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    The water and the antifreeze do the same thing. Water gets hot in the block, the thermostat opens and when the incoming water cools the block, the thermostat closes again. Now the antifreeze just flows by but does not go into the block. You have only five gallons of antifreeze and only some of it reaches the block. You would probably need at least ten gallons to fully replace what's inside the block because of the opening and closing action of the thermostat.
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    Some of you may have bought a winterizing kit that uses a 5 gallon tank in order to replace all water in the block with rv antifreeze. You are supposed to warm up the engine until the thermostat opens up and then channel the antifreeze into the engine by shutting off water and running the anti freeze into the block. This is a terrible idea. When the cold antifreeze hits the thermostat it will close the thermostat very soon afterwards and although a bit of antifreeze will indeed get into the block (usually enough to make the color of the cooling water change to pink) it will not totally replace the water in the block and the chance of this mix freezing over and bursting the manifolds or the block is quite high. Marinas that use this system usually use the antifreeze in a closed system and the stuff warms up . This keeps the thermostat open and the system will work well. That would mean that you will have to fill a barrel with the AF in your back yard and run the system that way. It is just better to drain all the water and make sure it is all out . You may even want to use air pressure to make sure.
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    I do that a lot. Usually on one those beautiful almost windless quiet fall days. Usually in 30 to 50 feet. No other boats around which makes it very relaxing. I usually run leadcore and follow a serpentine pattern so the lures are not on the same track as the boat. Once I catch the first one, I mark the spot and circle around it going over it again and again. Often there are under water springs where the browns gather because of temperature differences near the springs. As October turns into November the browns get smaller. I think that is because the bigger ones go into the creeks. I usually winterize after thanks giving.
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    I bought a reactor and it is a great improvement compared to having to always have somebody on the wheel. I still have my EZsteer and I wonder if it is a good idea to use it in combination with the reactor so that the kicker also controls the main engine steering. Has anybody tried this? Does it work properly or is it just killing the reactor?
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    If you have to change the roller tip for your wire rod, this little list may help. Just remove the old tip and measure either the inner diameter of the roller tip itself or the diameter of the tip. Description Price Qty 1 LWTOP10-B Aftco Lightweight Top #10 Tube ID: 10/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 2 LWTOP10-G Aftco Lightweight Top #10 Tube ID: 10/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 3 LWTOP10-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #10 Tube ID: 10/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 4 LWTOP12-B Aftco Lightweight Top #12 Tube ID: 12/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 5 LWTOP12-G Aftco Lightweight Top #12 Tube ID: 12/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 6 LWTOP12-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #12 Tube ID: 12/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 7 LWTOP14-B Aftco Lightweight Top #14 Tube ID: 14/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 8 LWTOP14-G Aftco Lightweight Top #14 Tube ID: 14/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 9 LWTOP14-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #14 Tube ID: 14/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 10 LWTOP5-B Aftco Lightweight Top #5 Tube ID: 5/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 11 LWTOP5-G Aftco Lightweight Top #5 Tube ID: 5/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 12 LWTOP5-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #5 Tube ID: 5/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 13 LWTOP6-B Aftco Lightweight Top #6 Tube ID: 6/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 14 LWTOP6-G Aftco Lightweight Top #6 Tube ID: 6/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 15 LWTOP6-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #6 Tube ID: 6/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 16 LWTOP7-B Aftco Lightweight Top #7 Tube ID: 7/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 17 LWTOP7-G Aftco Lightweight Top #7 Tube ID: 7/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 18 LWTOP7-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #7 Tube ID: 7/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 19 LWTOP8-B Aftco Lightweight Top #8 Tube ID: 8/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 20 LWTOP8-G Aftco Lightweight Top #8 Tube ID: 8/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 All Prices are in eaches, stated in $ U.S. Dollars. 1 USD = 1 USD before Insurance, Shipping or Tax
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    As to why fish are getting smaller and reach sexual maturity earlier? There is some research that points to endocrine disrupting chemicals like BPA which is a chemical that mimics estrogen and is often used in plastic production. We all know that huge amounts of plastic ends up in our water. But Gator would have more of a background on that subject so I'm just throwing it out there.
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    That sounds nice ,but you disregard genetic potential under ideal circumstances. Plentiful food will increase the chance of a fish to reach its genetic potential, specially if the food has a high protein content like most alewives do.
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    Has anyone ever heard of these spouts getting onto land or onto one of the bays?
