Why are you even thinking about it? Support your son and buy a vehicle were he works. He may get some brownie points at the very least. Plus the chevy gets better mileage. Get the 5.3 – it has plenty of power and is easy on gas (comparatively speaking). I have 167,000 trouble free miles on mine. They are both good vehicles.

The best way I have found to find the real depth you are running at is to keep moving shallower until you tick bottom. Always have a full reel and you will know for sure how many feet back you need for a particular lure for your particular line counter. You guys fishing the basin on Mille Lacs can head to the nearest flat (ei. 7 Mile) to accomplish this. I personally can’t get a taildancer to dive more than 30′.