Edwin, You must have been at the same Show I was at Saw the same thing, I was at the Collinsville Show, in Ill. I believe these same dealers are supposed to be at the St. Charles show next week
Edwin, I too talked to the people at Hummingbird, they seemed like good folks! Gonna give them great consideration, for this years OI, usually stay at Three Oaks Resort across the lake. The Pro your talking about wasnt a certain FLW PRO was itseen him walking around talking with certain vendors (TriState). Maybe we”ll meet at Hummingbird Resort and have a cold one I keep my Cat at Bull Shoals, Have a home there. fish there almost exclusively. Don
Thanks for the replies, my only concern was when one empty and one full (especiallyif the full tank is on the driver side)it may throw the boat to that side when wot, and Ive always been told to keep the load as balanced as you can to help with any chine walk. My 06 Puma had ten gallon tanks mounted on each side (standard) and they drew down together, was told by the dealer (very reputable dealer) and BCB this was done to help balance the load. Now Phil, Ive owned performace hulls and ran perfomace hull since the eighties I feel I know how to drive a boat (my last boats were Puma , Cougar, and a Bullet powered by 225-250)there is people out there with a lot more seat time than I(got to work sometime)but I feel Im a pretty fair operator. there again was just concerned about boat not being balanced( I think we all realize the importance of keeping our rides balanced as best we can to minimize the chine walk, go to BBC Board there are some very good articles about this)Another question comes to mind , if sitting still with empty on passenger and full on driver/with driver seated does the boat list to this side?
Thanks for the quick response, Was just killing time before the getogether and posted this for Mon. have new one ordered was going to price batteries (dealer price ) Thanks , Don
On My new Puma, Basscat said the HDS8 will not fit in the dash, had to put a HDS7 there and the HDS8 on the bow
Very nice Charlie, may have a seat open Jan T at Bull it may be warm
the heat exchanger is the most expensive part of the furnace. hate to say it but better buck up for new one
# 1128. And Heading For Bull Shoals Tommorow for Two weeks
Just made my Reservation at Diamond Jacks for the classic . Talked the wife into going (gambling)anyone else staying there and does anyone know how close it is to the launch site and weigh-in site?
Thanks , ToledoBasser, appreciate the info, may be going to Bull shoals this weekend into next week (weather looks good) buddy of mine just got back and caught some quality fishWill be my first classic plan on taking it all in. Next years will be a little closer to home
Had the same problem with my 06 Puma, replaced the pin and fixed the problem.
Bull shoals would be THE PERFECT location for the Owners T close to Factory , go out of Bull Shoals Marina MUCH Larger Lake, (would not be fishing on top of one another) Lots of pluses
Strike King had their version of the A-rig at the Classic,Strike King rep told me they would be releasing them for sale soon. Also you could buy them there from them
Been here for about a week now been pretty tough best bite a I ve found has been jigs on the bluffs. was really tough today with 20 mph winds finally called it quits around 3:00 had on brownie weighed 4.7 and 2 largemouth keepers and to pretty good kentuckies
Thanks Phil, Just what I wanted to hear
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