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I had the same situation last year , and decided to get a Garmin with chartplotting and fishfinder. The Furuno only has 50 and 200. That makes the cone quite narrow and not very useful in shallower water. The garmin provides me with a much wider beam, with depending on the transducer used has wavelengths that do not interfere with the Furuno, which is not only useful for shallower water, but also for copper on the boards. When I see fish on the side, I adjust my course a bit so the copper will go to where the fish is. Besides, the Garmin has a a nice big screen.

Hello, rodhog. I'll take the Scotties. When will be a good time for me to come over?

I love salmon fishing exactly because it is a team effort. Once a year I fish the LOC with 3 other guys and we have done this for many years. It is a week of renting a cabin and tasting each others moose, deer and smoked salmon. If not for this week I would not spend any time with very pro gun people who cannot even imagine pointing a gun at another person. I would never know how many types of Kentucky Bourbon there are and how good they taste. This derby is a great social event , but as many have said, it is advertised (if at all) as a fishing competition. Another reason for its waning popularity is all the other tournaments. There are competing fishing tournaments all over the place, often there are several ones during the same weekend. If there was one big tournament more boats would participate.

For the islands, there also is a ,legally spoken, vague program. As in catching some raccoons and letting them go before and during the nesting season. Raccoons love eggs and as long as their surprise appearance in unexpected places cannot be traced, everybody is fine with it. The raccoons will eat the eggs and scare the birds away.

i would love to see Bill's face when he discovers that the birdies are using his Whaler as their toilet.

Tom feeds them to fatten them up before the season starts

Is there going to be a thread with recipes for cormorants?

Ethanol is politics. It is heavily subsidized and it has always been no matter what political club is in charge. So why is there a renewed push to produce more? Due to differences of opinion about import duty, China has decided to buy soybeans and corn elsewhere,leaving our farmers with mountains of corn and soybeans and nobody buying. At least the corn can be turned into ethanol and mixed with gasoline , This helps our farmers sell their corn and leaves everybody else holding the tab for the subsidy cost of making ethanol which we don't want to begin with. But you know that the farmers are a huge voting block in the mid western states and making farmers unhappy is not a good thing for politicians. Maybe paying farmers a monthly wage without them having to grow products that we subsidize, will make everybody happier. Another way to make everybody happier is by turning surplus corn into Kentucky Bourbon instead of ethanol.

Not only is life short, you never know how short. So go do what you love to do now, because you may not have the time to wait till later. And Gator, please do not bend over, it is unsightly. Meliora

So we will probably spend about $1.50 more per gallon. Say we burn 20 gallons per trip ( which is way more than I burn) That would be an extra $30, which is the equivalent of a cheap lunch for two after fishing. If you bring sandwiches, instead of eating out , you break even.

There are Islanders and Sylvans for sale , with I/Os , but it is not very hard to reshape and strengthen the transom so it will fit a 25 inch outboard and conceivably a kicker next to it. This , by the way would also give you an opportunity to clean out the wiring and the dashboard. I am currently doing exactly that to one of my Islanders. The rig in question is a 1989 V221 Islander and the engine will be a 175 Suzuki outboard. The Islander itself is in good shape and engineless worth about $1000 . The engine ,new steering and Transom changes cost about $14000. But it is something you can do.

maybe you should start a new thread instead of using an 8 year old one

It's crazy, Irondequoit Creek has been overflowing its banks on and off for over a week now. The ground upstream is water saturated for miles. And now with more rain and snow on the way it is going to stay soggy for at least another week.. Driving along the lake, the brown water is about 500 yards wide all the way from Rochester to Point Breeze and probably farther west as well.

In a place like that, you should have a V shaped one that is not as much of a deep V but a V shaped type that is also a roller so the bow can roll into it to the ideal spot without having to push up against something that does not move.

I'll take one lot of what you have left over. I'll pick it up this afternoon

Have you seen any submerged trees in Sandy?