Billy V

The list keeps getting smaller. Here's all that's left as of today, 12/30: ADP 57 LC Braid backing, 8 colors of core $75 AD 47 LC Reel only $50 GL 47 LC Mono backing, 2 colors of core $50 Everything else is sold pending payment.

Three of the reels are sold pending payment. What's left is listed below: ADP 57 LC Braid backing, 8 colors of core $75 AD 47 LC Reel only $50 AD 47 LC Reel only $50 GL 47 LC Mono backing, 2 colors of core $50

I have the following Daiwa line counter reels for sale. All of them just came back from total re-builds and annual maintenance at Daiwa and are all in like new condition inside and out. ADP 57 LC Braid backing, 10 colors of core $75 ADP 57 LC Braid backing, 8 colors of core $75 AD 57 LC Braid backing, 6 colors of core $65 AD 57 LC Braid backing, 4 colors of core $65 AD 47 LC Reel only $50 AD 47 LC Reel only $50 GL 47 LC Mono backing, 2 colors of core $50 Buyer to pick up locally in Ithaca, NY or pay actual shipping costs. PM me here or email me at [email protected]

The actual drawing is January 28th. All entries must be postmarked by Jan 21st to be eligible.

Just a reminder to those of you who are planning to fish the WHI this May - There is an earlybird registration drawing for $1,000 cash for all entries postmarked no later than January 21st, 2011. This is a great chance at putting some extra cash in your pocket before the season even begins, and all you have to do is send in your completed registration form along with your deposit check by Jan 21st! Don't miss out!!

I have a Depth Raider for sale. This is a complete unit except for the coated cable. Unit is in great shape and comes with head unit, power cord, probe, and a brand new , never used antenna assembly that runs from the head unit all the way back to the antenna. These sell for $435 at Cabelas. I'll let this one go for $325. Buyer to pick up locally or pay actual shipping costs. Contact me at [email protected] or PM me here.

Sweet bow! I've had my Pure for a few weeks now and LOVE it!

Team Billy V is in. Who else has sent in their RSVP & deposit?? Don't wait too long to get in - once it's full, it's FULL!

I sure would like to have this boat sold by springtime!

BANG! Then call the taxidermist!

Come West Werner! From the sounds of it there's going to be a small armada coming down so you'll have lots of boats to run down & back with you!!

Let's get these things out of my garage!

John, My first mate Jay works for a place in Cortland - Graph Tex - they do all of my shirts and do great work. You can reach them at (607) 756-1875.

Thank you Tim!!!

I was finally able to log on, but only after requesting that my password be re-set. Now that I'm in, I can see that they still have a bit of work to do before they've worked out all the bugs.

One final thing: I heard from my guy at Cannon this morning about this and here is his email response: "When we created all of the marketing materials for the new Cannon riggers (packaging, catalog, web template) the new Scotty’s had not been released. They had one non-working prototype at ICAST, but that was in July when we were already finalizing our catalog. We had no way to substantiate their claims. Now that they are getting some product out, we can get a sample and test it. If we find that their retrieval rate is faster than ours, we will absolutely adjust our website. In addition, we will change the copy in the catalog and the packaging when we do a reprint. We were able to order a new Scotty from the West Coast and as soon as we get it we will test. This is standard procedure for any consumer good."

I can get to the homepage, but when I try to log on it doesn't recognize my username or password.

As you know, I am affiliated with Cannon. I tested my current Mag 20 DT's the summer I got them and they readily met the 250fpm rating. We never clocked the prototype 2011 DT 10 units we tested this summer, but we all agreed that not only did they appear to pull our 16 lb Troll Rites up faster but they also had a lot more low-end torque than our Mag 20's. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that they exceed their 250fpm rating. I'm afraid that the only way to truly prove which is fastest is to run a side-by-side comparison of the two riggers, and that'll probably have to wait until each unit becomes readily available as a production model and at that point we'll be in the deep freeze. It'll be interesting to see that test this spring.

Watch the video - You tell me if it adds up to 260fpm with a 20 lb ball. And don't forget that Scotty released the speed figures on that rigger well after Cannon had posted them on their site.

There's some video evidence out there that disproves the Scotty 260fpm claims: http://www.saltpatrol.com/videos I did the math - a 15 lb weight raised 50' in 12 seconds = 250fpm. And earlier in the video when he raised it 74' in 18 seconds...that comes to 247fpm. It's gotta be slower than that with a 20 lb weight. In fairness, I believe that was a test unit, so the speeds may be off. In any event, Cannon posted that claim years prior to Scotty releasing their new riggers.

Hey Tom....You need to buy Stephanie a bigger house NOW, then we can ALL have the toys we want!! LOL!

Great deer Ray. Congrats!

I run my current Mag 20 DT TS riggers with my Humminbird 1157c and the system works quite well. You'll also need to purchase the Cannonlink accessory to be able to network them together. Just a quick heads up about the Mag 20 - you won't be able to find themin the future unless you've found a closeout or some used ones - Cannon has replaced the Mag 20 with the DigiTroll 5 for 2011. www.cannondownriggers.com

High Bidder, Your extendable boom will fit into the new Mag5STX and the new pulley end will fit into it as well. You should be all set! Bill

Tom, I thought Steph might want to buy it for you as a Christmas present!