Sk8man

Two common main options: Roller tip for the rod. Come in different diameter shaft sizes depending on what rod you have. Can be expensive. High quality ones (usually on custom rods) can be a couple hundred dollars or much more. Complete rods can have rollers for eyelets as well. Primarily used in salt water Twilli tip - a spring looking thing that replaces the current tip on most common rod shafts. They have a few different rod tip adapters that come with them to fit a variety of rods. Cost 7-10 dollars

Yeah even the mention of 50 lb copper shows he doesn't have a clue anyway.

Yes it has been open awhile Dre and I guess the dock is in now from what I heard.

X2 for sure.

Did you already see this Jason or isn't it the right one? http://www.michiganmotorz.com/rise-aluminum-vortec-intake-manifold-1996-current-p-114.html

Hank's the man and Jason - good luck bud.

jigstick you have a PM

These boats last forever and you see a lot of them a lot older than this one on Cape Cod repowered as folks don't want to get rid of the boats. Once you've owned one it is hard to go to another boat and after being out in the middle of Lake O in rough seas you'll understand why.

Not a difficult or unfamiliar word either I corrected it Mike thanks for bringing it to my attention

American servicing the way it should be done!

How cool is that....

A few years ago when I upgraded the drags in mine to carbon fiber and i was thinking about the power handles as well despite the fact that the reels have a relatively higher gear ratio already and was told that there weren't any for that particular model and that the ones for the newer models wouldn't fit either. I have the power handles on my newer reels even with the higher gear ratios like the 57 (used for coppers) and maybe you could adapt one with modifications but you would also have devise a new fastening nut as well as reshape the handle shaft hole.

idn713 you have a PM

Just an FYI - We discuss in pretty good detail about trout and salmon fishing here because they are a roaming fish and aren't particularly vulnerable like schooloing fish like walleyes, perch, crappies etc.. Tributary fishing the issue is similar and the often mentioned term is "spot burning" and it can be a legitimate concern. Usually the personal messaging (PM) componnent here is used to relay any desired information to fishing friends on here that you don't wish to go public where there is a high risk of unwanted attention to your post information.

That object brings up a question in my mind that has been there for awhile. I am wondering if many people these days actually know and recognize the SOS signal when it is displayed. Here is a pretty good example to look at: http://www.askaprepper.com/10-ways-signal-sos/