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- Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Need to Find a Reputable Machine Shop
- Replies: 2
- Views: 753
Re: Need to Find a Reputable Machine Shop
I looked at Hydrotec and want to trim my costs from their complete rebuild service...ot to mention the risk of shipping. I figured out I had a pre-ignition condition...failed fuel injector and everything I've researched to date supports that conjecture. Found a machine shop in Las Vegas recommended ...
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:18 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Need to Find a Reputable Machine Shop
- Replies: 2
- Views: 753
Need to Find a Reputable Machine Shop
I've got a 2007 VZ225 Yamaha. Today I pulled the heads and as suspected #2 cylinder is a mess. I'd like to find a quality shop to do the rebore. I'll bore out all 6 cylinders; hopefully only one size over. I'm in Las Vegas but I'll deliver the block to California or Lake Havasu for a top notch shop....
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:47 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Looking for a Reliable Motor Rebild Shop
- Replies: 1
- Views: 611
Looking for a Reliable Motor Rebild Shop
I have a 2007 Yamaha EFi 225. It has about 450 hours on it. 3 months ago #2 cylinder overheated and melted the spark plug. The shops in Las Vegas I'd trust to do the work will only do a complete powerhead rebuild. All other cylinders read out at 125lbs. I was hoping to find a reliable shop to rebore...
- Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:03 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Prop questions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 537
Re: Prop questions
Location?
- Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:59 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Favorite Flourocarbon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2738
Re: Favorite Flourocarbon
'v used P-line and BPS Fluorocarbon. Settled on Seaguar Invisix. I fish around quagga and Zebra mussels. Invisix seems to handle best for me. Breaking off is not a big issue for me. I retie after a big fish and check for line abrasions often. Seems like every time I neglect that though I break off a...
- Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:49 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Trailer Tires?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3048
Re: Trailer Tires?
Skeeter ZX 225 has 2 - 14" Carlisles and 2 - 14" Hartlands. The Carlisles have not held up after 3 years. Hartlands are less than a year old on the trailer. Trailer however sits outside in Las Vegas. Had 2 tread separations and one blowout on the Carlisles. The OEM 15" Marathons laste...
- Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:33 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Day 2 Updates from the Water | WWBT AZ Teams Championship Mead Day 2
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2052
Re: Day 2 Updates from the Water | WWBT AZ Teams Championship Mead Day 2
With the exception of Brandon Bynum and Nathan Pugh, looks like everyone was up in the Virgin Arm or the Basin on the AZ side. Did I get it correct? Mead is my local pond. Surprised the photos show many fishing from 25' to shallower. I would have started at 20' and gone deeper, even early if somethi...
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:04 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Lake Mead in the Fall
- Replies: 1
- Views: 679
Re: Lake Mead in the Fall
Mead is my local pond. What and where are you publishing?
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:34 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Lowrance LCX-28c HD SOLD
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1352
Re: Lowrance LCX-28c HD
PM sent
- Sun Jun 05, 2016 12:43 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Lowrance LCX-28c HD SOLD
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1352
Lowrance LCX-28c HD SOLD
Obviously used but no screen scratches. Runs trouble-free. Comes with mounting plate and manual. I have an old Navionics West card in the tray. I bought the update so you may not be eligible for the $99 update. Check with Navionics. No cables included. No transducer included. 6 pin blue connector an...
- Sun May 01, 2016 12:21 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: HDS-9 Gen2 Touch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3323
Re: HDS-9 Gen2 Touch
Did you sell the Lowrance yet?
- Sun May 01, 2016 12:18 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Hds 9 touch gen 3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2147
Re: Hds 9 touch gen 3
PM sent
- Sun May 01, 2016 12:02 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Lowrance Lss2 Transducer for sale
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1136
Re: Lowrance Lss2 Transducer for sale
New or used LSS-2?
