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Hi all. Can anyone tell which boat launch (paid or free) in Port Bay is the best for launching a 23' boat?

Buying American isn't cheap. I agree they are quite spendy. I have called in the lifetime guarantee on a few my outdoor knives and they have been awesome about it even though I abused the knife. My home maker set has been awesome, but again sopmewhat pricey. Back in the 70's and 80's you could go to the factory store and get a factory seconds (blems and such) for pennies on the dollar, which is why me and all of my friends ran around with ka-bar marine corp knifes when camping as teenagers. Unfortunately they no longer sell seconds as they want nothing but perfection going out the door.

Cutco fisherman's solution. Holds a great edge, adjsutable blade, great handleeasy to sharpen, lifetime warratny. https://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?item=fishermans-solution#sm.00001lafmf1m10fp8yar6dak40uh3 Full disclosure - I am slightly biased because I grew up in Olean, NY where they are made, but they are truly really good knives.

I wrestled with this very same problem. Perhaps this might help your situation Trying to Lube up the cabel doesn't work - I tried. I replaced the lower shift cable and my problems went away. Took about 1.5 hours - the first half hour spent reading the service manual. the differne was night and day. No more clicking, no more stalling and I didn't have to mess with the shift interrupt switch at all. After the new cable is in adjusting the shift cable can be finickey and a second set of hands is helpful so you don't have to climb in and out of the boat ten times like I did. Go with small adjustments. One turn of that barrel nut can make all the difference. If you do decide to replace it, order a newer style shift shaft seal as well. The old design fails and allows water to leak into the small cavity where the shift cable attatches to the outdrive which is usually what causes the cable to fail ( you mentioned a Rochester carb, so I'm assuming GM Mercruiser/Alpha setup) If that cable is currently shifing hard and snaps when you are out on the water you could in for a long day. Hope this helps.

I'd like to say thanks to all the folks at Hills Valleys and Streams as well. Stopped in a couple of days ago to pick up some stuff to convert a dipsy rod to a wire dipsy set up. Never used one before and wasn't quite sure how to go about it. Not only did they have what I needed but Yvonne put me on the phone with Mike and he got me squared away. Thanks for the great customer service! So nice to a have a local store that has what you need instead of a big box stores' idea of what you need based on some national best seller list handed down from a corporate marketing office.

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated. A quick trip to Hills Valleys and steams for some smaller spoons and flourocabon. Then hitting the water first thing in the a.m. Tight lines

Howdy all - I was hoping someone might share some tips with me on how to catch browns and landlocks. I do ok with the lakers but I never seem to able to catch BT or LL's. Any tips would be geratly apprciated. Thansk and tight lines

Good morning all. I was wondering if anyone has used a Big Al's Fish Flash. I read about them in Great Lakes angler magazine. They supposedly have no drag, which sounds appealing but I wonder if they give lures the same amount of action. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Tight lines to all!

Thanks for the info guys. I'll have to give it a go. Tight lines to all.

Greetings all- I was just wondering what size dipsy and what size spin doctor or pro troll folks are using on Seneca? Also -just out of pure curiosity- has any one tried using j-plugs?