Salmon Catcher

2023 Lake Ontario 40F water temp was early April with tons of Alewives spawning in 15-25 ' all along Missisauga shore. 

Wear full body winter floatation suite one piece .  I have one, tested it in the summer. You literally float like a bobber.  My son slipped of the ice edge near aerator keeping ice off the private docs.  Water pushes you back out.  I would not try it on fast flowing rivers currents that can suck you under ice.  

Lake Ontario June of 2023.  Fog rolls over Humber bay section of the lake. Visibility zero. Three miles out, Out of nowhere pops 20’ fishing boat asking where the shore line is. Since I am in the middle of 5 hrs fishing charter trip I ask lone fisherman to follow my salmon troll to take him to the shore.  15 minutes later this chap assumes now he knows where to go takes off on his own only to bump in to my boat 10 minutes later after making big circle. Later at the docks I figured out he was confused on how to use compass and cell phone he had on his boat. This was flat lake and at worst scenario when lost all he had to do turn off engine and wait for improved visibility. Never panic.  Captain Bob, Salmon Catcher Fishing Charters.

Dont have to travel so far and pay so much. Im catching all May long lake trout in a range 10-22lb right of Port Credit, Ontario with occasional king salmon and steelhead trout for my clients. From June on 20lb+ salmon plus steelhead till mid September. October Lake tout is back + Coho and Kings.  Capt Bob, Salmon Catcher Fishing Charters.

I start nailing them in May on Lake Ontario 9-16lb range from 100' of water.  Need to burb air bubbles out before releasing else they have difficulty diving back. Lake Trout Beautiful fish. 

As you mentioned above, most modern electronics display dc voltage it is feeding on. Just bought cigarette lighter plug with dc voltage display. While all your gadgets are down when starting engine this meter shows how low your battery dips down at starting time. This cranking voltage should not go lower than 10V. If it does you have undercharged battery or it starts to go lazy and may need replacement soon. Being busiest fishing charter on Lake Ontario with 700+ fishing hours every season all my gear must run A+.  Tight lines. Capt. Bob, Salmon Catcher Fishing Charters

The higher voltage systems can supply same amount of power with smaller power loss due to wire resistance. This is why most high power AC lines feeding  large industrial consumers are at 24 000 volts. 24K transformer outside each plant drops it down to 600V fed inside the building.

If you run large electric motor at 100A current at 600V you need finger size copper wire. On a high side 24kv of this step down transformer you have  only 2.5 A current and only requires telephone size copper wire to run this motor.

Talking about boat application this power loss over boat el wiring is miniscule. Not worth discussion.

Keep in mind: two 12v  batteries in series for 24v if one of them goes bad it will drag overall performance. If one battery goes open (internally) you loose your power.

Two batteries in parallel if one goes (open) you still have power from a good one. Redundancy.

There is no redundancy in 24V configuration for two 12v batteries.

All chart plotters, sonars, radars, downriggers run on 12 volts DC. What is the point complicating electric circuit wiring it to 24V?  No matter how you connect your batteries in series or parallel you will have same total capacity=total power=combined ampere hours.  Can not violate formula Power= Voltage * Current

If you need some exotic voltage like 18DC,  use dc to ac inverter and ac to 18V dc supply. That complicates circuit and introduces more potential problem down the road. I would not run my critical navigation equipment on such power source.

Battery Capacity, battery power, battery AH ampere hours is same thing. Benefit of paralleling batteries is to increase total battery power. Two batteries in parallel will run your trolling motor longer then one. That is the benefit.

Reason for above, if you charge them connected as is, the smaller one will get overcharged or bigger one will get undercharged.

While paralleling batteries try to keep them close in ampere hour size , similar capacity. It is better to parallel two batteries 50 hr each then paralleling 50 ah battery  with 5 ah one.  

Paralleling same voltage batteries increases total ah ampere hours. Ampere hours is same thing as battery capacity. While charging such parallel batteries no wire connection change is required. Treat it as one battery. All else is a myth.

My message above does not dispute your statement. It says ampere hours do not change. P=U * I

You must be familiar with this formula. Folks on this site attempting to play with two batteries to get more power.  

Industrial electrician, retired.

3 minutes ago, 410001661 said:

Sorry but connecting batteries different ways you get different results:

- Series:  Capacity remains the same but your voltage is additive (12V+12V=24V)

- Parallel:  Voltage remains the same and your Ah is additive

Trust me on this.......I'm a master electrician

On 12/4/2021 at 10:39 AM, Garnet said:

Hooking 2 battery's in parallel doesn't make 24 volts. It's still 12 volt system and runs out of stuffing quick. A 24 volt system you will run your troller on a lower setting and still have  plenty of up power when wind gets mean.

24 volt system is worth every dime.

Wiring batteries in parallel or in series will not change your total battery capacity (total power). Im salmon troller on Great Lakes. Before that while fishing in small boats used to have electric charger built in to 7.5 Johson outboard to run graphs. 

Nice boat. Be weather conscious on big water.

On 4/10/2021 at 10:29 AM, dave524 said:

From my memory, once the season opens the better fishing is upstream from the mouth area, we always fished above the 401 , especially in the Canton area staying away from the zoo at Sylvan Glenn. Sucks if you want to boat but shouldn't effect river fishermen.

Provincially we have experienced businessman Ford running it. Much better then liberal horse face woman before.  Federally is different story. Get off your butt and vote Socialists and Marxists out. All they bring is misery not prosperity.

Seasonal fishing trips on Lake Ontario. Located in Port Credit, the municipality of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. These trips are a great way to spend afternoon or weekend going after Salmon and Trout that live here.

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