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Well, That ain't good. They have succeeded in screwing up every smelt holding water body I'm aware of that they have been "magically" introduced to. Down here in the flatlands (CT) we used to have a couple great kokanee lakes that are no longer so too great due to the introduction of alewifes (East Twin and West Hill).

For you night trollers, a nice little tip for your planer board mods, I placed DOT reflection tape on mine and with just wearing a little headlight the boards light up the night like an airport runway. No glow in the dark night sticks. No battery operated accessory add-ons. Cheap and easy. (I placed a sticky note over my name and number to keep groupies away 🤪).

Another good evening contour trolling 15’-23’ fow off a hard point. We managed one shy of a two man limit in the 7pm-11pm window. Interesting how every time out the age structure differs. Tonight all age classes represented. Took another big also (7.5 lbs). Some on bandits, some on scatter raps, one on meat spoon down 12’ on rigger but most came off a Livingston stickbait unassisted -back 70-80’ on outside boards.

By the way, it wasnt an issue with the bar coming apart. It was an issue turning left and the bar slipping and the main not being able to "push" the kicker to the side.

@PD Buoy well i figured out the problem. The detents on the bar (the brass nubs that actually grab the bar) are completely trashed. They were worn down to nothing. I guess I did get 5 years of trolling out of it. So the option is to buy a replacement bar (you can buy a detent kit but the bar has a lot of wear) or since I converted my main Alpha drive to hydraulic, figure out how to add hydraulic to the kicker. Would have to figure out how to switch the kicker hydraulics on/off though I think.

Now til june 15th,,,,6$.standard size.. mags sold out ! Sorry

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No...Actually the first one had two Alewives in his mouth and still took my lure. That's when I changed my second line to a Alewives looking lure and got the second one in minutes. I was told that the N.E. Kingdom lake were free of Alewives and lamprey eels. I doubled checked VT Game & Fish color chart hoping they were smelt or anything else. Nope. They are in the in-land locked lake.

Hey Mike I would try cranking down on the ez-steer bar screws and see if that helps. On my Baha I had to get the longest bar available from ez-steer otherwise it would keep coming out of the bracket.

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5.7 Mercruiser with an Alpha 1 drive. Hooked into a 9.9 Yamaha high thrust (with power tilt) that is on a fixed motor bracket. I've always had issues with being able to steer with just the kicker and have made adjustments over the years. I even went as far as disconnecting the throttle and shift cable from kicker since I control it with an iTroll anyways. This year I converted over my steering to full hydraulic on the main and went from a Raymarine Wheel Pilot to a Type 1 pump. It steers the main really well. However, I keep on getting hitting the limit when its trying to steer the kicker. It will work fine for awhile and then randomly hit the lock. So the main is hitting the limit lock and isnt pushing the kicker far enough over. I would assume this is happening because the bar is sliding instead of pushing it like it should. With the kicker being high thrust and it pushing a 26' boat, there is a fair amount of torque on the kicker. So should I just keep on cranking the bar down tighter so that it cant slip? Or should I just figure out how to add hydraulics to the kicker and call it a day?

Johnson, VT and willing to ship for $10.00

They work well. Just need to install stop beads if you want to use the auto stop feature. I never used it. But it is functional. I just double checked before I removed them. Have batterie end plugs too. On one the switch cover tabs are cracked. It still works well. If you wanted you could buy a new switch over. It never bothered me so I didn’t buy one. They each have a rod holder attached. Looking to $250 plus shipping. Text 518-588-8164 for more info or pictures.

I bought the Solas prop and installed it on my 2006 Mercury 9.9 4 stroke kicker. Had it out fishing twice now and am sorry that I didn't do something like this long ago. Although the standard three blade prop worked I find that this prop gives my kicker better performance overall. There is less vibration, smoother running and better throttle control with the TrollMaster. I have a 19' glass hardtop and run bags so the kicker will run at a higher rpm for better thrust and boat control. Top boat speed (gps) is 4.5-5 mph with either prop. I too thought my stock prop was just fine until I replaced it. At $67.00 from Amazon it is worth the try. Thanks AA for your recommendation.

They probably puked the baitfish up while fighting your line.