Jig Man

I’ve never had any reason to fish it much deeper than 25’. By that time something usually has it. I also never go heavier than 1/8 oz with 1/16 being normal. I caught fish at the 20’ mark yesterday fishing parallel using the 1/16.

If you are looking for a standard lead acid battery several will do the trick. Look for RC (reserve capacity). Get the highest number in your price range. I wouldn’t go below 180 RC if it were me.

I ran a 24 volt for 14 years. With good batteries it would pull a 20’ boat all day long.

When wasps bothered us in campgrounds we would set up a 2 liter bottle of Coke or Pepsi with a few inches of pop left in it. They were drawn to the sugar. They would crawl in and eventually drown. That might be a cheap try.

Most of the rods that I have bought from them have been unlabeled or are labeled with other brands. I know the owners and get to go down every year and buy what I want.

I have bought a lot of rods that they make. Right now I have 4 in my boat. They make a lot of rods for a lot of different rod companies. They made Falcon before they took the boat to China.

As far as I know each Helix has to have it’s own card.

There are lots of foot controlled trolling motors available but the design is for bow mounting. I don’t know how you can make it work with that boat. A bow mounted hand operated one might work if you can find a way to mount it.

I can and do cook. I can grill, fry, bake, steam, etc. I learned from my wife who won a college scholarship making 6 boy curry.

My best guess is there would be a liability issue for the boater to take someone of your age in a tournament. You may have to wait a few years unless there are fishing teams it the high schools in your area.

I fished Stockton on the 19th in the afternoon. I was using elaztech worms on a new “leggy” jig that I am working on. I had 14 but had lots of bumps that wouldn’t take it. All of the fish were roof hooked. They ranged from 4.5 down. The best 5 totaled 14.5 #.

Your best bet for wiring modern electronics is to run dedicated wires from the unit directly to the engine cranking battery. I’d use 10 gauge wire with the factory fuses that came with the unit.

First off congrats on your purchases. You can go many ways with all that you have. I imagine that your 45# trolling motor will do you a good job. When you are looking at batteries the most important factor for a deep cycle to be used on a trolling motor is RC (reserve capacity) not amp hours. Get the highest that you can, preferably something around 200 RC. You shouldn’t need 2 of them unless you plan long days or trolling. You mentioned hooking 2 in series. Don’t do that. You would have 24 volts and ruin your trolling motor. You would have to hook them parallel. I would run some 8 gauge wires instead of jumper cables.

I make most of my own so there is no bag. In their own bags Elaztech baits got flat and stuck to each other so they go in boxes also.

I’ve never had any line that light on my bait casters. I use 50#. If you go that light again I suggest that you tighten your spool for a while.

I use 6# RedLabel.

That is pretty similar to the triple surgeons knot.

It could go either way. I learned more in a club than all the rest of my life put together.

I exclusively use 6# fluorocarbon. A guy who fisher with me has been using braid I normally whack him 2-1.

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I don’t know about the SLX. I have the Curado and really like it.

I use 7’ mh rods for spinner baits. I have 4 that will work but rarely rig up more than 2.

Be patient. A friend of mine just bought a garage kept 2000 Ranger that looks and runs great. It has a MK troller and a 200 XR6. He gave $11,000 for it.

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You might want to consider craft hair. It is easier to work with than maribou.