Frisco

I have a AP 12H and it's giving me fits. It keeps dropping out of auto into standby, the voltage and connections are fine and it's hard wired off the battery Simrad replaced the computor and now the pump won't make a turn to the port side. They recommended sending the pump & computor back to be tested. According to Simrad there could be air in the pump which I doubt because it steers perfect. How does yours work? I'm ready to trash mine and start over with a Raymarine!

Anyone out there familiar with a Simrad APH auto pilot??

i'm off Cayuga until after X-mas time. My gig is the winter fishing, it's a blast! Last winter was tough with cold weather all year and the cline being deep. The 2007/2008 was a warm winter and the Stinger man and I had a blast! Good luck to all.

Hooked up with Chowder, fished from the Yacht Club north to T-Falls. Nothing spectacular, but a nice day to fish! Boated 4 LT like the one held by Chowder in the 6 to 9 lb class. Dropped two & some small LLs. Had to work at the ones we catch, they came off wire & copper deeeeeeeep! Searched high & low for Lyteline!

Thanks all will be there Sunday Channel 68 Frisco

Can anyone give an update on the fleas on Cayuga? I plan to fish this weekend and I would love to remove the flea line from my reels !!

Ditto on what Chowder says!!!!! It's a great unit providing nothing goes wrong! Andy, would you believe I still haven't gotten my unit back! I sent it to them in mid July! I have hydraulic steering so at least I'm not entirely out of thw water!

I mounted a swivel base for the two rear Big Jons and I add a 24" Traxs Tech rail for the front down riggers and rod holders. In the winter I have extra spools with planner board line that I use on the front big jons. I slide them forward and tip them up and use them as plannerboard masts. I use Otter Boards so the pull isn't severe. On the left of the dash the !st black box is the simrad Auto pilot and next to that is the Troll master. The only thing that I would do different is I would use 36" rails. I balso added carpet to the Gunnels!

I have a Lund 1950 Magnum I'll forward pictures this weekend!

I'm having the same problem with Simrad that Chowder had. They simply refuse to honor their warranty without upfront $$$$$$. In other words send us the unit and the cost for repair then we'll tell you if it's under warranty. They had the nerve to suggest that my AP12H was damaged by high voltage due to faulty installation. I work for a utility so electricity is my business. I asked them to explain to me how a 12 volt system can produce high voltage.....Their response was that maybe it was hit by lightning!!! INCREDIBLE......... Their customer service stinks.........I suggest if you purchase their product document everything and keep all invoices. If this doesn't work out for me I'm off to the Attorney General.

Whoever has the old Kings hang onto them....they're worth more than you think!

It's complicated! What unit GPS & AP do you have. You have to identify the data out on the GPS and data receive on the auto pilot tie them together and the common on each. What makes it complicated is that the language isdifferent on each. I have a Lowrance GPS & a Simrad AP. Mine works fine until the computor on the AP failed. BTW I'm the old huntfrisco

I've had two trailers with carpeted bunks, I removed the carpet and installed teflon on both because it's has less friction than carpet. I launch in the winter and the boat was easier to skid onto the trailer without carpeting! Ken

Just a note to add about the Simrad. I have the AP12H the unit works fine, but keep in mind it's a generic unit. What I mean is that you'll need to purchase an additional fitting kit to install the the pump inline and an extra mount for the sensing unit on the motor. Don't expect much help from Simrad their customer service is ridiculous!!!!!!!!! The information that I needed to solve the installation didn't come from Simrad it came off web sites like this. Because of the poor service at Simrad I would look seriously at the new Raymarine unit!

Count me in.....black 20 'Lund. Looking for a partner...................Stingers entertaining the ladies!

Stinger & I launched at Long Point. Not a very productive day, but we did boat two bows in the 23" class & a few smaller ones. We stayed away from dodgers/flies etc so we only took one Laker. Nothing consistent as for methods or colors so there isn't much to report there! Nice day to be on the lake. Did hook up with Musky Bob at LP good talking to you and Lil Jake! Stinger thought if we had some leadcore we could have boated more fish. What do you think Zeke?

Same thing here! Stinger & I launched from Long Point, fished high & low without a release! It was still a great day, however no Fig Newtons! Things will improve in a couple of weeks

That law seems a bit ridiculous, the Warden seems to hang around Long Point quite often. I've seen boats there that look like a porcupine with the number of rods hanging off the side. Another area that they prowl on is Deans' Cove I know guys that have been nailed for doing a dastardly thing like cleaning fish in the lake. Must be an area where fishing criminals hang out. Your turn Z

Chowder, This has been an unusual winter. we haven't been able to find fish that are bunched up. The best days that we had were over deeper water throwing everything at them that we had! This means boards, downriggers, and wire at the same time. We caught fish at all levels without any one method doing better than the other. Personally, I would suggest boards early in the shallows then hitting the deeper water if you're not successful in the shallows. The last trip we boated 3 large LLs one on top, one at 25' off the riggers, and the other on a fly and dodger at 60' so go figure!

Looking to purchase some Tekota 300s for trolling on the Finger Lakes. I'm trying to lighten up my tackle with lighter rods and reels. Any info on these would be appreciated!

You could have gone Slider, in fact if you did we wouldn't have had the big debate on the fish species. I think Stinger ODed on fig newtons when he made that post!

We ran 2.1 to 2.4, nothing as far as equipment was consistant, the biggest LL came off the boards.

Here wew go again, it's time to bring out the dental records!