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    The current state of fishing is a result of two interests colliding. The reason why salmon was introduced into the lake was to control the alewive population. The introduction of the salmon created the salmon fishery which became a very succesful recreational activity. So where do these interests collide? In the hatchery! The original gene pool introduced into the lake was mostly very big fish, but during the difficult winters it was very hard for the large fast growing fish to find enough food and a lot died of starvation. The smaller fish, which needed less food to survive, had better survival rates and by natural selection became the majority fish. With the natural reproduction increasing and the lower need for food the smaller fish became more and more the typical Lake Ontario salmon. Many small fish with higher survival rates control the alewive population just as good as big fish, but are less prone to population collapse. So the DEC is successful as far as alewive population control is concerned. A few weeks ago, I was in the hatchery and while watching the fish swimming up the ladder I saw that the great majority of fish was in the 10 to 15 pound range with only a few in the 20 pounds+ range. I did not see any 30 pound and up fish The egg taking system currently used, is picking a narrow time slot and taking all the eggs in that time slot. I believe that it is not easy to work fast while also selecting only the large fish. specially since there are not that many large specimens and it is very tiresome work. It might be a good idea to stretch the egg taking period to more days so the workers will have more fish to choose from and have energy left to pick out the big ones. That way the smaller fish will have less reproduction potential. Another way to reverse the trend of the fish getting smaller is by bringing fresh genetic stock from the west coast for a number of years in order to reintroduce the large fish genetics into the lake. This should be done for not one year but probably for 5 or 6 years. With climate change slowly making the probability of real cold winters smaller, the bigger ones will have a good chance to re-establish themselves. Or so I hope. At this point in time, there is no real reason for the DEC to take these actions because the alewive population is under control and for us as a group it is useless to confront them because they have the decision making power. Currently we have Lotsa and Elosta. Maybe these 2 groups and a group of charter boat captains should make a united front as a special interest group and try to work with politicians in order to make the DEC take the steps to change their policy. Sorry for being so long winded.
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    It's still a bit early
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    There might be an answer in this by checking the evolutionary development differences between Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario fish.
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    Sold / Closed 2003 Sea Swirl Striper 1851

    rolmops replied to mmdrevo's topic in Boats for Sale

    How much does it weigh including trailer?
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    I took my 2014 "BoatUS Foundation" diploma to the DMV . They accepted it and for $17.50 I will get a new drivers license with the boating permit on it. Easy as pie and all on the same license.
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    My deepest sympathy with all the victims of Helene, I hope you will get back on your feet again. But, with this hurricane now behind us, a lot of boats, and motors will soon be up for sale as almost new or dealer specials. Many of these will have been sitting under water because of this hurricane and should not be on the market at all. Be super careful and if you intend to buy, do check where the engine is from and if there are water damage marks.
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    By January first, we are supposed to have passed a boating safety course. We will get a little document to show to the Coast Guard if we are stopped and inspected. I did this course online in 2014 for free through the Boat US Foundation. After having successfully finished the course I was given a nice looking,but rather bulky diploma which I printed out. I keep a copy in my boat. I wonder whether this course expires and needs to be retaken or if I am all set. Does anyone have more info about this? Thank you.
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    If it is large eyes that you are looking for, They are in Owasco Lake. I usually go after them like once a year and after catching 2 or 3 in the 30 inch range, I leave the rest alone But you really have to know that lake
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    Even though money would not be a mayor problem , I would still wait for Black Friday. It would give me more time to do my research and once Black Friday sales come around I would know exactly what to look for and because of specials I would be able to get even better bang for my buck. I would look for separate 9 inch fishfinder and chartplotter monitors probably garmin or furuno. The Fishfinder would be a chirp. But most of my money would go to a real good transducer.
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    Sandy near Hamlin or Sandy near Henderson?
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    Over the years some improbable lucky things happened to me About 15 years ago was the first thing. While fishing with 10 color lead core off Olcot we got a hit, my partner took the rod, but before he even started to reel in, the leadcore broke off at the backing connection. Ouch. 300 feet of leadcore, a nice flasher and lure all gone. I looked back and saw the the fish trashing and jumping on the surface trying to throw the lure. We turned the boat around got to the fish and netted it. It turned out to be a 16 pound steelhead. We got all our gear back as well. Two summers ago, while trolling I had the otter boats out and also the dipsy rods. An otterboat line caught a dipsy rod guide and pulled it out of the rod holder and into the water. Ouch! I got so upset that I decided to stop fishing then and there. I grabbed the downrigger rod on the now lost dipsy side, pulled it loose out of the black and started reeling it in, only to feel some heavy pull. I carefully reeled it in and saw that the lure had caught the dipsy line. so after carefully reeling it in, I retrieved the dipsy rod with all the gear. Just yesterday, Out of Oswego, I hooked into a decent salmon on a dipsy rod, but and after a good fight had it at about fifty foot behind the boat. The salmon saw the boat, went for a second run and doing so broke off the seven strand wire and escaped with flasher, fly and dipsy. ouch again. while reeling in, the leadcore went off and my buddy reeled it in. And he said, something like, darn it, Its caught in the other dipsy.So carefully he brought it in and we found out that the broken off fish had swam around the leadcore line and the dipsy had with only one twist caught itself on the lead core. we brought the fish in and all the previously lost gear back into boat and celebrated the now twice caught fish. Did you have any of these crazy lucky things happen to you? Please tell your story.
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    I'll be in Costa Rica from September 2th till September 11th This is the time that the mahi and the tuna are very close to shore and the restaurants and shops are almost empty. I will bring the Norwegian pimples which I used for cod fish jigging off Gloucester. They have not seen action for 20 years. I'll send pictures.
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    It sounds terrible, but at the same time it sounds like an opinion. I often read these messages and they very well may be true,but so far the only people who actually research this problem are the DEC and Cornell. They usually come up with the facts and the possible solutions. If the cisco project turns out to be a success the lake trout will be able to reproduce naturally. I would like to hear DEC people weigh in on the matter and read what kind of solution they have in mind.
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    On Wednesday there was 72 degree water all the way down to 135 feet deep over 400 feet The thermocline came up to 110 feet over 540 feet farther out north and east.
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