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rbradley

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  1. We are up for everything as we are in it to see friends and hopefully all the bragging rights. South haven could be fun. With the points per fish my vote is no laker points and 10 per for everything else, reason for that is we don't keep lakers as we have plenty of salmon to eat. Like shotgun start, like the 1 man limit, like the bump in entry fee,

    I'm also thinking about grilling hot dogs for the weigh in for a donation and give the money to the dreamweaver

  2. hard to judge how much "flex" you are talking about, are the end of the booms moving + - 1.5" or 5"? most mounts I've seen flex some, once loaded while trolling they don't usually move anymore than that first inch or so when you pull on them.

    with the risers there is more leverage put on the track and gunwale

  3. with a fathers day approval from the wife I'm picking up a bigfoot 9.9 kicker and realized I'm not sure if there are any special requirements for running the leads from the charging unit to my battery switch without some sort of isolation diode to prevent backfeeding from the main motor. anyone know if something like this is needed? I think it would be fine with never running both motors at the same time but not sure if both were charging the same bank at the same time if that will hurt one of them.

    as far as gas goes I'm planning on adding a new fule/water seperator and using the second supply from that to run the kicker.

    anything else I need to look at? motor comes with ez steer and panther tilt bracket already.

  4. I had a similar issue when mounting the drive, I just unbolted the bracket that holds it in place, lined up the drive, and turned it until I could bolt it back on. you'll love the sportpilot, mine has worked flawlessly so far.

    one thing I do is show the controller to all new people on the boat. it is very important to not turn the wheel by hand when the autopilot is engaged. it's a simple push of the standby button and the wheel is all yours.

  5. had my probe setup for the first time this past weekend. I noticed a bigger than expected difference in GPS vs. down speed. is this normal? I had a gps speed of 3.1 and down of 2.3-2.1 depending on trolling direction. I understand currents and did troll in all directions.

    in general what are you targeting for down speed?

  6. Great weather for the WMFL, wanted to target kings in the morning but after 2 hrs in the 160-185' range and no fish to show for it decided to pull rods and head west. found a pocket of 41* water in 255 and set up for steelhead. it was on from there, ended 9 for 13ish?

    what worked

    flat line brads thin fish orange with black squiggles

    flat line brads thin fish copper with orange squiggles

    1 color lemon ice silver streak

    3 color new ugly silver streak UV 1/2 orange

    1 color orange crush silver streak

    3 color lemonberry mag silver streak

    not a single hit on riggers or divers, 55* water inside break, low 40's outside.

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