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Just got back from Point Breeze, the fleas were brutal. Can I get away with #20 flea flicker, or do you need to go to the #30. I do not want to go through what I did this last weekend again!

Thanks

We run 20# flea flicker and have very few problems of flea build up

how fast is your boat/how many hp? if you're turning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 hp (cant remember exactly where the line is) then you shouldn't be running aluminum. at a certain point the aluminum is not strong enough to hold up to the power of the motor and you risk thowing a blade into the cavitation plate or worse, which is a lot more than the cost of a SS prop. and yes the're are plenty of shops that repair SS props, both local and out of state (national-mail order).

oh I should have mentioned I have a 135hp and I wouldn't even THINK of putting an aluminum prop on mine.

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We have 125hp outboard Yamaha's and they came new from the factory with Alum. props

I am interested as well, sorry i didn't get to you sooner but I did not have internet access until I got to work today

Interesting. Nice truck too bad

Ok registration June 5 before 7AM

Sign up at Slippery Sinker or Boat Doctor @ Olcott like last year?

I know it is going on for the Niagara Pro Am, no idea about any of the others.

Tim

Good deal. Any specifics? Registration, can you fish out of either Olcott or Wilson etc

I think last year it was only done at the Niagara and Orleans

Are they doing it again this year? They did it on Friday day before the pro/am.

Any word on this would be great

PETA :roll:

I already got mine as well.

Pre-enrollment online takes 5 minutes. The time you spend in the office the first time is less than 10 minutes. My card was ready for pickup in less than a week. It takes 10 minutes to pick up the card.

With a enrollment office in Rochester the total time spent driving, and office visits for me was less than 1.5 hours. It is very minimal time IMO

If you are eligible be sure to pay the reduced rate

here is the site that you want to us http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/twic/index.shtm

Cannon mag 10's here as well. love them!

it is very tough....all memorization

They have a book at barnes and nobels with nothing but USCG tests it is probably 1000 pages....or you can look online. Neither will help until you have the material and taken the classes....read some of the questions and you will hardly understand what they are asking

everything is commercial....they do not talk about sailing or operating your 30' vessel. Just about everything pertains to you being on a commercial vessel. if you choose to get your sailing endorsement which requires additional payment to seatech and you have to have 180 days of your sea time on a sailing vessel --- hopefully next year i can apply for the sailing endorsement upgrade

have fun and study a lot

We run ours opposite of the fin in the back and the first hole in the front. I think this is the way they come out of the package.

Like said before you are going to get a wide variety of answers. The best is to give it a shot and see what works best for you

I passed the test on april 1st and just received my license in mid july. p.

Wow...we finished in December -- just got my license was issued Aug. 5

Very frustrating...One guy that I took it with the coast gaurd was holding it for a medical reason. They recieved the application in Toledo 3/2008. After he talked to them and got the problem straighted out they said they would review immediately.....this was a little over a month ago and it's status is still under review :roll:

this one was the best - when sending in application's to the USCG sea tech charges the students the application fee and then sends a check/c.c # to the USCG --- they check from Sea Tech bounced and the CC# was declined. i ended up paying the coast gaurd myself

Like I said.....keep track of your own paperwork when that time comes

We run a 13# Ridgeback Rattler on our rigger with the Speed/Temp and a 10# Cannon ball

We run spin doctor on the main line and a free slider spoon. We have had great luck with fish hitting the slider. More so than the rigger with a spoon/spoon

We have had luck in the past week running spoons, spinny's and cut bait 5-10' with good results

www.seatechmarinetraining.com

Just to forewarn anybody that will take the class through Sea Tech. When it comes time to send your paperwork to the USCG --- SEND IT YOURSELF. Do not trust sending it to Dennis/Ruth.

I took the training last year Oct.

They teach a great class however their paperwork is not very organized. I took the training last year with 4 other guys that I know and 2 of us just got our license's and 2 have not. Mainly due to lost paperwork at Sea Tech office in Buffalo. One guy that we have stayed in contact with from the class - Dennis lost his paperwork somewhere in the buffalo office. The paperwork includes original Birth Cert., Original Social Security Card - everything you send must be original, no copies or certified copies

we will be out at 6....see everyone out there

We stated in 150fow trolled NW to 200fow - temp was down deep 120. We only gave it a short time in closer like this. Marked nothing and without wasting too much time we pulled the gear and head further NW and set up in 300fow. Much better down temp - 80 down was 44deg, 100 down was 42 Ran our riggers at 100' and 50', wire 175 and 225. We trolled between 300-440fow action was best between 320-360

Deep rigger caught the first fish teen king on a Dark Green Spin Dr with a Siggs Green Hypnotist, moments after our 50' fired with a 4# steelhead on the cheater - NK28 spoon GFBLW. Ended the day with the deep rigger getting a 11# steelhead - once again Dark Green Spin Dr w/ Siggs Green Hypnotist

Ended the day 3/3 -- not bad we fished about 2.5 hours

we use a Tekota 700 with 300 yards of 50# power pro, 10 colors and then 20 feet of 18# leader

use an albright knot to join the line...we also use a dap of superglue on the knot

hopefully this helps

We try set our deep rigger in the 40-44 range and our shallow in water 48-52 and try to get the 1 wire setup in the same temp range depth and 1 wire running higher in the water column.

fleas are loaded in rochester

nice fish congrats!!

it may be a bit late but Atommik has a great price on wire -- $35.00 for 1000'