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I've had it happen before, actually just retired one at the end of last year because of it.

Good luck!

I'm not sure I'd consider it cheating, but it's unethical for sure. Our club, and the state events I've fished all have that rule Lund explained, stating if you receive a ticket for any unlawful operation on the lake, you are automatically DQ-ed.

You might want to check out your rules very closely as a lot of tournaments don't consider a hung bait as a line in the water. There are variables as to how long I'll try to get a bait back. If it's a tournament I won't usually mess with it too long, but I'll work on it for 10 minutes or so if the bait is expensive enough or if I was killing them on it and have nothing similar. If it's something cheap like a worm and hook, I'll snap those off pretty quick. With a telescopic lure retriever though it usually gets it off in less time than it took to troll over to where the bait is hung.

Date, time, lake, weather conditions, water conditions, water depth, structure/cover it came off, what I caught the fish on, length/weight of the fish and species.What I tried that didn't work, if I fished with a partner I'd want a place for notes on what they did and if it worked or not.

You could also check ebay for an old 4 blade prop that fits. 4 very short blades do amazing in grass, but not tons of power. That should slow you down enough, but leave you with enough power to move. Not to mention it's cheaper and easier than messing with the electronics.

I thought I would, but I don't. I haven't looked recently, but I wanted to find a good journal app, but the ones I found sucked. I had a few other fishing apps for information and whatnot, but they never got opened so I just ended up deleting them. Also, not a fan of sharing waypoints with other people.

You'll have to measure the diameter of the lower end of your trolling motor. It should fit the same prop as the new ones do, but I could be wrong. It sounds like you're missing a part though. There should be a collar on the shaft above the mount that you slide down to ride on top of the bracket.

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I throw most of my squarebills on a 7'2" M/M St. Croix LTB with an older 7.1:1 Johnny Morris Elite reel spooled up with 12 lb Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon.

I use a 6'6" M/F Legend Xtreme for mine. I throw mostly 5" Cane Thumpers.

With boats getting bigger and bigger, they need more power to push them. Also, as mentioned already is the time management aspect for tournament anglers. If you put a smaller motor on one of these boats, they wouldn't perform all that well. For instance, one of my friends has a big Lund Pro V because he bass fishes but he also lives up by Lake Superior so he's out there quite often. When he bought his boat he wanted a 4 stroke and the biggest available at the time was a Honda 130 so that's what he got. His boat is rated for either a 200 or 225. His hole shot is virtually nonexistent. The time to plane out probably would be better labeled in minutes than seconds.

That really sucks! I'm surprised everything else looks as good as it does though considering they snapped the motor clean off.

Just pull them apart.

If there's a lot of brush/trees on the bank where you fish the 6' might be a good option, but if there's not I'd go with a 6'6". For an all purpose rod, you'll have to look at the weight of the baits you throw the most frequently and pick the rod who's recommended lure weight matches up the best. I'd probably pick up a medium/fast but I throw lighter stuff in general.

I don't have any experience, but it should hold you just fine. It's rated at 325 lb capacity. A battery, tm, and gear would have to be right around 100 lbs or less, but that shouldn't be that big of a deal.

With 3 ppl in a small boat like that it could have been sitting very low in the water as well making it easy for a roller to come over the side. I guess you haven't seen this guy then?

Welcome to Bass Resource Justin!

Quite honestly I think it'd be a waste to have a combo that you only use to flip and pitch with in most situations from the bank. Since you don't fish a lot of heavy cover, there's really no need to get a different setup. If you need to flip or pitch you can do it with what you currently own.

I've seen them with sores and whatnot, maybe a bump where there was a sore, but that's crazy! On a side note, love the guy using his spinning reel upside down! Classic!!

Go for the 1000 size. It's plenty capable of handling a bass.

An Avid or Avid X would be a great rod for soft plastics.

They may have used the rubber "T" isolators instead of bolting it through, which over time may have broken down. They look like what's shown below.

If it's the bracket I'm thinking, it's the very cheap and basic ones. It might have a little play to it. I'd make sure that it's tightened down securely to the boat. If I had to guess, that'd be where a bit of the noise is coming from.

There are some costs, but they shouldn't be as much as this, unless you just totally disregard maintenance.