Wayne P.

I agree with Bobby, not only that, a willow leaf blade does not helicopter on the fall like a colorado blade does and with mulitple blades it will do even less. I wouldn't purchase one and wouldn't use one if I got it free.

It is not any competition for the Humminbird SI technology. The wider cone vertical sonar will just include more in the display to figure out where a return might be located. I see no advantage to that.

The 10' Tracker jon boats are $499 in the BPS catalog.

Keep it, give it away, or throw it away. You don't owe them anything if you did not order it.

Occasionaly I'm asked what I do since I retired. My response is " I do two things, I go fishing or I don't"

$1.919 today

Ex-member. I quit when they had boat racing as part of the tournament results. I don't forgive and forget >

Any rod/reel works well with braid. Its the angler that has to adjust their hook setting technique to allow for the no stretch quality of the superlines. A quick wrist snap is all it takes-no arm mvement is necessary. A slightly looser drag setting and/or more limber rod will help too but the "rip their lips" type of hook set needed with monos is way too much for that application. Even a skinny midget can get a solid hook set with little effort.

A couple more choices, I have used both: This one is at Lake Fork---http://trollingmotorparts.com/ This one is in Louisanna------http://www.trollnmotors.com/

Another hook to try is the Gammy G-Mag Oversize. Put the hook into the nose like a Tx rig and them place the hook bend between the legs and skin hook the point on the back. The wider gap and heavier wire makes a better keel than the other hooks mentioned. Its the top rigging and top hook in the picture.

Simple answer, get the most powerful one you can afford including battery/s and charger.

Now you know what "Ghost Drag" is.

Put a slight bend in the blade behind the rear hook (no more than 10 degrees) and it will start vibrating sooner and have more vibration.

A nice day for November. 74 degrees this afternoon with the surface temp at 61 degrees. I didn't see any bass chasing shad on the surface so I just fished the upper end creek channels and caught 31 bass and 6 pickerel. A weedless wacky rigged Trick and Finesse worm produced the most. I also caught a few on a Chatterbait and swimbait.

The best shore fishing area is around the gravel parking lot where the handicapped pier is located near the dam.

The fishing is been good and the catching is good too. I've been deer hunting a few times but its too hot now for me. I fished 5 hours today and caught 39 bass and 5 crappie at a private subdivision lake. I'm going to Briery tomorrow.

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The steering cable will last a long time if the bends are kept as large as possible and the cable is kept from bouncing around a lot when trailering and boating. In your mounting, it will be better if the head is rotated 180 degrees to lessen the amount it has to bend when stowed.

Good catch Al, I missed that one.

You may want to keep this site handy for parts; http://www.motortechva.com/PopularOMCParts.html There are several but this was the first one I found with a Google search.

I think the small prop model is 41# thrust. I just gave one away for a spare to a guy that bought my bass boat with the HO model 56# installed. I still have a 56# HO model on my jon boat. The steering cable will break at some point so a spare is a good idea. I can tell in the picture that the mount has been broken and replaced. Most of the time that happens if you bump into a dock with the skeg, be careful (did it twice and its a tough change out if you can find the parts). My first fiberglass bass boat had the 41# model and I wore it out. You can put a puck type sonar transducer between the nose cone and skeg-the skimmer style doesn't fit to well. I have a brand new 12" prop that uses the cotter key like yours for a spare if you ever need one. The one I sold with the boat had a nut to hold on the prop. Is yours the 42" shaft?

Yes, it does shows speed, elevation, trails, routes, 1000 waypoint memory, etc. There are mounts made for it made by RAM. I have one that I used with a suction cup base but I didn't use that mount in the boat because I already had a larger unit when I got it. I used it yesterday to stay on a property boundry for placing POSTED signs between corner markers. You may prefer the color unit H2OC that has a higher pixel count screen-both units are the same size but that unit cost about $100 more. You can get the specs at the Lowrance web site or in one of the fishing catalogs.

Yes, I use the Lowrance H2O with the Navionics software and some free download maps from the Lowrance site. I use it for hunting also. The only one I know that will do the before mentioned plus highway use for turn by turn directions is the Lowrance XOG.

Fluorocarbon line diameters are pretty much the same as nylon monos. There are several diameters for the same pound test just like nylon monos are. Two popular lines by Berkley, Trilene XL and XT, are different diameters in the same pound test. Which brand and which line in a brand that the reel capacity is referring to is a mystery. As far as the diameter reference for braids, its the same thing. No one knows which line it is compared to for its diameter reference. Berkley Vanish and Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon in the same pound test are different diameters. One of my reels has capacities listed in pound test/yards and diameter in mm/meters for three sizes. Because of those variables, unless a specific capacity is stated in line diameter only, its a crap shoot to get the exact amount. Getting a strength reference to the diameter will be an additional crap shoot.

I looked thru about 20 reel specs that I have and none have multiple line capacities listed with a 12# capacity of 140 yards like the Revo S does. One of my reels has capacities for 8/165, 10/140, and 12/120 lines and by some cyphering, I come up with the reel will hold 37.5% more 8# line than it will of 12# line. So if you are going to use 8/30 braid on the Revo, that would mean the reel would hold about 192.5 yards.