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To close the circle, I just ordered a Lowrance Eagle 9 with the Tripleshot transducer and C-maps Discovery. I remembered I had a 15% coupon from Sportsman’s Warehouse so I picked it up for $650 plus tax. I was persuaded by the arguments in favor of the bigger screen. Buy once, cry once as they say.
My Lowrance LMS-332c is starting to develop dead screen areas, and it’s 20 years old anyway, so I’m in the market for a replacement. I don’t need a giant screen or FFS, just something that will tell me the depth and contour, retain a track of my movement and allow me to store waypoints...
Let me add some background to explain why I‘m asking the question. Toyota’s main 2.4 liter engine in the mid 2000‘s was the 2AZ-FE. It was in the Camry, RAV4 and a bunch of Scions. In 2007 they made an engineering change and began using new pistons with low tension rings and what eventually...
This sounds like a prudent idea going forward. I've also discovered today that you can buy the bobbins by themselves quite a bit cheaper than the rearm kits. The CO2 carts can be bought from a number of sources as well.
My self-inflating PFD was rearmed just last year and didn't get wet, but it inflated itself in the cab of my truck sometime in the last week or two. Is this a common problem? I hate the idea of buying a $25 rearm kit every year and I hate even worse the idea it will inflate and then be useless...
This is my 9.9 Evinrude on my 1648 Lowe Jon boat. This is a long shaft on a short transom, right? It seems to run fine and will plane the boat with two people. Should I elevate the transom to the correct height or just keep using it as-is? I could certainly fish shallower water if it were up a...
A guy locally has a 2006 Ultracraft 16ft fishing boat for sale. Google tells me very little about this brand. Any one have any opinions of them? I would mostly be interested because of the 25 HP Mercury outboard, but It would be a plus if the hull were of good quality.
It’s an outboard, and fortunately one that doesn’t require extended cranking. It’s just that I frequently am away from power for a week or so and I worry about the extra load. The motor doesn’t keep the battery fully topped off because it often takes a while to being it back to full charge when...
