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At the risk of sounding like a chicken-she-it, radio checks should never been done on 16. The FCC/USCG would prefer recreational boaters to hail on 9 (to keep 16 open for emergencies and commercial vessel hailing) then switch to a working channel like 68 to do the check.

One USCG group (New England) has begun allowing radio checks between the boater and the USCG on 16. This is a last ditch effort to keep idiots from using a MAYDAY as a radio check.

Sorry I cant help you with the fix, but I also have heard of guys having problems when trying to use channels higher then 78. I think the government uses 80-81-82, perhaps thats the problem. I have never tried it. I use 68-69-71. Besides, it always sounds better to tell someone to “switch to 69”

Dave

I am trying to get my new Lowrance 332C to talk to my ICOM402 VHF. The VHF has DSC (For a mayday, press and hold one button and a repeating digital distress call is sent out from the VHF with your ID number and GPS location).

I was able to get my old Eagle Ultramap to communicate with my ICOM but not my new 332C.

Has anyone gotten this to work?

Thanks,
Dave

I think something is getting lost in the translation. Perhaps what he meant was that the mapping card (like Navionics) should not be used in a PC card reader. My Navionics premium chip came with a blaze orange piece of paper indicating that playing the map flash card in any device except my Lowrance unit would destroy the card.

Im not sure whether to believe that or not, but I dont have a card reader anyway, so the point is mute for me.

Dave

Thank you Ryan! You are getting us striper fanatics pumped up. How warm/cold was the water? I didnt expect any near shore activity until the water was about 50deg. These werent headed upstream to spawn, where they?

Were you fishing the windblown shore?

Thanks man!
Dave

Unrelated to Saylorville.. but I need a spot to post Goody’s striper!

Hi Dan,

I went the opposite direction, from East Coast to Midwest. Every June I go back East and fish for stripers in your backyard… Martha’s Vineyard. Striper fishing is highly addictive; I keep my freshwater time filled by catching freshwater hybrid stripers and white bass.

I grew up messing around on center consoles (70’s whalers) and I had a heck of time finding a center console boat in Iowa when I was ready to purchase one.

Yours is a beautiful, beautiful boat… time to sell it and build another!

Take care,
Dave

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Awesome boat Dan. I am also a center console guy. Nice striper too..

Are you near salt water?

Dave

No problem Noel. Let us know how the catting goes… post pictures… I cant wait for spring!

Dave

Not that I can remember. It has been regional which I very much appreciate.

If you have the patience to weed through all the “other stuff” over at IowaOutdoors.com, they have a catfish forum.

Dave

There are LOTS of guys on the internet who do this. Do a Google search under “custom painted crankbaits” and you will find dozens. I’m sure some are in MN….

Dave

What I read between the lines was… if you can’t make the angler smarter… make the fish dumber…

Some hybrids have been wonderful for the sport. Im not sure this will be one of them.

Dave

Hiya Darrin,

Ive never been…. what’s the show like? How big, what speakers?

Dave

Swiss Mountain Dog

I have used Fireline for several years and love it. Last summer I spooled up my surf rod with Power Pro in NJ because Fireline was unavaible at the 3 tackle shops where I looked. I hated Power Pro from the moment I started using it. It reminds me ALOT of the original Spiderwire which acts alot like limp thread and is prone to wind knots. Fireline has something done to it that imparts a certian amount of stiffness which minimizes wind knots and makes knots easier to tie.

In the first dozen casts in the surf a small windknot developed in the power pro which went undetected. While casting my 10″ rod with 4oz of lead, the knot caught and parted the line which made a sound like a .22 Frustrating, but no big deal. I cut the windknot out and put on my partner’s favorite wooden plug. About half a dozen casts later, bang! The plug went sailing from another windknot and was lost for ever. I walked straight off the beach and had regular old mono spooled back on (and bought my partner 3 new plugs).

Perhaps everyone’s elses experience is different, but if you are going with Power Pro you might one to try just one reel to see if you really like it….

Dave

Welcome Craig! There are lots of guys here from Iowa.

Dave

I also give Jaws the thumbs up Not only is it a scary movie, but is a classic man vs. beast story told very, very well. The sequels were trash.

However, I think the scariest movie I ever really enjoyed was Sixth Sense. That totally freaked me out… fantastic ending as well

Dave

Awesome report Goody. THANKS for releasing the big gills.

