Fuel

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Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on June 1, 2010 at 2:28pm

That sounds like absolutely necessary equipment to have on your boat. I will make a note of this for my future.

Marc Marcantonio said:

That is why I have 4 I-Command gauges on my Ranger, and the Etec Engine Interface cable. My fuel monitor tells me more info about my fuel than even I need. It is amazing how accurate it is. BTW, I also added the oil level sensor so I always know exactly how much oil I have, without ever having to look at the reservoir. These NMEA 2000 sensors and gauges are impressive.
ciao, Marc

P.J. Koshi said:

From what I can tell there is no accurate way to tell how much fuel you have in a bass boat unless you are standing at the gas pump watching. The gauges rarely work properly. I find this a little troubling considering the amount of money that is spent on a good boat.

Permalink Reply by Shawn O'Connell on June 1, 2010 at 2:32pm

I agree I have two Mercmonitors and they tell you how much fuel you use. I've only been using them for a few months but so far they are spot on when I fuel up.

Permalink Reply by Ben Hanes on June 1, 2010 at 6:39pm

I have been running the Reach for years now and it isn't a cake walk. It's dangerous on a bass boat. One of the worst parts is getting where the fish are. You have to respect that water or else you'll screw yourself.

bogey4444 said:

So how difficult is the run up to Hanford this time of year/water level? I have never run up there myself but would really like to go check it out.

Permalink Reply by Misanthrope on June 1, 2010 at 7:23pm

It isn't that big of a deal going up there. I have done it in the dark a bunch of times.

Permalink Reply by bogey4444 on June 1, 2010 at 9:51pm

Is it the getting there or getting in the slews thats the hardest?

Ben Hanes said:

I have been running the Reach for years now and it isn't a cake walk. It's dangerous on a bass boat. One of the worst parts is getting where the fish are. You have to respect that water or else you'll screw yourself.

bogey4444 said:

So how difficult is the run up to Hanford this time of year/water level? I have never run up there myself but would really like to go check it out.

Permalink Reply by Zackery Shaff on June 2, 2010 at 9:02am

Are you sure? 4-5 feet? The guys at priest rapids seem to disagree.

Josh Potter said:

It is more of a question of the water level this afternoon than this time of year. We watched the water level drop 4-5 feet in a matter of hours on Friday. I am no expert on the reach but from the 2 trips I have been up there I would suggest either going with somone that has run it or go with 2 boats just in case.

I now have a low water gps track to follow (thanks to the guy with the 80 gallon gas tank). I don't want to make it sound like it is some sort of demon but it is a little scary in a few stretches. There were some places you would have been fine on the trip up and screwed if you took the same track down. The current is unbelievably strong when they are dumping it and that makes things a little weird sometimes. You really have to pay attention to how you enter places because of the current. I got a little lazy Friday and didn't get right on the trolling motor after coming off of power and drifted over a rock bar that was less than 2 feet deep and it all happened in a matter of seconds. I remember guys telling me how dangerous the South end of Banks could be....that is a cream puff IMHO comapred to the Reach.

bogey4444 said:

So how difficult is the run up to Hanford this time of year/water level? I have never run up there myself but would really like to go check it out.

Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on June 2, 2010 at 9:11am

It is both getting up there and getting in the sloughs. I have never been past Ferry landing slough and from what I have heard it gets even uglier from their. Ferry landing is the only one that is straight forward as far entry. The others I have been in have some sort of danger you have to be aware of.

I think the part that makes it different from a lake with a lot of nasty stuff is that picking your way through the scary stuff on your trolling motor is not an option. The current is just to heavy for your trolling motor. You may be able to move left and right with the trolling motor but you are not moving forward with it.

bogey4444 said:

Is it the getting there or getting in the slews thats the hardest?

Ben Hanes said:

I have been running the Reach for years now and it isn't a cake walk. It's dangerous on a bass boat. One of the worst parts is getting where the fish are. You have to respect that water or else you'll screw yourself.

bogey4444 said:

So how difficult is the run up to Hanford this time of year/water level? I have never run up there myself but would really like to go check it out.

Permalink Reply by Misanthrope on June 2, 2010 at 1:32pm

By the time we are done with Obamacare the whole country will have wished they went right instead of left.

Panic Minnow said:

Well, if you can afford the 2500 dollars for the lower unit an prop repair when you hit the rocks, well go for it. I just got the bill from mine at Tri-Cities, and that was with the unit on sale.......Ouch. I should have went to the right instead of the left.......

bogey4444 said:

Is it the getting there or getting in the slews thats the hardest?

