Helmutt Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Most points have already been made except for one. If you're drinking and drop anchor with the radio running a while, wouldn't hurt to start the boat every hour or so to freshen up the batteries. Years ago a friend and I were night fishing a deep wash at a channel fork. We had a couple onboard lights and the radio going. Huge catfish were hitting hard and had us hopping for hours, so we never moved the boat. At a foggy 3am we hit the key to head in, and nothing. Had to paddle a 24' tunnelhull deck to shore with only a 3ft oar. Battery may have been on it's way out anyway, but just a precaution so you may not have to end up swimming home. Edited August 1, 2014 by Hellmutt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango_sv Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Most points have already been made except for one. If you're drinking and drop anchor with the radio running a while, wouldn't hurt to start the boat every hour or so to freshen up the batteries. Years ago a friend and I were night fishing a deep wash at a channel fork. We had a couple onboard lights and the radio going. Huge catfish were hitting hard and had us hopping for hours, so we never moved the boat. At a foggy 3am we hit the key to head in, and nothing. Had to paddle a 24' tunnelhull deck to shore with only a 3ft oar. Battery may have been on it's way out anyway, but just a precaution so you may not have to end up swimming home.I had that happen once, good thing Johnson/Evinrude motors also have a pull start on the flywheel. Even so, after that my jumper pack goes on every boat trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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