- Fri Feb 05, 2016 6:53 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Optima Blue Top Battery Warranty: Optima comes through
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2475
Optima Blue Top Battery Warranty: Optima comes through
I've owned maybe 5 Blue Top Optimas. First in a 12 ft boat and later as the starting motor battery in the first and second Skeeters. Optimas have always been solid and reliable. This fall, my Optima starting battery was on it's last legs and I bought a replacement Optima DM31 in Virgina, hooked it u...
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:33 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Trailer wiring problem: short or bad ground?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1577
Re: Trailer wiring problem: short or bad ground?
ID say your brake light and running light circuits are touching(short) somewhere I had similar problems with EZ Loader trailer where wires run inside the trailer tubes. Likely your ground wire is making contact with the trailer somewhere. Once I found the spot; splice, solder and shrink tape then p...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:08 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Boat Registration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2512
Re: Boat Registration
Let me background by saying I try to be responsible and diligent about keeping a dry/clean boat and trailer. My biologist friends tell me Mead has prolific quagga populations, which we knew and zebra mussel populations below 40 ft. On Mead and Nevada state we have this AIG tag. Costs $15 annually. N...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Apartment to Share in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Replies: 0
- Views: 718
Apartment to Share in Las Vegas, Nevada
I am listing the extra bedroom with private bathroom and full house privileges (including kitchen and laundry room) on Airbnb at $16 per night. Here is the link https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/859411 It is a good location for someone coming to fish Lake Mead though not necessarily a good tournament fis...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:35 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Jack plate question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3010
Re: Jack plate question
all good tips. Make sure you have a working water pressure gauge installed along with the jack plate.
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- Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:31 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Pinpoint 7520 repair
- Replies: 3
- Views: 936
Re: Pinpoint 7520 repair
The company that makes Pinpoint is still around. A thorough search on the internet should turn up a source. Then call them and ask. Maybe they can if they have some older units or parts in stock.
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:35 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Survey: 4 most common fishing knots?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2838
Re: Survey: 4 most common fishing knots?
uni knot for lures and jigs
improved clinch
palomar knot
blood knot
improved clinch
palomar knot
blood knot
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:02 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9422
Re: Some Answers and pin out voltages
Thanks Marc for the quick response. You're correct in that this LCG 2000 is working. However I started this thread when the LCG 3000 quit after just maybe 20 days fishing. I am working on my fifth GPS antenna and 3rd sonar unit at the console. I haven't got under the console to un-cable yet. Did hou...
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:56 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9422
Re: Some Answers and pin out voltages
I spent an hour on hold this morning to speak to a Lowrance Service Tech. He didn't know when the Automated RA number site will be back up. --------------------------------- Meanwhile as I previously mentioned I am running the LCX28C-HD and the bow LMS520C on a blue connector network. Here are the t...
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:58 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9422
Re: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
That LCG 2000 came from the Lowrance facility as replacement. The support tech who talked me through the troubleshoot told me shipment would be delayed because they were out of stock and having some problems with the units. The question as to why the LCG 3000 unit (purchased in the LCX28C-HD box 9/1...
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:40 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9422
Re: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
Greg E. I wish someone would overnight me one... I went to the Lowrance site to get a RA number and the page is not issuing RA numbers. I sent them an email to customer support and got an auto responder reply this morning. Last time I used their customer service number the wait on hold was about 45 ...
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:21 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9422
Re: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
JKitz, This is not the same issue. With that message somehow your antenna is "not connected" to your sonar unit. If you have a GPS antenna working in some configuration...try this. Connect everything and power up. In menu go to system setup. look at NMEA network. If the sonar "sees&qu...
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:59 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9422
Another Lowrance GPS Antenna goes bad
I believe this will be antenna #5 which has gone bad since I bought my Skeeter ZX225 November 2007. Three antennas went bad in 2008. They were LCG 2000 models. This is a LCG 3000. The console sonar is a LCX28C-HD and the Lowrance bow unit power off the dashboard power switch. NMEA 2000 network. Fort...
