Fat Trout

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Some older Nks, pro kings and yeck spoons

$50 including shipping if anyone is interested. (US locations)

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If anyone is interested.

12 original jr thundersticks. $50 including shipping (US locations)

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50/50 on bailing for the Salmon school.  Damn weather! That's the risk you take this time of year though.  I'll still be in if the weather will let me drive up Friday see the show and catch the salmon school until at least noon before I bail and can drive back.

I have a 4x4 elk rack in my attic. I should probably do something with it before the mice do

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You had better start praying to whatever gods you pray to. It looks like a big snow storm is brewing.

I went with the digitrolls specifically because of the soft stop coming up and the ability to change the down speed between 1 to 5 (slowest to fastest).  I love them but they admittedly are really expensive.  A lot of people like the scotties. Personally I had 10a's a while back and like the power down. However I don't want to power down at light speed and rip the flasher off of the release.   unfortunately with the cannon's (except for the digitrolls where you can vary speed) I thinkt he up/down speed is ridiculous.  It creates problems.  I only wish my digitrolls would let me vary the up speed on the "auto up" button.  

If they had just upped the speed of the 10a's perhaps 2x that would have been great.  Instead they went nuts IMO.

Thanks again for the beautiful boat!!! 

I started running a smart troll last year but had limited run time as i had to have part of it replaced. I was running the slide diver with the ultimate ring....but normal weight. With wire line and a 3.5 setting on the slide diver i was getting close to 2:1 down to 80'. From what i saw Im thinking the normal slide diver normal ring and weight would be 3:1

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I have a 5 1/2 hr trip and im hoping the weather plays nice!

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Yes, I saw it was a 2050. Thanks for the info. I am definitely looking for fish-master 196 with 150 Yamaha. I have 1930 Lowe boat now but want to upgrade and it will be  my last boat at my age of 63. Hopefully something will come up. I'm in no hurry but if the right deal  pops up I ready to pull the trigger. Thanks guys for all the feed back. I live in the rochester area but am willing to travel if some thing comes up.

Realistically, any newer 196's will have 150 or better on it.  That said, some of the older ones (seems like 2015 and earlier) were packaged with 115's.  dipiazza22  gives you a good data point here as does Fishmaster 196.  If you can find a good used one a little older and with a 115 it might be a pretty good deal.  If you run with 2 guys most of the time don't be afraid. Even if you run more guys  consider how few days on Lake O we get to run WOT anyway.  If dipiazza22 is getting 33 on top end and it still jumps pretty good at the start I think thats fine for an older used boat.  I wouldn't buy a newer one like that if only for the resale issue.  I usually only run mid throttle @ +/- 25 mph myself.  My 196 running  150 yamaha with 3 people loaded will do over 40.  It all depends on what you want.  

Thanks for the heads up. What size evinrude are you running and is it a 4 stroke.

First timer heading up to Pulaski NY next Summer around Labor day. Can anyone give any tips? I troll Erie for Walleye with dipsys and boards often. I do not currently have downriggers but they can be added. Can I get away with running just 6 mag dipsys or will the downriggers be a must have? If riggers are required, electric or will manual do? If elecrtic, do you run them off a dedicated battery or do the not drain the battery to bad?   Baits.... Spoons, flys, stick baits, etc...?? For line I was going to run 30# power pro braid with 400ft before I hit backing (is that enough?). Looking for any advice that is willing to be given. 
 
My current set up is a 2075 Tyee, 250 for the main and 15hp kicker. Troll master, Ulterra 112 w/ ipilot, cisco tube rod holders,  Lowrance hds's, 
 
Thanks in advance. 
Eric
 

I fish solo a lot and even when i dont, most fish are netted along side with the boat slowed to idle and the rigger boom swept back. Granted im fishing an 18' aluminum. Head first, quick swipe witha big net....and heres the key....pull the the net back and let the pressure off the rod so the fish drops into the bag. Then grab the hoop and up in the boat. I only net off the stern with someone experienced so they dont drop the net into the prop. This year ill be running a kicker so that will let me net off the stern on the non kicker side.

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must have been a quick sale, couldn't find it unfortunately

Sorry to hear your problems. I had an 18pro that i fished for 4 seasons. I thought it was great. Screws were a little short on the side storage panel hinges....my only real complaint. I knew before buying the gunnels weren't strong enough for riggers except back by the transom. Great price tho. Sold it last year and bought the starcraft fishmaster i originally wanted but that switch was for size. Anyway i caught a lot of fish on that boat and I hope they work it out for you with yours. I really liked the product i had but i accepted that the lower cost came with a price in some quality and finish. Leaks and assembly issues do stink though and fortunately i didnt have that problem.

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with all of this said. Who you are fishing with matters a lot too.    You have Fishing solo, fishing with guest(s) who know their sh**, guests who at least don't get in the way and guests who make it harder than fishing solo.  

33 minutes ago, Dances with Fish said:

Thanks again guys,  I agree with Fat Trout and HBC,  looking at a new Yamaha 150HP  4 stroke.  -  Lake O is an ocean and having a reliable motor that will 

last years seems like a smart choice.   Appreciate all the input and help.

Good luck!  I'm running a Yamaha 150 and it has been great.   While it hurts now you'll feel better in the long run.  I'm sure the Lund you have is a champ.  Great boats and the older ones were the better ones from what I understand!  It just needs a trustworthy motor to push.  

If its not reliable I don't want anything to do with it on Lake O.  A new motor or new-er good running motor otherwise you are just going to be someone else's problem when you expect a tow.  a 20 year old known to be problematic motor with issues that can't be solved and mechanics that won't touch it!?.   I can't run fast enough.  On this lake, better to have a small reliable boat with small HP than a large POS with a bigger HP POS.

I went to this last year after seeing the post here in the open lake discussion area.  I came from NJ which was a bit of drive but think the seminar and show were worth it and am going back again.  I'm just posting @Instigator original post below to float it back to the top in this category since I thought it was worth it and ran across it here last year about now.  

Using the totalscan transducer. The bottom pic is using downscan overlay. I just started playing with that setting before I pulled the boat out. Haven’t even tried the sidescan yet.


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I ran last year in a 17.5 and half the time running solo and caught plenty of fish. As mentioned you just have to pick your days

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how long did you get on them before needing to do the work you did?  Guess I'm just asking if they were original.  Also, what was your sign that it was time to deal with them?  I just bought a boat with a new dual axel shoreland'r only has brakes on the rear axle.  Trailer brakes are new for me so I took notice of your post and the paint thing (I'm going to look at what the rotors look like later today).  While I have time I know maintenance is coming eventually.   I wish I didn't have to deal with them but stopping is pretty important to me so....

And that's why I posted the pics. Now we're thinking. My family is a bag of skittles. I get it. I may be trained in killing, but not in hating. As long as we can agree to disagree we'll be fine. It's we the people, not us and them.
Semper Fi. Now I need to get back in the tree stand.

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