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  1. hey there

    i think the moderators on this site

    used poor judgment on deleting my reply

    in the buy and sell forum

    regarding a 220 princecraft

     

    why

     

    we have to look out for each other

    that is a sour deal and someone

    i guess im the black sheep

    felt obligated  to say it

    cause im an honnest man and a fisherman

     

    yes most of us knows its a bad deal

    but some may not know that a boat that size

    to put a main motor on it is way over 20k

     

    should i have let an innocent fisherman get played  NO

     

    maybe i didnt use the right choice of words on my reply

    but i hope in helped someone

     

    thefrenchman

  2. Hey there

    yep use long boom

    i got 96 beam and never had a problem

    set up on the corner of the boat

    2 straight back and 2 90degre out on the side

    what is important is the depth at wich you set your riggers

    so that they dont get tangle on a release

    i always set up my Inside deeper then my outside riggers

    plus dont do like   (SABONATION)

    and use stiffer rod holders for your dipsys

    dont use cheap plastic ones

    and use long rods for your dipsys

    and your dipsy rod should never be over your rigger boom

    closest to the water possible

     

    thefrenchman

  3. Hey there

    excuse me but those rod holders are real cr...p

    friend of mine showed me yesterday his set-up

    he has 4 on each side of the gunel

    the 2 first one on his side he uses for dipsys

    and they wabble like bubble heads you put on a dash

    and only a season not even fisnish at that

     

    do yourself a favor and look at the new rachered rod holders

    from traxtech i bought 2 this year to try them

    wow you will see right away this is good stuff

    not made out of cheap aluminum sheet

    just go look at them

    #GT100

     

    thefrenchman

  4. Hey there

    happen to me once tried to remove a plug and it was kind of hard to unscrew

    yep i   F@#$ up bad

    my mechanic retreaded the sleeve  150$

    now i uncrew one turn after that its all with the hands only

    if its sticking i screw back and unscrew one turn and usaly fixes it

    i to had an optimax those spark plug are close to 30$ each here

     

    thefrenchman

  5. Hey there

    i'm from montreal

    i bought stuff from members of this site and spoonpulers site

    from canada and us members

    never had a problem without seeing the stuff first

    once had a problem but it was post office fault and ( legacy) fixed it right up

     

    so yeah there always a slight chance ot something bad hapening

    not all members are gentlemen but i think most are respectable person

     

    i dealt with most 500$ stuff without seeing

    but i would never buy thousound dollard boat without sea trial cmon

     

    very sry about your deal going sour

     

    life is a endless Learning curve

     

    thefrenchman

  6. Hey there

    laker1

    i have a switch between my cranking and deep cycle batterie

    when im booting my main i charge both batteries then i close the swich to off

    when im trolling my kicker only charges my deep cycle

     

    that way when im ready to leave im sure my all my acc including downrigger didnt take the juice out of my main batterie

    the thing connected to my main batteries are pump and intrument on dash

     

    i use a bussbar on deepcycle batterie

     

    thefrenchman

  7. Hey there

    i run 300 and 500 copper

    7 and 10 color lead

    and use shower curtain clip and rubber band

    size of rubber band depends on water condition

    i carry 3 size of rubber band

    very cheap in dollard store

    always go with the weakest size first

    you will see right away if you need to go to bigger size

    now usaly right of the bat with the water condition i know wich size to use (experience)

     

    thefrenchman

  8. Hey there

    i try not to spend a ton of money on my gear

    but one good expensif reel is better then buying a new cheap one every year

    the worst thing or weakest thing you have to check IMHO on reels

    is the drag system

    for line capacity you got tons of trolling reels you can choose from

    for every aplications

     

    i use daiwa l47 for my riggers 6 years now  arround 90$can

    tekota 700 for copper and lead set-up 2 years now arround 240$can

    rapala hydros for dipsy set-up  2 years now going on third and the drag is still good arround 120$can

     

    ALL my rods are ugly sticks  different lenghs for different aplications

    cheap and so far never broke one

    except when one of my kids close my bimini top on them  LOL

     

    i fish an average of 30 days a year on the BIG O

     

    thefrenchman

  9. The small rope on the board (connects to the front of the board and the back of the board) needs to be measured correctly when it is installed or they will dive and sink.  If I was home right now, I would go out in the garage and get the measurements. 

    Hey there

    i think i'm folowing you a bit

    just like when i did my boards i drilled another hole a bit further back

    cause they were not pulling sideways enought

     

    so you are saying that my tow line wasnt picking up enought slack and the nose was diving down

    is that correct?

     

    thefrenchman

  10. Hey there

    Gambler would you care to explain or be a bit more specific plz

     

    i try to run them about 25 feet on the side of the boat and maybe 5 feet more or less behind the back of the boat

    making it very easy to slide down the clip

    its been working very well for me thus so far

     

    the mat is at the front of the boat 6 feet up

     

    thefrenchman

  11. Hey there

    last year my bro gave me his otter boats to try when i came back i gave it back to im

    didnt like it one bit they where always sinking and not running true

     

    next week i made my own planner boards using plans from youtube

    tried them and they where jumping all over the place

    so the next week i added a piece of lead Under the outer side of the board  1/8 by 3/4  24 inch

    and sinse then wow running true and running them in good waves no problem

    so inexpensif you should keep your option open and try it its really cheap

    and i also use shower curtains and different rubber band size for release

     

    i use weed waker line the fluo colored ones

    my boards have big canadian flags on them

    i want people to see them in the water

    better for me and i think its better for everyone safety

     

     

    just my 2 cent

    thefrenchman

  12. Hey there

    a nice guy sold me some on this site to try this year

    cant wait to try it

    i'm sure the scent trace will help improve bites on slow days

    some days you see marks and they dont bite you know what i mean

    maybe wont notice it on good days but i'm sure it will have an effect

     

    thefrenchman

  13. Hey there

    i use a perko switch on two power bar

    i've got 10 slot on my power bar

    one for negative and one for positive

    only three wire on the batterie on each terminal

    i've got one wire for the power bar and one for the automatic builge pump

    and one for the instrumental panel

     

    the frenchman

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