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by hydro
Sat Jun 07, 2014 7:42 pm
Forum: Used Boats - Motors - Trailers
Topic: 911 911 need a optimax 225 ECU today
Replies: 7
Views: 1819

Re: 911 911 need a optimax 225 ECU today

theres a guy with an ad to part out a 2004 Opti 225 further down in these same classifieds
by hydro
Mon Jun 02, 2014 3:57 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: DIY'er Needs EFI Help!
Replies: 7
Views: 1307

Re: DIY'er Needs EFI Help!

Power trim squeal sounds the pump has an issue . Pull your engine cowling and check all of your engine ground wires for corrosion and verify they are tight . Also pull apart the main engine connector going to the ECU and look for corrosion on the pins and make sure the connector is tight . sometimes...
by hydro
Sun May 25, 2014 2:14 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Replacing frog legs??
Replies: 8
Views: 1839

Re: Replacing frog legs??

George , The funniest frog story I ever read here was years ago on this site from a member who was experimenting making up his own frog attractant in an effort to make bass hold on longer after they sucked in the hollow plastic baits . He said his wife had come into the garage inquiring as to the wh...
by hydro
Sun May 25, 2014 7:22 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Replacing frog legs??
Replies: 8
Views: 1839

Re: Replacing frog legs??

legs can be replaced with fiber composite blades and healthy dose of steroids . This should enable the frog to be a contender at the frog jump next year under the name "The blade jumper"
Caution : frog might be prone to violent blow-ups , paranoia , and murder following conversion .
by hydro
Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:39 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: battery charging cost?
Replies: 5
Views: 1139

Re: battery charging cost?

Rick I believe you are not that far off in your estimate . Your cranking battery show be fully charged when you get home so it won't need to be charged . Your trolling batteries charging current will be continually tapering off as they get closer to full charge . I did some rough calculations using ...
by hydro
Wed Apr 02, 2014 2:42 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Anyone know where I can get a power trim motor at a good pri
Replies: 1
Views: 600

Re: Anyone know where I can get a power trim motor at a good

I think I remember a place I saw on the web "Brushes .com " or "Carbonbrushes.com" that sold all kinds of replacement motor brushes
by hydro
Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:19 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Political Common sense in Calfornia
Replies: 1
Views: 745

Re: Political Common sense in Calfornia

You cannot use the term "Common Sense" in any sentence also containing the words "California " and or "Political"
by hydro
Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:48 pm
Forum: Tournaments
Topic: FPT 2 day Delta event in late June at night ?
Replies: 3
Views: 1026

FPT 2 day Delta event in late June at night ?

According to the 2014 schedule flyer there is a 2 day Delta event on June 28-29 .
Anybody heard if this is a night event or (2) 6 hr daytime deals?
by hydro
Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:34 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Massive fresh water aquafers under pacific ocean floor!
Replies: 4
Views: 2026

Re: Massive fresh water aquafers under pacific ocean floor!

If water gets any scarcer in this state the fresh water drilling may be more valuable than the oil but some Eco-knuckleheads would probably attempt to have fresh water deep water drilling stopped for fear it could lead to a fresh water spill in the salt water environment ......
by hydro
Fri Nov 29, 2013 8:25 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Lowrance HDS 10 / handheld GPS question?
Replies: 5
Views: 1354

Re: Lowrance has 10 / handheld GPS question?

connect your HDS unit to a small 12v battery hidden in a backpack for power . Next carry your HDS around in front of you pretending like its the latest new fancy tablet while marking stuff and maybe nobody will notice .Sorry but this was all I could come up with .
by hydro
Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:27 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Two dead bodies in Delta houseboat
Replies: 10
Views: 3292

Re: Two dead bodies in Delta houseboat

the loss of these two tweakers might just have spared someone else's family the pain and suffering that comes with lives destroyed by meth addiction .
by hydro
Wed Nov 27, 2013 4:49 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Two dead bodies in Delta houseboat
Replies: 10
Views: 3292

Re: Two dead bodies in Delta houseboat

authorities were suspicious when they found "crank" baits tied on both of the rods in the water .
by hydro
Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:52 am
Forum: Electronics Product Forum
Topic: front graph question
Replies: 4
Views: 1283

Re: front graph question

I had an X85 a few years back that did the same thing . I replaced the transducer and it fixed the problem after I called Lowrance and talked with their tech support . According to the guy I spoke with he said you should turn off your trolling motor mounted transducer whenever it is out of the water...
by hydro
Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:41 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Who will most likely try to save our fisheries?
Replies: 8
Views: 776

Re: Who will most likely try to save our fisheries?

