landingzone

 I have been on boats before when some of the guys were really reluctant and worried about having to turn off their phone because of a situation that was going on at home. This would give them and their families peace of mind knowing they could have direct contact in case something happens.

I have had team members very unhappy with turning off their phones for personal use.  It may cost me team members.  It is not about cheating, there is definitely another issue out there. Can't sat that I know the answer but I don't think the issue will just go away.

The size of the area you are viewing is determined by the cone angle of your transducer (look at your specs), and the depth at which you desire to know the area.  Draw the cone; drop a straight vertical line down from the point to the depth of interest.  The width across the base of the cone at the depth of interest (simple trig) is the diameter of your viewing area.

look at this:

http://www.moorelectronics.com/fishing/fishing.html

Your probe is telling the truth.

I've never noticed that it made any difference as far as hookups are concerned.

 

If it bothers you that much, take your pliers and bend the eye of the treble out slightly so the line comes through straight.

 

Tim

I've seen the suggestion to bend the hook eye previously and I've tied some that way with the snell.  They look pretty good but I don't know if it helps.  Some hooks I've tried tend to break rather than bend due to their hardness.

see #6 & 7 in the rules & regs:

http://www.loc.org/RULES_AND_REGULATIONS.html

Not sure how much you should worry about it.  I lost one on one of my twin I/O's a couple seasons back and it didn't make much difference.  I think the skeg is more of a prop protector than anything else.  I think it has minimal effect on steering.  Correct me if I'm wrong.

When you get the opportunity, a new one can be welded on.

How much enlargement do you need?  If it is just a small amount (1/8" to 1/4" dia. increase) you may be able to use a rasp of some sort.  For more than that maybe a sabre saw would work w/o damaging the cables.

It helps if you let the second diver creep out so that it pulls to the outside rather than dropping too quickly.

You might want to check out this thread:

http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/139072-trailer-brakes-disc-vs-drum.html

You didn't mention if you have just one axle or more.  Some dual and triple axle trailers only have brakes on the front axle.  Adding brakes to the second axle would make a big improvement.

In any case, I think disc brakes are much more powerful than drums for this application.  There are kits to convert drums to discs.  They require a coupler specific for discs.

Had a 2450 for about 5 years.  It is a solid boat and trailerable.  I had the 4.3L V6 Mercruiser and it performed well but was slightly underpowered given the weight of equipment we tend to get on our trolling boats.  Switched to a 4 blade prop and made a significant improvement.

Vent windows were not mounted well and came out twice while trailering.  Not much air movement under the hardtop on hot days.  Two issues that I really didn't like were:

1) the floor is wood and there is no direct drain in the cockpit (goes into bilge) for blood, slime.etc. I had to have the floor replaced due to rot. 

2)  Galvanic corrosion is an issue on aluminum boats docked in the water and mine got pitted below the water line, mostly on the transom (fixable but still an issue).

Many positive compliments at the launch ramp.

Here are a couple pics of mine.  If you want more info, PM me.

This is a bracket Mike's Marina in Mexico Bay made for me several years ago.  Just wanted to point out that fabrication is an option.

Anyone tried the Thermacell units for the flies?

Guys this tax has been around since 1950 under the "Sport Fish Restoration Act". It has been amended a few times but not recently in connection with "Obamacare".

Here's a link: http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/GrantPrograms/SFR/SFR_Act.htm

It's purpose is to help fisheries, Dingell (the Bill's author) is a noted conservation minded Senator long before the word conservation meant anything to anyone.

No need for sensational Obamacare reaction.

Tight lines and may the NSA be with you!

Correct!!

Was out solo in front of P'Ville this morning for a while.  Picked up a couple BT in 30' & then slid out to 100' & took a couple lakers for a friend.  Quit 11:30.  Looked for your boat but don't think you were on my "radar".

I'm looking into the Sitex SP-110 autopilot with Remote Mechanical Drive for use on my 270AJ with twin 4.3L Mercruiser outdrives.  I'm generally getting favorable reports but most users are not using them for trolling as we do.

Set up with the Remote Mechanical Drive, they are used on mechanically steered boats.  Since only one engine has the power assisted pump for steering, I asked Sitex if the SP-110 would have enough power to steer the combination of both outdrives when operating on the non assisted engine alone.  Their reply was there is sufficient power for that application.

I'm looking for any information from those on LOU who have any experience with this product used in salmon trolling.   Thanks, Dick

Great job YT!  You managed to produce every day, and that wasn't easy.  We chased your scores for both weekends and were very lucky to end up 2nd in the West End Classic Cup.  We weren't planning on doing any more this year, but now we're thinking about Oswego .

Congradulations again!!!

Congratulations to Rick and the rest of the Yankee Troller Team!

They managed to take bigger fish than we did on day 2.  A funny story I told Rick was that we had to keep an 18.5" king for about our 6th fish.  When we finally got our 12 fish, we pulled all the lines.  As we reached for the last dipsey rod, it hammered down, eventually yielding about a 22# king, which we had to put back.  The good news was, it didn't matter.  Even if we had been able to keep it, it wouldn't have been enough.  We were very happy with 2nd!

Complete score sheet is on the Pro Am website.  The Pro Am committee did a great job of getting the results posted quickly!

ttt

Put it in at Bear Cr. today and all went well.  Plenty of water.  Thanks for all the input.

Dick

http://www.ontariotown.org/parks_&_recreation.htm

Here is the permit info:

http://www.ontariotown.org/parks_&_recreation.htm

Thanks HM.  I should draw similar to him and lake has come up some.

Thanks Ess for the input.  I know it could be better.

I just talked to the town and they said they are putting the docks in today.

Dick

Anyone used Bear Creek launch in the last few days?  I need to launch my 27' Sea Ray somewhere to get it to my dock in Pultneyville.  I draw about 2.5'.  I wonder if I could get it in there and into the lake w/o problem.

Thanks for any info, Dick