Fishead Tackle Blog

Eastern Bluebird Photo

Dave Tackett — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:09:26 +0000

I have a pair of Eastern Bluebirds nesting in the back yard. I am able to get photos with my new 400mm lens:

Mississippi River Photos 5/11/12

Dave Tackett — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:53:31 +0000

Here are some photos I took at the river the other day. I do have a slideshow with the whole set here:

What’s Going On with my Website

Dave Tackett — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:43:55 +0000

I am doing a lot of work on my site which is never ending. I did rebuild my to make it simpler and to remove all the sidebar content and ads. I added a few things to this page, more sizes of sinkers on the same page so people don’t have to leave the page. Everything I offer for sale is on this page now.

I have been doing a lot of work on my photos pages. I re-edited my 2010 Mississippi River photos so I added that slide show and then was able to remove a few that were the same photos just unsorted. I started with 2012, I added text explaining what photos were in each slideshow for myself and visitors. This took a day to do. Next I did the same with 2011. Then I got to 2010 where I had already reworked photos and put them all in one slideshow, and this is where I got burned out on it and had to take a break and do something else. I get overwhelmed with so many photos. I have all the bird photos in it’s own section now so I removed those links. Then I have Rock River photos to sort through. Then I still have some Mississippi River photos I need to make slideshows for, like the Fall Eagles feeding on Coots. That’s why I took a break and rebuilt my store page. Next I will do more reworking of photos and making new slideshows and when I’m done my photo section should be smaller and easier to navigate with only the best of the best photos on display.

I may have to take a break and go fishing with all this nice weather. If nothing else I can get more photos to add to my work load.

My Grandson Fishing

Dave Tackett — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:49:21 +0000

I took Andrew down to the Bayou yesterday for a bit. He caught a Bluegill as soon as we got there but then we did’t catch any more, but he got a big kick out of as the photo shows:

Trolling Motor Wobble

Dave Tackett — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:59:34 +0000

I switched lower unit on my motorguide trolling motor with another I had sitting around. It went great but I found it had drained the batteries so I ended up doing more work on these motors than I had to and I would like to share what I learned since there isn’t much on the web.

The motor developed a wobble that was pretty bad on low speeds. I heard talk about bearings could be the problem on the web, so as long as I wasn’t using the lower unit anymore I figured I would take it apart and see if I could just switch bearings with the other head I had installed. There are no bearings, people just don’t want you knowing that. There are two brass bushings in the front and back that the armature shaft sits in. I removed the armature completely and noticed a spot that had worn down on the shaft. The only way to fix it would be to replace the armature which can cost about half the price of a new trolling motor.

If you hear a noise, it isn’t a bad bearing. There are two spring loaded connectors (don’t know what they are called) on the armature that wear out and they are easy and inexpensive to replace. I bought a grinder recently and it came with extra, so I know these wear out. I don’t know what they are called off hand and it is hard to find information on the web. I say easy to fix but everything has to be taken apart on the trolling motor, which isn’t real easy but it also isn’t real high tech.