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    There is a lot of stuff online about this. You probably won't get it out completely. Unfortunately, I've dealt with this several times on rental property fridges, and I've thrown a couple away. Then I had my own personal upright freezer on a GFI that clicked off (for 3 weeks), full of meat, located outside.

     

    I took the freezer apart completely, including removing all interior panels and even replaced insulation. After bleaching everything thoroughly, I wiped down inside and outside of each disassembled panel with a thick paste of baking soda/water, and let it all sit out in the Tucson sun for a week. After rinsing thoroughly, I reassembled with new insulation, and let it sit for a day...After all that work, it still stunk!! Interestingly, when I turned it on and it got down to 5 degrees or so, the smell was not noticeable. I still use it today, and I cannot smell it at all when cold, but when I clean it out every year or two, I shut it off for a day and I can still smell it, very slightly.

     

    Bottom line for me: I don't make my ice cubes in it. I double wrap everything or vacuum seal it anyway, so there isn't any interaction between the ambient air in the freezer and the frozen meat. I'm OK with that.

     

    This whole process was pretty time consuming, but the freezer was only a couple years old. Up to you how much time you want to devote to it.

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    Thanks for the input. Standman, that one in your link looks pretty slick, and reasonably priced.

     

    I'm not so much looking at it as a one-time thing. I'm looking at it as saving some money now, and being able to do some work on my own stuff down the road. More of an investment in being able to save on future work. I can't justify dumping cash into older bows, and this seems like an option, with the restring kits for my bows running around $42.

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    I have a couple of older bows for my wife and I (like 5 years old, not 20 years old) and I bought my son a used Diamond Nuclear Ice youth bow last Christmas. They really all need new cable/string kits.

     

    When I talk to people at Sportsman's, it seems that it runs + - $15O to re-cable most bows, if done at a shop. None of these bows are worth a whole lot more than that. The Sportsmans guy says "time to upgrade, let me sell you a new bow". Maybe next year or two, but not now.

     

    I did some looking, and I can buy each of the cable/string kits on ebay for $42, and I'm seriously thinking about making an investment in an entry-level bow press and learn to do the work myself. It makes sense at that price, but I don't want to spend the large money at a shop.

     

    Anyone have any advice for me? I'm ultra-mechanically inclined, but no experience with this other than tweaking the Allen heads to tighten accessories.

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    Not looking good, with all your cards being hit. I've checked mine twice today and nothing. Do they draw in a certain sequence that my zone may not be drawn yet, does anyone know?

     

     

    Craig

     

    I doubt it. Most of these seem to be credit cards. A lot of them take 2 - 3 days to process before the charge shows up. My guess is that these were drawn last week and are just now showing up as actual charges. Bank debit cards show up instantly, so a lot of people knew right away last Thursday.

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    Finally made it out there. Spent the night Saturday. We caught lots of cats under 14", a couple a little larger maybe 2 pounders. Used worms, live bluegills & livers. Caught everything on worms & livers. Nothing touched the bluegills. There were 3 other groups within a quarter mile of us. Everyone was having similar luck.

     

    We went the Bartlett Flats area, and I'm just wondering if it's deep enough there. Anyone have any info on vehicular access points to deeper holes (I'm without a boat)? Everything North of the Bartlett Flats area is closed to vehicular travel. Or is there access to the river just north of Bartlett, that I may have missed?

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    Thanks for the replys. I think we're headed to Bartlett.

     

    I've never been there. We're taking off next Friday and fishing all night until Saturday morning. Will it be packed this time of year? Pretty close to Phoenix.

     

    Any advice as to best end of lake for Cats, easiest access, etc...?

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