Fishing, Hunting, and Camping Gear

It’s no secret that a major selling point of Berkey water purifiers is it’s portable design. A high quality water filter that you can pick up and carry is a benefit other filtration systems on the market are simply not able to duplicate. And let’s not forget the sidekick of these systems, the Berkey sport bottle, which customers enjoy as a free item with any system purchase. Today, I’d like to illustrate the ways many customers are taking advantage of these Berkey products outside of their home and how you can do the same! The Portable Berkey Filter System While Berkey filter systems are ... Read Full Story

I purchased a Bass Tracker II fishing boat about two years ago and I do like my boat. The boat cost $2500; it came equipped with a 35 HP Mercury, an electric start, a console foot controlled trolling motor, and one depth finder. It is extremely light making it easy to haul and to maneuver on and off the trailer. Now after a couple of years, and this being my first fishing boat, I started looking at purchasing another boat. The feature I was most interested in was more storage, and the newer models seem to fit the bill as they are generally wider ... Read Full Story

Have you ever wanted to rewire or add a battery switch , fuse, fuse block or circuit breaker on your boat? Well a few things to remember; use quality components and read the specifications of any component you are installing. If you are adding a trolling motor, depth finder, or lights always check the manufacturer’s recommended wire and fuse size. An example of modifying your wiring to meet the manufacture specifications was when I installed my new trolling motor from a 28 lb to a 50 lb. First I needed to increase the wiring size from the batteries to my battery selector switch from ... Read Full Story

Below are some recent photos of a trip to Houston Woods State Park in Ohio, home of Acton Lake. Being that I live not too far away this was just a quick trip to check out the lake and do a little sightseeing. We first went down to the docks and of course seen the ducks having a field day. There were also a couple of families alongside the shore enjoying some quality fishing time. Moving over to the boat storage area you could see dozens of sailboats ready just waiting to be launched in the coming weeks. My girlfriend is into mushroom hunting ... Read Full Story

In the fall of the year normally the last week of September my son, brother, I and a friend takes a 3 hour trip to McConnelsville, Ohio. This is a fall fishing trip in which normally we stay about three days. We fish an area owned by AEP (America Electric Power Company) this area is open to the public; all it takes is a permit that you can print out from their web site. AEP has around 300 lakes to fish some are very small while others are over a mile long. But this is not a story about fishing in the AEP area ... Read Full Story