Jig Man

I tried it a few times and like stated with the cleanup they cool way too fast. If you don't already have one, get a toaster oven or a heat guy. My toaster oven came from a garage sale for $2 and it has been going for over 10 years. Heating the heads just enough to get a powery coat instead of a shiny one gives you a very thin coat of paint that won't run when you bake on the finish.

What are you going to hook it up to? I have one on my hds units. It does refresh faster then the others.

You didn't say why you want to extend it. Unless you move your boat forward you run the risk of haveing too little tounue weight which could cause trailer whip lash when towing.

Most of the time it is as expensive to make as it is to buy unless you use a lot of something. The thing about making is getting to control the product and have it the way you want it. I purchase from Bear's, Barlow's, Jann's, Lure Craft.

You guys are telling it right. I sold off a bunch of molds and still have about 20 and I don't even sell jigs. A couple of years ago I decided to make tubes with injectors. My first tube cost me a little over $300. Now they are less than $1 but still twice as much as I can pay at the store.

I like to fish piers when I go past a bridge. I normally start with a white buzz if they will hit it. If not, I try a white or chart. spinnerbait or a white/chart. 3/8 to 1/2 oz swim jig. When I use the swim jig I do a count down then swim. Sometimes it takes a count of 10 to get down to where the keepers are holding. Most of the time the fish are on the shady side.

Try www.tackleunderground.com Maybe one of those guys makes them.

That is all I use now.

You can see lots of pics of unit installs and xducer installs as well as get a lot of good info here

There are too many variables to even make a guess. The age of the batteries and the reserve capacity of them along with the age and amp draw of the trolling motor will make for a lot of variation in how much time you would get.

You might get a really good older sonar/gps unit from someone trading up. Check out the for sale forum.

I've been there.... PIPE WRENCH.

Dangerous... The fumes may be but I haven't seen any ill effects except for the third eye in the middle of my forehead. Seriously, the danger comes from the plastisol which needs to be around 350° for good performance. I wear long pants because sometimes things go wrong. Ask a pair of my Levis with plastisol down the left leg. I wear glasses and heat resistant gloves from Bears. You should see some pics of guys hands and arms from plastisol accidents. Be advised that moisture around plastisol will cause blow ups like with lead. Keep things dry and drink your beer or other beverage after you are done and are admiring your new baits.

It looks a lot like the Mustad 91768BLN that I use on my Poison Tail jigs.

When by myself 18 with 10 out and 8 on standby.

I have switched over to AGMs in my Champion. I am using the Optima D-31M batteries on my trolling motor and the Sears Die Hard AGM with 1150 CCA for my starting battery. I couldn't be happier with batteries than I am now. I bought my Optimas at an Auto Zone because they had the best price and an easy 3 year warranty. When I told the mgr I wanted 2 of them he cut me a better price.

I don't know how the wiring is set up in that boat. When my Champion was done, I just couldn't cut the deck so I took it to a marine shop and paid 100 bones to get it done. They thought all was clear but there was a tube with wiring in it that they cut so they had to do some rewiring. And yes it should be full of foam which you can just dig out till you get room enough for the tray to fit.

Tom Mann was the first one I remember to use long rods. He used to use a 7' rod to fish plastic worms. At that time you rarely saw a rod even 6' long.

I have several levels of Shimano spinning reels. Of the 2 go for the Sahara.

Look it up in the NADA guides. That will give you a ball park number to start.

I wanted a Stay N Charge and talked with the people there. They said due to the fact that I don't do a lot of running, I would be wasting my money. So I opted out.

For my 5" soft sticks I use a size 1 for wacky and a 3/0 or 4/0 for Trigging.

Yes prallel them and it will be close to double reserve amp time. When you charge, hook the charger to battery 1 and leave them hooked together. It will charge them both but take a long time unless you have a big charger.

My most successfull is brown. I really like golden shiner and pbj though I carry lots of different combinations in about 5 sizes.

You had better check Wally before you buy. In most states they have a 1 year warranty and in some states no warranty at all. What ever brand you buy get at least a 27 series battery with 180 or more reserve amps (reserve capacity). That is the true measure of how long they will hold up in a day's use, Charge them up after each use and keep the water level up and you should get 4 or more years out of them.