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Gotta love it when people quote theory. I guess I was wrong so my subs that are rated for 600 watts max only have a couple thousand hours on them with a 1200 watt bridged amp hooked to them and they have pretty much spent their entire life at concert volume levels how could this be. My low mid cabinets are rated for 150 w max and yet they have spent their entire life full blast with a 375 w amp driving them. Even my poor horns which are JBL 2425 drivers rated at 25w have spent a long life with a 100w amp driving them. So either Electrovoice JBL and Peavey have no idea how to properly rate their speakers or their is a flaw in that theory.

If you get south of Craig there is a little village called Hydaburg my uncle lives there he said fishing is ok right now but not as many Salmon as he would like to see. My sonlives in Anchorage he had a good Halibut trip 3 days ago. He fished the river last 2 days and got skunked both days was just on the phone with him a hour ago. DNR has closed several rivers to fishing due to low numbers he said he hopes the Silver run is better. His buddy did however foul hook a 45lb King that made for a great fight before they released it. So even poor fishing up there is pretty darn good, have a great trip and send pics forthose of us who can't afford to go. Tight Lines

May be a little late to chime in here but here are some thoughts. First speakers are rated by Impeadance not resistance. While most of Ohm's Law still applies in configureing them there are some subtle differances. Having spent most of my life as a sound engineer for dozens of small Rock, Country and Blues bands that many of you may have danced to over the years. THere is no such thing as too much power While yes you can actually melt voice coils I have done it the odds of overpowering a speaker are rare. What blows speakers is clipping and distortion both of which are caused by underpowering. As you turn up the volume most systems reach the saturation point about 1/2 volume or slightly above it. If that is not loud enough for you than you either need more effieciant speakers or more power. If you continue to turn the volume knob what you end up doing is pushing second and third order harmonics which lead to clipping and distortion followed by speaker failure. Most speakers are rated at 1 watt 1 meter SPL ratings and as a rule it takes dbl the power to get 3db more out of a speaker. So if your system runs at 100db at 100 watts you would need 200 more watts to get to 103db 400 more to get from there to 106db add 800 more to hit 109db 1600 more gets you to 112db ( which is a fairly average rock stage). THe nice thing we have now is most stereo displays allow us to listen to several differant speakers so set a stereo to a reasonable volume level and switch speakers till you find the best set you can afford. Get a amp that will double the max rating of the speaker without distortion and you will have a darn good setup. None of this will fix the compass but thats why I have 2 GPS units on board and if the tunes are cranking who cares if I'm lost. Tight Lines See ya at the docks

Carlton get you a nice peice of OAK 2x6 or 2x8 and bolt it across the gimble mounts then you can mount the riggers on the Oak board. It will get rid of nearly all of the play in your Gunwalls and you can remove the entire setup when not using it. Tight Lines

I primarily run Owner 2x strong hooks never had to sharpen one yet and they don't fail. I have a couple of friends that charter and they said the only hooks on thier boat are Owner's and yep they are not cheap about 30 bucks for 50 of them is best deal I have found. But I have reeled in mangled hooks that failed from other top name brands and with the price of gas I am not gonna lose fish cause I saved a few pennies on hooks or terminal tackle. I tie all of my own fly rigs with Gamma Flouro and Owner hooks and as soon as a new fly rig catchs a fish it gets re tied with one of my setups. Tight Lines

Have not got my big boards wet in 2 years since I went to inlines. Did not even move the mast over to the new boat hope to sell it with old boat. Wanna buy a 6ft mast and 2 Riviera triple boards? The inlines rule as long as you keep the deepest line closest to the boat I run copper on closest than full core then half core on farthest out. Got several Coho last year and some Steelhead on the outside boards put the fish in the box and reset without messing up other lines. Tight Lines

Thanks for the depth info I will probably stick with the stuff I allready use thanks to the last few issues of Precission Trolling I am fairly comfortable with my depth control. But I am allways interested in new presentations that probably explains all the differant lures and setups I allready have. I will see if the new Precission Trolling book covers Dive Bombs and may chk a couple out one of these days. Tight Lines

Thanks guys she needs a good bath right now has lots of fish blood on the decks. I also love the room in back makes it nice to work out of. Looking forward to fishing with you guys this summer I am signed up for the Dreamweaver and the Fishing League events. Will try and get her cleaned up this weekend and see if I can get some pics while fishing. TIGHT LINES

Waiver signed and chk inclosed Thanks.

I have looked at the dive bombs but don't see any reason to use them I have been using snap weights for years with good success and they do the same thing basiclly. Get a copy of Precision Trolling has tons of trolling info on lures and various setups and give ajustments for differant line types and boat speeds. Most of the time I use the 50 50 setup 50ft from lure to weight and 50ft from weight to board but that is my Walleye setup. When fishing for spring Browns I use the snap weights about 30ft in front of the bait and let it out till I get bottom contact then reel in till it just bounces ocassionally seems to work pretty good. TIGHT LINES

Fished out of Port Sheldon this evening 2 for 2 on Friends boat both fish on full core 1st one a small laker in120 FOW second a small King in 60 FOW. Laker took a Carmel Dolphin and King hit a Last Supper fly behind a Spinner board. Lots of people reporting catching Lakers on the radio.

Lets see if I can figure this out here are some pics of my boat. Ok That works now a little about her. She is a 1989 Four Winns 267 Quest 260 OMC Cobra I guess I should get some current pics with the riggers in place will add some later. Here is the business office. Since these were taken I have installed 2 Big Jon electric riggers on the rear they are older Senior models rebuilt as Speedriggers or Brute models not sure was told they were the same or similar to the current Brute model on swivel bases with 2 rod holders each. I have 2 Fishlander electrics with rod holders on swivel bases on the sides forward of the Big Jons and 2 fixed and 2 adjustable rod holders on each side. I have a Depth Raider set up on the Starboard rear rigger and a Lowrance GPS fishfinder. I am still waiting for RayMarine to deliver the autopilot system I ordered nearly 5 months ago last heard it will be here first part of July. If I had known they were going to drag their feet on delivering I would have either bought a differant boat or had the steering converted to Hyd prior to purchase. Have been out about a dozen times so far and caught 30 fish only skunked once unless you count getting towed back to the dock before ever setting a line a skunk ( lesson learned don't buy cheap fuel ). Fishing primarily out of Muskegon look forward to seeing you on the water or at the bait shop. Tight Lines Jim

SIgn me up please boat name is 1 MAINIAC THis is my first time here so if I need to do anything to join in let me know please Tight Lines Jim