jlogger

The curse of the immediate fish X2. Saturday set up around 120 fow. 2 riggers, 2 divers and a 300 copper down the chute. 300 copper fires 15 minutes in and produces a smallish steelie on a green and silver pro king. Later a hit and miss on a #5 chinook diver set on 4 back 225'. That was it. Went as deep as 350 fow and back. Covered depth from 30 down to 115 down. Spoons and flies. Sunday set up around 100 fow. Same spread. 300 copper fires 15 minutes in again. Looked like the same steelie and on the same spoon. First ever LO fish for my friend. Nothing for the rest of the day but a hit and miss on a rigger with a spinny and fly down laker deep over 130 fow. Started to fish the chickens a little but it was getting too hot. Headed for shore and a cold bloody Mary. No pics, got em both back in the water ASAP. Every time we get an immediate fish the rest of the day is dead.

I have heard guys recommend drilling some holes in the plate to prevent excessive exhaust back pressure issues. I don't personally have any experience with them just something I heard.

Been there and done that. Basically the system becomes a 24 volt system. I cooked my alternator same as you. The circuit breaker for the bilge pump tripped, no big deal. The fuse on the kicker blew, which was no big deal except that I didn't realize it until I went to fire it up on the next trip. No other damage except the crushing blow to my ego. 15 years as a tractor trailer mechanic working with parallel and series parallel battery systems without blowing anything up and I F-up my boat the first time I hook up the batteries. Awesome! All said and done you should be good to go after the alternator if you did not turn the key on.

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Lost one 12lb torpedo weight on first trip this year. Looking for replacement. Jack

Don't know much about the smallmouth anymore. It used to be hot just off of Hedges point, four mile creek, years ago but I heard the Zebra Mussels and Gobies ended that. There is good Pike fishing in the bay that time of year, always great Sheephead fishing in the bay also. There will be plenty of Brown Trout action between the bay and Hedges on the lake.

I started using them last year. They will prevent theft by someone who is unprepared but I think they could be defeated with a run of the mill hammer. It looks like if someone were to take a good swing at the plastic knobs on the Scotty mounting bolts it would be all over, Unless of course those mounting bolt knobs are steel underneath the plastic.

April 1st for the bridge. Can't wait!