yoyoman

no problem. was not trying to put you down. you ask for opinion and we gave you some. sorry if i came off wrong. didn't mean too. i am vary glad you caught a beauty and had a great day!!! that is what fishing is all about.

i have two of them for about 4 years. good reels for the price. one of them i had to repair the pawl and worm gear though but has had no problems otherwise.

i would say no you have to get it in the boat. also you would need to weigh a fish like that, not guess. if a am not mistaken you are saying you beat your state record by over a pound. i personally never guess at something like that. my mind always makes it way bigger than it is.

t rigged weightless.

did you get it working

looks like the top 2 small ones are the coil (control), one side hot from switch other to ground. the 2 big ones on each side are the contacts. 24 v from the trolling motor power. battery to one side, other to trolling motor. i am not 100 percent sure but it is a good guess based on the size of the bolts. if u have a meter u can check continuity by putting the meter on the 2 big bolts and u should have nothing. when u put the 24 v controlpower to the small one u will get a tone. hope this helps.

just awsome. congrats! i will never get one of those in pa.