rolmops

They are not really for sale anymore.

Any halfway decent boat canvas maker can make those. But you should pay attention to the zipper on the top canvas to make sure that they use the same zipper teeth size on the new piece that you order.

Is the bracket in any way supported on the trailer?

The reason why I'm asking is all the weight. (The outboard on the bracket is probably around 300 pounds). Is it supported or is it floating in midair?

If you look at the side window, you see that it is one piece. The 221 Islander has a 2 piece window. The front end of which you can open and close. Sorry, but that is a19 footer.

1 hour ago, AnglingAddict said:

A lot of these guys will grab pics off the internet and ask for payment even thought they don't have the item in their possession.  What I typically do is ask them for a second photo of the item and ask them to hold a specific item in the field of view - like a can of soda or a dollar bill or some common object.  When doing that I've never been scammed - most times on social media or here if I have requested I'm either blocked or the person goes away.....food for thought.

I never thought about that little trick. Thanks!!

6 hours ago, marinecrafts said:

Did you ever see a green goby?  I want a spoon that looks like the real goby.

They make the green goby because that color is more visible in the water.

If it is natural representation you are after,then you would never use a goby spoon for trolling. Gobys usually lay on the bottom  and every so often they push themselves up to go somewhere and then they sink again. They do not have airbladders so they cannot swim distances suspended like a trolling lure does. Goby spoons for jigging make a lot more sense.

Just bear in mind, that the bottom condition of the hull plays a big role. another factor is overall weight of the boat. What works for mike may not work for you at all.

What Mike did say about going to a place like pier prop is very valuable. The people that give you a test prop to run can save you a lot of money. Instead of spending money for a prop that does not fit the bill and then having to buy another one (very often there is no return on props even if only used for a few minutes). You may have to pay more than buying online, but you get the right one the first time around. I should know. Every time I step into my shed I see a thousand dollars of props that just did not fit the bill.

I would start with checking the timing and make sure that it is properly set. That could easily bring up the rpm and save fuel.

If it is only trolling you want you should go down considerably so you can troll slowly at a slightly higher rpm Three or four blade props have more to do with hole shot and little to do with trolling

Your boat size would commonly have the 14 diameter X 19 pitch size prop, maybe 21 but that is less common. Every number you go up or down makes a difference of about 200 rpm, so if you go from 14x19 to 14 x16 you would bring up your rpm roughly 600 up. In your case from 3900 to 4500. That is.. according to calculations on paper, but boats do not know how to read so you should take that as an approximate specially since those calculations are based on maximum speed/ rpm  when the boat is on plane. But still ,it would be your best rule of fist.

Before you go up from 60 to 90, you should check the capacity that the boat specs will allow you to put on your boat. Too much weight or too much power may become very problematic in case you go beyond the coastguard ratings/specs for your your boat and will almost automatically void your insurance coverage in case of an accident on the water.

Any old lawnmower battery hooked up to the plus and minus of your battery hookups with your perko in the right position will do the trick.

You can also pull your car close enough to the boat so you can connect jumper cables to the plus and minus of your battery hookups and that should do the trick. As long as you provide power to the system it will work

On 1/29/2024 at 11:24 AM, guff said:

Thanks for the info guys. Rolmops - Does any special color mini- mite work better than other colors ? Also what is best weight say in 10 fow?

I like green

If you have a good gps map on your rig ,it will show the the pipe and where it splits up.

It is straight in front of the treatment plant. It is a great place to catch brown trout...

Gambler is on the intake end not the outgoing.

The treatment is very basic indeed. Lime was pumped in with the sewage.

Just to make things a bit clearer.

The sewer  from Henrietta  is a mixture of runoff that comes from the catch basins on the roads (not all of them) , ground water and raw sewer. It normally is treated  at the Frank Van Lare treatment plant and then released. But the amount of runoff from all those catch basins just completely overwhelmed the sewer pipe lines. The level became so high that it started overflowing into the overflow system . That means that the overflow is actually quite diluted because of all the rainwater that is mixed in at this point. Still not good, but not as bad as it sounds at first

1 hour ago, idn713 said:

 

Aw, man! Right in the middle of my carefully laid out block! Hopefully, those very carefully prepared firebreaks to control it! Who could have seen that coming?

that should have a pm. Now it is in the public domain and any fire on your property will be seen as susupicious.

how much?

