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Thank you - I left out that the battery is 6 months old and on a full charge. It stopped working even with the main motor running. I also detached and reattached the power cord from the back of the cradle and the unit to the cradle. The power runs through a fuse box and there is an inline fuse that comes standard on the Garmin power cord. I was going to remove that one and just use the dedicated one at the fuse box. Right now it has two fuses, one standard inline and one at the fuse box. I’m starting to think that the inline one is a little loose inside the housing.

I recently installed the above into an already-existing fuse box. It replaced a Striker 4. I left the inline fuse intact. It worked great for one trip, then I had a couple intermittent shutdowns while going from one spot to the next. This past trip it was reading low voltage intermittently, then shut off and wouldn’t come back on. When I got back home, it turned on with no issues. Neither the inline fuse nor the fuse in the box was blown. No issues with any other electronics onboard. I checked and redid the electrical connections from the box. I may remove the inline fuse and go straight to the fuse box. Any other thoughts?

Oof…There was what looked like a Jake standing on the corner of a traffic light in south Charlotte earlier this week in the middle of the day. I almost wrecked the car pointing him out to my coworkers. It looked like he was going from the BP station to Nothing but Bundts. One of the crazier wildlife things I’ve seen.

I think my point was - if you’re going to spend the money to buy an auto-inflate, the string bikini of self-preservation, why would you store that instead of just comfortably wearing it? As far as boat speed or water having anything to do with it, that’s a personal choice, but we are in a thread where it was a kayaker who drowned. So it even happens (and more regularly than it should) at no speed.

I don’t understand the thought of buying an inflatable to stow it. If you’re just going for compliance get a cheaper foam vest. Neither helps you when stowed.

My dad never made it far enough that we had to make this decision. My mom started going into dementia about 6 years ago (probably more like 10-15 but it’s hard to tell) and it was bad enough that she didn’t fight us much on it, but it was hard. My mother in law suffered from dementia and some mental illness, and almost killed a few highway construction workers when she came flying into a working zone, hopped out of the car screaming that someone was chasing her and trying to kill her. The sheriff’s office had her committed and then we found a more permanent residential facility for her. My grandfather on my dad’s side drove too long, and it ended with something horrible happening in a grocery store parking lot that I will not recount here. There are health specialists to help you with these decisions and the execution of them - they can help walk you through ways and when’s to do this. I wish I had been better about it.

It sounds like it was a local guy (local guy to that lake) that wasn’t fishing the kayak tourney. https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/coroner-identifies-missing-lake-marion-kayaker-as-summerville-man/amp/

Yeah I think divers found the body. It was a member of the local kayak bass fishing club here (Queen City Kayaks) that found the boat. They had a tourney on the lake that day. He called authorities and posted it on Facebook in case it had gotten away from someone. Terrible terrible outcome.

Something shad-y (silver/white/light purple) Something golden shiner-y (gold/light brown/maaaaybe chartreuse) Something perch-y (vertical bars, orange or light chin) Herring-y if you have bluebacks just cover those. Cover more of the ones that you have more as forage.

Best 5 fish for 108” is a great day any day. Super proud of your effort and more importantly for me, your attitude after some disappointment. That acknowledgement and positivity is going to lead to wins.

I’m on the edge of my seat!!! Congratulations?!? Condolences?!?

We tried to mount a comeback but you guys are strooooong. Maybe we’ll see you again.

If you’re interested in that quality from a US place - check out Fins 40G. I have switched all my reels that use braid to it. It is that good.

That G2 you already have is a great gateway bait. They get bit by all sizes of fish.

If you want something more affordable that you can fish a bunch of different ways and catch all sizes of fish, a MS Slammer is it. My favorite is the Cl8 Baby Possum. It is not cheap and it is not subtle. It is like throwing a small dog holding a grenade in the water. But the action is plain amazing. And it catches big fish, especially in rising warming water in spring, and muddy flooding in summer.

I have absolutely no scientific data to back this up but I think my hook up percentage is better with soft tails, either brush or soft plastic. I also think that a hard tail increases the glide and shortens the side-to-to side turning radius, depending also on the joint. I love a good brush tail. Just feelings, not necessarily facts.

I would also like some chocolate cake. and pics.

I wait for @A-Jay or @roadwarrior to sell their stuff and buy used that’s better than new.

There’s a bit of a run below the dam too, but it usually fishes pretty good. You can get up close if the waters not running or fish the riverine portion downstream. White roostertails will almost always catch something. Once it’s warmer the edges of current and close to the bank are best for largemouths but that’s one of those places where you could catch any of a number of species.

I use them on a swing head jig or on a short (10-18”) Carolina rig. 50% of the time it works every time!

This is Weeks. He’s thiiiick.

Lived in Colorado for years and hiked and fished the mountains heavy and never saw one. Got transferred and was coming back from a home finding trip and saw one chasing a rabbit about 15 feet off the airport access road around dusk. He was running alongside me long enough and fast enough that I looked away and back and he was still there. Really was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

MS Slammer, 9 in, Rainbow trout. Hudd in same. 1 fish.

Yeah @TnRiver46 but you have small pieces and backwaters of many big lakes….

I love throwing a 7” or 9” MS Slammer, especially at night. It fishes like a giant jointed Rapala. You can surface twitch it, wake it, sweep the rod to make it dive and float, or just burn it. It catches fish in all these scenarios. And it’s a ton of fun. The Mini Slammer was my first swimbait that I regularly caught fish on, black one with a blue tail that I got from a @J Francho here. They aren’t sexy or cool but they sure catch fish.