Northwest Fishing Reports

Y2k? ....Somebody help!... pinch me or something ... I was dreaming that I was 40 years old and it was 2019! What a terrible nightmare!

Seriously, what are you talking about? The link you provided just confused the issue for me. Why is there date problems from 2000 in the year 2019?

^^^^ yep. Ethanol boils at a much lower temp than gasoline alone. Fuel boiling is probably a less likely scenario than many of the things youve already checked, but because of this, is something that and intelligent person could easily miss. Good call on questioning the ignition system. Ignition coi...

great minds think alike!

Mods: Can I get this moved to boat/boating topic subforum? I have some other stuff to share, and would like them all in the same place. Thanks

I fish small south king county lakes a lot. I troll for trout, crappie, kokanee, bass and even troll slowly while casting towards shore. Trolling these little lakes can be quite a challenge with thier small size and weed beds that pop up out of nowhere. Then factor in the wind that blows through the...

The vast majority of time, I am looking for info on a specific lake. I never feel the need to just search through random hot spots for example or random months to fish or bait to use. I always have a specific lake in mind when I look for hot spots or what ever else. I would prefer to have an obviou...

Welcome to the site! I'll take a stab at it. 3 possibilities come to mind. Sounds like this motor has an external fuel tank? Does this tank have a vent? If its a modern tank, it's likely in the fuel cap. It may be restricted and not letting air into the tank. The fuel pump will be sucking fuel from ...

Hey Aaron, nice to meet you at the nwftv debut party, thanks to all that put that on! We were talking about how I was having a difficult time "as the end user" finding specific info about specific lakes. You told me to lay it on you... so here goes.... When I want to find a prospective fishing lake,...

I know this is a little late... But if you catch this message in time and there is still room, Laura and Ryan Marshall would like to attend. Sorry for the short notice.

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Agreed, dont be a wuss, do it yourself! Lol, just kidding ...kind of. Good advice from fishingfool. That being said, I have no idea what your comfort level is for doing this type of work. The battery wiring, charger wiring, battery mounting, knowledge to acquire proper sized batteries and other comp...

Well since you've been googling, you should know what to expect for motor cost. $1500-2000 The basic motor install is less than an hour job. $100 Quick disconnect mounting bracket installed add $100 Do you already have Batteries, batt boxes, hold downs, cables, quick disconnect connector, circuit br...

Still doesnt seem to work properly, randomly. On Edge, Chrome and Firefox. I was logged in earlier today. Came back and was logged out. Tried to log back in, but it takes me back to the home page after logging in, only to be logged out still. Deleted cookies in FF. Same thing. Came back 5 mins late...

Might want to confirm those batteries are actually Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) instead of Lithium Ion (LiCoO2) as labeled. The chemistry is different between the two and, from my research, it appears KS Energy sells both but labels them accordingly. Good read - https://batteryuniversity.com/le...

I have moved my fish finder on this 15 ft boat a few times. Happy now. I mounted the base with only 2 of the 4 holes to the 1 inch wide side rail. I like to use 3/16 aluminum pop rivets to mount my accessories because they never rust or loosen up. Been that way for years now and is still solid. 2019...

Looking at the stocking plan for 2019 (got an early copy from wdfw) and noticed theyre going to be stocking kokanee in July (only Meridian, Angle & Sawyer for region 4) this year. Previous plants for some of the better kokanee fishing seasons were stocked in May) Last few years have been in June. Wo...

More power- At high power, 50% battery life left, the voltage to the trolling motor might be less than 10v with a conventional battery, with a LiFePO4 lithium battery the voltage will likely be close to 13v (using a 12v motor). less than 1/2 the weight- in a small boat that equates to more power and...

Bulk charge should work well at that voltage, I wonder what the effect of a float charge of 13.1 (common 12v maintainer voltage) would be on those? I would guess that those batts have some charge built in charge control too? Interested in your results, good luck.

Spot lock (anchor) on my 2016 model minn kota i pilot saltwater motor is lucky to stay within 20ft. Ive heard that they have improved that within the last few years.

Mine is newer and you nailed it. I got a Garmin fish finder and did not realize they would not talk to each other until I already had everything. Setting a track with zig zags is a bit of a pain with the remote but once set you can tell it to go to either end and repeat, or do a big circle over and...