Jerry Brown's father 'Edmond G Brown " got the water conveyance system ramrodded thru in the first place to export water south during his stint as Governor . Part of the deal included laws that guaranteed protection of the Delta from over-pumping that the state has been breaking ever since . Th...
by hydro
Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:00 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Video -Jerry Brown admits on he lied to public as Governor
Replies: 28
Views: 2323

Video -Jerry Brown admits on he lied to public as Governor

Anyone considering voting for Brown should definately view this video clip of a TV interview where he admits he lied about his campaign promises to get elected and was uneffective in accomplishing anything he promised voters during his term as California's Governor ... http://www.theblaze.com/storie...
by hydro
Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:27 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Who are we going to invade next?
Replies: 5
Views: 744

Re: Who are we going to invade next?

the polls on November 2nd
by hydro
Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:34 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Question for the day ?
Replies: 68
Views: 5129

Re: Question for the day ?

[quote="Axtell"] I'm guessing these same men would like to make women get back in the kitchen, not able to vote, and be servants to them like back in the 'good ole days'? Isn't all of that still going on in most Muslim countries? This would be a great opportunity to condemn their behavior ...
by hydro
Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:20 am
Forum: Political
Topic: IS THIS GUY NUTS OR WHAT?ODUMA
Replies: 81
Views: 8218

Re: IS THIS GUY NUTS OR WHAT?ODUMA

Axtell , Probably the best thing for you to do to demonstrate your tolerance, intellect and enlightened state of mind would be for you to relocate to NYC. This way you can lead by an example for all of us ignorant , intollerant , idiots (as you deem anyone who disagrees with your point of view) . I ...
by hydro
Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:15 am
Forum: Political
Topic: IS THIS GUY NUTS OR WHAT?ODUMA
Replies: 81
Views: 8218

Re: IS THIS GUY NUTS OR WHAT?ODUMA

"The reason why a single strike like that would have such little effect is (a) this country is geographically so large that a nuke in say NYC would affect a tiny percentage of the population, " *New York state is our third most populous state inhabited by 20 million people packed into a s...
by hydro
Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:09 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Tired of constantly being labeled a "racist", &quo
Replies: 14
Views: 1330

Re: Tired of constantly being labeled a "racist",

Actually Swank the subject test box cut off the rest of the subject matter . I wasn't implying that peole were constantly accusing others posting here of being "Racist" though if you look back through some of the previous posts it has in fact happened. My point was that this "labeling...
by hydro
Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:54 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Tired of constantly being labeled a "racist", &quo
Replies: 14
Views: 1330

Tired of constantly being labeled a "racist", &quo

I believe this sums it up the actions of the liberal left against the majority of the American people quite nicely...... "Blame as a propaganda technique" Blame is closely associated with labeling theory, in that when intentional actors act out to continuously blame an individual for nonex...
by hydro
Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:18 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Power trim/tilt motor broken! need a new 1 .
Replies: 5
Views: 1019

Re: Power trim/tilt motor broken! need a new 1 .

I had to replace my trim motor a few years back and found these guys (Arco marine) online . They have a cross reference chart on their website to find the trim motor you need for your model .
Mercury marine also has online part sales with part numbers by model and year.

www.arcomarine.com
by hydro
Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:21 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: structure scan question for Lowrance HDS users
Replies: 5
Views: 1116

Re: structure scan question for Lowrance HDS users

OK I got the screen layout I was seeking at long last .
Thanks to the directions provided it took all of about 10 seconds.
Thank you to all who reponded and got me squared away .... Ken
by hydro
Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:25 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: structure scan question for Lowrance HDS users
Replies: 5
Views: 1116

structure scan question for Lowrance HDS users

I emailed Lowrance about this and and haven't heard back from them yet so I was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience with their HDS-8 (or 10) ? The HDS-8 I recently purchased came from the factory with the "2.5" version software which I upgraded with the "3.5" ver...
by hydro
Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:50 am
Forum: Political
Topic: I could not believe this when I read it this morning!
Replies: 7
Views: 1009

Re: I could not believe this when I read it this morning!

