I usually go to Advanced Auto or BLat's sponsor O-Reilly's, but "Get in the Zone, Autozone" had my new lifetime warranty starter in stock, so we're back in business and ready for the upcoming tournament... Tournament fishing is pretty expensive...

Ken had a good fight with that beast!

Ken Pfeiffer If you could get electrical tape way down into that area in the engine compartment it might have fixed it for one last start.

That corrosion is what kept my truck from starting

Yes, they need to decline it and then you resubmit it.

Sorry to hear that. I hope it is a quick recovery.

This is from a few years ago. It is me and my son. It is an underwater video of a smallmouth finding and eating a crawfish while we were snorkeling at Lake George with super clear water. It was not afraid of us; he was using us as his concierge lunch provider. notice all the things BLat talked about. They are made to eat those crawdads.  https://youtu.be/WItHdw0_7B8

Well, Champlain delivered!!! What a crazy week. Two weekends ago, I was in northern Champlain and hit the reef of destruction, then I fished with a local hammer in BFL. This past weekend, I ended up SC at Falcon - they are GREAT!!! - Did an in-person live with BLat. I drove back to MA and got a new lower unit at 6 PM on Friday. Then woke up at 2:30 AM to drive to southern Champlain to fish in my club tournament. I came in second with the lunker smallmouth. Champlain certainly made memories this year.

I am in the top 5 at the moment, and it will be difficult to hold on to it with those southern boys. Good luck, everyone, and most importantly, have fun and learn from every trip!!

Christopher Bowman I did. Second place in my club tournament on Champlain. Exhausted now