Bearing buddies are not really your buddy, they do not get proper grease to your inner bearing, and often burp grease out your wheel seal and if this is on your braking wheel it ruins your brake shoes. Proper bearing packing is the best way to maintain your bearings this should be done every year or maybe two....
Mechanical broadheads are just what they say (mechanical) you do however have to service them. You can't beat how accurate they are. I would say the blades should have been open before the hair even got that far. You should always test your mechanical broadhead to make sure it if working free before you knock the arrow it is on, if it don't feel right grab another one out of your quiver. I feel the same about a muzzle loader that don't fire ( human error). Back to the broadheads carbon blades will rust for sure...but those looked stainless.
disconnect a wire to the bildge and turn on your bildge switch if it don't screw things up connect it back and see if it does if yes it does then I would say it was the problem
Smith top mount clamp on rod holders 100.00 for all 4. Big Jon clamp on manual planer reels 100.00 for the pair. Big Jon swivel down rigger bases with mounting plates 100.00 for the pair. Big Jon custom transom bar with 2 swivel bases 3 rod holders adjustable legs, drilled and tapped for 4 riggers 300.00.
They could cut out all the lake trout stocking, I don't go to Lake O to fish those slime trout. The only thing there good for is fertilizer. There just hogs to eat the bait fish...
Dipsey rods have better than doubled my action kind of a pain in the ass but well worth it. I have 4 riggers now I run 2-3 riggers and 2 dipseys. some times dipseys are 4to1 to the riggers...