GAMBLER

I have four spools of blood run sea flea for sale. $40.00 for all 4 or $12.00 each spool. I will ship at buyers expense or local pickup in Hilton NY.

Another Sandy Creek Shootout is in the books. Tomahawk took the Sandy Creek Shootout trophy home this year! Escape took the 2 Fish Challenge and BIg Fish Friday honors. Congrats to all that placed! A big thank you to our sponsors and the organizers!

Do they? I wouldn't be so sure they do. I know for a fact some small guys fly under the radar (I'm not sure about my competitors).

I have a great customer base and I'm not worried. I strive to be the best and this will not change that. Once my competitor sees how labor intensive they are, they might have second thoughts. I only carry lake trout gear now (discontinuing my walleye worm harness line) and all of my competitors do lake trout and salmon stuff. I can dedicate my time to one line and not get distracted by demand of the other side!

I have to stay competitive on prices with my competitors. It's tough enough now that everyone and their brother is selling spin n glo rigs and now a competitor just purchased some of my death traps. More than likely I will have competition with those now......

All I know is I pay 10% on product I sell for Gambler Rigs and it really chews away at profits. I have no idea where it actually goes. Knowing NY, they suck it dry for other things somehow.

Excise tax is on fishing tackle, bow equipment, hunting equipment, gas, diesel, kerosene, coal, tanning, sports wagering, vape products, and a lot of other things.

If it goes towards that stuff and not the general fund, I don't agree with taking it away.

It is redistributed back to the states. It more than likely goes back to the general fund. As a tackle manufacturer, I have to pay Excise tax and it hurts small business. I really don't think this will affect us that much at all.

You're welcome!

Zero issues with the bracket. The fuel line is hooked to a three way valve in the main fuel line. The issues arise if you don't valve off the motor that is not in use. Don't ask me how I know. It is a Honda 9.9 long shaft with the high thrust prop. Mudflat, I don't look at it as stealing, I look at it as helping out. No worries!

Here are two pics that I have Jetsled. The controls and fuel line were originally installed going through the vent on the side of the boat. That’s all going to change this winter when I install an autopilot. The vents are getting replaced and a hole with a rubber boot will be installed on the transom where all the controls, fuel line and autopilot parts need to go. I also added a Trollsmarter remotes throttle adjustment unit. $350.00 for the unit, remote, gimbal mount and al the hardware. It’s been a great unit so far. Easy install and seems like great quality.

let me see what I have for pics on my phone. If they don't work for what you are looking for, I will take more this week when I'm down at the boat.

This fish is the typical Atlantic. Look at the dorsal fin and how disformed it is. This is the product they are putting in the lake. Almost every one has deformed fins (dorsal or pectoral fins). Before they expand the program, they have issues to fix before expanding. Thiamine deficiency and poor product are two that I see as huge hurdles to get over.

120 -140. On the bottom with Hammerhead 5/0 cowbells and Gambler Rigs.

Other than the mechanical hick ups the first couple of trips, its great! More room, and it trolls straighter than the last one. The only thing I miss is an autopilot. That is coming this winter. When you fish for 15 years in a boat with one and now you don't have one, it sucks. The 9.9 Honda kicker is a huge plus. I have used very little fuel so far this season.

The only issue I have found is keeping the remote in my pocket can cause sudden speed changes!

Spent the weekend fishing both days with my son, Keith, Scott and Mason out of Sandy. Saturdays agenda was to fish browns hard and then go scoop up some derby lakers. We pounded the brown water with some decent brown action but it wasn't what I was hoping for. The 3-8lb brown classes are healthy and so is the bait population in those waters (I was able to make cutbait out of the alewife we foul hooked. We decided to bump out a little to get away from the bait and stumbled onto some mature kings inside of 100'. That gave us the starting point for Sunday morning and we headed out to the laker grounds. Laker action was steady but they were scattered way more than normal in the deeper water I usually fish. First laker was a decent fish hitting the LOC board at 18.02. This fish was 39 1/2" long and super skinny. We picked away at lakers until noon and the last rod in fires with another 18.02 laker that was only 33" long. Alien Gambler Rig in regular size behind A Hammerhead Froggy Aluminum cowbell was the hot set up for lakers all weekend. Sunday morning we broke the pierheads and headed to the water we found on Saturday. I knew it was going to be a stellar morning when I got three rods in and all three fired while we were putting out the fourth. The chaos continued into the late morning before we spent an hour beating up the boys and making them reel in lake trout after lake trout. Mason ended up boating an 18 lb laker that went back to catch next year since it would have been the bottom of the board after many lakers were weighed in Saturday.

After 6 trips with the Troll smarter, I love this product. Having the remote is awesome when its busy in the back of the boat and no ones at the wheel to adjust speed.

Nice job Mike!