Ben Hanes said:

I have been running the Reach for years now and it isn't a cake walk. It's dangerous on a bass boat. One of the worst parts is getting where the fish are. You have to respect that water or else you'll screw yourself.

bogey4444 said:

So how difficult is the run up to Hanford this time of year/water level? I have never run up there myself but would really like to go check it out.

Permalink Reply by Jake Anderson on June 2, 2010 at 1:49pm

If you look at Jordan's intro on the main page, it says no politics. It also says no bashing, so unfortunately I can't rip you for how lame that joke was.

Carry on.

PigPuller said:

By the time we are done with Obamacare the whole country will have wished they went right instead of left.

Permalink Reply by Josh Potter on June 2, 2010 at 3:50pm

Sereiously? Don't be a dork Zackery. I wasn't talking about the gauge height. My observation of 4-5 feet was based on a gravel bar that was 2 feet deep when I drifted over it and more than 2 feet exposed when I came back out. The nerds at the dams measure things in nerd way. I suppose I could have stated the actual drop in gauge height or cfs but that wouldn't have meant crap to the guy that asked the question.Guage height and cfs are relevant if you have a frame of referrence but if you don't it is statistical bs.

Zackery Shaff said:

Are you sure? 4-5 feet? The guys at priest rapids seem to disagree.

Josh Potter said:

It is more of a question of the water level this afternoon than this time of year. We watched the water level drop 4-5 feet in a matter of hours on Friday. I am no expert on the reach but from the 2 trips I have been up there I would suggest either going with somone that has run it or go with 2 boats just in case.

I now have a low water gps track to follow (thanks to the guy with the 80 gallon gas tank). I don't want to make it sound like it is some sort of demon but it is a little scary in a few stretches. There were some places you would have been fine on the trip up and screwed if you took the same track down. The current is unbelievably strong when they are dumping it and that makes things a little weird sometimes. You really have to pay attention to how you enter places because of the current. I got a little lazy Friday and didn't get right on the trolling motor after coming off of power and drifted over a rock bar that was less than 2 feet deep and it all happened in a matter of seconds. I remember guys telling me how dangerous the South end of Banks could be....that is a cream puff IMHO comapred to the Reach.

bogey4444 said:

So how difficult is the run up to Hanford this time of year/water level? I have never run up there myself but would really like to go check it out.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on June 2, 2010 at 4:19pm

Are you two dating now?

Jon Sessler said:

And if you are 10 or 15 miles away from the dam, height and flow at the dam can be alot different from where you are.

Josh Potter said:

Sereiously? Don't be a dork Zackery. I wasn't talking about the gauge height. My observation of 4-5 feet was based on a gravel bar that was 2 feet deep when I drifted over it and more than 2 feet exposed when I came back out. The nerds at the dams measure things in nerd way. I suppose I could have stated the actual drop in gauge height or cfs but that wouldn't have meant crap to the guy that asked the question.Guage height and cfs are relevant if you have a frame of referrence but if you don't it is statistical bs.

Zackery Shaff said:

Are you sure? 4-5 feet? The guys at priest rapids seem to disagree.

Josh Potter said:

It is more of a question of the water level this afternoon than this time of year. We watched the water level drop 4-5 feet in a matter of hours on Friday. I am no expert on the reach but from the 2 trips I have been up there I would suggest either going with somone that has run it or go with 2 boats just in case.

I now have a low water gps track to follow (thanks to the guy with the 80 gallon gas tank). I don't want to make it sound like it is some sort of demon but it is a little scary in a few stretches. There were some places you would have been fine on the trip up and screwed if you took the same track down. The current is unbelievably strong when they are dumping it and that makes things a little weird sometimes. You really have to pay attention to how you enter places because of the current. I got a little lazy Friday and didn't get right on the trolling motor after coming off of power and drifted over a rock bar that was less than 2 feet deep and it all happened in a matter of seconds. I remember guys telling me how dangerous the South end of Banks could be....that is a cream puff IMHO comapred to the Reach.

bogey4444 said:

So how difficult is the run up to Hanford this time of year/water level? I have never run up there myself but would really like to go check it out.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on June 2, 2010 at 4:26pm

Then why didn't someone step in when we were mercilessly attacked by Potter's younger brother?

Jake "The Snake" Anderson said:

If you look at Jordan's intro on the main page, it says no politics. It also says no bashing, so unfortunately I can't rip you for how lame that joke was.

Carry on.

PigPuller said:

By the time we are done with Obamacare the whole country will have wished they went right instead of left.

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