$8 million a year to support 28,000 jobs and tens of millions in revenues seems like a great investment to me. Even if you don't agree that arts are important, you can't deny the fantastic return on investment this is. That works out to almost $286,000 per artist, per year . I thought artists weren'...
by hydro
Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:26 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: BASS AOY Process-Agree or Disagree
Replies: 50
Views: 7659

Re: BASS AOY Process-Agree or Disagree

Rod , Could not agree more! Its because of this type of nonsense I cancelled my membership 4 or 5 years ago and their not giving me any reason to rejoin.
by hydro
Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:27 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Nothing But The Facts!
Replies: 58
Views: 32670

Re: Nothing But The Facts!

After reading some of the earlier posts about this incident I was thinking "wow! " what if he is innocent and some facts come to light that clears his name ? ( though the likelyhood was pretty remote) Thanks for posting what really happened and clearing up any more speculation. There is no...
by hydro
Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:03 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Angler's Choice seeking tournament directors
Replies: 10
Views: 3078

*NM*

*NM*
by hydro
Sat May 22, 2010 9:05 am
Forum: Political
Topic: oduma and calderon
Replies: 43
Views: 4339

Re: oduma and calderon

Lots of people who are not good spellers (or thinkers) ,and some who just happen to be college grads are in favor of continued illegal immigration . This will insure that the illegal drugs they depend on to fuel their superior intellect and powers of perception will keep their brains working at peak...
by hydro
Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:26 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law
Replies: 63
Views: 9129

Re: Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law

I can see it now ...... If Arizona goes against Obama's wishes and begins enforcing the new illegal immigration law Obama will send in the National guard to make sure no illegal immigrants get arrested . The same National guard that wasn't available to defend the rights/lives/property of the US citi...
by hydro
Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Get read to register you shotguns and rifles in California
Replies: 189
Views: 23938

" now you are going to stop buying one of the best jigs made on the west coast because you don't like his politic's..."


I don't like his political leanings or his jigs and I'm not buying either of the two.
by hydro
Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:27 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Who is takeing the water now
Replies: 19
Views: 3109

Re: Who is takeing the water now

I could be wrong but I believe this is all by design to keep major reservoirs low to give the illusion of a water crisis (despite pretty much normal snowpack accumulation this winter ) . This way the unsuspecting public will be willing to go along with the destruction of the California Delta and not...
by hydro
Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:27 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Who is takeing the water now
Replies: 19
Views: 3109

Re: Who is takeing the water now

I could be wrong but I believe this is all by design to keep major reservoirs low to give the illusion of a water crisis (despite pretty much normal snowpack accumulation this winter ) . This way the unsuspecting public will be willing to go along with the destruction of the California Delta and not...
by hydro
Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:16 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Stockton Sucks...proof
Replies: 32
Views: 6039

Re: Stockton Sucks...proof

Wow thanks for that eye opening report on Amador county crime !
Perhaps everyone needs to move to Modesto to truly be safe from criminal acts?
by hydro
Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:41 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Thank god the pumps are on for west side farmers
Replies: 63
Views: 8197

Re: As I have said before, I guess nobody in No Cal

Two questions .......
1) how big of a de-salinization plant could be built in So. Cal. for $11 billion dollars?

2) If Quagga mussels were discovered in the Delta would they still want the water?
by hydro
Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:22 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Merry Christmas - from Al-Qaida
Replies: 50
Views: 5106

Re: Merry Christmas - from Al-Qaida

I would be willing to bet if you worked out the demographics of these 128000 violence related deaths that the bulk of them occurred in Democrat controlled voting districts . I don't think its any coincidence that when the law abiding citizens are allowed to carry violent crime stats go down, yet whe...
by hydro
Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:59 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: feinstein's response to two gates project
Replies: 8
Views: 1919

Re: feinstein's response to two gates project

What a farce! How can she claim its time to "repair the Delta" when what is being proposed is all about exporting even more water south while preventing salt/brackish water from being sucked upstream and sent south by blocking the flow with the new gates . Feinstein needs to by put in the ...
by hydro
Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:01 am
Forum: Political
Topic: How long will it last?
Replies: 14
Views: 2069

Re: How long will it last?

I don't believe boiling down people to oil will work . My solution is much simpler to solve our energy problems. Its Meth ! Tweakers have limitless energy when using the stuff so you hook one of them up to a rickshaw for individual transportation and connect teams of them to pull stage coaches for m...
by hydro
Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:42 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: How many amps does a 36 volt t-motor draw on high?
Replies: 6
Views: 13738

Re: How many amps does a 36 volt t-motor draw on high?

