Traveler2586

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Look for Riverside Park along the GW Parkway at Fort Hunt, VA 22308 . Work the shoreline in both directions from the parking lot; also work all sides of the Little Hunting Creek bridge. Keep your catch and enjoy the food. Tight Lines‎

I've been using a Garmin GPSmap 76CSx for years, both here and on my trips around the world, and its never let me down. I save all data of my tracks and import them into Google Earth and Navionics. I can name waypoints and select which icon I want. There is so much you can do with a personal GPS, I heartedly recommend them. But get one that has an option for an external antenna; they are more sensitive and by using one you can keep your unit out of the sun and away from the heat. Mine has a magnetic pad that allows me to place it on the roof of the truck so it always has a clear view of the sky. In fact I've placed the ext. ant. between the window and window-shade on a plane to track my flights. P.S. you can export track data vis micro SD card or USB cable. And check into the battery life of the units before you decide.

You can go that route, but look at these..... http://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Flexible-Adhesive-Olympic-Lighting/dp/B005EHHLD8/ref=sr_1_44?ie=UTF8&qid=1373334850&sr=8-44&keywords=water+proof+LED See post #9

A man went to the drug store to get something to relieve the pain in his arm thinking it was arthritis; he wanted to speak to the pharmacist. While waiting he looked around spotting a machine in the corner advertising "Instant Medical Results Without Going To the Doctor". Curiosity got the best of him so he reads the directions which say, "Take a specimen cup, give a P sample, deposit $10 pour in the sample and receive the diagnosis and cure he follows the instructions and waits. Suddenly, out pops a paper with the results. It states he has tennis elbow and he is to get some ointment on his arm and not use it for two weeks and it should be fine. He gets home and begins to think of modern day medical advances. Again curiosity gets the best of him and decides to put the machine to the test. Getting a clean jar he puts some tap water in it. His wife had used the bathroom so he gets some of her P and puts it in the jar; his daughter also used the bathroom and gets a sample of her P. He even goes outside and puts some of the dogs droppings into the jar. He wonders if that is really enough so, he plays around putting some of his own offering into the jar and mixes the mess up good. He then rushes back to the store put $10 into the slot pours in the specimen and waits. The results pop out after sometime and reads: 1-Your water is hard--install a water softener. 2-Your dog has skin allergies--bathe him in some good shampoo. 3-Your daughter has a cocaine habit --get her into rehab. 4-Your wife is pregnant with twin girls--they're not yours--get a good lawyer. 5-If you don't quit playing with yourself your elbow will never get better.

I used flood/driving lights mounted as close to the out side ends of the bumper as I could get to get the best coverage. Lights close to the hitch didn't work for me. Also, install a 12V DC auto relay controlled by the backup circuit and add a 14 awg direct power feed from the engine fuse block to the relay; the direct 12V feeds the add-on backup lights through the relay. Otherwise, on my Dodge Ram, the factory backup circuit wasn't strong enough to power the trucks backup lights and the add-on lights.

X2 on the headphones, I've seen other anglers using headphones and in my mind I thank them for their consideration, if I catch their eye I give them a friendly smile and wave.

Is that what they call Show-Boating?

IMHO, there are problems with trying to run a transducer cable through the TM's shaft. First, you do not want to run a trans cable in parallel with the TM's power cable; each time you start & stop the TM you will induce noise into your trans cable and onto the screen of your depth-finder. Second, unless the trans cable connector is very small it may not fit in the shaft with the other wires, making it hard to pull the cable through the shaft. Also, you can not cut the cable and try to reconnect it due to its frequency response which is critical to the correct operation of the depth finder. Third, depending on the size of hole you drill in the shaft, you could weaken the shaft to the point of failure. Fourth, is how to waterproof the hole so water can not enter the shaft and find its way into the motor housing; filling the hole & shaft with RTV may work for a short while, but will prevent servicing the TM later.

X2 on both subjects.

Do you have any information on the adapter like a part number or web page link?

Here's the article on the accident.... http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/us/hudson-river-boat-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 I checked the USCG Nav Rules and they are supposed to have lights, but there are exceptions, such as if they are anchored behind a Pier-head or designated anchorages. At Bass boat speeds such an accident would probably kill everyone on board.

