Squaw Creek booked full

Is this the first weekend this winter its been booked or has it been most weekends?

Lotta tourneys there this time of year. By thurs. most weekends booked

Seems to be a lot of spots available and then come Wed and Thur (if weather looks good on Sat and Sun), there is a run on the bank and it ends up fully booked

I just looked and Saturday looks booked. Sunday available

Including last weekend every Saturday for the month of January is fully booked..... Thursday, Friday, and Sunday usually dont fill up.

Cleared a few duplicate reservations for the 12th and 19th. There are a few spots back open.

Will both reactors be running?

Should be up and running by weekend or first of next week.

Just one on the 12th. Should be two by the 19th.

Go in March. Fish alone.

I was told by the lady at the pay booth to just show up if it’s booked. There is always no shows.

Gotta tell ya , had to work for em yesterday , fishing Sunday for a club Tournament , Will be drop shotting in 100 ft H2O .

Man that lake is a waste of time with 150 boats lol.... Guess people are really that desperate

Celina Bass Club is there tomorrow.

Along with 1 open and at least 2 more clubs.... then another 4 or 5 tournaments scheduled for Sunday.

This is nothing new for Squaw

I remember when they first opened Squaw after 9/11 , have been fishing it since , things have changed out there , one thing for sure , they making a butt load of $$$$$ .

Odds of being called off lake tomorrow for a little wind????

They are not suppose too but who knows. I would think as long as it does NOT stay at 25mph then they will let you go,

They actually lose money the whole year.

Couldn't agree more. Was scheduled to fish a charity tournament there on the 19th. Think I will just donate some money instead. It's an individual tournament at that. I'm guessing a guy might get shot launching solo there on a weekend.

Everyone's gonna be holding hands on the north banks tomorrow too....

Anybody remember when squaw had walleye and hybrid stripers in it?
Walleye were excellent to eat and throwing spoons and top water lures at schools of stripers was a blast. Thats when the cafe was opened. Made a great day. Four to five lb stripers would make your hands hurt

I will give it a go next saturday, both reactors are supposed to be rolling by then, from everything I've heard guys really aren't sandbagging, the fishing is really sucking there with water temp cooler than normal...

I don’t think it has much to do with lower water temps, but just a 3000 acre lake that has been hammered for 4 years and it’s starting to show. Just my humble opinion. Only time will tell.

Club tournament yesterday, 9.85#, 5 fish won it. Miserable day on the water and water temp about 63.6 most places we fished. Amazing how fast the launch line moves!

My buddy took first in his T with 17 and some change yesterday out there.

It isn’t bad. Just have your stuff together and ready. Back the boat in, pull it to the little pocket to the left of the ramp and beach it. Then get your truck off the ramp. Takes about 2 minutes.

Try 8 years, bud talked to someone that had a 16lb sack saturday, pretty stout considering the other tournty weights

Ultrex was our friend.

I tried to book for Feb 16 and it would not let me book that date, it says partially booked in the little box below, not sure what to do, I have a tourney on that day.

It will let you tomorrow, I think 30 days out is all it will let you

I lost count Saturday of how many times I said “I wish I had an ultrex”.

Thanks

I lost count wishing I had a Fortex again. f-in POS Ultrex. Broken again. During a tourney Saturday. I had to idle into less than 8ft spots and pole down. For 5-6 hours. Then....it worked fine again.

This time it’s gonna be a warranty shops problem. Lol.

Crazy never had any ultrex problems

My brother has his in shop , only 3 months old .

I kept my x5 after letting my buddy be the genie pig of owning an ultrex for a year.still can't beat it when its not broken

Right. When it works.

I’ve replaced the folllowing.

Cable sets 2x
On/off switch
Pivot bushings 2x
Lift assist strut
Cable jacket

This time
The prop shaft is exhibiting fore and aft play almost a half inch
Cable jacket has cracked again
Pivot bushings are creaking again
Motor shuts off for extended periods of time. It’s not the MOO button or the magnetic switch(that needs constant adjusting)
Spot lock is severely wandering. Way more than normal.

Jeez. I wish Lowrance would release there Ultrex killer sooner.

That and the Garmin/powerpole one are what I'm waiting on, until then I will stick with my reliable motorguide tour model

Sounds like Steez is rougher on that Ultrex than the ole Jeep he towed the boat with that day he took me fishin…...

To be the guinea pig on another brand new high tech product? Not me!

Does Toyota have a trolling motor coming out?

Now Steez I've seen several post on here where you admitted you were rough on your Ultrex so maybe it's not all the Ultrex fault. You can only run it into rocks and bend the shaft so many times before it needs attention. I've been running mine for a year now and works as good as the day I bought it. I definitely fish more and longer since I've had it. I'm just sayin' be nicer to your Ultrex and it will be nice to you.

I’ll be the first to admit that I have been using the thing ...a lot.

The things I’m having issues with are things I believe I have not cause of. I replace propellers often, bought both sets of cables. And the bushings COULD have been a result of using the thing in timber.

The other stuff, even cosmetic things I haven’t mentioned, are QC issues. I have also replaced the plastic sides and the nose “ramp” on the mount due to severe fading. The boat is covered when not in use, it it’s used more than covered.

I don’t care if the trolling motor costs $4000! I want to fish worry free.

I had a problem when I first installed my Ultrex with it shutting off on me, then it would work again 5 minutes later. If you have the TM connected to a circuit breaker that automatically resets, you probably need to replace it with a 60A one on each battery. If that's not it, then maybe the Aggie is right. LOL

You just alerted to me possibly another reason for your problems. You probably fish 4-5 times more than anyone on here. An analogy would be: the normal warranty on a vehicle is 36,000 miles or 3 years which ever occurs first. If your Ultrex had the same warranty you used it up in 6 months so yes it's going to have more wear and tear on it and need some repairs on it other than cosmetic. The Ultrex has many features that aren't available on other trolling motors and they get worn too. I'd say you've got good use from your Ultrex and should expect some repairs here and there. Even a Rolls Royce will have issues if you take it to the drag strip.

I think they breakers are 50A each. They are new, but I took them from a power window kit I had lying around at work. Maybe I should look at those. Thanks for the suggestion.

Did they let anyone out of the buoys yesterday, we cancelled