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I'll post the question on Lake Ontario Outdoors sight Bob. See if I can get you an update. Glen

Gill T Under the old rules,9 fish limit, am teams could take one bonus laker but back then there was a slot. Have to wait and see what the commitee decides on that one. Glen

The old Am rules were yes to observer and yes to 3 man team,9 fish limit. Glen

Very good news Paul. Thanks Glen

Thanks for the offer. Won't be happening this winter as the boat is 260 miles away buried in about 200 inches of snow from what I'm told. Next time up the boat will be in the water and trolling for Browns. After this season I'll probably tow it home as I want to get a new top made and now looks like I'll have anther project. Nice work. Glen

I really like that Bench seat idea. Thats pretty sweet. Did the boat originally have a raised pedestal like the starboard side? Additional seating is the one area of my boat I would like to improve on. Glen

I would NOT take a drunk or otherwise incapacitated observer on my boat. I would have been on the phone and let the commitee know this and demanded the team forefit a team member in his or her place. This is not only a hinderence but is a definate safety violation. This demand would have been repeated at the paper work turn in point BEFORE it was time to leave the dock. Not really rocket science if you catch my drift. Seeing as how it has happened the teams should be warned of this type of thing at the captains meeting. It's got to be up to the teams to supply a reliable observer or pay the price. I believe this would eliminate this type of thing. Lets not forget the Capt. is responsible for what goes on on the boat. Glen

Courtesy would dictate a 5 or 10 deg starboard turn by both boats would eliminate any problems. Unfortunatley courtesy is sometimes hard to come by. Glen

Last year it wasn't until probably the middle of March before they finalized the rule changes. Hope they do it soon so I can put in for the time off of work.... Or not. Glen

Let me know if things change. I got a spare pro pac for the big boat and bought a 16 footer for the local ponds so I only need one more for the 16. Thanks Glen

I'm looking for 1 propac. You interested in selling 1? Glen

I see a couple that look like O & M's and I believe I see at least one T-spoon. The guy that was making the T-spoons got very ill and I don't think he ever started production back up and the O&M's used to have a websight. I got quite a few of both brands and they were both excellent spoons in the finger lakes. I haven't fished the Finger Lakes in a good number of years now but still got a couple boxes of the spoons. The websight was omlures.com Glen

Thank you Jeff, I only went back to 2003 with my subscriptions and most 2003 are gone. Must be before I started saving them or I gave them away. Seem to remember giving somebody a pile of fishing magazines a few years back. Glen

Good thing as I searched a whole box of GLA's this morning and couldn't find the article. Just out of curiosity does anybody have a subscription date? Thought I had them all. Glen

Leaders are fine. Glen

I got stacks of old ones Stan. If you can give me an approximate issue date I'll be glad to dig thru them and send it to you. I could probably just scan it and e-mail it if thats the only article your interested in. Glen

Looks like you'll be getting a call soon Matt. Glen

Quite a few guys run Aluminum here because they are much lighter and easier to tow. I keep my boat in a slip for the entire season so I definately prefere Fiberglass. It's additional weight makes for a much nicer ride. On the great Lakes the peak to peak distance between waves is very short. Even a 3 foot chop makes for a bumpy ride. As far as what brands it's all personel preference but Lund is very popular. I run a Wellcraft 25 foot and am quite happy with it. Alot of Penn Yans around. Glen

Thanks Musky Glen

Thanks Musky Glen

I love my Simrad Randy. All the posts I've read on auto pilots I don't think I've EVER read a negative comment on the units themselves. Latley I've read some negative comments about their tech support. When I bought mine a couple years ago the tech support was great. good luck with your decision. Glen

You got a PM Thanks Glen

Don't run any dipsys off the boards. The boards themselves get your presentation away from the boat and if you want depth you can add weight, run leadcore or copper. Glen