On 1/22/2024 at 11:00 AM, Speedy said:

Thanks again for your input information. I forgot to mention that I did install a can of Dry Gas along with the Stabil in both the boat fuel tank and my Chevy Tahoe sitting next to it in the garage. I think all is good.

Can't wait till Spring.

Tight Lines

Speedy

Dry gas usually is based on alcohol.  It does what ethanol does. You should use drygas in 2 cases.

First ,when you know that you have water in your tank and do not want it to freeze. That way you prevent small drops of ice to clog up your injectors/carburetors.

Second, when you know there is water in the tank, dump the drygas in there so the water will get absorbed into the gasoline just before you use your vehicle

If you had to use drygas because of one of these reasons , you should run your tank as low as you can without getting stuck then replace your or empty out your water/fuel separator and start with fresh clean fuel

 I once tilted my boat/trailer as steep as possible so all the water and gunk in the tank made its way to the fuel pickup. and pumped all this gunk out through a clear plastic hose into a large glass bottle I kept on pumping until only gasoline came out of the hose.

9 hours ago, Gill-T said:

It is entirely up to individual towns. If towns want bow only areas, a proposition could be voted on. There have been baited hunts at night in Amherst done by local police officers. Not sure if they still are conducting these shoots as remarkably a 12 gauge slug ended up going through the second story bedroom where a child was sleeping during one of the deer shoots near a neighborhood (I have no idea) 
 

You just pointed out the problem with these "controlled" hunts.  The "hunters". Since when does the fact that one is a policeman or fireman for that matter, make  one a good and responsible hunter? Or is this often a little adventure thrown to people as a moral booster?

ert

As far as fines are concerned, yes that is laughable for some yet the same amount of money is a hardship for others.

To equalize the punishment the judges should stick these people in jail for a week or so.

That would be a far more equal punishment

22 minutes ago, Rod Snapper said:

Sorry to change this topic , I am looking to have my carpet replaced on my 2050 Crestliner Tournament. Does anyone know  a place from Oswego to Henderson that does this work? Thanks guys.

You should start your own thread 

Seafoam does not remove water. It prevents it from forming in the tank. If you want to remove water there is another product. I think it is called drygas. I never used so I have no opinion about it.

There is a lot of misinformation and generalization on the gas front. First of all, do you have a big tank that sits in your boat? By all means go ethanol free because it is is in these bigger tanks that the ethanol will attract water and it will just slowly gather until it causes a problem.. Do you use 6 or 5 gallon removable tanks? You can use ethanol gas as long as you empty out your tanks at the end of the season. (stick it in your car tank and yes, you can dump 2 stroke gas in your car too. Just do it in small portions like a gallon  or two at a time with each tank. It does not hurt the engine and it solves the disposal problem.

Is your boat pre 2000? You must change out all your fuel hoses because the hoses used before 2000  will be eaten by the ethanol and start leaking. The same goes for fiberglas fuel tanks. The ethanol will melt the glue that was used to glue them together.

Trailered boats usually have less of a problem compared to boats that lay in a slip. That is because the humidity by the slipped boats is much higher than the humidity next to your house or garag

 Personally, I never use stabil because there are better products on the market. I prefer a product called  "seafoam" because it not only treats the gas,it also cleans the carburetors.

There is a pair Penn 600 manual riggers  for sale on the site Those are probably the best you can get for your money

6 hours ago, Long time fisherman said:

Rolmops, do you use this year round?

I only fish for perch in fall and in early spring. but yes I mostly use these whenever I go after perch. When the perch are out on the flats, the minimites work very good. When I fish in between weed beds or near steep drop offs I just try everything until I find what they like best. Another thing I catch a lot of perch on is the eyes of perch. After you catch one , you kill it, remove the eyes and stick one on a #6 or #8 hook.

You must always make sure that your bait moves around a bit, unless the school is in an open place between weedbeds. Then the perch usually hit the bait on the way down. When you get the first hit, just set the hook, but leave the line in the water and more often than not, some other perch will hit the other hooks

The answer is simple. It is a myth that there is alcohol in Stabil.

These are the ingredients in Stabil

I use minimite plastic with a maggot on the hook. They imitate small shrimp which are a perch’s favorite food. The hooks are very small.