Quarry Man

I appreciate the help. I wish I could store the boat indoors as that would certainly help. I plan on taking a look soon and reporting back

if you are trying to bomb cast and need the max distance possible, Curado dc. if you want a solid heavy duty reel, Curado k tatula is a great reel two and I love it. id go with the Curado k in an 8.5:1

I think my dad would have one. My boat is at the lake and he is at home. Im at school right now too haha. my plan is to go home tomorrow and get the boat ready and likely end up taking it to the shop.

glad to see my thread is still active. After recording that video of a huge bass attacking a large trout, I will be throwing a trout swimbait in search of bass in the coming months after opening day.

The battery is new. I took the boat to a reliable bass boat shop and they told me something is slowly draining the batteries. It has trouble starting after not running it for two weeks. The electronics are run to a separate battery. When I disconnect everything after use manually, it seems to start just fine after.

I have an 07 Triton VT19. Boat has dual PowerPoles in the back and a 90 hp Optimax. The motor has never had any issues and always runs great. I have had some issues with my cranking batteries dying out on me. I am not sure if the powerpoles or other switches are constantly draining or what. I also need to replace the onboard charger and at least one of the motor heads on the powerpoles. Any thoughts?

I regularly tow my 19' triton in my 2007 fj cruiser for long distances around 3 hours. It has no trouble towing at high speeds. The only two issues that make me nervous are stopping fast and speeding up to merge onto the highway. With that being said, I am a very alert driver. I have yet to have any major issues. When I drive over 4 hours, I use an F-150. also, When I moved to school this year (4 hour drive), I had my boat and all my stuff, gear, dressers, bed, etc and I had no overheating issues when I arrived. Edit: Want to add that fj cruisers and tacoma have the same engine.

top one is an oar lock if it has notches, it may be a rod holder mount

took my boat out for the opening day of trout season here in PA. When I went to turn the trolling motor, it wouldn't move at all. It still turned on, just wouldn't rotate. Was able to still able to steer with big motor. Any idea what is wrong and how to fix it?

awesome, thank you

will Lowes or Walmart do this? Not a lot of other options here at school

have a 2007 Mercury Optimax hooked up to an Optima Blue Top Cranking battery. Used the boat all summer and had no issues. Took the boat to school and it sat for about a month. Boat wouldn't trim or start when I took it out. I charged it up a few times and it would run. Every time it would sit for a little while, the battery would not be charged. I took the power poles and disconnected them. That seemed to work ok; however, now the only thing I believe is hooked up to the battery is the motor. It keeps dying on me. Half the time I've wanted to take it out the motor won't start. Engine is in great shape as well.

my mistake, I am using a Humminbird transducer on my trolling motor. It sits right below the universal one which isn't plugged in as far as I can tell

Thanks for the help anyways. I will mess around later in case you are on to something. I did use alligator clips which is far from ideal as I didn't have the chance to wire them correctly prior to a trip last year.

it is attached to the right side of the back transom and is connected to a separate electronics battery

Not getting very clear images on my Garmin unit at the console. I can see the bottom well and what I think are fish, but there are tons of streaks and smudges on the screen that definitely shouldn't be there. I want to know how to fix this. thanks

I have a Humminbird Helix 7 MSI ... G3N graph on the front of my boat. It is hooked up to the transducer connected to the bottom of my trolling motor, It is the same transducer that I bought the boat with. It is also connected to a gps/di graph at the console via a cable. The gray does not show the depth properly anymore. Im not sure what happened to it. Any ideas?

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakatsu_Superline_Spring_Lock_Hook/descpage-GSSLH.html 6'+ m/mh spinning rod with a 3000 size reel, 20 lb braid and 10-12 lb abrazx leader

use a screw lock hook and the bait won't slide off the hook as much, making it easier to skip. also, flukes work great along with tubes and flat trailers on a flipping jig

St Croix makes an Avid X that is a 6'4" M, that rod would be great, as would the Sierra series from Dobyns.

is it just me or is one reel bigger than the other?

thanks, I spend a lot of time thinking about why each reel is best for each scenario. this helps a lot.

you can use electrical tape or mono as backing. I do both. One method I have found to save money is keeping three empty spools of line. I will start with a single wrap of electrical tape, followed by the amount of braid I want to use. After the braid is on, I tie a double uni knot with 3 wraps each side. Continue to spool backing until the spool is full. I then take the line off the reel back onto an empty spool. Do this again onto another spool to "flip" the line. Basically, the backing will now be the first part down on the spool. If you do it correctly, there will be no line twist. Do the same thing once the braid gets worn out as the bottom of the spool will be unused!

megabass vision 110 was made for spinning rods and 6lb test

I really like the elite for launching stuff. How do the two reels compare for skipping?