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:37 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Trouble with Lowrance Electronics
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2700
Re: Trouble with Lowrance Electronics
Linda took care of me! Thanks everybody...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:06 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Worst Fluoro EVER!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3164
Re: Worst Fluoro EVER!!
Never used that Brand. Love my Steez baitcaster though....Of 5 or so brands of fluorocarbon so far, I like the PLine fluorocarbon for spining set ups and bait-casters. Using KevinVanDamm line conditioner on it. Sold on that product!
Also use Yo-Zuri hybrid on the baitcasters when I can get it.
Also use Yo-Zuri hybrid on the baitcasters when I can get it.
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:58 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Recessed Trolling Motor Pedal?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2251
Re: Recessed Trolling Motor Pedal?
I've got a fused left ankle and was skeptical of the recessed pedal. Turns out I can balance without the seat and use either foot, which I couldn't do before. Some fatigue there after a 12 hour day. Rougher conditions I use the seat pedestal. Never took a big one over the bow yet, but suggestions to...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:18 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Trouble with Lowrance Electronics
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2700
Re: Trouble with Lowrance Electronics
Thanks Mark for that address. As far as the LCX issues go, thanks everyone for the comments. This early spring, I had the network and wiring apart and tested with a multi-meter. When I could find nothing, I asked Marcus at Las Vegas Marine to go through it. He found nothing. This Skeeter was rigged ...
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:03 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Trouble with Lowrance Electronics
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2700
Trouble with Lowrance Electronics
Yesterday I got the LCX 26C-HD back from the Lowrance repair facility. and it still has the problem I sent it in for. Locks up at the first screen and never goes to map. Can't be turned off except by switching off main power at the console. So this is the fourth time I have sent this unit back to Lo...
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:35 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Goretex Bibs for Women
- Replies: 4
- Views: 848
Goretex Bibs for Women
I tried Bass Pro and Cabelas. They do not have women's sizes in small or extra small. Where can I get goretex bibs in those sizes?
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:54 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Dobyns 804 CB
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1462
Re: Dobyns 804 CB
Also ordered an 804 from Hi's. Excellent service.
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:49 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: skeg repair...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 608
Re: skeg repair...
No recommendations, but this is an easy repair for any prop shop. In and out in a day. Cost in Las Vegas around 125.
- Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: SOSpenders
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2099
Re: SOSpenders
Got the SOSpenders from Bass Pro. Works OK, but very difficult to find replacement cartridge on a trip... take spares. If I had to do it over I pay the extra $$ for a mustang.
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:00 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: A very interesting story by George Kramer on the home page
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2065
Re: A very interesting story by George Kramer on the home pa
Hi Ray, What happened to Fun? I'm not fishing tournaments, but I might join a club if the costs were low. Maybe even free for weekend tournaments. But the're not. Room or camp fees, food, boat fuel, truck gas....It costs me over $200 to go from Las Vegas to Havasu for the weekend.... Sponsors should...
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:23 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: anyone know the Open numbers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3400
Re: anyone know the Open numbers
The park Service contractor fixed the angle of the ramp at the load point so if you are trimmed up a bit it's OK to power load. I had to get my prop fixed twice! (the Prop Works in Las Vegas) They restored the courtesy dock so you can launch off a rope or drive off the trailer. Sunday, 4 bass rigs w...
- Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:47 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: anyone know the Open numbers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3400
Re: anyone know the Open numbers
If the Open was tomorrow, somebody else would win it. Launched from Callville about 5:30 and there were 3 bass rigs launching about the same time. Tom Matsunuga from Anglers Marine was right in front of me. About a dozen rigs in the parking lot. Park Service has "sorta" fixed the ramp and ...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:50 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Problem with MinnKota 4 bank charger
- Replies: 0
- Views: 386
Problem with MinnKota 4 bank charger
There was a 460 Minnkota in the 2007 ZX225 Skeeter when I bought it. Lost #3 bank in early July 2008. Called MInnkota and they sent replacement around July 22. Checked this evening and #3 bank is out again on new charger.
