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I was almost in the same boat as you were when I first started tournaments. Not quite as bad but still getting my butt handed to me. What made me turn it around the fastest was hating to lose. I see people all the time that accept losing. Me I say NO WAY! I do not accept losing anymore it is not an option if it happens it happens but I am not happy about it. A good fisherman around my parts told me once that you have to hate to lose more than you like to win. Everyone likes to and wants to win but there are some that hate to lose more than others and that's what counts. I started taking that approach and it has worked. Secondly nothing can replace time on the water and I mean nothing. Time on the water is crucial to success as well as that killer attitude. Do not think prefishing is a waste. In summertime is when bass especially largemouth are the easiest to pattern. However, don't get caught up in I caught them here yesterday FISH THE MOMENT. Let your instincts and experience guide you through the day. After a while you will be amazed at how you make decisions on the fly that more times than not lead to success. This though comes with that all important time on the water. Summer bass usually are consistant and easier to catch. Stick with it do not give up. Remember "quitters never win and winners never quit"

I just installed a 520c on my boat. I got the external intenna aswell. You could just get two external antenna ones and link them together so you only have to use one antenna for two graphs. Just be carefull about using an internal intenna for the bow if you have to tilt it to see it while in the front that is where people are losing their signal.

What epoxy did you use to mount your transducer? If you did it that way?

I picked up a LMS-520c for the console (side of dash not in the dash) I was flipping through the manual for the instal and it showed the wiring diagrams but I am a little unsure on what is going on. It has a connector going to the unit with three wires coming out of it. It shows the NMEA 2000 Power cable being ran to the battery with an inline fuse and a mandatory network power off switch. Is that Power off switch something I have to buy and add? The second wire is a Display Unit power Cable with an inline fuse going to the batter and this wire says Recommended display power-off switch. What is the switch for? Seems like there are alot of additional switches to add. The third wire says Data Cable and it dosn't show it going to anything do those four little wires just get capped off. Right now I am only running one Lowrance graph and the GPS puck not trying to hook two units up. Just want to make sure I am all clear on this before I take the time to epoxy the transducer in the boat and run all wires then find out I missed something. Some ideas, pictures or drawings will help. Thanks.

Wow. I had trouble selling my tracker locally. Put it on ebay and it was gone in 4 days guy called and gave me full asking price without even looking at it. Sent me the check the next day. Ebay is the way to go.

Definatly get to Michigan. Either St. Clair, Saginaw Bay or Lake Erie. You will not find smallmouth fishing any better anywhere in the world as far as numbers and great size. 25-28 lb five fish limits coming in last summer. You have to have atleast 21-22 to cash a check. At times you can get hundreds a day with most being close to 3lbs. Get over this way I will hook you up.

Nice rig. You will absolutely love it. Nothing more fun then getting the new rig out on the water and fishing. Life is all good when that happens. Have fun with it.

I can't stand most fishing shows. My biggest thing against bassmasters is how much they talk in studio and don't show guys fishing. They go to them for a few seconds then go back to studion and talk and talk and talk then back to water for a few seconds. ANNOYING. Especially there classic coverage. That is horrible. Some of the best shows are Angling Edge they do promote gear and products but they explain what they are doing with underwater footage or nice graphs and charts and the such. Vary informative. Bill Dance, Roland Martin and some of those shows couldn't pay me to watch them let alone sit on a boat with them and listen to that crap all day long. I want to see them go to places normal people have to fish and catch fish like that. They would look funny. Oh man no need for the boga grip today!

I just want to get some of your opinions on the Eagle Fish Elite 640c gps fish finder combo. I am considering the purchase of one or two of these for my boat. I am considering this unit or a Lowrance LMS-522c or something of that nature. They are made by the same company look the same and everything. Only diff i can really see is the Eagle has a little better resolution on the screen, and the Lowrance has more peak to peak watt power. Anything I am missing or what is your thoughts. I am just thinking they are basically the same and the Eagle is almost $100 less.

Does anyone know anything about these units. I have been looking on Ebay and I see there is alot of these units for sale on EBAY for $500.00 they say that they come in a sealed box and are new. Is that a good deal? Seems like an awesome deal to me. So if anyone has any input on these because I do not see them on the Lowrance website. Does that mean they are a model that is no longer produced? Any info on this will help a lot. Thank you.

Like others said shop mudhole or i always use Janns netcraft for most of my supplies. I also got the DVD called Rod building "How we do it" by Flexcoat. Very good video and will get you going and building really good rods. Building rods is not that hard. It is simpler than it looks. That DVD really breaks it down and shows you step by step without all of the really fancy tools or wrappers. GOOD LUCK!

I had something similar happen but I fixed it myself. It is very easy to take apart not much to them at all. Not sure exactly your cause though but mine did something like that and come to find out a screw came loose and it droped down from the head a little bit and the bearing got a little cocked in there. Just put everything back together and tightened it all down.

Chapman is a baby. If everyone was the same it would be boring. I love what Iaconelli brings to the sport. He has brought a whole new generation of people to the sport. And to protect our fishing rights for the future we will need as many people as we can to vote when needed. Plus no two people are the same. Iaconelli may over due it a little but he is excited. I never really see myself like that until I started fishing tournaments. I get in them and my adrenaline starts going more and I get louder and more excited. But hey thats just me. I would put my money on Iaconelli any time over Chapman. How many classics does Chapman have.........ZERO. How many AOY's does Chapman have..............oh yeah that's right ZERO again. How many does Ike have 1 of each. So he is just going to be a flash in the pan. Hey if you are a flash in the pan and win those two distinctions in bass fishing then I would love to be just that. What fishing needs less of is WHINNERS!!!!!!!

Hey LBH, Is that camera one that uses an internal Hard drive? Or are you saying it uses a memory stick. Also how easy is it to put those vids to computer and say a cd to give out to friends and what not? Oh and how many hours of filming do you get on a memory card? I am wanting to take this camcorder with me when I go on my wilderness canoe fishing trips so just trying to get the right setup to maximize my filming.

Since alot of you guys are making movies of your fishing. I want to ask you guys what camera should i look for. I am getting one for christmas and don't know what to get. I was thinking of one of the miniture DVD ones. Which ones are good looking to spend around 400 or under. I want something that is going to be easy to use and produce some quality films. So what do you guys have or wish you had and like. Thanks.