Ramp at Fort Snelling State park on Minnesota river by confluence is a great ramp with a dock and lots of parking. Free to launch, but need a state park sticker.

Over the years on this site, people have said that the LM population on P2 is not good. P3-P4 seem to be much better for bass than P2.

What about White Bass, where do the White Bass usually hang out? Are they in the current or back in the slack water?

While I don’t know what chores where on the list, my excuse would start something like this, “Honey, when I was out doing whatever it was that you asked me to do, I snapped my fishing pole that was in the car. The whatever it was that I was picking up for you rolled over it in the car. It’s a bummer and now I’ll need to get a new one. (you can snap any old pole you have around the garage, or just say that you did, then replace it with a new Avid) Good luck…..and don’t forget to pick up another Bomber 6A.

Sorry, I didn’t get this reply out sooner. I launched yesterday at 494 and the ramp is open. The dock is gone so it makes it a little tricky. Bring tall boots or hip waders. Maybe they are going to put the dock back out after the water goes back down a bit. The flow was really moving yesterday. We boated a number of saugers and then before the rain hit, a nice walleye just under 28″ grabbed a crankbait. In the strong current, that was the best fight I ever had with a walleye.

hard to diagnose from the info available. It could be a bad battery #2. You could swap battery 1 and 2 and see if you get the same result that battery 2 (in the former batter 1 location)is still the proble. You could take another battery (from you car or extra) and put it in the battery 2 spot. If it works, then it is a bad battery 2. If it doesn’t work, it could be wiring problem.

I had a wire break on the water with my Powerdrive 65 and had a hard time figuring out what was wrong. When I would jiggle the wire, the motor would come on then cut off. I took the connection apart (under the electrical tape) and one wire had come loose.

I hope that helps some. Good luck getting it back up and running.

I have the 24v PD65 on a Lund 17 Fisherman and it is a great electric, plenty of power and will go all weekend. While this one is nice, I wish that I would gotten the one with the autopilot. With the PD I can get from 0 to 1.8 mph (GPS reading).

Does anyone use those sinkers from Lindy that look like a banana when you rig? I have always used an egg sinker, but those got me thinking they may come through rocks better.

Way to go Dave, I probably saw you this morning from the 35E bridge.

John, that was a great reply and a lot of wise advice. I hope he listens to it; especially the rich and generous woman part.

That is hard to hear and I feel for the family and friends. Extra prayers for that family.

If I was you I wouldn’t worry about being exactly on the centerline. I have a PD65 on a 2000 Lund and my trolling motor is about a foot to the rightside of center when it is in the water. This way when I pull up the trolling motor the shaft goes right along the gunwale. It has not made a bit of difference in how the boat steers. At least give it a try where it is and see what you think.

I’ve heard it was closee to 100% for the ones that you keep!

Some of these require you to also measure the girth (not many of us ever do that). Here is one that gives you a good estimate based on length only. It may not be perfect, but that gives you more room to exagerate.

http://www.outdoorsweekly.com/weigh.html
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Another way to do it is just to make it up.

All “nice” sunfish weigh over 1lbs
All “nice” bass are 5 lbs or better
All “nice” walleyes are estimated at 8lbs

You use this estimator like this. “I caught a “nice” walleye yesterday. The chart I used put her right about 8lbs or so…….”

That is great, I have to pass that one on.

Thanks for sharing.

That is what the one I have looks like. I was lazy and just wrapped the wire around the terminals and tighted up the bolt (didn’t crimp a ring terminal in the wire first). All is good. You should be all set.

Darn, screwed up on that last post. It should have been if you are running 24 volts all the way to the trolling motor (not 12 volts as it says in the first line).

John, I just thought of another thing. If you are running 12 volt, two batteries in series all the way to the trolling motor, you only need one curcuit breaker on the positive terminal of the battery with the red wire going to the trolling motor. I needed two (one on each red wire) because of the wiring harness that I have. I have a black plug that puts the batteries in series (24 volts) at the plug. I have a red plug for recharging that separates the batteries to recharge in 12 volt mode. Because of this, I needed to protect each battery with a separate curcuit breaker or tap in after the plug on the motor side red wire.

Probably too much info.

Best of luck on this.

I agree, circuit breaker at an auto parts store is the way to go. The only thing that I have to add is that you mentioned needed two fuses:

[Any help would be appreciated it is a 56lbs 12/24 so I will need two fuses one on the white and one on the red.]

Not sure what you meant there, but if you are running two batteries (24volt) you will need two fuses (one on each positive terminal of each battery). I’m not sure what you meant by one on the read and one on the white. If running one battery (12 volt), then you should only need one circuit breaker on the positive pole (or spliced into the red wire).

If you are looking for a resort for the family on Leach Lake, Big Rock Resort is a nice family place (bigrockresort.com). Our family has been going there for the past 5 years and our kids love it. This is not a big fancy place (with big fancy prices), but more of a mom and pop shop.

Never fished it for walleye, but shot a few carp up there. It should be fun. Good luck.

I was wondering if anything was happening on pool2 and this pretty much answers that. Lots of pool3-4 reports of fish, but p2 reports were silent. Now I can see why. Hope this gets out of the system soon. I have put in at Fort Snelling, but never at Lillydale. How do you get to that from Hwy 13?

I think the best way to answer those questions would be to put a voltmeter on the batteries to see what they read. A good 12 volt battery will read up to 13.7 volts when fully charged. While the charger is on and in a charge mode, the voltmeter will read around 14 volts. I have a trickle charger on my batteries in the garage all winter, I’m going to look tonight and see what it says when the trickle is running.

On your starting battery, if you don’t have a charge of 12 volts, I wouldn’t want to be out on a big lake with that battery. You may want to go out and get a new one for the year.

croixboy, welcome to pool 2.

Here is a source for a map of pool 2 with the wingdams. http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/NavCharts/UMRNavChartsIdx01.asp

Walleyes should be picking up over the next couple or weeks. Do you have your boat out already?

I agree that baitcasters are hard to use at first and you have to make sure it is adjusted correctly for the size lure you have tied on. If you haven’t already, check the instructions that came with it to see how to adjust so it doesn’t overwind or backlash. Here is a simple rule of thumb: push the button and let the lure start to spool off line and drop toward the floor. If it doesn’t drop when you push the button, loosen the nut that controls the tension (not the same as the drag) until it starts to drop slowing but steadily. If it drops quickly and hits the floor and a bunch of lines keeps spooling off (backlash), then tighten down that nut a little to slow the drop. At that point the reel is set as well as it can be.

The other thing that can cause problems when you are new to baitcasting is putting too much wrist into the cast that whips the tip like you do with a spinning rod. I have less trouble with I use a slower whole arm type movement and not as much wrist.

I also have the Shimanno Curado and really like it, but I also have an old Shimanno Bantam that gets a lot of use.

How some of this helps.

If you find out something, let us all know. I would be interested in which way you go (two separate units or a combo) and which ones you pick.

Good luck on the hunt.

Sounds like great nights out on the water. Iim also having trouble seeing the pictures. They are just coming up with a logo that says hosted by AngelFire, but no image.

Great fishing are the plastics ringworms or curly tails?

Are you looking for computer support or high-level administrative assistant (professional secretary) type work?

Is there a place on the site to get a map of pool 2?