Todd in NY

Thanks for the report!

These are the 2 new floor pieces with the primer on them

It's time to update this old thread with a few repairs and improvements that are either done or are being worked on now.

During the last 2 years I added 8 rod holders in the hardtop, and replaced my Hummingbird 1198c with a Gen 3 Helix 10  Chirp Mega+ SI. I also still use my Lowrance  HDS9 Gen 3 touch unit.

This year I'm replacing the wood floor inside the cuddy cabin, as well as a roughly 36" x 37" square piece of deck floor at the stern of the boat. Those new pieces are 1/8" aluminum sheet, primed with self etching primer, then painted with Total Boat brand Total Tread anti-slip paint (light gray). The floor pieces got their first coat of anti-slip paint today, and will get their 2nd and final coat tomorrow.

Here are the rod holders I added under the hard top. Spinning rods starboard, and trolling rods port

This is the old cuddy cabin floor (bottom side, of course)

These are the 2 pieces on the rear deck that I am replacing with one sheet. The hinged piece is 1/16" aluminum diamond plate that is a little too thin

Looks like a repeat of last year, a wet April followed by a long drought. Last year the inland lakes were 1-2ft low, creeks and lots of wells were dried up, and the rain we needed didn't show up until the end of summer/early fall.

19 minutes ago, split-shot said:

Thanks for the info Todd.  I used the Chaumont launch 3x during the second week of May to launch a 22 footer with no real issues.  However, I did leave/approach the dock with a kicker motor.  Once afloat and away from the dock, bay access was good.

 

The water and ramp in Sackets looked okay but I did not launch there.    Since there is no floating dock getting in/out of the boat from the retaining wall would be very difficult.

Thanks for the info!

The water on Lake Ontario is too low for me to use these boat launches. I didn't check any of the launches in Sackets Harbor, Henderson Harbor or Stony Creek.

This is the Chaumont Bay launch

This is Three Mile Bay

This is Martin's II

This is the Black River launch in Dexter. The floating dock is not installed yet.

My boat (22ft) and trailer are too long for these launches.

Thanks rolmops! The main floor of the boat already had an aluminum floor installed before I bought the boat. They never got around to replacing the cuddy cabin floor, so I'm using 1/8" aluminum to maintain the same thickness that is on the rest of the boat. I had a local metal supply company cut the sheet for me today, 21" x 53". My color of choice is light gray. I have the Rust-Oleum self etching primer. I'm still shopping around for the right paint.

I am replacing the floor in my Crestliner Sabre cuddy cabin. I'm guessing it has the original wood floor in it, and it needs to be replaced. I bought a sheet of 1/8" thick aluminum plate for it but I need to know how to prep the aluminum plate and what kind of paint to use to give it a non-slip surface. Thanks in advance!

That's not a lot of water for a 22ft boat trailer. Thanks for the replies!

How low is the water level at Stony Creek, Henderson Harbor and other Jefferson County boat launches? Looking for a good place to launch a 22ft boat.

I haven't had my boat out yet this year due to a crazy work schedule.

That's insane!

18 minutes ago, greenboatluke said:

Shakedown out of Stony creek Friday evening. It’s definitely shallow as mentioned. I have a trophy 1802. Buoys are in, but a couple knocked over/missing. I followed the tracks on my gps from previous trips and was fine.
Got lines in shortly out into the lake and headed south. Picked up a laker first, then an eye, then a brown. Also out Saturday 9:30ish-4:30ish. A big brown and 2 Lakers.


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Thanks for the report!

This was on the Watertown news the night of April 13th. Too bad these so-called "experts" at the IJC can't get it right.

https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/04/13/ijc-water-levels-lake-river-are-feet-below-average/

How does low water levels benefit the wetlands? The wetlands at Stony Creek in Jefferson county (shown in another post), as most other wetlands, are less likely to thrive with near-record low water levels.

How does low water levels benefit shipping?

If you people could read, you would see that most of us would rather see the water levels closer to normal, or slightly higher, but not to a point of flooding out homes and businesses that have thrived on the lake and SL River for many decades before plan 2014 came along.

A 7.2ft difference is hardly what could be considered rational or acceptable. Maybe the IJC will raise the water levels after a few cargo ships run aground in the river, or after the damage to the wetlands becomes too great...

10 minutes ago, HB2 said:

Hey guys , I'm from the iJC 

 

The water got high and everyone complained . Now we lower the water and everyone complains . Make up your minds already . 

 

 

huh 🤔

As already stated, keep the 175 on the boat. I would not have bought my 22ft aluminum Crestliner Sabre if someone had a 90hp motor on it, no matter how new the 90 was. The 1989 Evinrude 150 that is on my Sabre needed a tuneup, which I was happy to pay for, but she runs like a champ every season.

I've used that launch for 6 or 7 years now, and I've never seen it this low.

How big is your boat? Outboard or I/O?

41 minutes ago, Elt1965 said:

we went out of Stony on 3/24 , trimmed up as high as we can and still churning mud and sand going out, fished around 4 hours and landed 1 brown, coming back in we got stuck in the sand by the old marina, polled off that and finally got back to the launch- not doing that again 

That's exactly what I thought might happen. I don't want mud & sand being sucked into my motor.

Thanks for the report! Were the channel markers in place yet?

Looks like it's too low for my Sabre right now.

Looks like nearly a 4ft drop from the top of the launch wall to the water.

Thanks for the reports! I was concerned about the low water levels and where to launch my 22ft Crestliner Sabre. I had a feeling that Stony Creek was too shallow right now. I also noticed that Chaumont Marina hasn't put their floating docks in yet, and their non-floating docks are way above the water level.

Great looking boat, congrats!

I hope the water levels are good for the marinas and boat launches all year.

https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/03/22/st-lawrence-seaway-begins-rd-shipping-season/

Congrats on a great catch!

On 11/10/2020 at 7:46 AM, Yankee Troller said:

I have Humminbird's Lakemaster Northeast v2 cards at Krenzer Marina. It's all I use now in my Humminbirds. I think they retail for $129. Using a Lakemaster card gives you functionality like shallow water highlight and depth highlight. Both features I use regularly.

This^^^

I use the Lakemaster v2 card in my Hummingbird units on Lake Ontario, Oneida Lake, and every other lake I trailer to.