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The tracks are all cribs, some the water won't go over your sneakers. Other than the tracks Rice is very friendly lake.

Make sure you no were the train tracks are.

Dr. Bruce Tuff has studied this icing of live wells how much how often and all these live release boats are well aware of this research. I read about 1/3 of this guys post. Just Crap. I think he has agenda. Sturgeon is the healthiest it's been in 30 years. The old days you could 30-50 walleye all the exact same size. That is a sick fishier. Now we have 8-9 year classes. All the good walleye anglers know why the fishing was tough last weekend. The same reason I struggled on Balsam today.

I see bags dead fish a hose. I don't see any proof. Again if their is a problem. The Angler's take the blame. I know our fish were in good shape when presented to the weight station. 1 of my buddy's text me yesterday to say over 900 fish were caught so 10% would be 90 fish and your contention of 25% would be 225 fish. We need a few more pic. to get to 225 dead fish.

The whitefish on Simcoe sucked so I'm home early. MNR policy is 10% mortality, I don't think any tournament angler would be happy with that. So I have no inside information just 30 years of high end tournament experience. Let's start with parking, signed direction to the parking area for all rigs. People showing us were the next available spot. Anybody going to town Sat. or Sun. didn't even know we where their. All this takes major planning. Congratulation to the board. The check in and weight site was Little Bob Channel. This again was great planning on the boards behalf. Back in the day the weight in was at the park where 116 boats would have been floating around for 2 hrs blocking the channel. Bad for everybody. Clearly marked channel was established for use to follow. So as each flight returned they went under the bridge and checked in. The water temperature in Little Bob Channel and the main lake was exactly the same. We all idled to a second pontoon boat that only let between 3-5 boats proceed to dock at any time. The check in boat, the second boat and the dock all had radio's. Bags were only handed 1 at a time to control #'s a the wait troughs. So we bagged our fish and walked maybe 100ft to a drain site. The bagged water and fish were dumped into a plastic box with 2 lids and immediately we were in the holding troughs. These troughs were not large and the organizer where vigilante that not more than 3 people holding fish in 2 tanks. These tanks both had constant airination. Seem like everybody was getting interview but at most maybe 2-3 minutes before I was on stage. O ya I drain my basket 3 steps handed my fish to somebody and they were back in water for a quick check then on the scales. At this point I was getting interview by 1 of my old tourney partners and good friend so I was getting the full treatment. I was watching the scales and seen the weight lock in and before the print out started the fish were gone. I think they were put in another basket with water and they were gone. My good buddy was yacking I was yacking so I'm not real clear on were they went but my guess strait to the holding boat. This all takes huge coordination. A great big Congrats to the board. On day 2 we where second heat and checked in 8-10 minutes early and by the time we got to 2nd control boat we went strait to the dock. Total time maybe 15 minutes. I don't think I ever seen a better setup. If and I mean if their was a problem the only thing I see that was missed or I missed. Walleye are absolute oxygen hogs. With so many new to walleye competitors maybe some education on livewell management would help. You cannot pump enough water into your livewell I don't use my timers strait pump all day and then with my system I can pump them out at the same time always good to do. You cannot blame the board if there was a problem if the fish get to them in bad shape bad things happen. It's the angler's fault.........that's why we get the penalty. So nobody wants to guess how many walleye would be harvested if 100 were caught by Rec anglers last weekend. My guess 30 and all 100 probably could have been legally kept. Legally 116*2 *4*2= 1856 so the tournament could have legally kept 1856 walleye last weekend. Now that's un acceptable.

So far nothing. Tournament anglers will be responsible for every dead fish for the next month. When I get back back from Simcoe whitefish gig today I will talk about how well the tournament was run. Right from parking to weighting the fish. If and I don't think their was a problem the angler will need to take responsibility. Lets just run some #'s "I HEARD" 680 walleyes caught. 10/680=.015% 20/680=.o3% 50/580=.07% Let's just say all the REC anglers caught 100 walleyes on Sturgeon last Sat. and Sun. How many are still in Sturgeon Lake.

So you haven't been on Sturgeon this year last year or the year before or the year before that. The water temp. was 65.4 main lake and 67.8 way up Goose Bay and the river too the rail line. Hardly high water temp. Just so you "Know" The sat. before Canada/US I caught 5 walleye in the 12.5 - 14.5" class That's 1 year class. Just so you "Know" on tues. before the Canada/US I caught 9 walleyes in the 8-10" class. Yes I was swimming crappie tubes for crappie. That's another year class. The lake is crammed with slot's. That's another 2 year classes. The overs I caught were between 4-6 lbs. That's another 2 year classes. And I heard of fish over 8 lb. This is another year class or 2. Hardly a fragile fishery.

