Well my son and his friend are wanting to give it a try @ the wood tomorrow, soooooo, I charged the batteries, reprogrammed the fish finders according to the suggestions from Doctorsonar. Can't wait to see how much of a difference that will make! The new down rigger came in the mail, so off to the shop on Tuesday, my expectations are pretty high, they are also going to upgrade my tachometer to a digital model, which is supposed to reduce my idle speed to right about 2 mph, which should be ideal for trollin for the stripers! Won't know till I get the work done and test it out. I am additionally planning for my first trip to the river possibly start with Havasu (can't spell it), I figure that will be a good starting point. I have heard different stories about license concerns, I guess that the best thing will be to just start at a bait store near the launch site, ask there and follow that route. Also going to try looking around the web for possible launch landings and if anything is on the chew. Shooting to start with February 5th weekend, weather it will be worth while or not - won't know till I go!
As always, any advise will be appreciated...