Rookie Fisherman

If you are out that far try a little deeper if you can. We fished Thur & Fri nights between OZ & Fairhaven was looking for a better class of fish. 520-580 was best. 75-100 down. Thursday it was all spoons Friday mostly spoons but meat & flies also took fish. Die Hard Mag on rigger & Fat Nancy Mag on a green #5 Chinook diver at 2 setting 150-200 out were the hottest. Took a bunch of high teens and 2 fish over 20lbs. Very few shakers

Small Flat fish for the Lakers up there. Sun Flash cowbells with worm for peanut on the bows. Haven't fished the lake in years but that use to work for us. Make sure to troll in front on pulpit rock. Also may get some whitefish.

Thursday night we were in Oswego too. Took nearly 20 hits from 6 pm until sundown. Fished 180-240. Don't think you did anything wrong just didn't get out far enough. We took hits on spoons, flies and meat took the bigger fish 85-120 down. Here is what took hits. NBK (stingray size) spoon on green Chinook #5 Diver 2 setting. 240-300 back 300 copper Spin doctor & stud fly (small fish though) 450 copper 11" Minion Cotton Candy & Fly Pro troll white flasher (with light) & Fat nancy pattern flasher both with chartreuse brined meat. Had blank screen most of night, some bait no real marks. Obviously every day changes. Fished Friday night out of Fairhaven went real deep looking for better class of fish, all I will say is they are out there! Keep at it and you will find them.

The fleas are bad! Fished Saturday evening 4 hours. 4 Kings and a nice fat brown. Lost 5 others 1 was a major. Constant checking of lines is in order until the fleas subside. Spoons & meat for us.

Do you troll with a kicker or the I/O? If a kicker and its tied to the the I/O with steering bar the rudder reference could be tied to the kicker instead of the I/O If no kicker, you would somehow have to tie it to the outdrive. Might have to make a mount for the RR and somehow fasten the end of the bar to the outdrive. I have outboards but still had to do some fab work. I used starboard to make a mount for the RR and a mount at the front of the engine.

Good Luck!

Not sure what it should been an I/O. If I remember right is what about 28 degrees on my outboard. Could be mistaken though. Link from forum below may help. Lots of good info on the Raymarine forum my be worth a try asking these questions there. http://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?tid=1831&highlight=rudder+limit+RAYFAQ%23

Jig Stick unfortunately I can't answer your question as I used the rudder reference on my install so the commissioning procedure was different. If I had to guess 20 seconds is the answer as it asks for full port to full starboard swing. If once you start using it and it doesn't seem right you can always do a reset and try 10 seconds as the input. If you go on the Raymarine website to the support area and ask this question on the forum there you will probably get all the answers you need. I just did a full Raymarine package on my boat and found "Chuck" the moderator on that site to very helpful and knowledgeable. I messaged with him a few times and he was always spot on with his info FWIW after talking with several people about the rudder reference I came to the conclusion that for trolling it was a beneficial piece of hardware. Just more realtime info input for the ACU. I can't say how it would be trolling without but I can say with it that it works great. I certainly couldn't drive the boat better manually, especially when utilizing the pattern programs, 180 turns etc. Its a fairly easy install too. Good luck, I am sure once you get it worked out you will be real happy with it.

The ones they are shipping now seem to have softer edges vs what others have described

X2 on Russ at anglers Avenue. Also Fat Nancys in Pulaski

Yes It does. But you have to manually adjust the Perko to do it. The ACR works along with the Perko and makes the switching automatic. It just takes forgetfulness out of the equation. I haven't touched my battery switch all season.

The ACR will allow you to share charge from the main motor for both batteries but isolate the draw. This way you can have a dedicated battery for starting the main engine and never worry about drawing it down. I have 3 batteries on my boat. 1 dedicated for the main motor and 2 house batteries batteries for the electronics, down riggers, AP etc Kicker charges house batteries as well when running. Never have to fuss with the battery switch unless I want to shut everything down

Thats a good start for your first time!