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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 2025

Page

16

Lithium batteries save the day on Mille Lacs fishing trip

In October on Lake Mille Lacs Minnesota Mike Wirth Ward Stubbs and I chased big smallmouth along a rocky shore. After four hours of high electronics use our lithium trolling motor battery failed and journalism the coast to a nearby abandoned resort. We restocked power via a jump start and reflected on lithium versus lead acid batteries including weight charge speed cycle life cost and proper maintenance.

Edar Falls Waukee Mike Wirth Cedar Falls Ward Stubbs Lake Mille Lacs Minnesota Big Lake Mike Mille Lacs

Remembrance of Carter among fishing presidents

The obituary notes Jimmy Carter who died at 100 in Plains Georgia and joins a list of presidents who fished seriously. It highlights how their outdoor pursuits informed conservation efforts including Carter's Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the Boundary Waters Wilderness Act. It cites H. W. Bush’s fishing and wildlife protections and quotes Carter on outdoor renewal.

Minneapolis America White House Jimmy Carter Plains George Washington John Quincy Adams Grover Cleveland Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Dwight Eisenhower George H.W. Bush H.W. Bush Maine Kennebunkport Florida Keys Bahamas Bush Navy Yale Ricky Clunn Air Force One Alabama Sportsman Society Ray Scott S. Carter David Raskin Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Politico Carter U.S. Naval Academy Walter Mondale Camp David Maryland Spruce Creek Pennsylvania

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