|
|
Posts: 400
Location: Metro | When you get to your fishing spot and the trolling motor doesn't work. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 2687
Location: Hayward, WI | Fix it
Drift
Troll
If that fails: pout and go home |
|
| |
|
Posts: 470
Location: Blaine, MN | Plug the TM in and start over! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 13688
Location: minocqua, wi. | head back, quick release remove it, switch transducers, put spare on and go fishing ... 30 minutes max. Boom! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 76
| CAST! CAST! CAST!!!!!------- the muskies don't care that the motor's broken. I fished out of a 14' starcraft rowboat with NO trolling motor and NO depthfinder for two years----- year one caught 15 muskies-------year two --caught 76 muskies! Electronics can be your BEST FRIEND----- or your WORST ENEMY , depending on WHEN they decide to stop working. That's no reason not to cast-----go get 'em----Pat Elza |
|
| |
|
Posts: 994
Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Gotta go with ShoNuff
"CAST! CAST! CAST!!!!!------- the muskies don't care that the motor's broken. I fished out of a 14' starcraft rowboat with NO trolling motor and NO depthfinder for two years----- year one caught 15 muskies-------year two --caught 76 muskies! Electronics can be your BEST FRIEND----- or your WORST ENEMY , depending on WHEN they decide to stop working. That's no reason not to cast-----go get 'em----Pat Elza "
I'd be the first one to feel handicapped without my TM, but you can't let a little thing like that stop ya. If you can fix it, do it, if not stow it and fish on brother, fish on!! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 619
| cast a cowbell.. the pull and drag from the cowbell will move your boat for you. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1767
Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | I'd rather be in a 14 foot aluminum tiller boat without a TM than a big glass boat with steering at the console...your day is pretty much over |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20229
Location: oswego, il | Try and fix it. Been in this situation. Check the plugs, battery ect. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 400
Location: Metro | lol sorry guys I didn't really explain what I wanted with this post. I wanted you to finish the sentence after "when you go fishing and..." I did a poor job of saying this.
Sorry! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 323
Location: Elk River, MN | When you get to "the spot" and realize the nets in the truck still. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 13688
Location: minocqua, wi. | ... and some other clown has decided to not only fish it, but fish it correctly. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 102
| My TM started smoking at the start of day 3 of a 7 day trip. Located that there was an exposed wire where the wires go into the head of the TM. Boat was lined up to drift right along a long weed edge, so I just started cutting/stripping wires to do a quick on the water reconnect. My partner raised 3 fish on the drift, and all 3 came from up on the weed flat, which we wouldn't have been on if the TM was working. By the time we reached the other shoreline, I was just finishing up the fix. Never even had to fire up the big motor, and partner lost no fishing time. We ended up putting a nice tiger in the net later that afternoon from up on the weed flat, and doubt we would've been up there if the TM never failed, as we were targeting edges previously. |
|
| |
|
| I never liked clowns....sometimes I am one. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 81
| When you get old enough that you can't see to tie your knot if you're wearing your contacts. |
|
| |
