My father ran a pontoon boat for salmon in the 80's. Not the greatest vessel for salmon. Spring browns it was awesome but offshore it did not do the job. The large light pontoon boat would slip to the side while trolling really bad. Trolling with it was horrible in rough water. The only good thing was the room for riggers on the back.
6 Daiwa Heartland 8' 6" medium action rigger rods. These are the older brown colored rods. $10.00 each or all 6 for $50.00. Buyer to pay $10.00 shipping.
Irondequoit bay, Seneca, Sodus, or Canadigua are all good choices. The Lake Ontario bays are easier to find perch in unless you fish the other places a lot. Seneca and Canadiagua are not the easiest places to find and catch perch.
My nephew and his 2nd place Laker - Orleans County Derby a couple years ago
My buddies daughter and a big laker a week before the summer LOC started
My neice with her first pike on Conesus
That hand crank was useless for me years ago. I had an old Mag 10 and the main shaft sheared off the drive gear. The ball went crashing to the bottom in 180 fow. It was not fun winding the spool up by hand.
I have BIg jons on Berts tracks. They are bullet proof. I had a buddy that works in a machine shop make me custom mounts for the Berts tracks. Big Jon does sell the mounts to fit in Berts tracks if you do not know someone in the machine shop business.