BillM

Thanks Matt! Rick was nice enough to offer up his foot pedal for me to try out, if that falls through I'll take you up on your offer. Great bunch of guys here!

Dara, if there's a zero possession limit in place (Which there is from Sept 1st-30th), the fish needs to be released. If the season was closed, you couldn't fish for them at all. If you've got your 4 fish that you're taking home, any subsequent fish need to be released. You do not have to stop fishing.

People think Microsoft is bad? Wait until they see what Google does, lol!

I've been in the same situation, out in the middle of the lake, wallet still in the truck. Haven't been charged yet, like you said a little bit of respect goes a long way. Now, some of the OPP guys I've encountered seem to be hunting for anything in order to give you a ticket. I even had one a few years ago tell me that lake trout was closed in Parry Sound starting Sept 1st. He wasn't too impressed when I embarrassed him in front of his rookie partner when I told him lakers are open, but there's a 0 possession limit until the season closes on the 30th (I pulled the regs right up on my cell, lol!)

You leave the choke on?

I am going to check those butt connectors like Art mentioned, that's come up a few times on Google. Time to start checking stuff off the list. Appreciate the insight fellas! At least the motor troubles didn't stop this young fella from catching a nice laker (I'm still trying to convince him that holding it isn't 'gross')

I was hoping I'd get a quick answer instead of diving in and checking everything I'm sure it's something silly!

Terry, with the new unit you just picked up last year? I'm pretty sure we've got the exact same motor.

Art, good thinking.. Looks like I'll need to test this on the water.

That's what I keep on reading man, the damn foot pedal. I'll see if I can find a local Barrie OFC'r with a Terrova or Riptide and try their pedal and see if that resolves the issue (I'm guessing it will)

This isn't anything new.

Did that at the end of last season, didn't seem to help. I'd love to get my hands on a known working pedal to rule that out.

Your problems sound a lot worse then mine, I hope you get them sorted! I wish I wasn't addicted to the foot pedal so much and could just get rid of it all together, but it just becomes second nature. Maybe I'll pick up that micro iPilot remote, because the big LCD unit is just too big to hold comfortably when you fish.

That's some great info.

So the foot pedal is toasty? That's the way I'm leaning (If everything else checks out)

Took the boat out for this past weekend for some Gbay laker action and was having a weird issue with my Terrova (24V, 80lb, 60in).. First off the motor felt pretty weak (I checked all the battery connections and had my onboard charger plugged in all winter). If I used anything about say 6 or 7 on the foot pedal, the motor would surge like crazy (off, on, off, on, off, on) Only when I turned the power down did it constantly run. I took the foot pedal apart at the end of last season for the same issue. I didn't find anything wrong with the foot pedal at all, so I'm kinda at a loss here. I've got a few things to check. 1. Power at receptacle. 2. Double check wiring from batteries to motor 3. Perhaps the foot pedal is the culprit here? (Battery was toast on the iPilot link remote so I couldn't use that, doh!) If you guys have any other thoughts I'd love to hear them. I am planning on replacing the batteries soon anyhow, but wanted to nail down this problem first.

Lakers love gobies.

You need something to tell you how deep it is in a 3ft creek? lol

That 40 should troll down to nothing without any help at all. As for tips, long leads, think shallow and put some hours in, you'll figure it out.

Try reelflies.ca

Don't go crazy with the hook set on them, I usually do a slow lift when fishing beads and my hookup ratio went way up. Also, this time of year I always carry a few red worms as well. Even minnow imitations.. Spring is the best time of year to switch up your bait selection for steelies.

Pike aren't very picky

Luckily in the corporate world change doesn't happen this quickly. You won't see Win7 on the non-support list for a long long time and by then, Win10 will be gone and replaced with something else.

I don't think you want a bimini, you want a full standup top. Had one made for our Lund (1700 Pro Sport) it was $1600 or so. This included a cover for the bow area, both sides with windows and a full rear cover as well (It basically covers the entire boat, lol. Here's ours with just the top section on, really nice to get out of the sun and still easy enough to set riggers/dipsys, etc.

Disable automatic updates, problem solved. If you've got it setup to download automatically, you've got a copy of Windows 10 on your system ready to go.