Nice to see the water return after a 3 year dry spell.

Here's a Hydrological update:

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/histPlot/DataPlotter.jsp?staid=BER&sensor_no=6&duration=D&start=01%2F15%2F2013+00%3A06&end=now&geom=Medium 

Don't look now but we have good rain expected through Monday.

Enough rain to get some inflows into our lakes and reservoirs. And enough to drop the fire danger way down across NorCal forests and range land.

Not nearly enough to end the drought, however, but significant none the less.

Hope it happens!



 

The Pinnacle Elite.      (info per web site).

15 ft. 9 in.
26 3/4 in.
weight 57-61 lbs.
Capacity 265 lbs.

Don't know how good they would be for NorCal waters, but that is one sharp looking machine!        

Couldn't figure out if it's South Africa, NZ or Australian made (I believe SA). Web site says they're looking for USA dealers.

This may be old news to some folks but I am completely blown away by the Minn Kota i-Pilot feature on some of their higher-end trolling motors.

The ability to press a button on a remote and have an "electronic anchor" that will keep you on your hotspot out in the middle of a lake, river or ocean. This GPS based "spot lock" feature is just slick as hell. Fights the current, wind etc. to automatically keep you on top of that spot.

How many times have you thrown a marker, anchor etc. too late and missed that honey hole?

The i-Pilot also allows you to make trolling tracks up to 2 miles long. And adjust your trolling speed down to 1/10th of a mph. You simply mark the start and end points and the boat will follow your near exact previous trolling pass over and over, back and forth.

This unit will also guide you home if you simply point the trolling motor to where you want to go. It will plot a near exact course to that place you want to be. Great for an emergency.

They have two varieties of the i-Pilot. One is just the handheld remote with GPS/trolling motor. The other (i-Pilot Link) incorporates Hummingbird depth finder units to do many other features as well.

If I buy a fishing boat down the road, it will definitely have this onboard. Too bad they don't make smaller bow-mount units for kayaks...



   

 

From the dean of offshore AI fishing....from the land down under/OZ/Australia...Yakass

I dream of this while watching my little crappie bobber...