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Does anyone have any experience with the sterndrives supplyed by SEI? I had a run in with a rock on my last trip out last Oct. and devestated my Mercruiser Alpha 1 Gen II sterndrive. I did a great deal of searching on the web for used/rebuilt sterndrives. The best deal I found was the NEW sterndrives offered by SEI out of Fla. Is this too good to be true??? I hope for positive response because I purchased one!!! I will post my experiences when I get the old girl back in the water.

Just want to address the "fish on bait". I was in contact with the previous owners 3 years ago. I sent bait heads to them so that they could make their cut bait fit the heads. I was assured by Tim that the company had purchased a machine to cut the herring strips to a consistant thickness and that I would be given a supply to test. I also gave my local Gander Mountain manager the contact information to stock fish on products,which he did.The last time I was there the freezer supplied by fish on was still in their bait shop(empty). The story in NY is that the fish on products were not available. I feel that this company has made a lot of claims and promises and has not lived up to any. I feel bad that I asked Gander Mountain to stock this product(I imagine the cost of freezer and initial supply of bait was substantial). I for one will wait for Rhys Davis.

I am starting to get the fishing itch. Does anyone have any information on the status of Rhys Davis cut bait strips? I hope they will be available this season. My supply is getting low!!!

I have used Roemers for many years on both coated and bare cable with no issues. The Roemer does not appear to damage the coated cable or affect the performance of the temp probe.

Kingfish, First of all let me say thanks for being a soldier. You are all heroes in my book. The cut bait program seems to be at a standstill due to the rules governing bait, because of the new invasive virus,VHS. I hope this all shakes out soon, cut bait is by far the best way I have found to target large Kings. Cut bait is generally pre packed and frozen herring strips cut into a pennant shape and inserted into a plastic bait head and trolled behind a large flasher to give it a rolling action. When all other lures(spoons, flies, Etc.) slow down in mid day, cut bait, in my experience continues to catch fish. All the biggest kings I have caught have come on bait. The biggest to date is a 35# pig caught last season on Mexico Bay. I hope this has helped. Mark

I use a device called the Elberta Clip'r . it is spring loaded and attaches to your line anywhere you want it. When a fish hits the spring tension releases and the clip'r slides down to your main lure. I bought them at All Season's in Pulaski. I'll never go back to a free slider again.

I just found out that it is ok to use lastyears cut bait. Check out the Oswego County Tourism web site. According to them the DEC says it is ok to use last years cut bait. www.co.oswego.ny.us/tourism/fishing/index.html and click on fishing conditions. I printed out the page just to have proof if I am stopped.

I have some cut bait(Rhys Davis) left from last season. Is it legal to use it on LO? I find that cut bait is not available from any of the tackle shops in the Watertown/Pulaski area. I really like the bait program and have a ton of Twinkie-Twinkie bait rigs, I hope that I will be able to use up the herring strips that I have.

I have some Rhys Davis cut bait left over from last season. Is it legal to use on LO?