Some have been interested in this project so I took some closer pictures. The white piece I made is just super glued to the ABS fitting. Also I forgot to mention in the original post they are waterproof LEDs.

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eyeguy507 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Chris Schoblocher wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>SW Eyes wrote:</div>
Nice.

Some of these newer units will have a jig glow feature built in (illuminates the screen at max brightness for a short time to glow, then returns back to normal). I know my Humminbird does and it’s works pretty well. But, that looks like it would be much better, might have to give it a try. Great idea.

Now that you mention it I have heard about that feature on some units. Thanks. My cheapness and love to make stuff works sometimes. Lol

I can appreciate this effort Chris. It is fun making things for everyday use. I get it. always keep thinking is what makes great inventions come to the forefront. Now if you could design a glow ring that only glows when you suspend a lure in it………..GAMESETMATCH!

Lol You had to mention that! Now my head will be thinking of ways to do that exact thing.

Tom Sawvell wrote:

Glow …..from Chris Schoblocher

This is a fantastic place for glow products and information. I still have the first box my first product came in from this company [about 18 years ago judging by the date on the shipping label] and still use them today. I still have some of the original order’s glow red, ultra green glow and glow purple and all three of these have as much glow as when they arrived at my doorstep.

I keep all of my Glowinc glow powders in a very dark environment in that original box. Other glow powders from different vendors gets stored in a small shoe box and in a dark closet where temperatures don’t get very warm.
I have and use glow colors as follows: red, blue, ultragreen, orange, purple and aqua. I no longer use the orange as its close to the red in glow color but miserable for holding a charge. The aqua is a sleeper color as is the purple and both of those are ordered 4 ounces at a time.

I use a lot of the powdered pigments in making soft plastics, mostly ice tackle, but use plenty of it by request on jigs. I don’t mix pigment into any paint for the jigs but rather coat the jigs with clear CS vinyl jig coat, then dust the head with raw pigment over an aluminum pie tine to catch the excess. The heads are hung until dry, then get dipped into CS seal coat.

A couple pointers on glow jigs. Keep them warm while fishing and they’ll charge much easier. There are uv enhancing sprays and dips on the market that do exactly what the name implies….they enhance the amount of uv found in natural daylight. These can help in charging the glow jigs by mega focusing the uv in the light source. I always used natural sunlight to light up my jigs and plastics but used a camera flash on occasion and a small 12 volt black light that somehow I have misplaced. All three were excellent charging sources.

Cool. Lots of useful info.

SW Eyes wrote:

Nice.

Some of these newer units will have a jig glow feature built in (illuminates the screen at max brightness for a short time to glow, then returns back to normal). I know my Humminbird does and it’s works pretty well. But, that looks like it would be much better, might have to give it a try. Great idea.

Now that you mention it I have heard about that feature on some units. Thanks. My cheapness and love to make stuff works sometimes. Lol

bigcrappie wrote:

I will take some of those led’s sense you have more to make 4 more.

I would but I have other plans for them.

Sylvanboat wrote:

However, is UV better than a bright light??

I have always been told that UV or black light is best for glow stuff. I also found this in reference to light sources for glow charging. Glow

zooks wrote:

that looks really nice, well done and thanks for sharing

Thanks.

phishingruven01 wrote:

it’s 50 and sunny here. and no ice

Yea it is pretty pathetic! I would see about taking my boat out but I would have to uncover it and then I would have to re-winterize it and I dont want to screw with that. I hate the in between weather where you cant do winter stuff or warm weather stuff. I need a heated place to store my boat so I dont have to worry about winterizing it.

Charlie Waldron wrote:

I have 10 inches of ice in central mn obut there’s 40s all the next week

Just rub it in why dont ya! Lol

If this keeps up I’ll have to bring my ice fishing gear with me when I go snowmobiling beginning of February up in Hurley. I’ll have to explain to the guys that I have to split the time riding and fishing! Lol. I really hope at some point this year I can ice fish and snowmobile here around home but I am not holding my breath at this point. Still a lot of time left but definitely not a good start.

al-wichman wrote:

Chris,

I apologize if I confused you with someone else.