Dave

Thanks Doc,

I have heard complaints about Grayline/Colorline. The complaint is that no matter what the setting on the grayline/colorline, the bottom returns essentially the same. A “hard” looking return turns out to be actually mud or silt. Bumps that are obviously rocks sitting on a soft bottom return with same looking grayline/colorline as the rest of the (soft) bottom.

What do you think?

Dave

Welcome Ducky,

Don’t let all these WI and MN guys scare you, there are also a lot of Iowa guys here…

Dave

Welcome Doc. I have the same question. I would also want to know if there is anyway to “improve” the Navonics maps (other then just simple waypoints) with Mapcreate.

Dave

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DNR, You have crossed over every ethical line every drawn and imposed your will upon the environment in ways so destructive that with any other entity the EPA would have shut you down instantaneously. Anonymous Author

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There are some intelligent and interesting things to be said about the new culling law, but this isnt it. No one is happy with everything the DNR does (or ANY governmental body for that matter) but when you consider the problems the fisheries bureau has to deal with, the do a compentant job.

The culling law seems to have been adopted successfully by states with fisheries that dwarf Iowa. I am open to anything that may improve the quality of fishing here. I dont view it as heavy handed.

Dave

I would take a good look at the new Eagle Color units. Not only does JollyAnne have some of the best service around, he also slays the big guys on price. I have no idea how he does it, but he is under Cabelas and Bass Pro Shops on most of his new units.

Dave

Here is the President’s speech when selective availability was “undone” almost 5 years ago:

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release May 1, 2000
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE UNITED STATES’ DECISION TO STOP DEGRADING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM ACCURACY

Today, I am pleased to announce that the United States will stop the intentional degradation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signals available to the public beginning at midnight tonight. We call this degradation feature Selective Availability (SA). This will mean that civilian users of GPS will be able to pinpoint locations up to ten times more accurately than they do now. GPS is a dual-use, satellite-based system that provides accurate location and timing data to users worldwide. My March 1996 Presidential Decision Directive included in the goals for GPS to: “encourage acceptance and integration of GPS into peaceful civil, commercial and scientific applications worldwide; and to encourage private sector investment in and use of U.S. GPS technologies and services.” To meet these goals, I committed the U.S. to discontinuing the use of SA by 2006 with an annual assessment of its continued use beginning this year.

The decision to discontinue SA is the latest measure in an on-going effort to make GPS more responsive to civil and commercial users worldwide. Last year, Vice President Gore announced our plans to modernize GPS by adding two new civilian signals to enhance the civil and commercial service. This initiative is on-track and the budget further advances modernization by incorporating some of the new features on up to 18 additional satellites that are already awaiting launch or are in production. We will continue to provide all of these capabilities to worldwide users free of charge.

My decision to discontinue SA was based upon a recommendation by the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Departments of State, Transportation, Commerce, the Director of Central Intelligence, and other Executive Branch Departments and Agencies. They realized that worldwide transportation safety, scientific, and commercial interests could best be served by discontinuation of SA. Along with our commitment to enhance GPS for peaceful applications, my administration is committed to preserving fully the military utility of GPS. The decision to discontinue SA is coupled with our continuing efforts to upgrade the military utility of our systems that use GPS, and is supported by threat assessments which conclude that setting SA to zero at this time would have minimal impact on national security. Additionally, we have demonstrated the capability to selectively deny GPS signals on a regional basis when our national security is threatened. This regional approach to denying navigation services is consistent with the 1996 plan to discontinue the degradation of civil and commercial GPS service globally through the SA technique.

Originally developed by the Department of Defense as a military system, GPS has become a global utility. It benefits users around the world in many different applications, including air, road, marine, and rail navigation, telecommunications, emergency response, oil exploration, mining, and many more. Civilian users will realize a dramatic improvement in GPS accuracy with the discontinuation of SA. For example, emergency teams responding to a cry for help can now determine what side of the highway they must respond to, thereby saving precious minutes. This increase in accuracy will allow new GPS applications to emerge and continue to enhance the lives of people around the world.

Your bait shop friend is behind the times. There was something called “selective availability” which for a brief time reduced the accuracy of civilian GPS, but that has been undone and if your WAAS indicator is on, you whould be within about a yard of the correct coordinates. Perhaps you are not getting your WAAS signal.

Dave