08-21-2006, 01:44 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Thanks Tony. I have been fishing from an inner tube since the mid 1950's...over 50 years. Unlike most tubers, I started by fishing in the salt water off Southern California beaches and only later "graduated" to tubing in fresh water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was probably the first float tuber to launch a craft on many waters in both California and Utah...and probably in some other states too. You should see the looks on the faces of some of the "locals" in some of the more remote areas I have tubed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I first started carrying more than one rod back in the 70's, and that required that I come up with something better than just tucking the extra(s) under the apron on my round tube. That was uncomfortable, cumbersome and didn't help the reels when they got dunked in the water. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started by strapping on the metal tubes from rod holders designed for shore fishermen to hold their poles while bait fishing. When plastic models came out, I tried those too. It was a short leap to cutting, drilling and lashing on pieces of PVC pipe.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was probably also the first guy to attach sonar to tubes. My first tube sonar was an old Humminbird flasher unit that was bigger than a breadbox and weighed a ton. For batteries I wired two 6 volt lantern batteries in series to get a 12 volt power source. It worked but the batteries didn't last long and they weren't rechargeable.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When smaller and lighter digital display sonars came on the scene, I started playing with them. Much lighter. I also discovered the small 12 volt motorcycle batteries. These were acid filled and potentially dangerous. They also did not last long when used as deep cycle batteries.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]With the super sonar systems and SLA batteries available today, I really enjoy having all the "bells and whistles". And, of course, PVC plays a big role in attaching sonar and my new PVC ram mount for the display.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not sure about inventing a motor that runs off "fish remains". They already have motors that run on the methane produced by farm animals "byproducts", and of course there is "biodiesel". You could probably come up with some way to incorporate rotting fish flesh into a combustible gas. Can you imagine the FISH GUT FERRARI? It might even work to help with traffic congestion. Not many cars would want to be on the same roads with one that put out rotten fish smells in the exhaust.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Catch ya later. Gotta call my patent attorney.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was probably the first float tuber to launch a craft on many waters in both California and Utah...and probably in some other states too. You should see the looks on the faces of some of the "locals" in some of the more remote areas I have tubed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I first started carrying more than one rod back in the 70's, and that required that I come up with something better than just tucking the extra(s) under the apron on my round tube. That was uncomfortable, cumbersome and didn't help the reels when they got dunked in the water. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started by strapping on the metal tubes from rod holders designed for shore fishermen to hold their poles while bait fishing. When plastic models came out, I tried those too. It was a short leap to cutting, drilling and lashing on pieces of PVC pipe.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was probably also the first guy to attach sonar to tubes. My first tube sonar was an old Humminbird flasher unit that was bigger than a breadbox and weighed a ton. For batteries I wired two 6 volt lantern batteries in series to get a 12 volt power source. It worked but the batteries didn't last long and they weren't rechargeable.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When smaller and lighter digital display sonars came on the scene, I started playing with them. Much lighter. I also discovered the small 12 volt motorcycle batteries. These were acid filled and potentially dangerous. They also did not last long when used as deep cycle batteries.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]With the super sonar systems and SLA batteries available today, I really enjoy having all the "bells and whistles". And, of course, PVC plays a big role in attaching sonar and my new PVC ram mount for the display.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not sure about inventing a motor that runs off "fish remains". They already have motors that run on the methane produced by farm animals "byproducts", and of course there is "biodiesel". You could probably come up with some way to incorporate rotting fish flesh into a combustible gas. Can you imagine the FISH GUT FERRARI? It might even work to help with traffic congestion. Not many cars would want to be on the same roads with one that put out rotten fish smells in the exhaust.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Catch ya later. Gotta call my patent attorney.[/#0000ff]
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