[Daniel_Gig]

I wanted to come back and give an update on these steps.

100% worth the money. These cheap ones aren’t perfect like the high dollar steps, but they are functional. For launching solo I definitely recommend looking into steps.

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thanks for reporting.

Is that considered east Biloxi marsh? To me I’d say that is central Biloxi marsh. To me east Biloxi is like from bayou la fee all the way to MS.

I fished from 3 mile pass, all the way to fishing smack Bay Area on Father’s Day. I was going to make a report but didn’t keep fish and forgot to get pictures.

Last week I easily caught 13 keepers. Saw at min 2 dozen flocks of birds.

Father’s Day I caught 5 keepers ( could’ve caught more but was more concerned with wife and son). No diving birds really. Only found them in one spot. Idk why, it was the same tide and moon phase basically.

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I have two terrovas. Love them. As far as the ulterra / auto deploy units go, I’ve heard so many conflicting reviews. Bottom line, it’s like my mom always said with cars growing up, “all those fancy features are nice, but it’s just one more thing to break”. For sure there is truth in that. But I will say the ulterra has been about for like what, maybe a decade now. Plenty of time to work out any particularly persistent issues.

Also if you buy any of the new “quest” series minn kota motors, be aware they are larger than the prior models. So if you use a mount on your TM, like a slide or whatever, it won’t be compatible. Hope that helps

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I don’t have radar, it’s so damn pricy. But I 100% want it. Along with flir cameras. I mean visibility is a huge factor that determines when I can leave the dock. Imagine arriving to chandler islands and watching the sunrise, without that long scary ride in the dark lol

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From what I’ve experienced, our region in general just sucks for internet. When I visit other places, like Austin Texas, their internet is insanely fast, everywhere it’s really good.

Here, no matter what they promise, I’m lucky to see a fraction of it. We recently switched to vexus fiber optic, and it’s much better than spectrum, but still not what they claim.

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@MLeBlanc a lot of those lake B trout have pushed out further. This time of year, especially after say 9am, I’m looking for birds and other signs of life. By July, I don’t bother wasting too much time on the north side of the marsh, I typically run straight out if I can. Yesterday I never found CLEAN water over there but did find fish, the water they were in was only slightly better. Birds are your friend this time of year

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Awesome man

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That’s a monster for that area. Congrats

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I was iffy on them since they aren’t “perfect” for my boat height size but when I launched on Father’s Day It reminded me how much better their are compared to having no steps , so I had to come back and give an update.

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With 5 kids in the car including a 2 year old. Drove 1300 miles there, and 1300 miles back, only stopping for fuel, food, bathroom… lol My wife would start the drive, once kids fell asleep, i took over driving through the night, and she would take back over around 7am the following day… Spent 14 days on vacation, now i need an actual vacation

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Aside from the forum compatibility, does chatGPT work well for writing accurate reports? I’m always looking for better/easier ways to make reports

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@Devin Really? That’s wild? You know that for sure? Seems like it would cost more to get it back up.

@MLeBlanc great to ask pre planning, but on the water, when in doubt, go around. There’s a section of north of the dam that I thought was an opening, but it was really subsided rocks just below the surface. I was going slow enough to not do major damage.

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Yesh it’s beautiful up there, even in June their high temps never get went over 80°, mostly low 70°’s as the high each day and it snowed a few times while in the mountains. I’m a huge fan of the mountains and national parks. When I visited Rocky Mountain national park as an adult i thought it would be cool to take my kids up there, so we went. They’ve been asking to see the mountains, so I figured instead of going to Florida and melting in the sun we would do a summer mountain vacation. 3500 mile road trip. Capped the trip off with a stay at great wolf lodge with indoor waterpark for the kids, they loved that. I’ve been dying to hire a fly guide and do some stream trout fishing, but that wasn’t in the budget after everything else lol

Anyways, yeah I love seeing you sway people away from the BM, since it gets hammered as it is. But yeah, I think things are looking a little better this year 🤞. I almost didn’t fish it based on what others were reporting. But I think that guy just didn’t venture out far enough (I’ve done it myself a million times, got skunked in an area, only to find out people limited out like .5 a mile away).

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If your asking me I never fish it

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My little 4 stroke mercury did something similar, was a hose that came loose off the idle sensor* could be wrong there on sensor.

Either way,I’m sure you’ve tried a little YouTube DIY before posting lol