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Merry Christmas Jonas.

I turned them in a metal lathe at work.

Nice job Jason!

Great job Ed! Santa will put something EXTRA special under the tree for your good deed.

Nice job Jay!

Jimmy, Put them in a zip file, and send this to me at [email protected] and I will add it to your post.

I saw a couple of people on Pine Creek in Otsego yesterday.

Take back what I said earlier....I was not thinking straight. The video player uses a flash video player to play the videos. Try to update your adobe flash player. Can you want youtube videos?

I have the lakemaster chip in my lowrance. The only issue I have with it, is at a certain depth(I can not remember what that depth(around 100-150' and deeper)) the depth contours show up in gray instead of black.

I just checked this and everything is working correctly. There is a pop up widow that comes up when you click on the video player. You need to enter the username and password from this post for it to work. If you are still having issues, please be more specific on the issue you are having so I can troubleshoot it.

Looks like you had good season. Thanks for sharing the fish porn Tim!

Mongo eye! Nice job Ken!

Welcome aboard Richard. I have not fished out of Manistee since the 80's, but there are plenty here who have. Dont be afraid to ask questions on the forums.

Nice job Chris. Thanks for the fish porn!

So if I drain my acc. battery to 4 volts and switch to a battery with 12 volts. They will equilize at 8 voltz each but since now that the battery switch is on all wont I still have 16 voltz available for starting. I do realize I may not be getting this When the switch is on ALL will the batteries be parallel The only way you would have 16 volts, is if your batteries were in series. Voltage does not add up when batteries are in parallel. I run my batteries in matched pairs like Jim. If one goes bad, I swap both of them.

Here is a sister ship's high speed trials.

This part is a little confusing. My supervisor walked in on me when I was typing this, and I did not get a chance to preview the post. I also took out the "believe" part of it, because I am 99.9% sure of this! Remember....I am talking about hooking up batteries in parallel. If the batteries are not equally charged, and the switch is switched from 1 battery to 2 batteries, the batteries will try to balance themselves. One will be drained, and the other will charge, untill they reach the same level of charge.

If I can not get a motor to start, it is not a battery issue. I have 4 batteries on my boat, 2 in parallel for each engine. I also have a bypass solenoid that will start the other engine if needed. I run 3 riggers with 15lb balls. If I am running the riggers up and down alot while running the motor that the downriggers are not connected to, I notice them slowing down on the way up. I run Big Jon Brutes, and they draw a fair amount of current. Here is the issue I see with switching from 1 battery to 2 with a switch. "If" the batteries are not equally charged, I "believe" the batteries will try to balance themselves. One will be drained, and the other will charge.

Me personally......I would put the 2 batteries in parallel. After a day of running the riggers up and down and powering all of the electronics, it puts a lot of drain on the battery. How long will a battery last that is continuously deep drained and recharged?

Thanks for the heads up Aaron. I had already planned to work around these shows.

Phil(and anyone else that may have doubt about asking questions), Ask as many questions as you desire. There is no "you need to give something back" here. I also frown on the replies that say to "use the search feature". Sometimes I have problems finding information with the search feature on other websites I visit. I visit some websites that have threads with over 300 pages of replies. Try to follow one of those! I would rather see a new thread with an old question asked than to read through 300 pages! What I have seen in those threads is that most of the replies do not even pertain to the original subject. So.....don't be afraid to ask a question that may have been asked before. Lots of other people probably have the same question, but are to afraid to make the post. There have been a few posts made here that have been removed because they took a turn for the worse. The only thing that is not allowed here is the flaming and bashing of other people(members or non-members).

Congrats Matt. I know Craig, and know he is a Stinger prostaff. The hat I gave you at the D & R Sports show should fit right in while on board.

Congrats Jimmy!

Welcome back Ryan. Now we have another person on the West side of the lake to give us reports.

Welcome aboard Ron. Hopefully you have the boat ready for the spring coho's in St. Joseph. Keep us posted on how the work on the boat goes.