johnny949

It's in lake mission Viejo right here in Southern California. I fish that lake almost everyday and not going for the record, I fish for fun, but there are a few guys that spend every hour of the spawn looking for it. I see 7-8 15+ pound fish everyday that circle my boat waiting for me to throw my catch back in and they annihilate it. I am not even kidding. It's nearly impossible to catch anything huge because the water is so clear swimbaits don't work nothing really works other thank drop shot and what are the chances of a 20+ pound fish taking a drop shot? Very slim.

Hey guys, I have a jon boat that I converted to a bass boat with a casting deck up front that I have a foot controlled minn kota edge 45# thrust trolling motor mounted to. I bought the motor a month ago at BPS and the past three times I have been out fishing it has been acting up. The first time when I was on 5 speed I noticed it randomly turned off. I freaked out because I thought I hit something under the water. I lost power momentarily, switched it between mom/off/con and it turned back on and I continued. I was heading in to the dock and it died again. I messed around with my wires and thought that the problem was my butt connectors between my 6 wire going to my batteries and the 8 wire connected to the foot control were loose. I joined them together and got back to the dock. I took it home rewired the darn thing and thought I fixed the problem and it was just the connectors were loose. I took my boat out again yesterday and when I was in momentary on 2 speed cruising around it died again. I switched between mom/off/con and messed around with the speed dial and the power picked back up again and I took it back to the dock and went home. I rewired AGAIN, replaced the fuse in my 50 amp fuse box and tested it and it seemed to be working fine. I took my boat out this morning and after fishing for about 4 hours the darn thing died AGAIN. This time it turned back on only for a second after I knocked on the foot pedal, I switched it to 4 speed and tried to head back in. Then it completely died. Nothing I tried worked. Luckily I had my other trolling motor on the transom to get me back to the dock. I called Minn Kota customer support, tried my best to explain the problems. The man said it could possibly be a faulty circuit board but they really had no answers other than to take it to the repair center or hopefully exchange it for a new one at BPS because it was so new. I chose the latter. I just installed the new motor that BPS gave me and it seems to be running fine. I'm very grateful they exchanged it. My questions are (I apologize for the long post) what do you guys think could be the issues? I baby my gear, don't slam anything and take great care of it. My confidence in this motor is shattered and I almost wanted to pay a little more today and buy a motor guide but I decided against it and that I would give the new one a shot and hope nothing is faulty in it. Thanks for the help

Hey man I'm using the 7'11 okuma big bait rod in heavy and a shimano Cardiff 300. This setup is decent but when I upgrade I plan on getting the Irods equivalent for $10-$15 more. I think it has better reviews and probably a little bit better than the Okuma. I'm far from knocking on the Okuma but for such a small amount of money I would get the Irods. Hope this helps

I'm some what new to the drop shot rig, as well. Do you guys suggest wacky rigging a worm/senko or putting the hook through the head of the worm when using the drop shot rig? I'm using a Gamakatsu drop shot/split shot hook size 1.