no doubt trout

Besides being caught in thunderstorms, including being surrounded by water spouts, my worst experience was in a kayak. I was determined to fish that day, and I was downplaying the 20-25mph winds/30 gusts forecast because I was mad at the trout that day. I let myself go with the wind for about 2 miles (across Hopedale Lagoon to Lake Ameda for those familiar) so that I could duck behind some protected shore to fish. The problem raised its ugly head when I decided to head back. It was all I could do to make forward progress while bouncing around like crazy. I was alternating between the Hobie pedals and the paddle because my muscles couldn't keep it going. It would not have been possible to get back without having an anchor to take short breaks. Every pause in effort resulted in being shoved back as if I had a trolling motor dragging me in reverse. It was pretty dumb, but at least now I plan my kayak fishing trips by heading into the wind first and I know what the kayak can handle without flipping.

I'm a bayou brat, but I still play on THT too.

That looks fun! Where is the trolling motor?

It was cold that day.

OK thanks.

Thanks Jim. I have a gauge already, so I am not lost. I was mainly hoping that it could do it if I decide to upgrade electronics on my other boat that lacks an hour meter. Do you know of any Lowrance products that can read engine hours through the NMEA network? I want to stick with Lowrance because of the sat. maps available for the Louisiana marsh.

I have this unit linked to an Evinrude 225 E-tec. I like the engine data, and the settings were pretty easy to configure on the fly. However, I did not see an engine hour meter and I was wondering if this was an option. Anybody know? I tend to be allergic to instruction manuals.

For that to work we need people posting in the Boating forum. I have tried this many times but then it gets sleepy. I really like Wiley and the potential of this site. But we the members need to keep it going and wake it up. We could always stir things up with a 2 stroke vs 4 stroke debate.

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My wife is returning her S5 tonight. She upgraded from her S4, but she is not happy that she cannot use data (web surf) while talking on the phone. She has to suffer through phone conferences, and she feels like the S5 is not enough of an upgrade to justify losing that feature. She said the Iphone 6 can't do it either and that the newer phones do not allow talking and data at the same time.

It seems like opinions are all over the map. Maybe we have to wait until some statistics are available on human test subjects.

I am noticing some familiar members over here. This is THT member: trout25red. I look forward to some happy browsing over here.