Swap Meet / Membership Drive / Cabin Fever Refreshments (beer)

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 "thanks to everyone that took some of my money"


Your welcome Mike ! wanna send some more. lol

LaPorte

[dartag]

as everyone said.  Thanks for hosting it.  I owe you a trip to Cass. 

[bob o]

hey mike now that you have a 24v TM will you be needing a three bank battery charger too?

i had a great time also and went home with a lot less stuff in the truck and my wallet is still a little fatter.

[mikesmiph]

Actually Bob, I was going to ask that same question. Do I need one if I add a battery? If they are run in series, my battery charger wont charge all three, will it? I'm going to run it as a 12v for now I think. Too many projects that want my money.

[MadWags]

Had a great time guys! Still full from Sushi.
Mike you need a 3 bank charger. One bank per battery.

[bob o]

Actually Bob, I was going to ask that same question. Do I need one if I add a battery? If they are run in series, my battery charger wont charge all three, will it? I'm going to run it as a 12v for now I think. Too many projects that want my money.

a single charger will charge both batteries, but it will take twice as long. a charger putting out 10amps will charge one battery at that 10amp rating, the same charger charging two batteries will charge each battery at 5amps ea. the charger i have came out of my basscat and workd fine, i jumped the gun and bought a new one before i replaced the inline fuse on the orginal charger. this charger has three sets of leads two for the trolling batteries and one lead for the starter battery. each bank on the charger is rated at 8amps each. that's 8amps for each battery.

[bob o]

who was looking for the cranking reel yesterday? b/c i found mine in the boat for ya.

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    Bob

               If it was a 3.8 or 4.0 to 1 it was me I was looking for a cranking reel. 

LaPorte

[t-bone]

Mike - thanks for hosting and opening your house up to us. It was nice to meet everyone and sell/buy some stuff. I had a good time.

Terry

[bob o]

    Bob

               If it was a 3.8 or 4.0 to 1 it was me I was looking for a cranking reel. 

LaPorte

3.8 to 1

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[Mojo]

 

I wanted to close shop on this most excellent swap meet ! I saw trolling motors sold, a bunch of reels and rods exchanged, a mini presentation by Zipper Worms (Thank you One LAstCast !!!) with free samples, Hand painted lures, fish finders, a whole bunch of us loaded up on DS weights and gama tube hooks ..... gosh I cant tell you how much food and beer was consumed.

Ate cole slaw and broasted potatoes for breakfast to finally finish em off lol !!

I personally put together my accurate casting rods - a barely used st croix 6'0" spinning rod and a barely used 10 bearing reel (pfluegger) for $30 - Ill use this for accurate soft plastics - pontoon boat skipping, or throwing next to 'that perfect structure" casts.

I also took a life time warranty 6'6" Grandt XLH (took off the reel that came with it) and a purchased a 10 bearing 6:3:1 baitcaster - darn near brand new - Ill use this for my top water, smaller cranks and accurate area throwing - price (undisclosed to protect the innocent) lets just say we struck some deals .......

Meaning - there were just a ton a great ppl - over 20 - and a ton of great gear that exchanged hands. Many beers are gone and several pots of coffee were brewed !! One persons junk or overstock was anothers treasure. What else can you say folks Thanks for coming out !!

See y'all next year = January time !!!!

Mojo

PS: Chime in with any great deals you made ?

[bob o]

you just might need a bigger house next year. i had a blast

[bassassasin88]

It was awesome. Count me in every year. I'm gonna start painting baits now for next year. I stayed up all night on Friday finishing a few baits, but they didn't dry in time. So I had to sell a couple personal ones.

[t-bone]

Mojo - I gave you the host discount on those reels and rods!

I picked up a great Kistler Helium LTA rod from Cheetam. Put a Curado reel on it and can't wait to use it this week. I got more dropshot weights that I hopefully will need this year.

T-Bone