No problem. I just wanted to clear that up.

al-wichman wrote:

There is fishable ice in SE WI. Fox, Beaver Dam, Phantom, Big and Little Muskego. Just to name a few that all have walkable ice (3-5inches). Then you have Petenwell, Castlerock, Winnebago, all have been fishable for some time now. That also have seen plenty of ATV and snowmobile traffic. I was on 9 solid inches on the 30th.

Just because you can’t drive on the ice doesn’t mean it isn’t fishable. I’ve been out pretty much since the second week of December. You are on another forum site with the same complaints. If you spent a few minutes looking at the reports page you can see that there are plenty of options.

I don’t know if you have me confused with someone else but I am not on any other forums and I never said anything about having to drive on the ice. I am more than happy dragging out my gear by hand. Nothing immediately around me has any safe ice and with the way temps have been and will be for the extended forecast I doubt there will be any positive progress any time soon. I’m all the way in the very SE corner of the state and the lakes you listed are at a minimum are about an hour from me and I don’t have the time right now for two hours of driving to fish.

Yea this is a really odd year. This time last year I was out on the lake I live by ice fishing with my wife with 10-12″ of ice. This year the lake is at least 80% open water still.

The battery tender jr will not work. Lithium batteries require a special charger.

nhamm wrote:

So just to clarify, your original post was the same day you received products?

You didn’t even give em a call before the original post? Business emails IMO are 24hr response time. If it’s urgent enough to rant online, I’d at least call first.

First off I did not phone becuse I did not have a chance till today but I did contact them right away via email. Second it was not a rant it was a question on if others where having issues because I have never had issues before this year hence the ? at the end of the title. And as of right now they still had not replied to the email.

Update! Ok just got off the phone with Thorne Brothers. They where helpful and are going to send the right item for one of the messed up things and try to get the other back in stock and straighten that out. She mentioned that she has had people “helping” with orders and she said it is obvious they dont know what they are doing because she is getting a lot of calls about order issues. I had a feeling something was going on because things where just not like thay had been.

glenn57 wrote:

and as i read the initial post i get the impression he is asking others if they’ve had issues with thorne bros. it appears to me he’s ordered stuff from them before and has been happy with them and is somewhat flustered they messed this order up.

personally i would go to the store to get what i want cause i’m not into ordering online or thru the mail. i see no harm in voicing an opinion on products good or bad based on personal preference and i totally disagree this or other forums are for expressing disgruntled peoples displeasure with products or businesses. i for one like to see other peoples opinions.

just sayin!!!!!!!!!!!

That is exactly it. I have been very happy in the past and all of a sudden it is a mess. If it was one incident I would say it was a fluke but lack of communication and the order mess up is making me leary of doing business with them again. From the sounds of it I may be the minority and just have bad luck.

I email companies and try to handle stuff that way because it fits into my schedule easier than staying on hold. I hate wasting more of my time to fix something someone else messed up. And if a company cant handle email traffic they need to remove the email address or have one just for customer service and not one general email for everything.

Yea I’ll have to call tomorrow and hopefully it goes well. There is no way I could have called this afternoon and got anywhere because I was a little ticked off and wanting to rip someone a new A hole and that would have not gone well for anyone. The thing is last year I had an issue and they where very helpful and fast at answering everything over email. I have had a polar opposite experience this year vs last year with everything from answering emails to shipping speed and general communication. And this order screw up was the top.

dandorn wrote:

I just tried to register mine and I got the same message…

I have 4 0’s in my serial #

Maybe they are having site issues. Ill try agian after the holiday and see if it works otherwise Ill call them and get it taken care of. I know I have not had issues with Marcum customer support in the past so I hope it is still good.

