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check your pm's Doug

From personal experience being stranded more than once by equipment issues, a good battery is very cheap insurance.

Is that with the remote? I have not used it yet, still trying to figure out the foot pedal...

Indeed I do, and thanks for this idea. Some of the shorelines I fish are pretty straight and I think this will work. Some are pretty irregular. But yes, anything that keeps my eye on my line is a great idea. Doug

Maybe the front porch............

I might be able to make that Masterbuilt propane smoker work for me after all..........right now it is just a decoration.

Yes, my old foot pedal was completely "an extension of my body" and maybe this one will eventually be that as well. But this electric will be the last one I buy, unless I have a catastrophic failure/accident with it. Same for the boat, motor, graph, etc, this rig should do me until I hang up my fishing gear. And hopefully that will be many a year from now!

So, on day 32 of bass season (yesterday) I finally got out for bass for the first time this year. A BC trip, and then covid, played hell with the first 31 days.... I love my new Alumacraft, I love my Yamaha, and I am happy I decided to sell my old boat and buy a new rig. The Terrova motor has plenty of power for my needs, and the deploy/stow assist gizmo is a back saver for sure. The foot pedal, however, is not at all intuitive. Press down at the toe, it turns the head right, down on the heel turns it left. More pressure is needed on the heel than the toe. The "gas pedal" is top left and fairly small. So pretty near every time I just wanted power, the motor head would turn to the right and I might or not get power. No question of watching where I am fishing and just using the pedal by feel (as in my old boat). I have to LOOK AT the pedal every single time, and ignore my line. Much of my fishing is watching my line for any signs of a bite, since most bass takes are pretty subtle (on jigs, plastic worms, etc which I use 95% of the time) so I probably missed some fish because of farting around with the foot pedal. And what about that graph, to get back on topic.........it seems to work just fine but I definitely need more time playing with it to get the best use out of it. And it is mounted at the stern of my tiller boat, not at the bow where I spent most of my time yesterday morning. And I landed nine bass, all largemouth, in a bit less than 3 hours, so the fishing was pretty decent too! Thanks for all the advice, folks, it is much appreciated!

How did you do this? I saw Dan D's work-around with the second hose/regulator. Is your needle valve installed on the smoker regulator/hose somehow?

I REALLY appreciate this advice, and THANKS so much!

My wife can hear a mouse fart. I can hear jet engines and 12 gauge shells firing perfectly fine. So the "CLICK" probably happened, but I certainly did not hear it. But (using the cheaters) I could see that it stuck where it was supposed to stick. I think. We'll see tomorrow if this gizmo works like it is designed to do...........please wish me luck! Doug

OK I put on the cheaters, got the itty bitty disk out of the SD card, and successfully seated it in the unit. I think! When I wore a younger man's clothes I could tie a #16 hook onto 2 lb test without glasses...................🙄 Thanks again Bill, that was MOST useful! Doug

We had a saying in my old work place, TMFI. Too Much "freakin" information........ I will have to look at that video another ten times to absorb all of it. Thanks!

Thanks again for good advice! I was wondering if I would ever have to remove the card once I get it in there. Why would one need to remove it? Doug

THANKS!!!

I learn something new here just about every time I log in! I have a dozen trail cams, some of which I leave up year round, and I have had another 8 or maybe 10 over the years. None of them used the micro cards. That must be "interesting" swapping out those tiny cards in the woods!!!! I have a hard enough time not dropping the regular cards into the snow or leaves and stuff. Anyways I am going to try to put this little card into the graph tomorrow, stay tuned for more cries for help........😉

Thanks! It's so small I hope it only goes in one way, if I put it in backwards it's never coming out of there............ Any idea WHY they would choose to use the micro instead of a standard size SD card? Trail cameras are a quarter the size of this graph, and they use full-size cards........ Doug

OK so I had the boat in the water back in May for crappies, and not since then. A trip to BC, and then covid, got in my way. So far I love the Yamaha, I love the boat, I love spotlock, I HATE the foot pedal, and the graph has been mildly useful but mostly confusing. So packaged with the graph was an SD card from Navionics, and a link to download the charts etc. I did get that accomplished without too much cussing. But when I went to stick the SD card into the graph, first of all it took me forever to find the slot (and its chintzy cover) but the freakin hole is for a micro SD card. Will that itty bitty wafer that come out of the bottom of the SD card work? It is about 1/2" by 3/16" and as thin as a playing card. I have exactly zero idea what to do now. Can one of you more technical guys please help me out here? I hope to finally get out for bass this week........ Doug

Nice. Better to lose your baggage on the homebound trip rather than the outbound trip. I had the same experience a couple weeks ago coming back from Vancouver....and I do not intend to travel by air again any time soon!

150 plus fish for four guys for a week strikes me as pretty darned good! And yes, I am guessing that high water would affect the fishing pretty much anywhere.

Glad to see I am not the only guy here that can't do squat mechanically.

Hopefully a condo where you can still have a BBQ!!!

Brilliant!

Good luck Brian!

Yep. when THAT tank is empty, I am in trouble. Mind you, I left it on overnight one time, God knows how much gas that burned!