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  1. chowder
    Yep, life is like a box of chocolates ...
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    Lost my house, garage, truck and the Sportcraft 232 GLS that Hank and I spent the last few months rigging up to a fire last week. All my tackle and rods accumulated over the last 14 years were in the Sportcraft except my light/shallow Browns stuff and 4,6, and 8 color reels all of which was in my little boat. I am super extremely fortunate that I still have my old friend 'Emily' a StarCraft Islander that I was trying to sell. The thing that makes this kind of interesting is that I'm trying to replace as little of my crap as I can so that I don't use up my 'House contents insurance money' on stuff I just don't need. So here's what I've gotten: A FishHawk unit, 2 riggers w/ double rod holders, 2 weights + releases & 2 stacker releases. I got an Okuma 55 High speed(HS) w/ 300' copper and put it on a cheap Okuma pro rod, an Okuma 55 HS w/ 400' copper also on a cheap Okuma pro, and 2 Okuma HS reels w/ wire for divers on 7' Talora rigger rods w/ twilli tips. I respooled my browns rigger reels w/ 30# Ande and stuck them on 4 new cheap 6'6"' MH uglistiks from Walmart. For tackle I got 6 spin doctors in basic greens / whites, etc.. For flies I got like 5 of Tommy's and 5 of BW's + a couple meat rig combos. For spoons I got 6 Yecks and 6 DWs. I'm ready to fish!! Let's see how it goes- I'm wondering if just concentrating on these handful of baits just might make it easier to concentrate on the fish and be more enjoyable too. I'll keep you posted.
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    The connection that I have from the transducer is black in color and will only fit into the "Structure" port on the back of the unit. Am I missing an adapter or do I have the wrong model Airmar transducer?
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    I am familiar with the prompts that both of you are speaking about. I know I set internal sonar on. Not sure if if the unit is set to global or not. Have to do some checking. Thnx for input gents.
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    THANKS!!!! I looked for it there and emailed them but didn't have any luck. I got one, don't need grief if there was a problem and I 'altered' anything...
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    I have an HDS-9 linked to an Airmar B-60 thru hull. The careen shows numbers but no bottom or other indications that the components are working together. I did make sure that I selected the Airmar B-60 during the setup. I welcome anyone who has familiarity with this combo to chime in on this. Thanks.
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    I can't find a detailed wiring diagram for the digital Trollmaster II wiring harness. I need to make the wire going to the throttle servo longer. Is this just a single positive lead that I can splice onto?
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    Will do, Thanks
  11. chowder
    Looking for a bunch of trays of frozen herring
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    ttt
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    PM sent
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    ttt
  16. chowder
    Some food for thought: I don't want to start a war here ( I myself have a 17' with a medium sized 4 stroke main and 4 stroke kicker) but the reason that more and more boats are sold with OBs is that an OB propulsion system is the cheapest to manufacture- that's always why there is any trend towards any technology in a market driven economy (business's don't do anything because it's better for you). It is also worth considering that Outboards for the most part do not last as long as an I/O, and the rebuild cost of an OB is 2 times the cost of an I/O rebuild. OBs also have a statistically higher rate of head related failures - something I have personally seen in the units owned by 3 close friends w/ larger, high powered OBs.
  17. chowder
    This boat is turn key
  18. chowder
    Not sure why you feel like an outboard is any kind of advantage-they tend to have more issues than a good I/O and they are harder to net around. Anyway here's a boat that's really worth considering
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    Live Herring works best up at Troy where you can catch Herring on Sabiki rigs as you are fishing for Stripers in the river itself. If you are not going to anchor you need excellent boat control and a good grasp of etiquette Down in the bigger/wider reaches of the river you pretty much have to go up into one of the creeks a ways to catch Herring. They are fragile. To keep em alive you need a 55 gal drum cut in half and pump water through it aggressively.
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    Call Obie White http://www.cloudninefishing.com/about
  22. chowder
    Unfortunately Ray is not really missing (lol), he's just in stealth mode...
  23. chowder
    Don't underestimate the time it can take to learn this fishery. If you want to shorten the learning curve hire a guide in the specific part of the river where you think you will fish in the future.
  24. chowder
    Info http://tidespy.com/?place=377 http://www.stripers247.com/phpBB2/forumdisplay.php?f=50
  25. chowder
    Usually better on incoming, outgoing is often good too. Slack is usually not good. We troll out of Kingston and/or run live or chunk on sliders. You can catch 20+ schoolies trolling with large females in the mix depending on the day. Striper techniques and slider baits change a fair amount from the mouth to Troy.
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