Clam Kenai Pro thermal stealth is listed at 48# on their site.

I also have a bad back. I have the Clam Kenai Pro thermal stealth it is not bad to lift. It has enough room for my flasher and my buddy heater also. Also using a drag harness is much easier on the back.

dandorn wrote:

Maybe try it without the o or 0.

Worth a shot.

Kinda hard to do that when there are several throughout the serial number.

Huntindave wrote:

Chris,
I have a Buddy heater (NOT li’l Buddy &not Big Buddy) and a 5 lbs tank used in a one man flip over, both insulated and uninsulated.
I can usually fish three days before needing a refill. All depends on how high and for how long I need the heat on. Worse case running full blast I’d say a day and a half.
I initially went with 5lb size due to the same reason as you, minimum weight.
Specs. for some Manchester tanks:
5 lb tank—-empty weight 10—–full weight 15
11 lb tank—empty weight 14—–full weight 25
20 lb tank—empty weight 18—–full weight 38

As you can see, a full 5lb’er is almost the same as an EMPTY 11lb’er. I figured if I am going smaller than a full size tank (20) might as well go whole hog with the 5 lb’er.

Another way to look at it is; I decide I am going to add 15 pound of weight to my load for fuel. For that 15 lbs of weight I am dragging around, I can have three choices;
(A) 5 lbs of fuel (empty weight 10+5=15)
(B) 1 lbs of fuel (empty weight 14 +1 =15)
(C) 0 lbs of fuel (empty weight 18 lbs)

I have been happy with my 5 lb tank for weekend use. I do on occasion take along a 1 lb’er for a backup. If I am on a week long trip AND have my ATV, I’ll pack the 20 lb’er.

Cool thanks for the info. That is the info I was looking for. I think I’ll go with the 5lb tank and if I am hauling with my snowmobile and on a longer trip I’ll steal the tank from my grill.

tindall wrote:

16″… you’re a lot more ambitious with the spud then I am!

Lol yea just went as far as the ruler on my square.

suzuki wrote:

Is it just the picture angle making it look an inch off at the end?

Yea just the angle of the picture. I butted the edge of the ruler right up to the head of the spud bar.

munchy wrote:

I did it on my previous spud bar that I have now since lost. It worked OK, except you don’t get a very accurate measurement since when you break through the ice it creates a tapered edge that is difficult to grab on to.

I thought about that and I am mainly looking for a ballpark measurement. If I need an accurate measurement I will drill a hole so I have a sharp edge.

ClownColor wrote:

What’s your shelter? 5 pounds should easily last a weekend in a thermo. I always keep a random 1 pounder in my sled for an emergency.

My shelters are listed in the original post. I figured 5lb would last a while. I am mainly worried when I have the wife with me and will need to keep it a bit warmer than when it is just me. I like the idea of a 1lb as a emergency backup.

nhamm wrote:

This was posted sometime ago, either way once I saw it I forgot about 5# and 11# tanks. Imo, nothing is easier to deal with in long run that filling a bunch of 1#s at a time and simply using them.

Big tank comes with on long weekends.

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Yea I have no interest in refilling 1lb tanks. I have done it in the past and hated it and with my bad back flipping the big tank is not that easy anymore.

Dave maze wrote:

Good idea! Spray a little clear coat on there to keep the marks from wearing off.

Good idea! Simple solution that I overlooked. Ill pick up some clear tomorrow and give it a coat.

When you say opened it was it a new unit? If so is the battery connected? I know seems silly but ya never know.

Thanks for all the info guys! Looks like I will be shopping for a 5+ in the near future. I really like my Marcum LX6 so I might as well give the recon a whirl. 6 hours of battery life is pretty good. I have a question for the guys that have a recon 5 or 5+. With it being a usb charger can you use it and power it at the same time? I almost always have a power pack with me with usb ports on it so it would be nice to extend the life while I use it.