rolmops

Now that is a nice striper !

The idea to get the bigger boards won out,I ordered the riviera triple boards. I'll probably put the otter boards up for sale.

I believe that those are very good indeed,only problem is that they cost more than a fish hawk X4 unit, $516 is a lot of money for boards

Did any of you guys have a chance to compare this planer board equipment? I hear that Otter Boats with 2 stabilizers underneath will sink when the tow line breaks off.Is this true?? Cornelis.

Was it just me that got gear caught in the trees,logs,branches, deck boards and birthday balloons,or did you guys get your fair share as well?

That's interesting. I was doing north/ south at 2.9 mph, going from 130 feet to 300 across a vertical temperature break about 45 feet down where it went from 55 to 48. All of my steelies were caught within a few hundred feet of that line.

I saw you out there. It was the same for me,many small steel head.The one that got away took my dipsy diver along with it.

Congrats! They are great boats. I rebuilt a 1964 17 foot Duratech Orion and she gave me many hours of pleasure.A 1957 35 horse sea horse pushed her at GPS clocked 28 MPH pulling a 2 kids on an innertube. The only thing I disliked about her was her inability to cut through waves,she slid off the side instead.

This will make me legal..

When you say:"Does not start",does the starter turn the engine over or is there no reaction at all? Just trying to eliminate a few possibilities,sometimes it is as simple as a malfunctioning lanyard switch or the connection on your ignition to the lanyard switch.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:rolmops ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):6/19 Time on Water:0.600-12.30 Weather/Temp:sunny with some clouds/sixties Wind Speed/Direction:East Waves: started with 2 footers but grew into 3 and 4 footers Surface Temp: 64 Location:just west of Olcot LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 3 Total Boated:3 Species Breakdown:2 kings,one steelie Hot Lure: orange crush for the steelie and a spin doctor with a mountain dew crinkle fly for the kings Trolling Speed: 2.6-3.4 Down Speed: 2.9 Boat Depth: 160 to 220 Lure Depth: 20 feet for the orange crush and 300 feet of copper for the dew fly ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== It started out very promising with the steel head hitting 5 minutes after lowering the line to 20 feet, there was a nice temperature break there from 60 to 51 within 3 feet of water. It was probably because of the east wind pushing the warm water. For the next few hours it was very quiet accompanied with ever growing waves and lots of different lures tried.I tried to run the dipsies,but it was just to wavy in my 19 footer so I changed to copper instead. The copper was run 300 foot out into the freezer where every so often a fish would show up on the screen and within half an hour I boated 2 nice kings,one about 11 pounds and the other 14. Neither of them put up a great fight. One was to damaged to return, the other was send back to fight another day. It was a bit tough to run single in these waves,but on the whole it was a very pleasant day on the water. A big thank you to the Spoonfed, Leviathan and Fish Hawk teams.They taught me a few tricks which made a huge difference. Cornelis.

The ignition timing may be off. It does sound like you have to check your stator.

What?? Gay marriage with 3 rods on his desk ??

On both the Leviathan and the Fish Hawk,the captains insisted that I witnessed the measuring of the fish caught and asked me to double check,so that seems to be a habit among at least a few of the participants. Cornelis I would like to "think" MOST of the good captains would do that and most "good" observers would be happy to do that as well. The problem lies with the drunken slob that got dragged out of the bar at 3 AM and stuck on a boat and is now passed out. I have actually had to wake a few up to record the catch. Better quality observers that think highly enough of themselves to not get fall down drunk every night is the answer to a LOT of tournament problems. If we chose our observers like we choose our teammates and the observers actually ACTED like the Tournament Officials they are the majority of tournament problems would never happen. You probably are right about the drunken slobs having to get dragged out of a bar at 3 in the morning, but then again and forgive me if this is in error, it is the captains of the teams who choose the observers in the first place and what goes around comes around. My choice to be an observer comes from a desire to learn about fishing techniques, strategy and the decision making process. I was very lucky to have Captain Glen and the Spoonfed crew accept my offer to be an observer. I do think that there are many more like me who wish to improve their skills. Maybe the observer thing should be treated as a rare chance to learn instead of a necessary inconvenience. Chances are that the level of available observers will improve.

On both the Leviathan and the Fish Hawk,the captains insisted that I witnessed the measuring of the fish caught and asked me to double check,so that seems to be a habit among at least a few of the participants. Cornelis

The Penn Yan is a bit heavier and a lot better built.It is a class or 2 better than the bilge liners. Several people did complete rebuilds on Bayliners and the ones that had spent seasons in the water (not on trailers in the backyard) had a lot of transom rot and rotten stringers. Another problem was the flotation foam. Not only was it always soaked,there usually was not enough of it to keep the boat afloat if it were dry. Instead of having been poured in the bottom and being allowed to expand it seemed to have been sprayed in from a very few points,not allowing the foam to reach all the places where it should be. Here is a log of a complete rebuild. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php ... liner+foam

Thanks Jeff. That clears up what might have turned into a nasty rumor. Cornelis.

Which teams that are A-Tom-Mik sponsored did sign?

Your dad is right,and so are you The ball moves at the exact same speed as the boat,RELATIVE to the surface speed of the boat.However, because of underwater currents your ball will move at a speed different from the boat,RELATIVE to the underwater current that it is in.

The exhaust goes through the propeller and the little entrances that are at the top are nice when idling but beyond that they are in no way a problem. If you are very low in the water all time,you should pull your boat out of the water and pull the plug.It may be as simple as that. You should also check your bilge pump (if you have one).If you do not have one ,do get a good working automatic one. Then there is a more complicated check to do. These boats have flotation foam below the floor.It is a good idea to lift a floor board and check that it is dry and not water logged,because that can easily add several hundreds of pounds to the boats weight. You may be able to solve the problem by simply shifting some weight from the back of the boat to the front.

That is a sweet setup. My Lake Ontario setup is the same.

http://www.eburch.biz/shakespeare_tidewater_reels.htm You may want to look into these. They are cheap and will keep up for a long time if you fish about 2 weeks a year. I have used the T30s for lead core on the Finger Lakes for the past 10 years and they do fine. LOL,I got them for $10 a piece when they closed down a bunch of K-Marts

Gentleman's agreements only work among gentlemen. It could be a bit more effective if the observer sheet has a section that mentions whether or not there has been communication. Besides (LOL) observers could make a lot more money that way.... It seems to me that integrity is not a given and for many, honor is not as worthwhile as winning. Maybe a publicly spoken vow of adherence to the rules may help a little,although this might only work for those of us who have been in the service or in the boy scouts. As for photo shopping pictures and removing names of sponsors in publicly distributed publications.....,there are some very strict legal limitations on these practices and in many cases it is strictly illegal to change ,remove or add anything at all in published pictures -Especially in advertizements-without the written consent of the people pictured in these publications!!!