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You got that right! A company in St. Joe Mo. makes batteries for several different companies from some of the big name brands to wal mart. From what I'm told the only difference is the casing.

Don't know if I welcomed you before but welcome to BR from a fellow ham. Hope to catch you on the air or echolink at some point. I believe Viper is right but I always back off a little after I get up on full plain. Doesn't seem to slow down any but gives me some piece of mind I'm not pushing her too hard.

Here is the KDWP listing for the lakes in the area. It has links to maps and fish counts. http://kdwp.state.ks.us/news/Fishing/Where-to-Fish-in-Kansas/Fishing-Locations-Public-Waters/Region-2

What in the world would a Florida bass fisherman move to Kansas for. I get this all the time. Moved to this area 25 years ago. To answer the question. Atchinson has a nice set of no boat lakes around town. North of town is the Atchinson state lake. I've done well there. North west of Atchinson off hwy 36 is Brown County lake very productive for me. And if he wants to get off the bank have him PM me we might be able to hook up for some fishing after this heat lets up.

Hi Go south to Plattsmouth Ne. just a short drive south of Off. Air base on hwy 75. drive into plattsmouth and east of the down town area there is a bird habitat there. Drive around the north end to the Platte river. You may be able to slide the boat in there if the water is not too low. If not there is a ramp on the missouri river further east of town. As for a 7 horse I would stay on the Platte at the point it feeds into the Missouri. Also check out some of the pits in Iowa all you have to do is drive south on Hwy 29 south of Council Bluffs to the Hwy 34 exit you'll see a lot of strip pits on either side of Hwy 29 on the way down. You can also try Weeping Water Ne. and put in on the Platte River. Hwy 80 west to Hwy 50 and south to Weeping Water. There is a state Park there I think they have a boat ramp. Tight lines. Vic

Just watch the Bill Dance's out takes and how many times he ends up in the water. I'm sure he didn't want to end up there. And I'm sure the equipment that was damaged due to these accidents was not cheep to replace. My point: it only has to happen one time. You may wear your PFD's all the time and never fall in but the one time you may need them, do you want to be without????????

#2 also old but experienced

old but experienced

Try taking some very small gold hooks. Many moons ago I caught several 100 bait fish on small gold hooks don't put any bait on them and tie 10 to 15 on a single line with a weight on the end spaced about 6 inches apart. use a hand line and drop this over the side while fishing with the dead bait. It doesn't work all the time but when the bait fish are there and bite you'll have so many you'll be giving them away.

I have a 76 Ranger rated for a 85 horse. The one your looking at may be under powered. check the rating before you get it. But at 500 may not be a bad deal if all is solid.

Well Saturday was a tough day. It was hard to get a bite. Started with a crank only one dink. Tried a tube they were not having anything to do with them either. Tried a shaky head worm and the bites were few and far between. Did manage to get 5 in the boat bigest was 3.5 lbs. Been so long since I'd used worms failed to get several good hook sets. I'll have to pratice at that. The lake was like glass when I put in no breeze at all. Off and on the breeze would blow for a short time then stop.

Caught 20 today, slow start at first worked a crank hard but only a couple of dinks. Tied on a coffee tube and they hit hard. The wife joined me later in the day, she never used a tube before, after a short training session she was on fish. Largest of the day was 5.5 lbs. Going to hit it again Saturday;)

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_1063_1063 with the price of that trailer you may want to check the link above.

Sun 5/25 another 15 in the boat but only 5 2.5 to 3.5 lbrs. We did get some top water action in the weeds and just before dark. Worked frogs and large tubes across the top of the weeds with some success. Just before dark worked jitter bugs along the banks. Also caught several on crank baits.

Sat. 5/24 7 bass in the boat the bigest was 5.5 lbs several 2.5 lbrs and one dink a crappie and one very mad bluegill the wife said he fought like a bass.