ok..i went for a couple of hours this morning.

[bamabassman]

yes, i went fishing this morning. lisa and i went to g'ville. the MAIN reason was to try out my new (used) trolling motor i got thanks to mississippiboy finding it for me. and he helped me get it through paypal or whatever way he did it,lol. thak you so very much daniel!!! i spent ALL day saturday working on the RAJUN CAJUN. most of it was trying to get my bilge float operating, which i didn't by the way.
got the troller hooked up and it is good to go. i need to greese the cables though, it is stiff. i guess it is from sitting for wuite a while. but works fine. i thought i would notice a HUGE difference in power, but it didn't really feel that way. maybe it is because of the high winds? or current? but at any rate the speed is not faster than what i had (56#thrust). it didn't JOLT me at all is what i am trying to say. smooth cruising is the best way to describe it. i love the "constant" switch it has. used it alot to see how i would like it andi LOVE it. didn't really do a lot of actual fishing. nothing was biting anyway and no one i saw out there was getting any bites either. they were running up and down the river so much too. that is one way to tell if they are biting i have found. when you see the same boat go by 3 times, fishing is SLOW,lol.
so i guess i ahve a lot of work still to do on the ol rig. one thing is i have GOT to figure out what is wron with my console fish finder. got power, jsut blinks on and shuts down. fuse was blown and i put in another one, haven't checke dit since. and this is what is weird, it has a 15 amp MAIN fuse on the box. then the wire that runs to it (unit) has a 3 amp fuse in-line to the unit. but the 15 amp fuse blew. WTH? i'll re-wire the whole thing if i can and see if maybe the unit is kaput. so till next time i guess gang. still a littel early i think for the big bites. might try weiss tomorrow.

[woody]

Hey John, I'm glad to hear that you and Lisa were able to get out on the lake to do a little fishin. Congrats on your troller upgrade. That's progress my friend, let us know how it goes. HAVE FUN

-Mark

[keithdog]

Glad to hear you like the new motor. I bet gettin out on the water felt good despite not catchin anything. Hope you figure the finder problem out before they really start hittin.

[WatterBoy]

Hey bama, good to hear you were able to get out. That's always the first step!

[BigBassin144]

Glad to hear you were able to get out John. And while this does make my cabin fever worse, it's not as bad as some of those guys who got out AND caught fish!

BB

[bassboogieman]

it has a 15 amp MAIN fuse on the box. then the wire that runs to it (unit) has a 3 amp fuse in-line to the unit. but the 15 amp fuse blew. WTH?

You must have additonal load on the 15a fuse. If the 3a for the sonar was good, then the case of the failure of the 15a fuse was from other load or short that is fed from that fuse. The sonar doesn't draw enough load to blow a 15a, hence the in-line installation of the additional 3a to speficly protect the sonar. Any fault involving the sonar would blow the 3a before getting to the 15a.

[carolina-rig-01]

At least you got out on the lake. I don't know what size of trolling motor you bought but I know where there is a 101lb thrust that had you bought, it would have gave you tons of power. As for the graph, I really have no clue but it makes me wonder if your graph isn't going bad on you.

[bamabassman]

thanks gang...it felt good to float on woft ground a bit,lol.

boogieman, i thought so too. but after crawling underneath, i couldn't see anything else going to it at the fuse panel. but i am gonna dig deeper. may jsut re-run the wires myself if i can. that way i will know if it is the unit and not the wiring. if it's the unit......i'll be down to just the front one cuz i can't afford to buy a fishfinder this year. i hope it is just the wiring.

[Bender]

Where did you launch? I'll be there Thursday through Sunday. Let me know if you plan to try to get out this weekend.

[TN_Bassin]

Originally Posted by Bender

Where did you launch? I'll be there Thursday through Sunday. Let me know if you plan to try to get out this weekend.

You fishing the everstart going out of the state park, or the weekend series?

[Bender]

Just meeting a few friends that are escaping the snow in Michigan to fun fish for a few days.

[bamabassman]

bender, i don't think i'll be going this week, or the weekend coming up. but you can and are more than welcome to pay me and lisa a visit! jsut call me man.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by keithdog

Glad to hear you like the new motor. I bet gettin out on the water felt good despite not catchin anything. Hope you figure the finder problem out before they really start hittin.

Definitely! I can't wait to get out there!
Congrats on the new TM, John!