Jig Man

I’m sure that they would have when new. However I never go two days without a recharge. That is only going to shorten the battery life.

As far as I know Humminbird has not officially announced their version of live, though Russell Marine Products is taking pre orders. My electronics guys have my name on a list and are supposed to call me when they have some. I am running a MK Ulterra with Ipilot link, 3 Solix G2 units, and 360, just waiting on live.

You can change gears and I have several times but never to slow the ratio down. I only use 7 and 8 speed reels.

Shorty’s Hook Sales is where I buy my hooks. They might have the trebles that you want. You can’t beat their prices.

I’m like roadwarrior on the drag. I only back mine off when cleaning the reels. I carry too many setups to go messing with the drags.

I think you made the right choice. I’d like to have do overs but too many bones already invested.

I fish mono on 4 setups using swimming techniques. Except for Arigs everything else is bottom contact and I use fluorocarbon. I use fluorocarbon because I fish a lot of clear water with no vegetation and get more bites than on mono. I want things simple with as few links in the chain as possible so no braid and leaders for me.

Many of the drop shot sinkers are designed to come off instead of breaking the bait off. Before drop shot became a term we rigged a jig under the worm as a weight. Sometimes you could get twofers.

John L Morris has bought many competitors and discontinued a lot of them. Bass Cat, Skeeter and Phoenix are about all of the major glass companies that White River Marine Group does not have.

I don’t think you will get the paint job to last unless you powder paint them. At least that is the only way that has worked for me.

They don’t all carry the same things. 100 miles north of here there is a major Nitro dealer. He also sells Ranger and Triton but I’ve never seen a tin boat there.

Your title should give you all of the pertinent info.

The price point is normally due to the electronics, trolling motor, and outboard motor. Mostly they are smaller and less powerful, ergo cheaper. I have had both. Imo Low is several grades up.

The Avid isn’t a bad choice. I have 2 of them on Shimano 2500 reels.

I like craws and baby brush hogs trigged.

What bait are you using? What kind of line? How heavy is the sinker?

Go ahead and put the asgps puck on. It will be the most accurate for you. I have 3 Solix units. If I had do overs I would have Helix units. When I switched to Humminbird from Lowrance I was used to touch screens so I chose the Solix. One of them is in dash. It has been back 3 times for repair. One of the bow units had to go back because the touch screen quit working. Now I get gps lost alarms every trip. I had the asgps puck changed out. It didn’t help. No one has any idea how to fix the problem. The shop that does my electronics work says they have several customers like me. The Helix seems to be the reliable work horse. If you want the latest greatest the Apex is brand new. There are good reads about Solix on ***.

Welcome to the forum. Where in MO are you.

I just looked at mine. I have some dating back to the 70s. All I could find was on some of the very oldest ones, nothing. On others maybe as old, maybe not, Wiggle Wart. And on the newest ones, Storm. Does this help you?

I use 6, 8, and 10# on reel size 1000, 2000, and 2500 respectively.

I tie my own in many color patterns.

I just put it on a piece of paper and use scotch tape as well as entering it in my excel file on cleaning and maintaining reels.

I do mine as needed. As soon as one is not up to snuff I put it aside and clean it before the next trip.

Check the sewing section. That is where I get mine.

When I buy instead of make spinnerbaits the brand is War Eagle.