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Guess I should have know better than to trust a sales man...... Quoted from Wikipedia " A deep-cycle battery is a lead-acid battery designed to be regularly deeply discharged using most of its capacity. In contrast, starter batteries (e.g. most automotive batteries) are designed to deliver short, high-current bursts for cranking the engine, thus frequently discharged of only a very small part of their capacity. While a deep-cycle battery can be used as a starting battery, the lower "cranking amps" imply that an oversized battery may be required. A deep-cycle battery is designed to discharge between 50% and 80% depending on the manufacturer and construction of the battery. Although these batteries can be cycled down to 20% charge, the best lifespan vs cost method is to keep the average cycle at about 50% discharge,[1] as there is a direct correlation between depth of discharge on the battery and the number of charge and discharge cycles it can perform.[2] " Sad part is our company does quite bait of business with this guy. Was well worth the couple hrs of my time reading up on batteries for myself.

looked into doing this aswell...talked with an interstate guy i know and he said it would work but deep cycle batts like to be 80-90% drained and then charged slowly, charging to quickly and to often would decrease the batt life. other option would be an onboard inverter/ charger but $$$$.....on the other hand batts are not cheap..

Spoonpullers has tons of info if u hav somtime to spend reading. Geuss ur planning on fishing south or south west side, I would suggest starting in 80 or 90 fow and working ur way out to 130-140 fow. Fish seem to be anywhere from 25 - 50ft down, spin doctors/flashers/ fly combos on dipseys or spoons off the riggers have been workin well. ENE winds are the worst but anything from the N will giv u a rough ride. I was out last sat am and lake was calm but within 30min it went from 0 to 2.5/3 ft waves. Keep an eye on the weather network of check out ndbc.com (station 45139) for bouy report which is out of Grimsby for wave heights/ wind speed etc.....my bet is that u wont be a "small backwoods redneck kinda guy" after you get out there......Good Luck