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You have a hot wire touching a circuit that is in a loop ground configuration. Unplug the wires after marking them from one switch at a time and isolate the terminals with tape. Use an amp meter between the positive terminal inline with the power feedline and when you disconnect the fault the amp draw will drop to zero. Isolate the circuit and test for a grounded wire. Any false grounds need to be repaired and then the circuit retested after being hooked up again for amp draw. Switches are the place to start so ohm them out before going after the wire harness.

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The paint will cause the barb on the hook to be ineffective. You can try using a red sharpie it is thin enough it would not affect the hook do it's job. Personally I would add a slash of red to the lure before I would tint the hooks.

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Dave I have used lots of lures over the years and some are left forgotten in the stack of boxes never to fulfill the promises they lured me in with. I have assembled a bag that is my grab and go bag and it has lures that are time proven for different styles of fishing. The bass bag has an assortment of lures from topwater to dragging worms that will produce all year long at a local private lake. The topwater lures are the green frog and the mouse from live target. The crawfish lure is very productive used in a jigging manner and it has a vertical fall that drives the fish nuts. I recently added a new lure made by mega bass that is a topwater that has an action that is awesome. It is expensive though but check Ebay some of the sellers seem to get them at a reduced price. My spinnerbait selection is mainly white and chrome since it seems to be the prefered color. I round out the mid level of the water column with the white bandit 4-6ft model. The bottom is shakey rigs with senco's and 10 inch worms. While there are many different lures to fall in love with you will find the few ones that are must haves and the live target is one of them in my book.

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I have tried others but they don't have the same wiggle. Sorry to say.

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The auto fill units asking for a leak and acid damage..... Manual checking will also alert you to an issue before it starts a fire or worse.

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The secret to the question is what is the transmission temperature. Keeping it below 210 degrees will prevent the fluids from becoming acidic/breaking down and damaging the transmission. A truck with the tow package has a tran and oil cooler along with a few other goodies to keep the load in check. I run a 2012 ecoboost 12 hours straight doing 75 mph with a 20ft Ranger and a weeks worth of gear without an issue reaching 198 F degrees in the mountains. My Titan was at 210 and I had to lock out overdrive before I even got close to the mountains and it did not have a tow package.

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Talk to the dealer about a prop loaner program or sign in to iboats.com and do a search they have answered this question sucessfully in the past.

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Sorry I installed the rod buckles and after 5 years they are working fine. The cutting is easy and since you are installing a quality product you should not have to worry about what to do with the future holes.

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Since all of the good places to get bit have been covered. I HATE it when you are drifting off to sleep and there is one stupid mosquito that makes a run at your ear and the buzzing noise gets really loud and then quiet.

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Tilted and use a transom saver. You are going from a shearing force ( very strong) with the motor straight up and down to a fulcrum force with a levered advantage.

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You usually trailer with the motor up on it's blocks to prevent the skeg and lower end from bottoming out. I use a transom saver always even the boat that is a jet drive that is level with the bottom of the boat. The motors are a 60 hp and a 150 hp so it is needed. A 9.9 straight up and down tied off from swinging does not put much of a load on the transom.

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The rod is about this long with a handle on one end and rings that go from above the reel to the tip. The reel is hard to describe since it was a very special present from my dear departed wife. I just get to choked up to describe it (sniff dude) and further. Please send it home to me at your expense since it will cost an arm and a leg to get it to the USA.

Thank you my good man

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Does the motor have an alternator? I would think not since it is a pull start. The magneto is what provides the electricity for the spark and is not a charging source.

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I fish the wild version in the Potomac river and they are the ones that go out to sea to live and spawn in the freshwaters in the spring. They are fished like you do Salmon and are available seasonally in the freshwater. The young of the year can be caught year round and it is the second year that they head out to the oceans to grow up to 40-55 lbs at full maturity.

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Hopefully bernie will see this I am sure he has the answer or one of our other motor guru's we are lucky enough to have here.

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I am sure a company like Seaeagle will do the right thing. They may request it be returned to see what happened so they can improve or correct an issue they were not aware of in their product.

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If you want to see some good examples of micro sharpening knifes and understand angles and the art of honing take a look at this blog.

http://sharpeningtechniques.blogspot.com/

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I have put a few knifes at 10 degrees for people who ask but have found they mistreat the edges and dull them quickly. I have a few straight razors that are at 6 degrees and they have been honed to .05 microns they make a scalpel look dull. I did it mostly to see how far I could push the envelope more than as a practical use. I ran my finger down the side of the edge (I thought) and didn't feel the cut till I saw the blood. As I guess people know I like the concept and execution of a finely honed knife it is kind of a hobby for me.

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I found the issue with the Lasky system is it sharpens only one side of the knife and the guide is so wide that it allows for poor angle control. The angle of a knife is very dependant on it's use. A boning knife is trained at 18 degrees while a butcher knife is 24 degrees and a cleaver 28 degrees. A well trained knife is one where the edges are even and the spine is in line with cutting edge. A sharp knife that is done on a course stone will feel sharp but it has a tearing motion like microscopic edges which is good in most cases that people use a knife in. A polished blade down to the micron level does not tear but cleanly cuts thru the material like a scalpel. This edge is more for show knifes or fine cuts such as sushi knifes and a few of the other chefs knifes that have some really pricey price tags. The grinder methods or belt sanders are good for the tearing type of cutting blades if you want a quick and fast edge on cheap knifes. The down fall of them is they generate heat and pull the temper out of the knife so resharpening is needed more often. Because of the fast removal of material they also are easy to get the spine and the edge out of alignment making for a knife that over time is labor intensive to correct. The friction disc sharpeners rely on pulling off a layer of metal in a predetermined angle and as they wear they lose the angle and you lose the advantage of the specific angles needed for different cutting jobs. The plate method works well for those who have the knack and need to refresh the edge similar to what a steel can do. The steel is basically a tool to remove a burr or rolled edge from a blade that was used on an unforgiving cutting board. I personally advise only wood cutting boards and separate boards for meat and vegetables. I will also say that very few people need a knife as well trained and sharp as what you can accomplish with the wicked edge but if you get past the price you will not be disappointed by the end results.

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I have over the years been searching for the perfect knife sharpening system and after trying Lasky, stones, scrapers, discs etc etc etc. I found this company http://www.wickededgeusa.com/ While they are pricey they work excellent and I use them on pocket knifes to 500.00 chef knifes and everyone is amazed at the edge they produce. I have chefs bring their knife rolls to me to sharpen for a fee of course and they keep coming back. If you have 2 or 3 friends that can slit the cost with you it will make it about the same price as a good set of oil stones. It actually becomes addictive to see how sharp you can get a knife I am now up to using .05 micron pastes to polish the edges to a mirror shine on some of the higher end knifes.

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Dibbs on the tires if they are in good shape......

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This year I have a photo of a 58-incher displayed in our Snakbar...!

 

There's the Lakair challenge...!

 

 

Challenge accepted

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O and my Ford has tires made in Canada.

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He is irritated at me because I informed him his ad for the 2006 smoker craft was not following the rules and broke the link. I then got a p.m. from him asking why and I sent him a copy of the rules with the rule part bolded. He has since corrected it and I am sure in a little while he will wish that he had not started this thread.

The Admin American

or as some know me as The American that vacations/ fishes in Canada with a whole bunch of Canadian Friends

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