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that is a big 23! love the pilot house, full transom and freeboard.

Yep that was/is me. Glad I sold that gas hog when I could. LOL... I fish wilson every spring and remember motoring by wishing I had one - on my Bucket list. Was it a diesel of gas? Either way I can imagine it sucked a ton of fuel being as heavy as it is. It was gas, volvo 8.1 engines which are junk IMO, in 3 years blew 1 head gasket, siezed 1 bottom end, and had numerous sensor and wiring problems. The CC28 is a great boat in a head sea but basically sucks for anything else such as drifting or trolling parallel to the waves. the great lakes short period waves will get it rocking so bad you can't even stand up. I consider my 23 Steiger Miami an upgrade for the type of fishing I do. Yikes!!! Thanks for sharing you just saved me $180k Your new boat looks very nice. At first glance it looked like a Parker

Yep that was/is me. Glad I sold that gas hog when I could. LOL... I fish wilson every spring and remember motoring by wishing I had one - on my Bucket list. Was it a diesel of gas? Either way I can imagine it sucked a ton of fuel being as heavy as it is.

"MyTurn" did you used to run a Carolina Classic 28 out of Wilson, NY?

have you attach any fish lips to that copper rig yet?

NICE catch!!!

welcome to the discussion topic

Larry, so sorry to hear this. We will definitely keep an eye out for you. Makes my blood boil ... Your a real pro, and unselfishly help us all with fishing info. and advice. You make your living fishing, I would like to donate $25 toward helping you replace your gear, a small token of appreciation for a fellow fisherman and a good guy. PM me your PayPal ID Jack Also, let me know if you need rods/reels in the near-term to get you by with charters.

See if ya can stuff a 10+ pounder in there [ Post made via iPhone ]

funny. Mark, give me a call to arrange pickup

Ray I would have sold it to you for $25 less...

This is one of those Rare opportunities... For Sale. No Trades. Never hunted. Used for 10-total 3D rounds...sat, stored in bow case ever since. Everything, bow, string and accessories are like new... will sell bare bow or complete rig as listed. 2007 Mathews Drenalin, 60-70# limbs, 29in draw length, full camp Spott Hogg Hog-It, 3 pin, .019 dia fibers, wrapped, with light Limb Driver Pro Arrow Rest Doinker Front Stabilizer Vapor Trail Strings Meta 1/4" Peep Sight Custom String Stop Mathews 5-arrow quiver, camo $695 for complete rig as listed above plus actual cost of shipping and handling $450 for bare bow plus actual cost of shipping and handling will email additional pics to serious buyers Thanks.

SOLD!!! in what has to be a new worlds record from time of first post... 1min 10 sec BRAND NEW!!! Never Used Fat Nancy's loaded the reel for me with backer, cooper and floro leader...copper is marked every 50ft $250 cash and local pick up (Rochester or Buffalo)

mark, if you think that is bad, imagine what your dipsys are doing, especially at the lower walleye trolling speeds and higher plane settings speed variation including inside/outside variation on turns causes significant depth variation. thats why you want to start well above the fish and then slowly work your way down to them the nature of the beast with weighted presentations, however the vertical movement in the water column is what makes these rigs work

Gill-T thanks, I appreciate the response. I can see where the may be an advantage with larger torpedos for the deeper L.O. salmon, less so for the summer depth of Erie Walleye.

Jim, what are the advantages of a torpedo diver over a snap weight for Erie walleye fishing?

I hear ya on fish that pull drag thanks for the report!

The Buffalo "Small Boat Harbor" has a fish cleaning station where you can fillet your fish and process and dispose the remainder of the carcass through macerators/grinders. These mechanical systems are frequently broken, causing the cleaning house to be locked closed. takes the authority forever to fix and reopen it, as its not a priority for them.

X2!!!

mark, it was an early morning bite yesterday, the bite died when the bright sun came out

decent day on the pond today, 8 yellows between 6-8lbs, dropped half as many. threw a little bit of everything at them. only the riggers were dead. boards (40 jets and 2-3 oz snap weights) and dispys produced. black/pink sgl hatchet harnesses, hammered copper/watermelon dbl colorado harnesses, chartreuse/pink-head reef 800 runners and chartreuse/red-head deep husky jerks DH-12. cranks worked equally well as the harnesses. short hour long bite between 7-8am while clouds were out, then the sun appeared and nada more ALOT of bait and FISH directly off Abino on the fence (60-65 fow), 1.6 mph down speed did the trick for us

Nice going boys! I will give you a shout tomorrow if I get into them. [ Post made via iPhone ]

4 fish in 30 minutes over 4 hours total fishing time. From SBH along the fence 40 fow into 60 fow (best picture).. Lots of fish and bait 20-40 ft deep, and on the bottom. spread consisting of two riggers, two wire dispsys, two in-line boards with drop weights. each took a fish. colorado harnesses in copper/orange, copper/watermelon, hatchet in pink/black and small perch chattersticks. 1.7-1.8 mph down speed. lots of fish.... slow bite.

Welcome and thanks for contributing to the thread. A separate thread for Barcelona was suggested, I don't have a preference, but this thread is the "Eastern Basin" and as good as any. many of us will be headed that way often the rest of the year and will post often.