Thread: Pulling Cranks 101

Isn't the line counter on the other side than the Okuma?

I can get them, I will have to check but I think about $40-$50 range.

I may order a couple and try them.

Originally Posted by Dodgeman

Isn't the line counter on the other side than the Okuma?

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Yep....the ABU has it on the opposite side.....also it is out board of the reel frame instead of inboard like the Okumas. ABU Garcia is good stuff.....I still have 5 of the ABU Garcia Ambassadeur bait casters from my bass fishing days and I always liked them. I have a half a dozen ABU Garcia spinning reels also.

Ok time for another question or two. What lb thrust tm do y'all use and does anyone use a solar charger to get more time out of the batteries?
Just asking the more I thank about it the more I don't want to put the wear and tear or the hrs on my motor.

I use an 80 on my 175. I've been wondering about the solar chargers myself, anyone have any actual experience with them?

I have a 24v solar charger with a voltage regulator on it that I was trying to use to keep my game feeder batteries charged. It wouldn't do the job, so I attached it to my tractor battery, wouldn't do that either. Before that, I tried various sizes and models of 12v and 6v on the game feeders and game cameras. I have had nothing but bad results with them. Now, that has been 4-5 years ago, so maybe they are better today, can't be much worse. Maj, I'm not going to eat there again......

I have a few buddy's that bow fish and they run a little generator I thank it's like 42cc weed eater motor on it they paid like 80-90 bucks for it but it keeps there batt charged while they are trolling and it puts out 13.5 that's same as my solar charger I got. I don't know about the amps but they can run for ever like that only reason for the battery is to keep the trolling motor from pulsing.

The bow fishin guys I know here mainly use the Gen to run the lights, but I guess it will help with the TM as well. I also think, based on experiments, that in order to put much juice back in the TM bats the solars would have to be larger that my boat. Not enough amps.

i am gonna have to do some looking see if i can find one that puts out a few more amps even if i only get an hour or so more out of the batt it would be worth it to me.