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  1. dooma_Flatchy

    Move to the back

    My wife invited a couple and their little kid to spend a day with us at the lake with a cook out and what not. Later in the day wife said lets go for a boat ride. I said it's a little rough out but should be okay. Heading out wife friend wanted to go see the bat cave(It's a endangered gray bat...
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    What Model is my Abu Garcia reel?

    I have had this reel for a long long time and I need to replace the pawl in it, I do not know the model # to order the replacement parts. The only markings on the reel is Abu Garcia and made in Sweden. It's as good as my 5500 and 56oo reels.
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    Walter Cronkite dies

    For those who remember him, A legend has passed. I'm 42 We (family) had to watch Walter Cronkite every night. I'll always remember "And that's the way it is" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090718/ts_nm/us_cronkite_3
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    Phone swap question

    My nephew( age 12) decided to to jump into a pool with his phone in his pocket. His carrier is Verizon and I use Sprint. Both use CDMA technology. I have several Sprint phones, Can I get one of them swapped from Sprint to Verizon for him.
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    Fishing Blues

    Have you ever saw your dream bass swim away? This morning I did just that, I was in one of my favorite spots tossing a 10 1/2 zoom monster tomato worm. 3rd cast I caught a 1 1/2 pound dink, I'd say about 3 minutes later bass started busting shad all around me, Throw worm rod down pick up...
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    1994 75 hp force ignition switch

    I am trying to help my sister in law fix her Fisher Pontoon boat and it has I think a 1994 75 hp Force outboard serial# OE357469. Her son, my wifes nephew tried his hand at rewiring the ignition switch because he thought that was what was wrong with it and forgot what went where on the switch...
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    BlackBerry Users

    I found (well I was told about it) a free navigation/geocaching utility. It has compass with a speed read out.(metric and US settings) You can add waypoints just like a handheld gps unit. I have downloaded to my Blackberry Curve (8330) and added several of my fishing waypoints and I am going to...
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    Minnow Trap Bait

    What is the best bait in a minnow trap? Someone said break styrofoam into little pieces but I don't want to even consider putting that stuff in the lake.
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    It's Hot

    It's officially hot in Alabama
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    Pulling to the right

    My SIL bought a toon last year and I drove it around because she said it pulls to the right. She was right LOL, I checked the toons for water and both were dry. You can drive it and let go of the wheel and pulls to the right. I'm thinking the trim tab is the cause of this because it's off...
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    I need a mod. help..

    I have a message telling me I have an unread PM and when I click to read it there is no message. When I click to delete the message and confirm it says deleted but the notification is still there.
  12. dooma_Flatchy

    What is this wire??

    I just purchased my new to me pontoon with a 1990 75hp mercury. I have ordered a factory manual but until then need some help. I noticed this wire was unplugged but the engine runs fine without it. Inquiring minds want to know. It's a dark brown with a white stripe that plugs into a light solid...
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    Took over an Hour to trailer the boat.

    Yesterday was the 2nd day on the lake with my new to me 24' pontoon that my wife and 2 little ones enjoyed tremendously. Now the story, I was headed into the dock and I saw a guy using his trolling motor headed in. He was dead in the water and no big deal we were a 1/4 mile out. I threw him a...
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    Sold My Boat

    Okay, I was out Saturday fishing and running around the lake and had a good time. I got back to the dock and loaded the boat and a guy comes up and says I saw you running around today, Did you have any luck? After small talk the guy asks me about my boat and motor and was looking it over and...
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    This is not far from the truth.

    I had a blast messing with this LOL http://dl.net.hr/webcafe/flash/windowsi.swf
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    motor skips when first gets going.

    I have a 1977 85hp johnson, I'm not sure if this is a problem or not, maybe paranoid. The motor starts fine and and idles fine after a few seconds on the warm up idler, My problem is when I pull away from the dock and out of no wake zone I come up on plain and that does fine, But about 50 to 75...
  17. dooma_Flatchy

    Stumped!

    Here I North Alabama we are in a severe drought, I fish Guntersville Lake and the bass has my number the last couple of weeks. They have the water backed up and none of my honey holes have produced like the last couple of years. I mainly fish grass ledges and top water over the submerged grass...
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    Wireless Connection

    Today my wireless connection speed keeps dropping to 24mbps. I have a good signal strength just the speed keeps dropping and It's driving me crazy. Is there anything I can do to help speed it up. I have reset the modem numerous times and it does not help. Any Thoughts?
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    Cool Boat vid.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otm9JCXXK6M
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    Prayers Needed

    Need some prayers sent to my wifes nephew. He was swimming at local hang out with others and he was about to jump in the water and slipped and fell,He hit his head and broken his neck (c6-c7 Vertebrae) ,He has no feeling from the chest down. He just turned 19, He is scheduled to have surgery in...
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