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Yup, your right Jon, I've been out driving around a bit this morning and there's definetely alot of icy spots. It's OK though, Global Warming is sposed to come back by the weekend and melt everything again, at least thats what the weather dude is saying right now.

My 1st thought was perhaps you should give your symptoms to your doctor, rather than a bunch of fishermen, course I may be wrong

WOW !! Your PB musky in November to finish of 2007 and now that brute to start off 2008 Your definetely on fire, Kiddo !!

Hey Andy, when you've got more oversized baits than space, ya gotta stuff them in any free space ya can find And Wayne, it'll be an easy job, there's already a knock-out on the dash for another switch.

Nope, no master switch on my boat Wayne, everything runs off seperate switches. I disconnected the livewell and now use that switch to power some interior lights that I installed for night fishing. When I remove my current sonar, that will free up a spot on the fuse panel to hook up the new one.

Hey Marc, Happy Birthday Bud & all the best to ya

Thanks guys Each of these units will be plugged into the fuse panel under the console and will each be on a seperate 3 amp fuse in the block.

Hey boyz, I'm reading over the manual for my new sonar ( Lowrance X510c ) and it says I should install an on / off switch to prevent electrolosis from happening in the power cable. Evidentely this can happen even if the unit is shut off if it isn't hooked to a switch. Just so I'm clear on this...... Would I install a toggle switch on the dashboard and run the positive lead from the sonar to one side of it, then come off the other side and go to the fuse panel, and then run the negative wire from the unit straight to ground ?? And one other question....... I always take my GPS ( Globalmap 7200 ) outta the boat at the end of the day, but the manual says if it's going to be left in the boat continuously, it should also be connected to a switch as the antenna is still drawing juice from the battery even when turned off. Could I hook the GPS & sonar both to the same switch and then ground them both together ?? Any thoughts ??

Marvin's doing very well George, thanks for asking, but you still can't use him for bait

It's a good man that treats his dog like a friend. Thanks for the updates Rick.

Good to have you back George, it's been a long time bud !!

Happy New Year OFC & hopefully 2008 will be a goodun for you & yours !!

2Tone, here's a little 4" diecast fire truck I played with as a kid back in the early 50's I'd forgotten all about it many moons ago, but then found it again about 40 years later under my parents front porch when I was doing some renovations for them. It was in rough shape after laying in the cold dirt for 40 odd years, but I cleaned it up and gave it some fresh paint and it now sits warm & dry in a curio cabinet with a bunch of other collectibles I have. Fun memories

Flaherty's is a nice store, hopefully everything works out for them.

Today must be the lucky day, got my 3 year in the mail this morning.

Thanks for the update Rick, we're all pulling for Jack's full & speedy recovery. Marvin has asked that you please pass on his best wishes to Jack also

Thanks Bernie, I've seen that list before but there's alot of truth to it.

By 1974 I'd been outta the Navy about 7 years and was well into my 2nd career. .....Dang, I suddenely feel VERY old

Thank ya Sir, and congrats on the PB

Hey Rick, best of luck with Jack today , please give us an update when it becomes available.

Very well said, Rick

8' extra heavy

I'm like you Jon, and lived in the old black & white world for too many years, thinking everything was just fine and I didn't need anything better. I decided to bite the bullet last season & bought myself a nice 7" wide, color GPS for the console and couldn't believe how much it opened up my fishing world. I always figured I knew my way around the waters I frequent, but soon found out how much more there was to them. Never thought I'd bother to upgrade to a color sonar either but am sure glad now that I made the decision, and will probably also be buying another one to replace the relic that currentely sits on the bow of the boat. Don't know if they'll catch me anymore fish or not, but at least now I'll have a better understanding of the waters while I'm getting skunked

Thanks boyz, plenty of good info here as always, and yes Shawn, mine does indeed have the adjustment for increasing / decreasing the ping speed.

Thanks for the info Mark, that's sorta how I figured they'd work. I think though, with my style of fishing which is all casting or trolling, and NO still fishing at all, the flasher wouldn't be of much use to me. Oh well, maybe just a toy to play around with when nuthin is biting Thanks again Mark