Scott F

Do yourself a favor. Either turn your head around to look at the trailer when backing OR use the mirrors. Trying to use both will confuse the heck out of you. Pick one and stay with it. Don't switch back and forth.

If the older one has Auto Pilot and a remote control, it should. I have 2 Terrovas. My oldest one did not come with a remote but the one I got 2 years ago does.

That is correct.

Here is the instructional graphic from the Garmin transducer installation instructions on locating the transducer.

That depends. In open water flats, The farther you can cast, the more water you can cover. Where I fish, the clear water means the farther from your target you can get, the less chance you have of spooking the bass. Positioning the boat too close, even with a perfectly accurate cast, means no hits.

To record a track, no depth finder is used at all. You hit the track record button on the remote and the trolling motor will record the path you run up to two miles. Go back to the starting point within 1/4 mile, hit the start button, and it will automatically take you to the place you started recording and follow the track you previously made. It will store up to 6 tracks.

I use the same transducer on my Garmin. The bottom of the transducer should be positioned slightly below the bottom of the boat. I can read the bottom clearly at full speed in 2D mode without any additional transducers needed.

I have a selfie stick mounted on my boat. It's in a position where it will take a correctly framed picture as long as I'm sitting in the seat. I put the fish in a landing net in the water while I'm putting the camera on the camera mount. I never weigh a fish so I don't use a scale. I hit the 10 sec timer, grab the fish & pose. Practice at home in the driveway sitting in the seat and positioning the camera and taking a few shots so you know how to set it up on the water. You should be able to buy a remote to control the shutter on the iPhone.

If you have a Terrova you can use the foot pedal or the remote. Adding iPilot to a another model eliminates the foot pedal all together. It will then only work with the remote. The Terrova will follow a recorded path or you can use the cruise control to keep the boat on a heading without having to use any manual correction and without any iPilot link to a depth finder.

I use almost nothing but light braid so I'm more concerned about losing a $15 jerkbait than losing a fish so I use a net with bigger fish. I also bring a net when I'm floating. The net will hold the bass safely in the water while I'm setting up my camera.

Has it got a livewell?

You have to get a hand pump. Which electric did you get? None of the low pressure/high volume pumps I've seen will fill the tubes all the way. Get the double action hand pump Cabela's sellls http://www.cabelas.com/product/boating/canoes-kayaks-small-boats/float-tube-pontoon-accessories|/pc/104794380/c/104710680/sc/104334480/outcast-double-action-pump/2203703.uts

Leave the valve closed when you pump it up with the hand pump. The hand pump will force the valve open as you pump it up and close it automatically when you stop. An electric pump isn't strong enough to force the valve open so you have to leave it open when using one..

Pump it up enough that it is firm, but not rock hard. I can tell from your picture, it still needs more air. Once it is blown up all the way, DON'T leave it in the sun! Get it on the water as soon as you can. The sun can cause the air to expand and burst the bladder. You'll get to know quickly if you have the right amount of air. I use an electric, low pressure, pump to start. Once it gets to the point where the pump isn't putting more air in, I switch to the hand pump to top it off. A suggestion. Now that you have it assembled, when you are done, deflate the tubes, but leave them attached to the frame. Take the frame sections apart for storage, It will save a lot of time when you put it back together.

I've been using flip-up reading glasses over my sunglasses for many years. Flip them up when fishing, no blurry spots on the lenses. Flip them down when you need to tie a knot. They clip on to your glasses and can easily be moved to any sunglasses you have.

When the spawn begins, me and my fellow rivers rats who wade stop fishing the creeks and rivers. While wading, it is so easy to walk right through the beds. They stop feeding anyway, so we leave them alone.

I have a few old spools of Trilene XL that is no longer useable. It's been kept in a closet in my house. It is now very brittle and does not even come off the spool. I can break it with a gentle tug. I've used it for backing but I'd never trust it as a main line.

Why does the deck have to be aluminum? I have a removable rear deck on my boat that is a piece of 3/4 inch plywood covered with carpet. Easy to make and cheap.

The Classic Accessories boats are the cheapest boats you can buy. Other brands are Outcast (the one in my picture above) Sea Eagle, and Bucks Bags. That boat you were looking at is 1/2 to 1/3 the price of any other boat. Bucks Bags and Sea Eagle are near $1,000. My Outcast, Fishcat 9IR was over $800 after I added a few accessories. Just remember, you get what you pay for. If you start off with inexpensive gear, of any kind, You save money..at first. If you find you don't like pontoons, you got off cheap. If you do like them, you will soon be upgrading to a decent craft so you wind up buying twice. The cheap one and the one you should have bought in the first place.

I used 8lb Fireline on all my spinning reels for quite a while. I liked it a lot. I never used a leader. It is a little stiff when new, but it softens up quickly. I'd use it again anytime.

As someone who has used a lot of spoons, mostly for pike, I know it doesn't take much to wreck the action of the spoon. I'd be very curious to find out how this combination works.

Bass don't live forever. 4-5 lbs may be as big as they were going to get and may have died on their own. They may have died from being mishandled. I'd talk to the guy who runs the property and find out who the other fishermen are that fish there. Get to know them and maybe you all can work together to keep the fishing as good as it can be.

Downstream river fishing is how I use mine. A kayak or canoe can return up river IF the current isn't very strong. If storing and transportation is an issue, inflatables fit in well. An inflatable pontoon is extremely stable. Other inflatable canoes and kayaks are not nearly as stable. I've also used my pontoon with with a trolling motor. There are several clubs, especially out west where pontoons are most common, that have regular tournaments on lakes with trolling motor powered pontoons.

What if someone stole your boat and got it registered without proof you sold it to them? Should the state make it easy for thieves that have no paperwork?

Don't be so quick to dismiss something you've never been in. Personal pontoons are very versatile, more stable, and more comfortable. "Very slow creeks"? I've gone through class II rapids and fast rivers in mine like nothing. There is another recent thread with information about one that's on sale right now. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/189589-classic-accessories™-clark-fork-pontoon/#comment-2141038