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Hopefully I'll post a report Thursday, I'm leaving the trout alone this time and hunting some pompano and maybe a cobia on Wednesday. Now watch it storm on Wednesday. :
Edit: Got to the ramp and there was 20 - 30 mph winds, so gave up the pompano plans for the back waters and trout again. It was ...

awesome

Good to see a few die hards still here. I'm catching a few trout in Panama City, but very few and they're small
It can only get better from here.

That's a good ride from Panama City, but if you get up this way, I'd be happy to have the company on an inshore trip.

You can get dried shad at any WalMart. I use cut bait when jug fishing for blues. Cut or whole bream.

RIP brother.

I second Bayou Joe's in Massilina bayou for lunch if you don't mind running that far from the bridge. Highly recommend the draft beer, fish tacos or trash burger. Smack bayou is within a rock's throw from there and on high tides I've done well on the trout in there in the past.
There's a great ...

I’ve had my skeg repaired 4 times. Probably broke at the same place (the weld) each time.


A skeg guard is an lazy fix. Traps saltwater, it’s ugly and it probably weakens the skeg., really no advantage at all except for ease…. For the record: All untrue. Do some more "research" :-D

Salty and I had this discussion a long time ago and I think we agreed to disagree. Just a matter of preference imo. I don't believe the two small holes required to mount a skeg guard in the upper and thickest part of a skeg weaken the skeg any more than a weld. The way I see it, there's ...

Salty and I had this discussion a long time ago and I think we agreed to disagree. Just a matter of preference imo. I don't believe the two small holes required to mount a skeg guard in the upper and thickest part of a skeg weaken the skeg any more than a weld. The way I see it, there's advantages ...

Personally, I'd keep the Skeg Guard. Instead of a shiny chrome look, a welded repair will make it look more like the original but if and when you hit something again, it will probably break at the weld where a Skeg Guard is designed to break off at the bolts holding it on to the lower unit and if a ...

Good to know info. I haven't had any problems with my auto deploy and stow (knock on wood) but since it's out of warranty it's good to know someone can fix it if I do. The local Minn Kota repair shop doesn't have the best reputation. I googled TM Trolling Motor Repair for their #.