NitroMusky

Anyone know where to get a trailer axle aligned locally? My camber is off pretty good, so I need a place that can bend it back into spec, since it is not adjustable. I've heard some frame straightening place can do it fairly easily, but dont want them learning on my rig.

Btw I'm sure you'll really like that battery

Like K said, don't run it down completely, and if possible charge it after every time you use it, because the AGM deep cycle batteries are not like other types that need to be discharged completely or loose usable range, in fact the opposite: if left not fully charged, over time they will not take the full charge. You will start to lose usable capacity.

I wouldn't trust the battery meter on the MK, it's really not a high quality gauge, as you found out.

and you may want to invest in a charger upgrade at some point. 3.5 amps vs. 15 that a top end charger puts out will eventually seem like a necessity on a big deep cycle battery.

Forget the name of the park, but corner of westfall and clinton has a large pond (its on westfall). Heard of folks fishing there historically. You can see if from the 390/590 split. Could fish the canal off clinton ave. Right there as well two overpasses might help hold fish. Parking area off clinton ave

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K, I totally agree about the ducer going bad. My suggestions are for a first pass in troubleshooting only. if the setting are wrong (particularly multiple filters running together), it can hamper the units ability to interpret the returns (I'm assuming that it was still showing the bottom, just giving an incorrect depth reading), particularly in suboptimal conditions. If my suggestions above don't help or if its not showing ANY returns, I'd be looking at the 'ducer as well. Good luck.

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Are these premium ethonol free gas or 87 octane?

Good Q. All the ones I've seen so far are like 91 octane. I'm running merc quickleen in every tank regardless so while I'll pay a few extra pennies over regular for piece of mind, I'm not going to pay for the xtra octane too.

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Could the transducer have been coming out of the water due to the waves? If not, it could have just had a hard time interpreting due to potential airation of the water from wave action and whitecaps etc, SO...try turning up the sensitivity, ck that the surface clutter is not turned way down (turn to a higher number). If the filter setting is in use, turn to a lower level of fliter, and lastly, ck and see if you are running the latest version of the software (by registering the unit on the humminbird support page and ck what it says for your unit vs. what it says on the screen of the unit during startup).

There were some issues with depth reading on the early versions of the software (mostly shallow water though) along with other fixes and upgrades, so I would update the software to the latest version regardless, if the previous owner didn't keep up. Be sure to restore factory defaults before the update dont worry, it will retain your waypoints

Ping me if you're not sure how to update and I can explain further

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Just thought this bulletin would be of interest, not trying to start a debate. That said the bulletin notes that 65 is the industry standard, meaning the minimum speed that ST tires must be able to handle rather than a hard and fast max speed, as mfgrs can build a product that will hold up to higher speeds if they choose. So, I believe that what GYear is saying is that you can run (newer?) marathons up to 75 IF you increase the pressure to 60... otherwise I think the bulletin would read quite differently from a product liability standpoint (I.e. 'do not exceed 65 mph under any circumstances')

That said my next tire will be kumho 857s. They are 8 ply (vs GY's 6 ply) AND have a higher D load rating with Q speed rating (99 mph). Fortunately for me my wheels are 14" dia. as that's all kumho makes.

Industry standards dictate that tires with the ST designation are speed rated at 65 MPH (104 km/h) under normal inflation and load conditions.

if tires with the ST designation are used at speeds between 66 and 75 mph (106 km/h and 121 km/h), it is necessary to increase the cold inflation pressure by 10 psi (69 kPa) above the recommended pressure for the rated maximum load.

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/goodyear/Marathon_Special_Trailer_Applications.pdf

Brutal conditons is right! When sol and I were out with raaven on the waterwolf last fall, even that big boat got blown off. Was a heluva ride back to the dock!

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Adam, nice fish you and dad got there!

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Hurry up and book then! Just one great boat and crew.

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Adam,

Thanks for the C+R reminder. Always good to level set just how good those replicas are today and the added benefit it brings to the fishery.

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Hey Indecisive: are you sure about that?

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Amen brotha!

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I wouldn't be so sure of that. Its a double edged sword. honeoye is mesotrophic which inherently means good for sustaining life, so its good for the fry (lot of nutrition sources) but also results in a high density of predators, whereas hemlock is more on the oligotrophic end so less predation but less food too. Not sure which has the better balance for achiving viable numbers of mature fish.

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As much as I agree in principle ZB (in fact I would be all for muskies in there on the same rationale) warmwater stocking resources are relatively limited vs. The amt of coldwater fish the DEC pumps out. So to put some of those precious few eyes into a lake that is HP restricted is essentially putting them off limits to many fisherman when there are so many other lakes that could use some or more than they are currently receiving.

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Niagara/Buff Harbor: Capt Larry Jones.

St Larry: Waterwolf

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I hear ya K. That's what I like about em. Almost like a bass boat that's also made for trolling big water

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Those Ranger 621s are sweet....eye'n em for a while. We saw one at the launch the other day and the wife fell in love with it...tell she heard 30k+ for a USED one. Awesome boat, but certainly not inexpensive. Get what ya pay for.

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Nothing wrong with a trickle charger other than they are usually the 'stupid' kind that don't know when the battery is full and just keep charging vs. the ones built into the more $$ chargers that will only top off as needed

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Well, muskie you won't really be able to use your TM for, other than maybe for autopilot in conjunction with your big motor. They typically are 3 up to 5+ mph. Late nov maybe as low as 2-2.5.

Eyes you can use the TM for, as they are more like 1.5-2.5 depending whether you're pulling harnesses or lures. But you're still probably only looking at a few hrs at the upper end of that speed range, less if you're pulling hard divers like dypsies.

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Are you planning on using it primarily for casting or also trolling? A full day casting, yes it should last just fine, given that you will be going well below max speeds generally. Trolling is a different story though.

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My experience with those testers is that they are spotty at best for testing load (like a starter battery) but not even worth your time for capacity (if they even have one for that on a deep cycle). I had a car battery that tested fine but wouldn't hold a charge more than a day...

I'm sure there is some way you could hook up something with a known amp/hr draw and see how long it lasts then do the math vs. its rated amps but that seems like overkill. If you're going an hour + on it at a steady speed, then it still clearly still works fine. the question is what percentage have you lost 5? 25?...50? And is it worth it to you to drop the coin on a new one to be sure you've got all the run time you can... When its good and dead you'll know it: It will loose its oomph in short order once you start running the TM.

I replaced mine the year after I got the boat. The batterys were a few years old, I didn't know if the previous owner kept the trickle charger on all the time or if he even charged em properly. They worked 'ok' but lost some 'top end' after about 15 minutes, if I recall. Put two new ones in and knew exactly what fresh batteries should do, so from then on I have a point of reference. I always charge as soon as I get home and always keep em plugged in (auto trickle charge function on the charger). I bring my extension cord(s) when I travel too

Not sure if that helps but I think its really a judgement call at this point as to whether you bite the bullet now or wait....call interstate, see what they cost and go from there. At least you only have one to replace! Lol

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Enough mercs around that you should still be able to get parts, or worst case there are a lot of boat/motor salvage places around the country that can get you what you need.

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