Everything posted by padlin
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Batteries leaking?
i had a pair of Interstates in my last RV, they seemed to get wet around the caps all the time, no idea why but it didn’t effect them change wise. I’d do as Tom suggests and check the fluid and charge them and see how it goes. Fwiw, I use the spray battery terminal sealer.
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What would you guess the weight of this fish was?
I can’t count the number of monster size bass I’ve caught, and then I popped the bubble by weighing them.
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Battery/Trolling Motor Questions
Battle Born brand was top of the heap when I was looking 2 years ago, one pays a price though. Dakota’s are good too.
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How much do weather/illumination conditions affect when you go fishing?
Being able to fish whenever I feel like it I prefer weekdays, overcast sky’s, wind under 10, early in the am, and temps above 50. Light rains fine too. Of course that’s just my ideal.
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Heard something concerning today.
Same happened to RV’s, it probably has as much to do with Covid as inflation.
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do you still consider yourself a rookie in fishing?
I’ve put in a lot of hours over a lot of years so I’m not a rookie. I know how to catch fish where and when I fish, I’d be lost elsewhere. But then I wouldn’t go to a baby shower, I’d be fishing.
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chicken wings
The best around here are off the Weber kettle.
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Old school music.
Look for the duet by Tommy Emmanuel on u tube, pretty cool.
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Water
I’m in the area of 100oz a day, divide by whatever size bottle you use. My wife goes thru the smaller bottles like they were water, I try to use the Yeti with filtered water. I di carry a small bottle on the canoe but rarely open it, the Yeti of coffee usually last for the am., I didn’t add coffee to the 100oz.
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Clean or pollish blades on lures?
I’ve tried a few times using a metal polish paste I have, not enough difference for me to say it did anything but give it a try with whatever you have.
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Canoe Rig Circuit Breaker Problems
Sounds like the motor is drawing over 60A. Check all the connections first, I don’t suppose you have a battery monitor? Something like this Battery Monitor it’d show you the amperage draw, built one into my battery box. Some lithiums have an app that shows the info.
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What do you want your rod to look like?
Scuffed up shows I use them a lot, like my canoe, I’m good with that. I do like dark colors and cork, and I do occasional clean the cork.
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Eating while fishing
A mid morning breakfast Cliff bar. Holds me till noon, by which time I’m on the way home when I’ll have a couple fig bars.
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How often do you change line?
Braid, reverse after 1st season, replace after 2nd. A season for me is 6 or 7 months. Mono, every winter.
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Post a photo a day!
That’s exactly how I felt last spring of 22, then last years summer drought wiped it out. Have yet to decide if I should have it reseeded, after 40 years of working on it I’m a bit frustrated. yours looks great, maybe I should move to MN.
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Who doesn’t use senkos?
Speaking of plastics in the water, I stopped at a local fishing pier one day late last winter to try out a setup. The water being gin clear showed all these whiteish curved sticks sitting on the bottom, I mean hundreds of them. All I could come up with was they were old stick baits, hey must lose their color over time.
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Who doesn’t use senkos?
Mine have gone to the never use box, too boring.
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6 minutes. free stuff goes fast.
I’ve wondered if some of the folks that pick up the free stuff we put up are just turning around and selling it.
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Post a photo a day!
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Finesse spinning reel recommendations
Stradic 1000.
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bare minimum. how FEW rods can you get away with?
Own about a dozen but really only use 5 or 6. Normally take 3, but at times 2. I could get away with 1 if I had to but it’d be a hassle retieing all the time.
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Favorite movie directors....
John Ford, Ron Howard, and Clint come to mind.
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Best line cutter
I’ve got both sizes of the Cuda’s and 3 of the Boomerangs, had the Cuda’s for 3 years and this is the 2nd for the Boomerangs. The small Cudas work out the best as they are simple but got dull after a season. The large ones are my bench cutters which is probably a mistake as they get used for all sorts of things but still work great on braid. The Boomers still work fine and are now why I use in the canoe since the little Cuda’s stopped working. My only issues with them are the lanyard is too short and the darn things seem to lock themselves every time I pick ‘em up. Still work fine when I get done swearing. The Boomers are easy to find as 2 are clipped to the Bass Raider seats and the other is clipped to the tackle bag I use in the canoe. To me that’s their big plus. For the price you can’t beat the little Cuda’s, but get a few and toss em out as they go dull.
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Bears and hummingbirds don't mix.
I had 1/8" cable that the squirrels could manage, swapped to 1/16". Made it thru last winter. Hadn't thought of the hawk issue, which we get, I'll try tying on some strips of cloth or some such.