idea that replacing it for me is cheaper than bad word of mouth campaigns. I really like my motorguide products that I have had in the past and especially like this motor........I just want to get things back in order quickly so I don't have any fishing down time.

When I get that feeling.......it's the same as open fire Just kidding.........I have stories but nothing fishing related.........talked about them while out on Lake Wilson during the road trip when we came upon a spooky feeling cove. this in the back of the cove surrounded by water.....no visible trails, roads, docks or structures. S.P.O.O.K.Y. Spooooooky!

Nope,....no fish....was not out long before that happened. I was just trying to get home before we experienced the trifecta........what ever that was gonna be. It's funny.......it sucks big time.......but it is funny. I did not even speak any garage words when it happened.........I was very uncharacteristic of me.......in a very scary way. I remained very calm and showed no emotion.......I think I was in 'shock' and just kind of buttoned everything up and headed for the ramp. funny........but now I have had enough fun. I think maybe I had a faulty quick connect unit......it just busted and let loose. I'll get with motorguide this week and see if they will do anything and then post the reply.......not sure if I'm gonna go with the quick release again though......I really like the ability to remove the motor when I felt the added security was best.

The quick connect adapter failed.....I don't think it should have done that.

That motor was only a month or so old.

Me neither...............but you should have seen the size of that bass.................scared me good

I talked nice to this one.....let it ride in the cab of the truck to and from the road trip................it might have upset with me for letting 'someone' take the boat out without me I'm thinking I don't like the quick disconnect option................the new one will have a safety strap to keep it from falling into the water..........this one was using the Lowrance cable to enable the retrieval.....but I'm thinking they are not designed to be submerged.........right? So even though I recovered it in less than30 seconds.....its toast ?

At least it waited until we got back from the road trip! Yeah they will cover the loss............but I am wondering if the repair shop can fix it..........we recovered it.

Take a peek at the video and see what I believe to have been a giant trolling motor eating lake monster or maybe a tree. and I got to play with this on the way home to make it a really crappy day:

Yep. Onne......Twwwoo.....click.....Three!

Yep.....me too.

Way above and beyond. Food was great..........and the hot bbq sauce was out of this world delicious! Great people, those two. Thanks Pete and Marilyn.

That looks 'photoshopped'!

Yeah.....but I don't feel folded.....just tossed in the drawer or left in the basket.

I cheated and took an extra day off. Like all of you....I'm ready for the next road trip already. A very Big Shout out for Pete-K and Marilyn!..........Thank you for some extremely great BBQ, smoked chicken, baked beans, slaw, cake.......and more. You both went way above and beyond, driving up to feed us even after you realized you were not going to be able to fish with us. To say Thank you is such an understatement after your display of generosity and dedication.......but unfortunately, saying thank you is all I can do..... Thank you both and hope you can make the next road trip!

Pretty slick......looks good!