Cool post, thanks for the info.





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I hear ya! I've resorted to taking the boat out at night. Still humid and you never know if you're gonna get soaked by a thunderstorm ⛈️😂

I have used spinning reels all my life, 56 now, and I have found that I can do everything with a spinning reel that one can do with a baitcaster except for distance.
I use a bc for crank and top water and spinning for everything else.
Seems like guys switch to bc out of peer pressure...the fish don't care lol.

You may want to use a practice plug or a lure without any hooks and give a few tries in the yard before you hit the water.
Also, a side arm or barrel type cast was easier for me than an all out overhand cast.
Good luck, have fun.

You may want to use a practice plug or a lure without any hooks and give a few tries in the yard before you hit the water.
Also, a side arm or barrel type cast was easier for me than an all out overhand cast.
Good luck, have fun.

About 20 minutes east of Birmingham. UAB is one of the best, happy ending I hope...

The connectors look exactly the same as the ones on my Lowrance chart plotter. If you are trying to replace a fish finder, just go by the transducer type. Most likely it will be a typical 83/200 kHz, may or may not have temp sensor. Then it's off to eBay or letgo to find the head unit.

You didn't mention the size of your boat but, you can buy a used Minn Kota Powerdrive on letgo or eBay and then buy the spot lock unit and install it yourself. Installation is very simple.
I have a Minn Kota Terrova 80lb on my boat, love it.

I am a big fan of Minn Kota and this is just about a problem I had.
Boat came factory with 45 lb thrust TM, upgraded to a 80lb thrust and used the quick mount.
Hit a submerged tree or branch.
As you can see in the photo, just a 6"x 4" block is all that is actually bolted to the boat, all the torque and forces are concentrated on that small area. This was a problem, causing 2 cracked welds and 2 cracks in the bow plate.
If you own an aluminum boat with a small area to mount a trolling motor, you may want to do some reinforcement first.
My boat is at the welding shop now getting the cracks repaired and a piece of aluminum plate welded in.
Like I said, Not a problem with Minn Kota, this is my fault, just wanted to share what happened.

Thanks for the fast replies guys 👍 I can sleep easier tonight.
Going bank fishing tomorrow lol.

Hit a submerged tree branch with my trolling motor and cracked the welds on the bow plate were the motor mounts.
Can these welds be rewelded? I've called around but I guess everyone is closed due to the virus.
Hope everyone is doing ok.

The only true way to remove the odor is with an ozone machine.

I agree with FS Digest, most likely the line is going around the rod blank then thru a guide. My guess is some where towards the tip. Pull all the line out and rethread thru the guides.

Depends on how micro the micro guide is. I own a Lews casting rod with micro guides, not my favorite rod. I mostly fish braid to some type of leader. With the micro guides a double uniknot won't go thru.

@ Mister Twister
Why would I want to convince you to use braid? Makes no difference to me what you use. If you are catching fish, more power to ya.
Braid is expensive, has low abrasion resistance, and most anglers use a leader anyway. By the way, I use braid on almost all of my reels lol.