Thanks fellas. I’ve got a few new ideas now from your posts. I’ll post an update if I get something to work. Good to know I’m not the only one…

Reef W wrote:

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I thought fiber basically eliminated bandwidth problems? Any idea why you experience buffering problems?

End to end is what matters and stuff rarely stays on one ISP the whole way, pretty much never when it’s a regional. Easiest analogy of the internet is a bunch of road/highway systems and where they peer together is an intersection. 1gb fiber at your house is a 10 lane highway bbetween your house and some local ISP hub. Say that ISP has 10 customers, they probably don’t have 100 lanes to the wider internet because not everybody uses it all at the same time. Different things will also need to route through different ISPs and each of those interchanges has a certain capacity that could cause an issue.

Ok, this is getting long but in short 4k video streaming is about 15-30Mb/s maximum depending on the compression algorithm used, usually less as it varies because some parts are more compressible than others. ISPs saying you need some super fast internet connection to stream is marketing BS.

Thanks. Naturally, it was more complex than I thought.

BigWerm wrote:

We were finally able to get rid of Comcast/Xfinity when our neighborhood got MetroNet Fiber, which has been fine, a few buffering issues occasionally but not really better or worse than Xfinity was, but cheaper.

I thought fiber basically eliminated bandwidth problems? Any idea why you experience buffering problems?

Randy Wieland wrote:

Looks like older sits than I could find records on.

Take a look at these
http://yo-zuri.com/products/3ds-shad-mr/

Those look a little too elongated and have a hump that isn’t there on mine.

Brian Klawitter wrote:

OLD??? I RESEMBLE THAT!!

Lol.

Thanks guys. It’s not a huge deal. Just hoping someone might recognize them from a “few” years ago.

Thanks. Trying to ID them for a friend. He claims he bought them 20 (?) years ago.

pool2fool wrote:

Fish-them-all edited his original post, but I was under the impression his concerns were about potential flooding and increased boat traffic, not about LMB. If the area was a naturally occurring LMB habitat that they wanted to sacrifice for industrial or commercial profit, then I’d probably feel differently.

It’s of course a moot point now as construction is underway and it would probably take a Tiananmen Square-style protest to do anything about it. I just wish I had heard about the project in the early stages. I contacted the Pioneer Press reporter quoted above and he responded that he had been covering the project for a year and my email was the first time he had heard about any potential downside to the project (I had written about the wonderful LM fishery back there). I hope the fishery survives but based on every other flow-through channel I’ve fished on Pool 2, I don’t believe it will happen.

fish-them-all wrote:

Not a big fan of this project, but only time will tell. Seems there could be unforeseen consequences of this when the water is high.

Agree. I doubt a few bass fishermen are real high on their list of concerns. That dead-end channel was the only place that consistently held LM in Pool 2 year after year and it was precisely because it was a dead end. The first flood event will blow it out. What a shame. I scratched many an early season itch back there while the rest of the state was closed to bass fishing.

So…are there any other options besides the Navionics Sonar Charts noted above for HD detail of the canadian side of LOTW and Rainy on Lowrance?

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I like smallies, but if they need to be reduced to help save the eyes in the lake, well then I guess I have no problem watching guys knife em, or bang them off the sides of their boats.

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Well now, isn’t that sporting!

Glad it worked for you. Note that there is a free version also available for download – the trial version is the one you pay for but has more features, of course.

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I used the Easy GPS trial verson and that was enough to see where they were and i deleted the ones i didnt want.. Thanks Guys

Fishspike

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EasyGPS is the product I use to manage all of my waypoints. It allows editing and viewing of waypoints via a Bing sat maps browser session along with numerous other functions. And, it’s free.

There’s a wonderful book that helped me (and my parents) immeasurably after the loss of my 21 year old brother. The suggestion of a book will probably seem a little trite right now but once the shock subsides and the healing begins, I really recommend it. It’s called “Lament for a Son” by Nicholas Wolterstorff.

So sorry for your loss.

Never mind. I finally found the list:

http://primus.lowrance.com/icr/Software/Insight_lakes.htm

How much effort would it take to at least organize these by state? Sheesh…

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hi Cal,
You just may have to make an annual trip to MO or TX every year during March and April and just stay off the river.
Hope all is well.
Jack

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You are correct, sir! Alabama too! I only wish it could be March AND April…

Nice write-up Vern!

Wow! Is there something about Pool 2 that causes lots of breakdowns?? Might have to start looking for another place to fish this time of year!

Nice one John!

Thankee kindly!

As one that spends more time chasing “basin” bass than river bass, I think it would be even cooler if they would upgrade the contour lines on the 2007 chips from white to a darker color that could actually be seen. I too spoke to the Lakemaster folks at one of last winters shows and was told that this would be fixed on the 2008 chips but that I was out of luck with the 2007 versions.

Hmmm….I think I recognize that yellow tree in the background Nice fish John!

Lake Patoka – Indiana – 2005

Just go back to cable steering Connor

If you’re in the south metro area, Shakopee Marine is the best Merc place around. They do all the work on my 175EFI which has been very little thankfully. What type of boat is the motor on? If it’s a bass boat, for setup tips you definitely want to check out Bass Boat Central- BBC
Mac

I’m way ahead of you, Gary. I decided we’d better meet at a neutral site for breakfast (Denny’s) so I don’t have to talk so much fishin’ Yeah, right! I’ve known Jack for many, many years thru the MVIF club. A great guy and a super fisherman!
Cal

Hey guys. Thanks for all the suggestions, especially the tip about the Marcum charger. I’ve always wondered about the Aqua-Vu charger as it has no indication of battery level or charge. Jack, I’ll take you up on that offer. Thanks again everyone!
Mac

Scott,
It’s been awhile since I tried it (I’m not much of an ice fisherman ). I did try charging the battery numerous times toward the end of the softwater season last year and it did not work properly the last 3-4 times I was on the water.
Mac

2007 Schedule (MN Division):
June 3 – Le Homme Dieu
July 22 – Whitefish Chain
Aug 5 – Pokegama (Grand Rapids)
Sep 9 – Pools 4 & 5
Oct 6 & 7 – Pools 4 & 5 (2 day Division Championship)
For the co-angler, the regular tournament are $100 each and the division championship is $150.
Mac

We conducted a survey this last summer at the request of one of our clubs. The results were mixed with about a third of the respondents wanting the TOC date to remain as is, about a third wanting an earlier date and the remaining wanting a rotating date. The MNBF board is more than willing to address a proposal from any of the members to change the TOC timing, but so far no one has stepped up that I’m aware of. If you want to PM me, I can get you in touch with the board member that is facilitating the effort.
Cal McCracken
Secretary, MN BASS Federation

The PDF entry form calls it a “use charge”, whatever that is…

Don Erickson, 952-432-2357. Registration deadline is 5/21/06. Tournament is June 17.