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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 17, 2022 9:30 pm #33570

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Took a couple trips out of New Buffalo. Wednesday evening was first time in the water this year, and a quick test of new Terrova trolling motor with lifepo4 batteries and a Lowrance HDS 9 unit. It was a short trip and quite windy, but I managed to boat two Coho right out front of the harbor entrance. The trolling motor with autopilot made trolling into the wind so much easier and I really like the new graph. No piers in the water yet except for the tall concrete ones and it  makes launching hard on a solo angler,  but they will go in next week according to the worker at the launch.
 Headed out again around 8am on Thursday and had my first fish on while setting out the first lure! The action was pretty slow for me after that, and I worked hard to go 4/5 on all Coho. The most action for me was within the 1/2 mile of the river mouth. Usual suspects for lures - Brads Thin Fish in  bengal tiger pattern, and Wiggle Warts in orange/chrome worked for me. Great to be back on the big lake.
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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 18, 2022 8:25 am #33580

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Thanks for the report! I saw boats out trolling both days was wondering how guys were doing. Nice work!

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 18, 2022 10:58 am #33581

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Great thank you for the report.
-Lady M- Sea Ray 290 Amberjack

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 18, 2022 2:56 pm #33586

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Thanks for the report,glad you got out and caught fish.

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 18, 2022 9:13 pm #33592

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heard of a good catch up by cook power plant
 

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 18, 2022 9:30 pm #33593

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Thanks for report . Which lithium did you go with and how did they perform?
200hp Tohatsu
9.9hp Tohatsu
72" MK Ulterra Quest 36v
5 Li batteries
MK PCL 460
Trollsmarter
3 12" graphs- Lowrance Live,Carbon Simrad EVO 3
Simrad is40
Lowrance 3d
Airmar tm165hw
Lowrance 3in1
Lenco 4x12 tabs
Traxstech 72" , Berts 24" tracks
2 Big Jon Capt packs
MK 15' Talon
Lowrance autopilot

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 19, 2022 10:28 am #33600

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I bought 2 Ampere Time 100ah batteries and a Noco onboard charger. So far the performance has been great - no comparison to the lead acid batteries. Mounting a transducer on the Terrova was a challenge but you tube helped me figure it out  

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 19, 2022 5:59 pm #33609

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Thanks for the report 

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 19, 2022 6:34 pm #33612

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go4bigfish post=33600 userid=718

I bought 2 Ampere Time 100ah batteries and a Noco onboard charger. So far the performance has been great - no comparison to the lead acid batteries. Mounting a transducer on the Terrova was a challenge but you tube helped me figure it out Thanks for getting back

200hp Tohatsu
9.9hp Tohatsu
72" MK Ulterra Quest 36v
5 Li batteries
MK PCL 460
Trollsmarter
3 12" graphs- Lowrance Live,Carbon Simrad EVO 3
Simrad is40
Lowrance 3d
Airmar tm165hw
Lowrance 3in1
Lenco 4x12 tabs
Traxstech 72" , Berts 24" tracks
2 Big Jon Capt packs
MK 15' Talon
Lowrance autopilot

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3/16 pm and 3/17 am New Buffalo Mar 21, 2022 9:16 am #33642

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Thank you for nice report,

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