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I got a couple Chins 100amp lithiums off amazon a little over a year ago, i think around $750 including a new charger. So far they have been great. I used to pull cranks for walleye at Bull a lot and the old lead batteries would only last around 4 hours even when new. The Lithiums are still chugging along after a solid 6 hours. Had a buddy get the same ones and he went from a 36v lead acid system to 24v and he is happy as can be. I guess time will tell if they last the 7-10 years they say. Ill be more than happy if they last 5 Like seth said they wont charge when its really cold but its not been an issue for me I charge them when i get home and its usually above 32 at that time or i wouldnt have went to begin with. Id say your good in your nice shop and garage Lots of cheaper options have came out in the last year and most the stuff i read on the BBC forums is all positive. Funny people talk about their warranty all the time with the expensive USA ones and how quick the companies swap them out for them https://www.amazon.com/CHINS-Rechargeable-Parallel-Road-Trip-Wireless/dp/B09F9M82VN/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3MUNJ5PREUYJ7&keywords=chins%2B100ah%2Blifepo4%2Bbattery&qid=1704492103&sprefix=chins%2Caps%2C549&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0&th=1

This year im constantly cold. Found this pic from 12 years ago when I used to be hard core at lake springfield

This is usually my issue when that happens. Or the other day i threw a $15 mag draft into the abyss got my line back with a little curly cue. Knot came untied, total user error....but it never happens with a cheap bait

apreciate it, but im really just wanting a trailer. The more i look the more i realize its going to be easier to buy a package deal

About noon the kiddo asked me to go fishing and I couldn’t say no. We only had about 2.5 to 3 hours once we got there. Fished around monkey island and around the landing. 5 rainbows, a brown and a bass. Ollie got a new fly rod for Christmas a d was dying to try it. And sure enough he actually caught one. I was surprised as we weren’t really prepped with all the appropriate stuff for fly fishing. We forgot my fly bag. He got that gripper for Christmas mainly for catfish at the pond. I’m not a big fan of them for trout but it did make it easy for him to hold them and get a pic. The brown never left the water

I have a 16 ft jon boat and the trailer i have is just absolute homeade trash that has been welded rewelded more metal added to every part. Basically not worth even messing with. Hoping someone has some old trailer sitting in their field i could grab. as long as its not broken in have a rusted through im fine with putting bearings, tires, lights, etc. Not really looking to spend a ton, but just seeing whats out there. I dont even care if it has a title. I am about 4 miles from Lake Springfield and it probably will never go much further.

Im surprised as much as you fish you hadnt caught one by now. We caught a couple this year on 5" flutter spoons. All the ones i have ever caught have been up around Kimberling though.

look good to me, ill def give them a shot

Never met him but always followed his posts, I fish upper Bull so much and i know he was a master there, wish i had half the knowledge he has about that area. I think he will always be one of the legends of upper bull, i doubt any will come close to the monster walleye he has caught up there

I heard that today too

A long time ago i thought it was still a core ramp. I didnt have cash and they didnt take cards then. I told them look i already bought a boat for him surely he can let me launch the darn thing for free. The guy went ahead and let me launch

Im thinking a glidebait

Took 23.74 to win out of cape on Sunday. I wish I knew what they were doing lol

All the years i used to go scuba diving in Bull. Something i noticed, is i never would see any life below 35 ft, it was just cold dark and creepy. But that was always in the summer when there was thick obvious thermocline. Might be different in the Winter

At least Milliken catches his fish on camera on baits that he promotes.

Sent you a PM with a local guy

Well ill beat home i guess for the holiday, tested positive for Covid so dont want to spread it to the family

I have to agree, no where near the 49" record.

I frequent parched corn a Smyrna, I live in Waterford and my parents live over by Linden, so im always in between on those back roads

County Line RD on a Saturday morning is about as annoying as it gets. I never understood why these so called cyclist pick the flattest easy road to riide in the county. They could go half the distance on a mountain bike on trails and get the same amount of exercise

Are you selling the outboard that is on it? If so what is it?

I fizz fish on the regular all summer long because i pretty much only fish deep. Here is what i dont get, is they only float and need fizzed if you put them in the box. I let go short ones all the time and they swim off no problem. Im also the guy out there wading tits deep fizzing all these fish people let go at a tournament that are to dumb to use a needle. IT makes my blood boil, i dont know if i save their lives or not but i at least get them to swim off and have a chance

I went to Bridgeport, yesterday and they were biting good up shallow. Buddy called and he was around the corner from me with a good one, took him the scale, it was 4.71, and he caught a 3 before that and another almost 3 as i was on may way with the scale all on a blade. I went to mainly crappie fish, wind didnt make that easy, i picked up a crank bait and caught a couple keeps and had a 4 wrap me around a log, i thought i was just hung until i got to the log and saw it pinned up against it. 64 degrees at bridgeport 61 at Mccords Bend. Point 15 up about 3 miles was pretty dirty and then it clears up, Brideport down is clean too

Ive tried that and never had great luck with fin clips for some reason

Im no scientist but when one is belly up in my livewell from fishing deep and i fizz it, i can hear air come out, and then it sits in the livewell upright just fine the rest of the day.