The hypotheis in the study is that zebra mussels change lake chemistry in a way that alters pre-existing, inert mercury into a form that can be absorbed by bugs and other organisms in the food chain. As game fish directly eat bugs and small organisms that have higher levels of mercury in their systems or indirectly by eating baitfish that preyed upon contaminated bugs and small organisms, mercury levels in game fish increase.
The higher mercury levels are not from game fish directly eating zebra mussels.

I don’t know what the Ranger specs are but I’d guess that a 5 amp fuse should be within specs since a 3 amp fuse is quite small for the main electronics fuse.
Do you have a Ranger dealer you can ask?

There’s certainly nothing wrong with keeping a limit of walleyes.

The possession limit will be 4 as well as the daily limit if it gets through the rulemaking process.

Yes, the Gophers are still the favorites by 1.5 points as of today.

Iowaboy1 wrote:

Karry, I agree with you in that you should familiarize yourself with all of the features, while you are busy pushing buttons I’m busy setting the hook lol.

At the end of the day. I’ll have set the hook more than you.

Both teams played well. It was a battle. It’s too bad only one team can win.

Let us know if it does the job.

I think it’s really pretty simple to go in and change the water level offset as conditions change. Just do it once if you notice your map contour depths are off and you’re done for the day. If you want to stare at depth readings and map contour depths that don’t agree all day that’s up to you, but I prefer mine t match if possible.
I think it’s especially important to at least try to have the water level offset set the best you can when one is using i-Pilot Link and the “follow the contour” feature which I do alot.
Iowaboy 1 is right when he says to embrace what you have but I think that should mean to adjust your water level offset when needed.

Try going to a grain elevator.

If Minn Kota says the 5200 was the problem, why would they send a new bracket?
I’m not sure how that’d be their fault.
I must be missing something but I know they do have good customer service.
Even so I still don’t really understand why overapplying 5200 would cause play in the bracket if the mounting bolts are tightened to specs.

munchy wrote:

I don’t dare guess on this one but what exactly are we looking at here?

I had a few photos on my computer. I don’t see anyting different between yours and mine.

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Nothing jumps out at me from the photos. I’ll take some photos of mine when I get a chance and post them for a comparison.

I have no play at all on mine. Can you post a photo of how it’s mounted?

DC Cougar wrote:

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Not only do you need a 60 amp breaker but you also have to consider wiring size depending on the run. 8awg for the first 5′ up to 2awg for runs of 25′

That’s exactly it. Thanks! I was talking to the tech who converted the system for me. He just left in the breaker that was there for the 12v system. Idiot. So he’ll be putting in a 60 amp breaker. AND he’ll check to see what gauge the wiring is. It doesn’t run more than 5 feet, but I’m not sure it’s even 8 AWG.

Should be good to go after these modifications!

A 12 volt 55 lb. thrust trolling motor and a 24 volt 80 lb. thrust trolling motor both call for 60 amp circuit breakers and the 55 lb. thrust 12 volt motor actually calls for heavier wire on runs of 10 ft. or more than a 24 volt 80 lb. thrust motor calls for so maybe the tech isn’t an idiot. Pretty fast to call the tech an idiot aren’t you? Your original circuit breaker could have been bad from the start. How would the tech know it was bad if it was? Have you ever done much diagnosing of electrical issues?

Can you post some photos? I have a tilt bracket on my Talon and it doesn’t even wiggle but didn’t even know they made a quick release bracket.

The Vikes are a better team than the Jets. THe Vikes will do fine.

A lifetime ban is really good point. He should be inducted into the HOF now that he’s gone.

He’d probably be in the HOF if he hadn’t lied about the gambling. Maybe he’ll eventaully get in the HOF but the satisfaction that he would of known getting in while he was alive is gone. The punishment seems cruel on some levels but in a lot of ways, he did it to himself. He should have fessed up early on instead of denying the gambling over and over.
In some ways I feel sorry for Pete Rose.

Deer love sunflowers.

I thought that the coaching by Fleck and his staff was very poor in the second half after looking really good in the first half.
While Iowa made half time adjustments, Minnesota didn’t respond.

Bassn Dan wrote:

My observation is it’s not so much a “shortage” of vets, as it is a shortage of work ethic. Vets used to have Saturday hours and do after hours emergency care, but now the “Lifestyle Vets” are too busy off enjoying the mega dollars they squeeze out of pet owners. Your pet dies? They get even MORE money with services for a new pet, so sadly, not a lot of motivation for most of them to care…

Shortage of work ethic? I sure don’t want to have Saturday hours and work after hours whenever called do you? Vets are allowed personal lives too aren’t they? I have no idea what kind of job you have but do you want to be on call every day of the week and work Saturdays? That’s a hell of a great life isn’t it? And then you complain about money?
I know that the old romantic vision of a vet being on call every hour of the day of every week is how some people think that it should be but that just isn’t reality. They have lives too.

Brad Dimond wrote:

True. Last I heard there were 33 vet schools in the U.S. as opposed to >150 medical schools. Competition is fierce, costs are high ($63k.year)..

To be a veterinarian or a medical doctor depends upon the goals of a student.

Veterinary students course loads aren’t more rigorous nor are the requirements to get into vet school higher than in medical school but there are far fewer vet schools than medical schools in the US so yes, it’s competitive to get into vet school which may lead to that conclusion.
Entrance requirements are similar for both veterinarian schools and medical schools and students undergrad degrees may be exactly the same but just chose different career paths.
Yes, veterinarians have to be smart and have high grades to get into vet school and I’m not trying to put them down by any means but medical doctors also study for 8 years and still have to undergo 3 to 7 years of residency before they can become board-certified attending physicians.

It’s almost like comparing apples and oranges but we need them both.

10klakes wrote:

8 years of college and much more rigorous course loads and requirements to be a DVM than a human doctor.

Are you sure about that?

I’ve been there and done that but it was somewhat disappointing for me because it wasn’t a challenge to catch huge channel cats. It was too easy.

You probably won’t find any wiring diagrams but you probably don’t really need any. If you lived close to East Grand Forks, I’d rewire it for you.

Is the battery compartment you talk about the starting battery compartment or is there a trolling motor battery compartment?

How many wires are hooked to the battery now?

The easiest way to identify the wires is to use a voltmeter that will let you test voltage and continuity. If you don’t know how, find a friend or neighbor that knows how to do it.

Is there a fuse panel or anything with breakers common to the the nav lights, bilge pump and live well?

Can you trace the wires from the lights, bilge pump and live well?

The wiring for the accessories will all basically go from power to switch to accessory to ground. The switches either open or close each circuit.

The wiring for your boat shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

KP wrote:

I feel ya B-man but I’m one of those idiots that will be using using all the subscriptions to watch the games this year. Its funny how subscription apps use to be cheaper way to watch and now with all of them its getting really expensive to watch the games.

Last year I did a YouTube TV trail just to watch some of the games and now they wont let me do a trial anymore.

If you want to watch them play you’ve got to pay. There are ways to do it so that it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

What’s the make and model of the trailer?

I bought my Alaskan 2000 DC new in 2011 and still love it.

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