Jig Man

It looks like you have a corroded terminal. Besides that you don’t have near enough battery. You need way more rc than 140.

One of the guys with whom I fish has a big net that is coated with some sort of rubber and has a telescopic handle. It isn’t really heavy but takes up a lot of space. I think he said it was from Cabela’s.

Maybe you are shallow enough so the boat causes the fish to move away from you.

I don’t go after hung baits unless they are expensive. Like Catt said here you’re going to get hung up.

If I were in that situation I would definitely be adding Mercury Quickcare to my boat gas. It just takes a little bit. I believe it is 1 oz per 10 gallons.

The techs at the dealerships where I go have always been skeptical about ethanol in gasoline. They are Mercury factory trained and recommend 91 ethanol free fuel along with Quickleen and Quickcare. I do this without fail every time I get gasoline. It worked for 14 years in my two stroke Optimax and has worked for 7 years in my four stroke Verado.

The reason I get up at 03:00 am is so I can be on the water at first light 05:15 am to fish top water baits. By 7 or 8 it is hit and mostly miss on a top water bite. By then many of our fish are 40 feet deep and we have to go down for them.

I would get there at first light and look for surfacing fish. If there were any I would move to them and throw a knicker knocker. If not I would idle around looking for fish feeding on shad. When I found feeding fish I would use swim baits and see how it goes. Yesterday we found a bit of surfacing going on near a bluff in 45 fow. We caught some on top but there was activity even down to 50’ in 70’ of water. We used Keitech 3.3 fat impact on 1/4 oz heads. We had 28 bass 3 crappie and a white in three hours without starting the engine. So pay attention, idle around and study the electronics is how I would approach it.

I only have experience with the DC. I got one as a gift and bought another one. What I really like is the fact that I can throw a Knickerknocker as hard as I want to trying to reach a surfacing fish and not have to worry about any line problems.

We don’t just use them in the summer. They are also good winter baits.

I’m not sure what the gauge is. Any of it will work. I do two loose wraps, adjust the skirt to my liking then tighten the wire.

Idiots on the boat ramp who should have prepared in the parking lot.

White bass fight harder than smallmouth around here.

There are already too many to choose from Zman and Keitech. It drives me nuts trying to figure out what to order.

Yes but lately a Keitech swim bait has been better than Ned.

Check a small area with acetone. If it doesn’t damage the paint, it will get things squeaky clean.

Custom 7.6’ m rod with a Shimano Curado X70 with 12# fluorocarbon line and a Zman ZinkerZ on a 2/0 vmc ewg hook poured on a modified Midwest finesse mold. Today the heads varied from 1/8 to 1/4 and green pumpkin was the best color.

The sky is the limit for skirts and what you can do. There are lots of places to look for skirts, Janns Netcraft, Lure Parts on Line, Fishing skirts.com, Barlows and many more. I recommend wire tying instead of thread. Floral wire is what I use.

There are a lot of factors to consider in the time you can fish on a single charge. The longer you go without recharging the more damage you will do to your batteries which will shorten their lifetime.

Not enough information!

Call Lowrance customer service.

I have a 2016 Verado on a Nitro Z20. It is a good motor but too heavy for that boat which I didn’t know at the time. I never try to plane any motor until it warms up to at least 120°.

I’ve tried them in place of a spinnerbait without much luck.

Personally I want it on my custom rods. That way there is never a question about where it came from.

I fish it once to be sure that I want it. Then I take it off and put shrink tubing on.