I spoke about Bass Boat operation several times in the past; in fact Kim Stricker put a segment on how to handle a Bass Boat in one of his Hook N' Look shows due to my comment on his FB page. I have never seen or heard of any kind of Bass Boat safe operation course offered anywhere; people, like me, just buy a boat (usually with as much power as they can afford) get in and take off. I have had several Coast Guard safe boating classes, but none address Bass boat operation; they were mainly navigation oriented. Knowing that we can't engineer away stupidity, we can post more "lessons learned" information here and elsewhere. So keep up the good work. As for the tragic NY accident, wittinesses out boating that night said the barge was not lit with marker (anchor) lights and it was a dark night. We had a similar accident here on the Potomac when someone drove directly into the side of a barge at night; it was not required to have anchor lights either. If you ever saw one of these barges at night you know their rusting hulls don't reflect light and they are very difficult to see. IMHO, I believe these things should have anchor lights fore, aft, and mid-section when moored in open water.

What brand of smart phone, iPhone or Droid?? IMHO, I find the following useful: Google Earth Animated Knots GPS Tracks BoatUS Towing Service SolarCalc Navionics Mobile I've played with others, but found these the most useful.

And then there is Civil Engineering. CE's build roads, bridges, underground infrastructure, etc. But one thing in common with all of these trades is they use CAD to get their ideas on paper, in fact everything made these days use CAD in the design process.

Had to get off the computer so now I'm on my iPhone. What I'm trying to describe is a Way to control cables & wire's commonly used where power and signal cables have to be mounted on a machine arm that reaches and retracts. The cables are attached to the arm by various methods called a "Cable Control System or Cable Transport System". Generally speaking, by using some device that slides along the arm while supporting the cable. The system expands as the arm reaches and neatly contracts as the arm retracts. In your case a set of rings should work nicely; such as two Ty-wraps per ring; one to go loosely around the TM's shaft, and the second one to attach the cable to the first Ty-wrap.

If I understand you correctly you have to slide your TM's shaft up through the mounting in order to lay it down flat on the boat. If that is correct, then you may want to look at how a sail slides up and down the mast of a sailboat. Just think of your transducer cable as the edge of the sail where it attach's to the mast rings. As a sail is raised the edge unfolds as the rings separate when they travel up the mast. Find a good photo of an old Skip-Jack with its sails raised and another photo with the sail lowered; study the leading edge of the sail where it attach's to the mast rings and use your imagination to apply that technology to your transducer cable. Well, for what it's worth, that's my two cents worth.

If the videos turned you off from being an architect, but you love drafting and CAD, think about becoming a mechanical engineer. I know one that makes machines that make products. He takes process design concepts from other work flow engineers and figures out how to build a machine to do the job. He spends a lot of time driving a CAD. I drove a CAD for a while doing 2D circuit design and systems integration layouts; I was trained on ACAD 12 & 13, and used 2D Auto-Sketch at home for a hobby; every stud, wire, window, etc. of my house is in Auto-Sketch. I can't think of a more relaxing way to spend an evening, or a day at the office than working on a CAD terminal. Here's an idea, get a job as a CAD driver while you figure out what you want to do.

I'm looking forward to your report, I fish shallow a lot. From what I could see in the videos it looks like they will work their way out of the bottom with wind or wave action; you could see the one in use moving back and forth as the boat moved. I would also be concerned about them marring the side of a glass boat. But give it a try and let us know how you make out.

This is really a great ending to a very sad day, Congratulations. I know nothing about these rod manufactures or their rods, where did you get your's?

Well we know some salinity makes its way up to DC, I've caught Rocks (Striper's) at the Rte. 95 (W.W.) bridge. But I can't say I've ever seen any effects to my engine from the salinity. Now down in the Lower Potomac (PT. Lookout) and Solomons Island areas, Yes, I have seen engine anodes heavily affected by the salinity. Maybe we have a citified marine technician on the forum that can add something here. We know the salinity range from the charts above.

Sounds like what I knew as a Fish camp; which was a body of water with a shack where you would pay for a days fishing, some sold bait, ice, sodas, snacks, etc. I don't know of any left in these parts, the ones I went to were more to the northwest from DC.

I did find one place that kind of fits your description, it's at 37° 50.969'N, 78° 12.380'W.

They could be fish traps.