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  1. 02-03-2018, 06:45 PM #1
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    Default Made a newb mistake today.


    Since it was cold this morning, i told my dad we would sleep in and get breakfast at a local cafe before going to lake wateree. So i woke him up at 630am, made some coffee and off to the cafe at 7pm, and made it to wateree by 9am. Needless to say it was alittle more windy than i anticipated, rod eyelets were freezing up, and had both anchors down and spotlock on to keep boat still. Fished the first spot for 3 hours as we froze our hands getting setup and wanted to wait till it warmed before moving. We caught 4 crappie between 11-13". We tightlned for another 45 min to check out one spot before making trip up the lake a ways. While doing so, the front depth finder kept turning off, after rebooting a coup,e times, my console depthfinder turned off, i then had the oh no moment, dead starter battery. Turn the key, yep dead battery. Try to fire kicker, nope no juice and no pull start. Luckily we were across from the landing and used minnkota to get back that took awhile. Luckily we didnt shoot up the lake like i planned as at that time the motor wouldve fire up. I usually charge the starter battery every other trip and still have juice. So will monitor battery and see if battery is going from cold weather. The crappie went back into the lake and that was our day. I did charge the deep cells for the trolling motor but not the starter.
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    I had the same thing happened to me recently and ran the TM back to boat ramp a mile away. I put jumper cables in boat now and replaced the starter battery.
    Hope your next trip the weather is nicer and the bite plentiful.



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    What would you give for jumper cabels?
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    Jumper cables, you can jump off your trolling motor batteries.


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    Name: image.jpg Views: 588 Size: 71.4 KBIf trolling batteries are anywhere close to cranking battery, take starter cables loose from cranking battery at home and see if they will reach trolling battery. 9 chances out of 10 you have enough cable to hook to trolling battery.

    Attached picture is a set up I built. One end to cranking battery other end to trolling battery. Anderson plug in middle. Unhook and tape up, on the water just plug two together, instant jump start.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redge View Post
    Jumper cables, you can jump off your trolling motor batteries.


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    the kicker is my jumper cables were in my truck at the landing lol. I guess the 150 uses more juice than my 115.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cray View Post
    If trolling batteries are anywhere close to cranking battery, take starter cables loose from cranking battery at home and see if they will reach trolling battery. 9 chances out of 10 you have enough cable to hook to trolling battery.
    unfortunestely they wont, the starter battery in the back compartment, the tm batteries are under the front center rod compartment. Going to keep jumper cables which will reach, not in my truck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by micorps View Post
    unfortunestely they wont, the starter battery in the back compartment, the tm batteries are under the front center rod compartment. Going to keep jumper cables which will reach, not in my truck.
    You can make up that jumper system I showed any length you need to and hopefully route it back where you need it.
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    I had similar problems two weeks ago. Wound up having to buy 2 batteries, one for cranking and one of the two trolling batteries. Sometimes it costs to play.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cray View Post
    You can make up that jumper system I showed any length you need to and hopefully route it back where you need it.
    That is a great idear thank you
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