Anyone else having this problem?
Anyone else having this problem?
- Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:21 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Why are tournaments drawing less boats in General???
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5743
Re: Why are tournaments drawing less boats in General???
I found I don't like the feeling of fishing an 8 hour tournament. Something about the pressure of time bothers me. By myself, I am always fishing for the biggest bass I can get to bite. Different tactics than getting 5 fish in the boat. However, I think Scoot 54 had some very good suggestions. Low e...
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Quagga, Zebra's and Lake Closures
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2401
Re: Quagga, Zebra's and Lake Closures
I'd have to agree with HngDvnDave; we can not, not fight these issues. Back up from Bass and FLW - or at least some national co-ordination is necessary. Local Money and money co-ordination will be necessary... From personal experience - a small group of dedicated individuals is the best dynamic resp...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:22 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: type of wood for swimbaits?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16530
Re: type of wood for swimbaits?
I started making wooden swim baits back when I saw the first Alan Cole AC plugs. And I am a career woodworker/ cabinetmaker. So much for some authority on the subject. I used to fish Lake Skinner and used a "Louie Lure" with great success. Those were hand made by a local and reminiscent of...
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:32 am
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: 28 day quarantine?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2361
28 day quarantine?
I looked at the Casitas Site (www.lakecasitas.info/) and saw the affidavit. Saw the recent posts here. Can someone confirm there is a 28 day quarantine for boats launched on the listed waters.
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:29 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Yes another Drop Shot?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2875
Re: Yes another Drop Shot?
I agree; you can drop shot almost anywhere you'd use some other technique. When the water is flat I think - DROPSHOT! - among other finesse techniques Most beginners keep not enough slack in the line. Try this. Rig 2 spinning outfits - a 6 ft rod and a 7 ft. rod with dropshot set-ups. Into the water...
- Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:47 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Havasu here I come.........
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2992
Re: Havasu here I come.........
Pulled a maybe 2.5 lb'er LB out of the reeds drop shotting over Labor Day weekend and LOTS of drunken boat traffic. One blow up on a frog....Actually waited several hours to re-load the Skeeter.
the River was much better...
the River was much better...
- Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:41 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Heads up for those going to the River
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1734
Re: Heads up for those going to the River
We crossed through the CA inspection station on US 40 near Needles three times in 3 days at different times, over Labor Day weekend. Every check was different and they man it 24/7. No uniform inspection protocol was a cause for some worry. At a minimum I suggest you remove the bulk of weeds off trai...
- Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:47 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Last holiday of the summer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 442
Re: Last holiday of the summer
Thanks for heads up.
Realize I am going into the shi...I will be very cautious. Playing the percentages by fishing early. and maybe in the River...
Realize I am going into the shi...I will be very cautious. Playing the percentages by fishing early. and maybe in the River...
Re: ?????????
Please.. A proper title. What all the respondents said is appropriate. From SO Cal you will think the water is colored and cover thick. Spool up a little heavier than you might or just take some stronger line along. I was fishing with 8 and 10 lb. Hybrid - P Line and Yo-Zuri - 15 on Swimbaits and br...
- Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:27 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Havasu here I come.........
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2992
Re: Havasu here I come.........
We are going to Topock tomorrow morning....What am I thinking! 115 degrees! I might try Havasu Saturday afternoon - this weekend - somewhere on Havasu if the Topock fish don't co-operate. I'm acclimatized from working construction in Las Vegas.... Maybe try the river... launching from Park Moabi and...
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:10 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Anglers Choicee/Lake Mead Classic
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3986
Re: Anglers Choicee/Lake Mead Classic
Yeah, didn't fish the tournament and only 4 fish got in the Skeeter on Saturday. All Dropshot fish... One of the anglers with a larger fish dropped the info that he was back in the canyons. I went there Sunday... Read the report in the reports section for Lake Mead
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