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I have used this method very effectively. I don't have a problem knocking off a feral or stray cat that causes havoc in my yard, but I don't need Sheriff Joe knocking on my door. Cheap cans of wet cat food and traps worked like a charm for me. Every morning I put the traps in the back of my truck and drove the cats 19 miles to work, which was an industrial area in Tolleson. Let em go and never saw them again. This. Harbor Freight medium trap. $20 and works great. We had the exact same issue with a next door neighbor. I keep my bass boat covered tight as a drum in a covered area on the other side of my house. Cats would still figure out how to get under the boat cover and cause major issues. Called the county, the city of Phoenix, then the humane society. They wanted $91 a cat if I dropped them off at their place. They then suggested that I bring them in so they can spay/neuter them, then place them back in the same neighborhood. HF trap with wet cat food. Trap still works as well as it did on day one.

Nice. Will do. Saw a few birds, but nothing to write home about. Ran across more deer than turkeys...definitely a first for me in that area. But the wind was definitely kicking today....hopefully that subsides next week.

Happened to watch the Channel 12 interview after work today, pretty sure she lived on mushroom tea and peyote while she was out there. But kudos to her for being able to survive for 9 days on limited supplies. One of the reporters asked her to recap the moment she realized she was in trouble...this was her response.

Any thoughts on upgrading your trolling motor batteries? We had similar situations when a group of us would do a cast and blast up near Long Lake years' back. We'd be there fishing and duck hunting for a few days and never had an issue. Didn't bring a generator, but did use a 15W solar charger at the end of the day to top off the trolling batteries. My setup for the trolling motor/batteries were two Deka Intimidator AGM group 37's run in parallel to power a 12V Minn Kota 55# trolling motor. Windy as heck up at Long in the fall, so I was on the trolling motor all day. Got done fishing in the afternoon and hooked up the solar charger. Worked great. If you're fishing for longer periods of time, I would suggest keeping the solar charger on the troller batteries while fishing. But definitely think about upgrading to an AGM battery (or batteries in parallel) for the trolling motor. They last much longer than a standard wet-cell deep cycle. Granted some AGM's can work for a starter battery too, but you have to ensure the CCA's are large enough to turn over the outboard. Deka AGM's can also be used as a starting battery. I've used them for starting batteries as well as trolling motor batteries in my old tri-hull with a 50HP Johnson and also currently in my Champ 181 with a 150 Evinrude.

I was up at Apache last Saturday. Towed my Champ 181 on a single axle trailer. Took the back way in from Roosevelt. The road was in decent shape. Didn't lose any taillights on my trailer this time around, so in my opinion it was a good day. Smallies were crushing green Pointers and 110's. Picked up a few on dropshot and spider jigs. But seemed that craw cranks and jerkbaits were the ticket.

Yep, those are ringys. Nice job! A decent eater if you cook them right. Brining is key.

Any chance you would like to sell instead of trade? If so, how much are you wanting for them?