Switch to a full synthetic oil approved for your atv if you’re not using it already. I run conventional Rotella 15-40 in mine as it’s hardly used in the cold anymore. I have the same issue you describe when running conventional when it’s bitter cold which we don’t see often where I live now. I switched to syn. before going to sturgeon bay chasing whitefish when it was -20 and had no issues that weekend or anytime I lived up north and ran syn. My choke cable broke one winter and I used starting fluid then a fast idle for about a minute. I keep a can in the toolbox still and use if needed vs paying almost triple for syn oil.

Concrete was my profession from the time I could walk till 25. Looks like they left for lunch in the middle of the finishing process on a windy day and when they made it back it was to far along to finish it correctly. I would demand it be removed and replaced. I darn sure wouldn’t have waited this long but you haven’t paid so you are still in the drivers seat. If one of my jobs would have looked a third that bad I would have removed and replaced it myself. Concrete lasts a long time and it’s going to eat at you every time you see it. Get it replaced and don’t pay a penny more than what you were quoted.

Use them on limb lines targeting large flatheads. They can be used pole fishing. They are able to crawl under rocks etc. if that structure is around if fishing without being suspended. Good pole bait for spillways below lakes and reservoirs when the flow is high.

Depends on your screen angle. I typically use graph and vertical zoom. My gauges display on the right if I choose to display them which is seldom.

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Spinning reals exclusively for my children. They all started by 3 years of age. By 4 they have the reels mastered. Dad has learned that by 5 I better have a flasher for them or I’m fishing blind. I add another flasher and on we go. They are only young once and we thoroughly enjoy our time on the ice when we are well equipped and keep icing fish.

Assuming you have have the latest software version v5.10. Go to sonar settings then sonar mode and choose Gain 1 when in shallow water. This works best for my Lx6 and Lx7 in water <8′.