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I think that you should be aware that Mr Gator as you call him is by his own admission a lifelong libertarian type republican. Do not challenge him because he will bury you in facts that are backed up by proof and not opinion. On the other hand , he does not usually bother reacting to name callers.

I would definitely go with the Zebco. Not so much because it is a better or worse rod and reel ,but it is a great help in the developing the motor skills of casting and releasing the line at the right time without the complications open face reels. It is probably even better to go out and find a bunch of flat stones, go to a pond and start by teaching the kids how to throw stones so they skip on the water. It teaches eye hand combination skills with instant gratification when the stone skips and the more skips ,the better. once they get the hang of that, they are probably ready for closed reels and very soon afterwards, the open reels as well.

I do not remember the scroll speed off hand. Sometimes it depends a bit on the trolling speed. As for frequency, when comparing it to the Furuno , I run it at either 50 or 200 because those are the Furuno frequencies. I mostly have the Garmin aimed a bit forward while the Furuno is ever so slightly backward , specially when trolling deep, so I don't loose sight of the torpedoes. When fishing shallow, I change frequency on the Garmin in order to have a wider view, which I cannot really do with the Furuno. With the Garmin aimed a bit forward and being able to mark fish forward and sideways I often can change course a bit so the marks will get covered by the lines off the boards.

The 56 is a very nice transducer. Very often it is the scroll speed that makes or brakes what you see on the screen. The slower you set it, the longer the lines, The faster, the shorter the lines. I have both a Garmin 93SV with a 56 transducer and a Furuno 587 with an Airmar 260 transducer, which is a one kilowatt transducer. The furuno is arguably one of the best fishfinders around and together with the Airmar 260 , it is a powerhouse. But the Garmin with the 56 has the same quality when set up properly.

People usually do not react to 1 year old threads. Try and start a new thread, that might work better. What happened to this board? I think that it has become much less of an information source and much more of a sales point. People are just not as interested in passing on information as they were 5 years ago and with AI soaking up all possible info, people have become weary of putting anything online.

The 20 inch shaft should be easier to find. The 25 inch shafts are often off salt water rigs and will have had more wear. Jack plates spell trouble.

100% , that is, if they don't become a coyote's lunch first Anyway, what makes you think that there are no toms there now?

Costa Rica has a specific season in which hotel and flight expenses tend to get high. This is from the beginning of December until roughly, April. However, when the rainy season starts, tourism almost completely shuts down and prices go way down. The charter prices, at least where I go, are quite steady year round. $1000 for a day off shore and $75 per hour for near shore trips. When I say rainy season, specially from mid June until mid October, I mean monsoon type rains, but it is warm rain and there are dry days, just not too many

It has 4 1.5 volt batteries

what threw me for a loop is the second C in atlantic