After a long hard day in 20mph winds, my trolling motor batteries started to run down. I use 24v minn-kotas and have never had a problem with batteries during one day. After returning home I checked the water level, could see the cells in each portal. After a gallon of distilled water I checked the charge again and almost 3/4 full.
Remember that those batteries take quite a beating between being charged daily and bouncing around on the lakes so much. Check those water levels and fill them up with distilled water. They will last longer.
An once of prevention is worth 25lbs of new battery!!
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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Chris Haley
After a long hard day in 20mph winds, my trolling motor batteries started to run down. I use 24v minn-kotas and have never had a problem with batteries during one day. After returning home I checked the water level, could see the cells in each portal. After a gallon of distilled water I checked the charge again and almost 3/4 full.
Remember that those batteries take quite a beating between being charged daily and bouncing around on the lakes so much. Check those water levels and fill them up with distilled water. They will last longer.
An once of prevention is worth 25lbs of new battery!!
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