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price drop.

I also have the panther with the safety cable, but It said to always have the cable attached to the kicker and the bracket when on the water. The manual also says to remove the kicker from the boat when trailering. If already you want to trailer with the kicker on the bracket, make sure the thing is tied down properly so the bumping and the banging does not damage the bracket or cause the kicker to bounce off.

On 6/30/2023 at 5:16 PM, Pete Collin said:

You can still find a few chestnut trees sprouted up from old root systems. They usually grow until they are a few inches in diameter then die from blight. Sometimes they get bigger before they succumb. I am a professional Forester, and have the opportunity to find these. If the landowner lets me take these dying trees, I saw them up into lumber. There really is no market for them, not enough supply to create a demand. 

That’s what I read in some articles. My curiosity was peaked because of articles About hybridized Japanese/American chestnut trees that show blight resistance and that are being planted in the Virginias and now you mentioning chestnut wood 

If it is for keeping the big ones cool, you should go for the 150 quart one. They are available for less than $100 at BJs and Costco.

Nice project. Where did you find the chestnut wood?

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Good to see you back on the water. I hope that your back is all better now

I currently have 2 Islanders. A 19 footer 191 (for sale) and a 22 footer 221. I love these boats. They are easy to trailer and give you a lot of security on the water.

9 hours ago, MCF said:

In the 19-20 range as far as cuddy cabins there are some Sylvan Offshores out there few and far between.  Crestliner also made a small Eagle for several years, a walkaround cuddy.  Open bows, Sea Nymph 195 and its Grumman twin, then products from Starcraft, Sylvan, Smokercraft, Crestliner, Lund, Alumacraft etc.   As the boats get newer, asking price goes up.

The Islanders and Sylvans are the same boats from the same manufactorer under a different name.

It really makes no sense to me in terms of protecting the species that the law allows the catching of fish while they take care of their spawn. Never mind the moral implications.

Lots of time the bass after having been caught and released are so traumatized that they abandon their nest. It seems that the law was adjusted in order to serve the commercial interest of the tackle business.

At least on the east end it has been poor fishing to put it mildly.

One of the problems was the lack of green water. It caused the fish to spread out over a large area in order to feed themselves. Now with the fresh water coming out from the creeks and rivers there will be a lot scum lines and algea growth. It will produce food concentrations and the fish will start to concentrate around the food sources. It is my opinion that this rain will improve fishing very much ,but then again, it is just my opinion.

In Rochester some of the smoke made it down to the surface and it was hazy looking down the road. When I woke up this morning it had rained a tiny bit and every raindrop on my car had ashes mixed in with it

I need it gone. Give a reasonable offer.

No lowballing.

14 hours ago, mr 580 said:

What type of drive and cooling system makes a difference.  Old i/o from salt- no.  Outboard maybe- you can repower.  IMO a freshwater boat is worth more than a saltwater boat most of the time.  There is a reason you don’t see old boats in Florida.

Most of the old boats migrate from Florida to south of Mexico where they have a lot of years as bread and butter boats for the village fishermen 

Ouch, that must have hurt. I hope all will be well.

On the bright side, he probably will not give you the finger for a while.

There is a lady in Fairport who does  canvas work. Her name is Barbara Bournival.

Her website is : www.boatcoversandcanvasbybarbara.com

Price drop down to $4500.

It has to get out of the driveway.

I never really understood all the hoopla about the slimer derby

Evinrude and NGK plugs do NOT work well together. You should always use Champion plugs. I know it does not sound logical, but it just is that way.

You can use either QL77JC4 or L77JC4

A few things to check:

do you have spark in every plug?

Are you using fresh fuel?

is the fuel coming through properly?

 I don’t know if it’s a VRO or a regular pump but make sure it’s a 40:1 mix.

To me it sounds like a fuel delivery problem. I would give the carburetors a proper cleaning.

could it have anything to do with the scroll speed of your fishfinder?

Brown trout is capable of changing its color depending on its surroundings. Out in the open lake that will be silvery, but in colored water or in streams that same trout will be darker. Sort of like a chameleon.

I just passed through Costco in Rochester to buy some artisan rolls (square burger buns) and my eye fell upon the coolers.

They have the big 165 liter Igloo coolers for $99. Usually they are closer to $200.  These are the ones that you can put a 25 pound to 30 pound salmon into without having to bend and squeeze it.

Go get them while they last. 

Price drop  new price $5000

Fish cleaning stations can be cheap and they can be expensive. Specially expensive to maintain. Maybe they should just have a few tables around a barrel for the guts and a water hose or two set up above a catch basin. Cheap to buy, cheap to maintain and the barrel can be picked up daily by a garbage truck or a cosmetics company ( to render the oil used in the cosmetics industry). The expensive ones include a shed, a grinder and some more fancy things. But one thick knife or pair of pliers that is dropped ruins the grinder and that is why they are so expensive and hard to maintain. Personally, I think it would be best to clean the fish on the water and bring the fish to shore with the skin on so measurements can be taken. The money that is saved this way way can be used to build proper toilets which often are absent.