Tad Pole

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I'm not sure what unit i would buy today but based on the performance of the Lowrance that we got a few years ago just about any unit that DIDN"T say Lowrance on it should work.

Thanks Bob, that appears to be exactly what i am looking for i looked last night for that and i must have missed it somehow.again thanks Randy

We just bought a slightly used fish hawk 840, the problem is, there is is no manual with it. does anyone know where i can down load one?I'm sure we can learn to use it in time but a manual would sure help the learning curve,thanks in advance for any help.

I think a shorter list would be who doesn't have the itch?

When i was a young man i made one of the smartest decishions i have made in my life and i enlisted in the navy.and for punishiment they stationed me for three years on Key West,as one of the things to do there was snorkeling i loved it,saw many different kinds of fish and many other things that you will never see in freshwater. I have long since gave up snorkeling for reasons that now seam trivial except that i would not even come close to seeing the same kind of senery that i once did in the carabian. those pics really brought that back for me thanks man. Randy

That is a awesome picture you have a pretty cool camera

Frank you have fished on the Tad Pole before so you know that we have lowrance on our dash the fish finder is awesome i havent seen any other work any better. the gps is a crap shoot it is the 5300 gpi with the lake master chip in it.about 80%of the time it works flawlessly then there are the other times.it keeps loosing position and sometimes it doesnt get it back for 30 min or so only to loose it again,we have taken it back twice and got new units(same performance)and also have added a external antenae.i hate to admit that we got took but if i was you i would look for a different brand of gps, fish finder is awesome . 5

very nice looking rig,the Tad Pole is a 23 ft glass boat and has the same engine outdrive and she does very well,we put a new prop on at season end last year and upped the pitch a bit becouse we were not short on power,before that with 75 gal. of fuel and 3 pretty hefty guys top end was 35 mph on the gps so that islander will definatly get across the water. again good lookin ride

My blackberry will do the samething although I have to use a usb cable a friend of mine his phone will do it threw a wifi connection he has the sprint palm pre awesome phone it also uses a windows system(way cool)

Ill see if I can find something there that will work I know they have allot of good apps When did our phones become so complicated I'm actually making this post from my phone who would have believed that just a few short years ago

Does anyone if the youtube app is available anywhere or would I need a phone that already has it. I have also heard that adobe has come out with a flash plarer that is compatiable with cell phones but I'm not sure if its myth or not orif even it available yet???

Ok i finially made it to the 21st century and i have purchased myself a new blackberry phone. i was disappointed to find out that it will not play internet based video becouse it doesnt have a flash player then i found out that all blackberry and the iphone for that matter have the same problem. now the question is for all you tekkies is does anyone know of a flash player that works on the blackberry? a link would be awesome. thanks for any help in advance

They look just like ours(which are home fabricated) they work just as well as the store bought ones.

I live 4 miles north of wayland and 1 mile east of 131 and all that we have got is a dusting. My sister who lives on miner lake says they have got over a foot so far This the first post I have made from my phone hope it works.

I want the new fish hawk x4 probe and a auto pilot!! and some copper and some new multi set rod holders and a new hard top and a new net and some new moonshine spoons and................ok maybe i haven't been that good

Looks like there is more "fishing" room than many other newer and larger boats and i agree its what ya come back with, not what ya go out with.

that would be great but i think that $1500 is gonna be too much to swallow i might try to find a used one but i know the problem there will be that if they have one and like it there not very likely to want to sell it.

Now Frank ya know we can't afford to hire no drivers,but ya sure is welcome to come drive the tad pole for fun anytime ya want to.besides with the workman comp claims,insurance and vacation and sick days we sure can't afford no driver of your caliber the auto pilot would be way cheaper!!

OK after much discussion and thought Rick and I have decided that we would like to try to get a auto pilot for the boat,we have a 23 ft glass boat with a cobra i/o with power steering,what unit would work for this?and how much might one expect to pay for such a unit(new or used)? any thoughts or opinions are welcome, thanks in advance. Randy

We have been running one 36" bag for the last two years and have found it to be great for slowing the boat to the speed we want, we dinged our prop on the last trip out this year(snug harbor,watch it out in the middle there) so we opted to increase the pitch from 19 to 21 so we will be running two bags next year,I thought that only running one bag would be hard to hold a strait course but that was never an issue unless you left the wheel unattended for a long period of time i will say that once it started to swing the further it went the faster it would turn.as far as adding stability in rough water i would have to agree with the rest of the guys it don't really stop the rolling so much as it slows it down. anyway two bags for us please!

I know the ol' Dog has lost some weight lately but i'm not sure that fella has enough truck to pull her big butt outta the lake, most of those regular cab s-10 trucks have the four cylender engines in them not to mention i believe that was a two wheel drive truck and there pretty light hope he makes it! And as far as a 24 foot glass being mobile we trailer ours everytime we go.

I take at least a couple of sunset pics every trip out here are a few from this year. this first one is early in the year the sun is coming up and the moon is still out. the next one is in muskegon later in the year,sure is flat out there. here were in muskegon alittle after sunset and we have moonrise. the next two are out of muskegon on the tadpole about 10 min apart. all in all a beautiful year.

????How deep are your rod holders????

Nice job Frank ya never fail to impress