I was out there on Saturday myself. Out to 9 mile and back from the public launch by the casino. I have a Lund Mr. Pike 18 with nut cups for windshields. I drove out there between 23-25mph (1/4 with the wind) and returned to the launch between 10-12 mph (1/4 against the wind) with my bow pointed just high enough to take the 3 foot wave and peel the water back and not get to wet. Both trips were wet rides… Going out, we got soaked… To the point of runinng the bilge every 5 minutes or so. Coming back, we got wet… But only bad enough to run the bilge every 10 minutes. I think even the Rangers got wet on Saturday… Higher freeboard fiberglass boats with the deep front end, like the Skeeter, looked like the ticket to me on Saturday. Not that I want one, I like my ride jist fine and she impressed me with how it handled the big water. Never felt unsafe, just a little wet.

I actually got mine from a severe case of food poisoning that led to no stop vomiting. Started vomiting blood and went in. Doc said I ripped the esophagus and had a hiatal hernia (which he said you have for life) as a result. I had some heartburn and pain for about a year. Over time, I didn’t notice it anymore. Now I hardly remember I have it.

Had the same thing done in 2001. No big deal with the procedure. I did have a hiatal hernia as well. You will just have to watch what you eat and drink. I rarely noticed it after awhile, and the pain went away.

I had the same thing happen to mine. I updated the software from Hummingbird’s website and it worked just fine after that. The salesman told me that I would not have to do this because the unit was new and had shipped after the latest release. But it did the trick. He also told me that pool 3 contours were on the Minnesota chip… Not true. And the Pool 4 contours are 3′ not 1′ as the package suggested. Wish I would have waited to buy it.

Explored a little on Saturday with no luck… Won’t be long though with the temps they are forecasting. They trip down was fun with no floating debris to slow things up.