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Glad she's up and running.. You got the "death by a thousand cuts" syndrome.. Just one thing after another after another.. Then you look up, and find you are WAY under water, but what do you do?. Junk it and lose the multiple thousands you already ?pent???.. Tough decision... Some will bail, some will forge ahead and damn the torpedoes... You did what was right for you in this case, and as I said earlier, I wish you only the best with it from this point on,,, ANYONE can get beat on a purchase, of a boat, motor, car, house , whatever... Lots of people know something is compromised, and its life is short, so they polish it, tighten it, tune it, so it looks, works and sounds fine... Until it doesn't... I am 66 and can't tell you how many cars trucks, boats, outboards I have bought for good money, that never made it even a month without major issues.. Its easy to hide problems from a prospective buyer, and all too many people have no problem doing it... Enjoy your refurbished ride, I hope it lasts a lifetime for you... bob

Don't take this the wrong way, please... I admire your determination, as well as your dedication to a boat thats special to you,but it sounds like you are way underwater, in the boats value and what you you have in it... Not a bad thing if you really like the boat, and will get use out of it... I have seen other similar horror stories to yours and they are usually on I/O type boats... So expensive and complicated to fix... Outboards today are crazy expensive as well, if you buy new, but clean used ones are readily available at fair prices and can be installed in a very short time with a few simple hand tools.... Transoms are easier to fix on most outboards as well, and the "pour in" resin fix has a great track record... I dunno, I know you like your boat, and I extend to you my best wishes for some well deserved long lasting peace of mind, and wonderful times aboard her with friends and loved ones. Personally, I have NO use for an inboard of any type, especially with the quiet smooth 4 stroke outboards being built these days,,, Over the years, I have seen too many total disasters such as what you have gone through, where the motor, and the final drive and the transom all went to crap at the same time, and the boat wasn;t worth near as much as the repairs would cost.. You are a better man than me for sure, I would have bailed out on it... BEST of luck on it from here on !... That boat owes you some great service after what you put forth in time, emotion, sweat, and money!!!!,,, bob

Pretty close, but seemed more compressed, and a rounded tail... Could be that decomposition had some effect on how the fish looked as well.. Its not a big deal, I was just curious... bob

no, wish I did....bob

Been fishing Cayuga for 29 years, and am totally unfamiliar with the small fish i found in a brown I cleaned yesterday.. there were 5 or 6 of them, in varying stages of decomposition.. The heads were more digested than the bodies, so it was hard for me to get a look at the heads/faces... They were about 5 inches long, and silvery like a sawbelly.,,, However, they were elongated like an eel.. Not round like an eel or a lamprey, they were vertically compressed like a sawbelly, but elongated like an eel. Think of an eel like bait fish, but silvery ,compressed, and the had some dark lines/markings as well.. A few thin lines, not real dark running lengthwise along the body.. They were not Gobies, seen a million of those, certainly not alewives or smelt,,, They must be schooling fish such as an alewife however as this brown was packed with them, all siilvery long, thin and vertically compressed, with some markings... This computer not set up for pictures right now, so could not take any pics... any ideas???.. I would recognize a picture of them... Oh yeah, tail fin was quite rounded from what I could tell, not forked.... . bob

agreed... plus its outdoors, not an enclosed space... these guys need to open their businesses up or they won't have a business

The fishing stated in the ""new normal"" we are dealing with means commercial fishing, mostly restricted to the ocean and salt water tidal estuaries... I doubt it includes charters and guides yet, but that might be coming soon... Maybe.... We either let the economy deteriorate until we are in a monstrous depression, or we resume normalcy and take precautions... The vaccine thats being touted will not be a panacea,,,, Coronaviruses have been known for many decades and vaccines have not been well developed for them as yet... Many common colds are coronavirus strains, and we haven't figured them out thus far... bob

that looks like blue skis and flat water in the background.. Every time I look outside all I see is howling wind, sideways rain, snow or all the above.. guess you got out during a good window..Nice laker btw,,, ....

Gizzard Shad-. they make SPECTACULAR cut bait... Browns, rainbows. lakers will swallow them with abandon right on the bottom, if they see it.. BIG Catfish , bullheads, and stripers too, in lakes where they exist.. They stink when cut, but the scent draws predators, and they hit chunks readily bob

Report post Posted 12 hours ago (edited) Wow. The walleye is an illegally introduced species to one of the last true cold water trout fishery lakes in New York State. The walleye was illegally introduced by short sighted bucket biologists...and an ignorant particular “guide”. They wanted fish that are easy to catch and good eating in the lake. A few well known (and one deceased) Homer locals did most of the illegal stocking. These individuals took the hard work of fisheries biologists, those tasked with the management of the lake, and pissed on it. Skaneateles Lake is a trout lake. Always will be. It is unique. And with restoration and management of the invasive vermin walleye, as the state is proceeding... The trout fishery will continue to dominate as we who live here expect it to. Thats what local, law abiding sportsmen and women overwhelmingly show support for. Walleye is vermin in Skaneateles Lake, and anyone supporting or positive of the walleye existence in Skaneateles Lake is either not from around here, is a misguided meat fisherman, or is a one of the illegal walleye stockers... or perhaps a bs guide guilty of introducing this fish in the first place for cash gain Oh Brother.. Do you and the other ""locals"" OWN this lake?.. Yeah, i thought not. Rainbows, Browns, LL Salmon are also "invasives" by your logic.. they are NOT native to Skaneatles.. Only lake Trout are.. Matter of fact the Walleye can and will spawn in the lake itself as well as feeder streams, so they are better suited to the lake than your precious trout. I realize what this forum is .. Its 90% fishermen that deep troll for trout almost exclusively.. thats fine if thats what you like.. There are some here, in the small minority that have no interest in that type of fishing, and LOVE the thought of a viable, or even productive walleye fishery in skaneateles.. Any fish that needs to be stocked yearly to simply exist should be phased out in my opinion, and fish that can reproduce naturally should get preference in management.. Maybe you can petition the NY state DEC, and they can poison the lake, and then fill it back up with rainbows only ... bob

Furuno is the unit that all the party boat/.charter boat captains in NJ used for years and years.. Very dependable commercial grade equipment that lasts.. My Garmin 250 C is a nice color unit, 500 watts RMS and was all I needed.. Problem is even though it was lightly used and well taken care of, it crapped out for no apparent reason after a few seasons use.. Had to send it back to garmin, they rebuilt it for a good deal of money, it lasted another season, needed work again, and they no longer support that unit so now its junk.. I like Garmin when it works.. Good performance at a reasonable price, but they seem a lot more interested in selling new equipment as opposed to keeping their older stuff working for its owners.. bob