Transducer temps??

[Toad]

I don't really know, I think it matters whether or not you believe the moon is going to crash into the equator Ronski. (Place winking smiley emoticon thingy that I forgot how to make that would indicate inside joke at Ronski's expense, here!)

But seriously, that is a good question. One so good that I would like to elaborate in at least as much detail as Mack. First of all....most of you don't know the backstory on this temperature stuff, but why don't I go into some detail for everyone's benefit.....(don't sleep, there may be a pop quiz on this at the end of the day.)

William Thomson, or 1st Baron Kelvin, or Lord Kelvin, or R-Kelvy as us fans prefer to call him, was an Irish-born British mathematical physicist and engineer. At Glasgow University he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and thermodynamics and was the highest scoring point guard on the b-ball team, who did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form, and also led the school to three consecutive final three appearances. (Final Three's, you ask? Well, the history shows that the university of Oxford was banned for recruitment violations for almost a decade, leaving only Glasgow, Cambridge and the North Carolina Tarheels (as usual) in the competition. Word on the street was, that Oxford had purposely ignored the required witch tests when recruiting their squads, leaving many to believe that some of the better players on the team had supernatural powers, including a remarkable player names Magic Yonson, who went on to become a megastar for the times, and who, even later, was drowned, thus confirming he was a witch...or made of rock, take your pick.) He is almost as widely known for developing the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement as he was for the windmill turnaround dunk off a chair move that he invented in the European dunk championships. He was given the title Baron Kelvin in honour (or honor if you are not british and don't feel the need for the placement of unnecessary u's in your words.) of his achievements and is therefore often described as Lord Kelvin, or the Dark Lord of the Sith, or Voldemort, as well as many other names I could probably mention, but won't.......oh and nads,...can't forget Nads, I know I was finished, but that's a great name..Sir Nads. Anyway, the title refers to the River Kelvin, which flows past his university in Glasgow, Scotland.....the first title, I mean, which is the Voldemort one...I think?...

But I digress.....

Anyhoo,..Kelvin found, that at absolute zero, matter contains no thermal energy. Also, the triple point of water is defined as being precisely 273.16 K and 0.01 °C. This definition does three things: 1) it fixes the magnitude of the kelvin unit as being precisely 1 part in 273.16 parts the difference between absolute zero and the triple point of water; 2) it establishes that one kelvin has precisely the same magnitude as a one degree increment on the Celsius scale; and 3) it establishes that when using trolling motor vs fixed mount transducers it is possible to obtain a negative temperature, which is numerically less than absolute zero.

Meaning, in layman's terms,.....the trolling motor transducer may read slightly different water temperature readings, than that of a fixed mount transducer located on the rear of a boat. And also, that readings on say, Lake Webster, may be quite different to that of a reading taken on a lake on the moon Io just outside of the planet Jupiter.

Wait, maybe I should break it down a little for you guys (since laymans terms are probably quite a bit advanced from what you are accustomed to.) Why don't we go with barely able to lift their heads off their necks terms. That should make it easier for all of you to digest a little better. What this all means is that temperature readings are relative....which, actually brings us to Einstein and his famous relativity of muskie fishing theories....

Albert Einstein (pronounced /ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn/; German: Albert_Einstein_german.ogg ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was an ethnically Jewish[1][2], German-born theoretical physicist who was a talented b-baller in his own right. He is best known for his theor........you know, I'm pretty sure you guys are up to snuff on this dude, given his contribution to our sport, so I'll move on and save this for later, I think.

Anyway, what it boils down to...(get it, boils down to...lol, that's a great temperature reference joke, heh heh heh,...I crack me up, sometimes.) What it boils down to, is that the temperature reading makes no difference. It is always 68 degrees in the water. We just think the temperature is different because our eyes tell us that our depth finders are correct. Only somehow, Ronski has got himself a magical depthfinder that only reads the true temperature of the water all of the time. Simply amazing stuff. Of course, this will all become controversial when Ronski is fishing in August and when all of the rest of our unmagical temperature gauges read that the water temps are in the high eighties, but hey, that's entertainment isn't it?

Anyway, that's the way I look at it......

Beat that Mack!!!!! (I almost cut/pasted the dictionary, but fortunately, I stopped myself and will save that for another time.)

Later I may go into the history of the Double Cowgirl and how Benjamin Franklin was the true inventor of this awesome muskie catcher.....until then, you may now proceed to hang on the edge of your seats in anticipation.

Professor Toad,
or Lord Toad the Grand Inquisitor if you prefer.

[MACK]

Beat that Mack!!!!!

Uhhhhhhhhh,.,,,,,,.......after reading that.....I got nuthin'.

You got me...even by throwing in a Monty Python reference to the witches....that's good stuff man....good stuff. I think you hit the nail on the head and got it dead on.....spot on...nice job. Clear as mud.

An amazing read. But not as amazing as watching a 5'-3", 105 lb cute chick wolf down 12 Blazin Hot Wings at BWs last night in 2 minutes and 35 seconds.....if only we had Ronski's transducer to read the temp of that chick's mouth as she devoured those things......then the real test would have been complete....