mike1950

My Ranger Bass Master Classic did this same thing after a few years. Did the tests others have said and couldn't find leak. A friend and I put it in the water and turned on and checked everything. FINALLY discovered that it WAS the livewell pump. When it cycled on it had a leak in the pump. You could not see anythig when it was off, the leak was almost invisible but it would accumulate a lot of water over night. Replaced the pump and never had a problem again. Apparently the vibration from trailering had managed to crack it.

I got the year wrong......it was actually 2005. I got photo of my 2 biggest that day in the album on my profile. 5 lb. 7 oz. and 5 lb 12oz.

I won the Bass Weekender Series T at lake Seminole in GA in 2006. It was the first of the Weekend Series tournaments. It was Feb. and the usual pattern for grass lakes like this was to rip rattle baits out of submerged grass. My boater had 2 strong practice days doing this and said that was all we would be doing. However tournament morning was rainy, windy and cold. The grass bite had disappeared, with the cold water and wave action. After 2 hours of being beaten by waves and rain, with NO fish, he asked if I had any ideas. We went into a long slough that I fished before mainly to get out of the wind. As we went in he was still casting the trap. I had already given up and decided to try to finesse some bites. Started pitching a 5" paddle-tail worm with1/8oz weight at grass balls and the trunks of flooded trees. Log day short...I caught only 4 with 3 being the limit, that weighed 14+ lbs. I had 3 keepers in box before my boater caught his first fish. He wouldn't change from what had been working. Lesson: down size your baits/weights to slow down. Also, I've placed in 3 Top 5s using this rig and a 1/8oz split shot rig behind the boater. Try these and you'll be surprised!