I seen 3 dead walleye in practice and a few perch and sunnies. Unfortunately all tournaments get to own all dead fish. The organizer get put in a tough spot with the 8oz dead fish penalty. If the fish is moving the anglers want a live fish and if it dies after the organizers own it. Walleye are the hardest to keep alive. They use 3 times the oxygen as a smallmouth.

One of the great Whitefish Lakes, Lake trout, and walleye. Very interesting Lake.

6 fish 2 days and the organizers provided culling boards for each team. Sunday was brutal hot, but we had no problem with our fish. Was really nice to see lot's of smaller boats,husband wife(I assume),young guys. For a $169 entry fee the draw prizes were almost worth the enter. Ever motel had increased business from what I seen and of course Tim's was under staff each morning. Somebody weight a 3.09 walleye that surprised me,so 18lb per would be possible.

Da couch won with 20.96 (I think) and 9th was 16.29 and checks started in the 12lb area. There was 116 teams. Don't think I ever fished so hard for 9 walleyes. All anglers talked about overs and the number off musky caught Was a great well run tournament parking at the fair grounds was great.

You don't say if it's a new install. It's possible that you are not shooting straight down and catching the side of boat. Another thing take it out of auto and set your depth range. If it does lose it self it will just go thru your depth range. So 1-20 ft instead of 1-5000.

I have 2 that come to mind. The first ice fishing Quinte 2 buddy's started drilling 6 holes and when they finished the last hole I had 4 wallys on the ice. And I caught 9 smallies on 14 cast to win a major 3 day tournament. Good memory's.

I had the 175 rude. As mentioned VRO were problem. Power Packs $300 were problem. Think they are cheaper after market. Before blowing money on power pack the cheapest sensor is under your dash about $14 it controls your beeper. At the front of the motor are 2 small boxes. Bose relays about $4 at Auto Parts store $15 at marina. They control your trim. If your motor goes up and not down switch them around. They both need to be plugged in. The 150 Strike is same motor everything applies.

Just put your hand on the transducer you will feel it ping.

Canada/US is on Sturgeon June 9-10. Today is last day to enter.

The shorts route is to get your money out.......pay the person. More likely is to enjoy the process of trying make adjustments, try make adjustments, get 1 success then 2 then 3.

If it works in high bypass/constant and not on variable it's the board. On high bypass take a screw driver and move your prop. That checks your armature. This is what I think is your problem. When you have the prop off you will see 3 screws take them out 1 at a time and check for moisture.

I will say this again "What color of Black do You USE" not Black and ***** What color of Black

What color of black bucktail did you use.

You should be looking in the U.S. Things Good trolling motor. $1000 to $1600 Good electronics 2@ $1000 to $6000 Battery's about $100-170+ per battery. You need 3 and 4 if 36 volt trolling motor. Buy a $49 load tester and learn how to use it. Buy a compression tester Princes Auto $15. You take all the plugs out screw the compression tester in each cylinder and record. The rule is 10%. Most older motors will be in the 97 -100 if 1 or more are different by 10% leave it. Have large strait screw drive and pull lower unit oil screws. Lower unit has a very distinct smell anything else run. If white or water it's not a deal breaker $500 - 600 at a shop. Small fillings is normal lot's or chunks is bad. Take cowling off look at all bolts for signs of wrenches. Head bolts marked it's been apart. Look at recites for quality job. No machine shop work it was a hack job. Turn steering from lock to lock. If they are cable steer and stiff $300 for cables + installation. I would leave a cable steer the are a bear to drive. Look past faded Gelcoat that can be buffed up like a new penny. De lamination is costly. Give the lower unit a real hard shake up and down. Watch transom for movement and look between lower unit and transom. That down tube is full of bearings. Any slop and it's huge dollars to fix. Theirs more just tired.

BPS has a product for this.

What color of black bucktail are using also black/red, black/pink, black/yellow. Get Smitty's Bucktails

HD aii the way. And we would be at war if you tried to take my PVR.

Sounds like you trailer a bit. Can't believe I traveled all those years with out CAA RV Plus $225 and they take my boat home/garage. Would hate to leave my boat on the road.