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Happy Birthday Phil Lilley!!

I think i do Dutch. Thanks.

Dutch: not sure what a micro remote would be? Its just the remote i got when i bought the boat, used, from a guy up in Albany, Mo. Used mostly for spotlock.

Thanks boys. I figured there would be some kind of syncing that would need to be done. Dutch: its the remote that runs my trolling motor if one prefers to run it with a remote v the foot pedal. I use mine to run the trolling motor when i am bottom bouncing for walleye and for spotlock.

Another question for you boys. I have an Minnkota Terrova trolling motor with 24 volt. The latch on my spotlock remote that holds the batteries in place is broke. I have tape over it but periodically i have to pound on it to get it to work. Pain in the butt!! I am going to bite the bullet and order a new one. 80 bucks!! Ouch!! My question to you boys is the new remote ready to go out of the box? Does it have to be setup with my trolling motor someway? Always appreciate your help boys. Hope you are staying cool down there!!

Thank you boys very much for all your responses. I have a couple of buddies that have the Bubba and they really like it also. But they are pricey! Of course everything is nowadays. I went to Wallyworld and was going to buy the American Angler, suggested by some of you boys, but they didnt have one. I went online and checked on some top rated fillet knives and the Bubba was highly rated. So was the Rapala R12 Heavy Duty lithium. The top rated one, for what it is worth, was the Kastking Lithium-ion Speed Demon Pro. 95 dollars. I ended up ordering it. I also ordered a Tower Top 2/10/25 battery charger. 90 dollars. It was highly rated. Once again i sincerely appreciate your input. ps Happy Birthday Champ!!

I like to come to this site to ask you boys about outdoor gear. You boys have been very helpful thru the years. I need a new battery charger and a new filet knife. I just bought a new Mister Twister knife and the blades were just awful. Tried to filet up a walleye the other day and it would barely cut. My old battery charger sat in water the other day and i think it toasted it. It was a cheap charger from Harbor Freight that had 2 amp, 10 amp and 50 amp settings on it. Thanks boys for any input.

Headed down this week to mow, weedeat and put some grub control down. Moles are tearing up my yard! No fishing reports in quite a while on Pomme. Anybody got any advice? Would be much appreciated.

In Canada fishing with my son. Time to eat and sandwich and take a break. I put my jig and minnow over the side of the boat just barely in the water to keep my minnow nice and lively. Big mistake. Rod shot off the boat like a missile. Probably a pike. Tried the metal stringer trick. Never could snag it. Nice St Croix rod with a nice Pfleuger reel gone!! Live and learn.

Went down to my place on Pomme and did some work. mowed. weed eated. put some Tom Cat worms in some mole runs in my yard. Thought i might try an evening fish. But i went to the ramp in the Wheatland park area and the courtesty dock was out in the lake! I would have had to swim to it! So much for that. Drove over to the dam park ramp and same thing. So much for fishing Pomme yesterday.

Nice. Thanks for the report.

Thanks Ranger. Appreciate your input.

Any of you crappie boys down at Pomme willing to share any crappie news? I've been going down to LOZ the last few weeks and have had some moderate succcess. I have a place on Pomme and was wondering what was going on there. I dont fish for crappie very much. Ususally just in the spring when they are shallow and i can target them with a jig and a bobber. No ffs. Thanks for any info.

Hank Parker came out against the use of ffs. This was one of his main points. Some kids fishing in tournaments can afford it and some cant. Thus, an unlevel playing field.

72 degrees here in Smithville at 4 pm today. By 7 am its supposed to be 17 degrees!!!