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Tungsten

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  1. Would have to agree whiteys can be fun on a really light rod ,I'll target them in the fall.Lake white fish in most of southern Alberta's reservoirs can be huge and really fun on a fly rod .Goldeye are easy to catch with a dry fly, and anything that grabs a dry has to be fun.Hell I've even bragged about catching huge Burbs .There all good fish ,the tug is the drug.

  2. Good ideas beeker.I thought about solar panels ,the problem is a 5 watt one isn't going to do much plus it could wreck your 100$ battery.You could buy a much better one more watts etc.But for the price you can just buy more battery's.Nothing worse than going fishing for three days and running out of juice.I have rotated battery's between truck and boat before in a pinch.

  3. Why can't the motor push the boat. I was planing on having it on the back of the boat and as you would on an alum boat and let it push me forwards.

     

    Tung can you explain further.

     

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    The first time i put a motor on my pontoon i tryed the same thing and all i did was donuts.Maybe yours will be different being a two man craft .It works better to pull than push because you have no keel or rutter ,also the waves won't splash you in the face.its easyer to troll too because your facing your lines.You'll no what i mean when you take it out for the first time ,the boat won't respond to steering like it does in an aluminum.Its like driving on ice.

  4. Mr Big,a couple things about pontoons and electric motors .You may have to stiffen the transom up a little with some wood or what ever if your going to put a big motor on it.The anchor rope deploys right beside the motor ,not such a big deal on stillwaters.Pontoon boats don't have a keel to track the boat straight.Where the motor is will be the front of the boat ,and you will have to turn the motor 180deg.so the motor will pull the boat.As Tepety says you steer with the oars ,or if just let the oars drag in the water it will keep you straight .If you want to troll really slow you can turn the motor back 180deg.and run it in reverse this will be your slowest speed .Hope this helps ..

  5. OK now you guys got me wondering so i did some googleing .It seems there can be two different kinds of deep cycles ,a true deep cycle has solid plates like a golf cart battery and then there are hybrid battery's witch don't have solid plates ,witch i think is the kind you buy over the counter, not sure.They recommend not to discharge past 50% on hybrid battery's.Any battery experts out there ?

  6. You can get Deep Cycle batteries that are designed to go from full to empty repeatedly. Your car battery is not

    To extend the life of a deep cycle battery it is recommended not to discharge past 50%,also you should charge it right away.You can bring them down to almost dead but after a few times they just arn't as good IMO.

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