Thanks John When Batteries are connected in series the voltages are additive and the amp hour capacity remains the same 12+12+12=36V at 105 amp hours When connected in parallel the total battery voltage remains 12V but the amp hour capacity is additive 105+105+105amp hours = 315 amp hours at 12V
by hydro
Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:57 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: How many amps does a 36 volt t-motor draw on high?
Replies: 6
Views: 13738

Re: How many amps does a 36 volt t-motor draw on high?

John try this conversion table... Trolling Motor Amp Hours Calculate the Ampere draw based on the pound thrust of the motor: (Pound Thrust / Motor Voltage x 12 = Ampere Draw) Example: - 55 Pound Thrust / 12 volt x 12 = 55 Amp Draw - 55 Pound Thrust / 24 volt x 12 = 27.5 Amp Draw - 55 Pound Thrust / ...
by hydro
Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:47 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Fish with a pro contest I need your help guys
Replies: 23
Views: 3491

Re: Fish with a pro contest I need your help guys

Thanks Kent I just signed up

After hearing the radio spot about Gary Dobyns' near miss without a life jacket seems he would have been the logical choice for a Pro to fish with for this contest .
by hydro
Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:23 am
Forum: Shimano Product Forum
Topic: Loomis GLX MBR842 versus SHR822C for shakey head worms
Replies: 1
Views: 1353

Loomis GLX MBR842 versus SHR822C for shakey head worms

Trying to decide which of these two rods to get .
The MBR842 seems to have a lot of fans and appears to be more versatile for different techniques.
The SHR822C looks to be more of a one technique specific rod to me .
Anyone have any experience how these two rods compare to one another?
by hydro
Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:14 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: USAC-Berkley WRL Opener Weight Guess Contest
Replies: 57
Views: 6059

Re: USAC-Berkley WRL Opener Weight Guess Contest

8.75 lbs
by hydro
Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:36 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Interesting Read about the water situation in California
Replies: 8
Views: 1686

Re: Interesting Read about the water situation in California

Ron T wrote... Easy now ........... If it werent for the south needing the water many of the northern water projects wouldent even exist That is true but usually these projects use flood control as the driver with the added benefits of jobs and electric generation to seal the deal. They were only s...
by hydro
Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:09 am
Forum: Political
Topic: EXTRA ClimateGate -scandal proves Global Warming EXAGGERATED
Replies: 35
Views: 5052

Re: EXTRA ClimateGate -scandal proves Global Warming EXAGGER

Fact - Our earth has always gone thru cycles of up and down temperture fluctuations occurring over hundreds to hundreds of thousands of years . The dinosaurs had no big SUV's or coal burning power plants yet they lived on a much warmer planet than today . So where did this global warming come from s...
by hydro
Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:42 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: “we’re going to fix the Delta and to build a canal around ..
Replies: 3
Views: 941

Re: “we’re going to fix the Delta and to build a canal aroun

Unfortunately it seems all of our Politicians think the American people are just plain stupid What the Governator meant to say was ........ "Vee haff to destroy the Del-tuh in orda to safe the Del-tuh ." This is right in line with Bush's statement when implementing TARP "We have to de...
by hydro
Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:28 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Check out Johnny C in the fishing photos
Replies: 7
Views: 2134

Re: Check out Johnny C in the fishing photos

Sorry John couldn't resist on this one ............................
by hydro
Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:42 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Check out Johnny C in the fishing photos
Replies: 7
Views: 2134

Check out Johnny C in the fishing photos

In these tough economic times many have to take on additional jobs to get by and apparently bass fishing guides are no exception. If my sources are correct Johnny C is now moonlighting as a male exotic dancer using the stage name " Johnny Si ' - the Latin Lobina Lover " In his latest pic s...
by hydro
Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:12 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Dang, by my calcs, KVD is AOY, hope I'm wrong!*NM*
Replies: 9
Views: 1903

Re: Dang, by my calcs, KVD is AOY, hope I'm wrong!*NM*

BASS just keeps trying different twists in hopes of attracting fans. This thing of having a fish-off to decide "Angler of the year" is just to create drama for entertainment purposes . In my opinon its kind of a joke since on a given day any of these guys can beat the others and doesn't pr...