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by reelhandy
June 9th, 2015, 3:25 pm
Forum: Boating
Topic: Depthfinder not working
Replies: 4
Views: 3381

Re: Depthfinder not working

The 178C that I use in my aluminum boat has done that before. Tightening the connection at the unit brings it back. That boat is pretty bouncy and at times the whole unit shuts off. I've bought a new cable, but it hasn't yet annoyed me enough to make me install it.
by reelhandy
June 5th, 2015, 11:22 am
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Cobia in Carrabelle
Replies: 18
Views: 10490

Re: Cobia in Carrabelle

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried a 12 volt blender for making chum?
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by reelhandy
May 25th, 2015, 4:29 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Common courtesy question
Replies: 14
Views: 4908

Re: Common courtesy question

I can understand how publishing numbers makes them public, but aren't unpublished numbers still public areas. Like the charter captain who let everyone know that the reef he was fishing was his. He doesn't really hold claim to that spot like he might think does, does he? I understand the courtesy pa...
by reelhandy
May 22nd, 2015, 5:00 pm
Forum: Boating
Topic: loose wire on fishfinder cable
Replies: 4
Views: 2488

Re: loose wire on fishfinder cable

looks like a mouse chewed it up a bit. Those look to be your power wires, so if it's working you've still got a good connection somehow. You can trace it to where the wires are connected to the circuit block and see what it's attached to. Maybe the broken wire isn't used. The black wire is likely th...
by reelhandy
May 16th, 2015, 12:17 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: fishing Lanark Reef
Replies: 11
Views: 3619

Re: fishing Lanark Reef

I gotcha. I fish all of those areas a lot but from SGI, family has a house on the bay. I want to start making some day trips and Lanark would be my closest ramp to that area for some inshore and nearshore fishing. Does the market offer live bait? They had lively good sized shrimps the last time I w...
by reelhandy
May 5th, 2015, 6:56 am
Forum: Boating
Topic: Need Prop Help
Replies: 4
Views: 2040

Re: Need Prop Help

The right prop for your set up is the one that spins at the recommended top rpm at wide open throttle, while the boat is carrying it's normal load. If your motor is spinning the prop at top rpm before it reaches WOT, or it doesn't reach top RPM at WOT, it's harder on your motor than having the prop ...
by reelhandy
April 28th, 2015, 9:39 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lanark 4-27
Replies: 5
Views: 2474

Re: Lanark 4-27

It's a really nice place to launch and fish. We didn't go far, just to the north side of the reef. The notable thing in the report is the color of the jig. For some reason they were noticeably hot on that color. My go to color is white and yesterday they weren't interested in white at all. The yello...
by reelhandy
April 27th, 2015, 5:02 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lanark 4-27
Replies: 5
Views: 2474

Lanark 4-27

First trip ever to Lanark today with the wife. We usually hit the closest ramp which is Rock Landing, but decided to head a little west. All in all it was a very good day with a bunch of trout, macks, and even a small cobia that all wanted to eat firetiger grubs. We had live shrimp, but the grubs se...
by reelhandy
April 22nd, 2015, 8:15 am
Forum: For Sale or Wanted
Topic: Bayshore Custom Flats Boat SOLD
Replies: 65
Views: 21767

Re: Bayshore Custom Flats Boat FS

Thank you! If I knew you were selling it, I would've tried to find a bride that could afford to buy it for me for a wedding present. :lol:
While your dreamin why stop with her just buying it? The ideal woman would buy it because she wanted to pole it.
by reelhandy
March 24th, 2015, 12:10 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Fish Rules App
Replies: 3
Views: 1233

Re: Fish Rules App

Yea I see what you mean. Good idea but useless if they don't update and have 30 species of shark but skip over specks.
by reelhandy
March 24th, 2015, 11:06 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Fish Rules App
Replies: 3
Views: 1233

Fish Rules App

http://www.fishrulesapp.com/

Free app for Android or IOS for the SE, US. Does a pretty good job of putting saltwater rules and regs at your fingertips even when there is no cell signal.
by reelhandy
March 20th, 2015, 8:39 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lionfish harvesting
Replies: 6
Views: 2294

Re: Lionfish harvesting

I didn't know they vacuumed chickens, but yea they do and it's a pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO5TikjZU3c
I was thinking more along the lines of the vacuums that they use in those dredges that suck up the seabed for gold.
by reelhandy
March 19th, 2015, 2:02 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lionfish harvesting
Replies: 6
Views: 2294

Re: Lionfish harvesting

It's a wonder that someone hasn't come up with a system that just vacuums em up. Seems like they'd just sit there waiting their turn for that as well.
by reelhandy
March 14th, 2015, 11:52 am
Forum: Boating
Topic: trolling motor batteries
Replies: 14
Views: 5667

Re: trolling motor batteries

Johnson Controls makes the Optimas too.
http://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/ab ... n-controls
by reelhandy
March 8th, 2015, 8:32 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Anybody read Spring Creek Chronicles and
Replies: 32
Views: 7847

Re: Anybody read Spring Creek Chronicles and

I don't seem to recall in very much of either books where poaching was a main topic of the stories being told. One thing that I think deserves consideration is the way that the entire mind set towards natural resources has changed over the last 100 years. The thought that millions of birds were kill...