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You earned him Stan with the wind etc. Congrats on the 4th place.

Nice going and congrats on the  win Anthony

Or if you are close to a stream that has oak trees near it place a soaked straw or hay bale in an eddy braced so it doesn't float or roll away. Thye will hang up in the bale and you can get hundreds that way. Thye can be hard to keep though and have to be kept moist or they can disappear

PM it to Pete Colin on here he can tell you for sure

I think Bill is right... a lot of folks want to avoid storing over the winter and want to get the full season use right from the buy but the price seems fair and it looks like a good buy for someone so to continue lowering the price may not be the best answer so I'd assess that carefully as you go along. Hopefully someone will see this as a good opportunity to get into a boat and there is still a lot of time to try it out and use it. sometimes we can overly rely on the Internet and placing the boat out where it can be seen by folks traveling by (even at a friends or neighbors if they have a better location and are willing) can be productive.

A ten color 27 lb leadcore will fit the Magda Pro DX45 with about 300 yds of 30 lb Power Pro braid. A 300 copper with about 300 yds of 30 lb Power Pro will also fit. They both will be at max capacity which is good in one sense as it allows the line counter to be more accurate but you won't have room for a real long leader. It can help to put on about 275 yds of backing to free up a little space. I mentioned Power Pro specifically because some braid is coarser or larger diameter and also as you go up in lb test you can get less on there.

This is what I have used for years on mine. My buddy was a VP at Yamaha and turned me on to them years ago. I had never heard of them

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I had a 9.9 two stroke kicker on my 13 ft Whaler for 20 years so I think you'll be OK When a true backup is being considered go with enough power kicker to get you back in as quickly as possible. That is the reason for the recommendation of a 9.9 hp for that 18 ft boat.

Beautiful fish Bill.....good going!

Sweet! Doesn't get much better than that kind of experience with your dad.

Luckily I had a really good friend who had a cottage come out and tow me back to the ramp at nearly midnight....not fun for either of us.

Shouldn't be any problem just make sure if using a bracket it is made for a four stroke and supports the weight of the kicker.

That is it in a nutshell

The best solution would be a kicker (e.g. 9.8 or 9.9 hp). The electric trolling motor would only be potentially useful very close to shore. For peace of mind the investment in the kicker is wise. You will also save wear and tear on the big motor and save money on gas. It only takes once to experience being stranded out there and after that one time for me in 1980 I bought my first kicker and have never looked back.....I'll never be without one. A tip regarding transom weight of the kicker. It is nice to have all the frills on a kicker such as power trim/tilt etc but they add significant weight. Tohatsu makes a 9.8 that is about 90 lbs that is electric start and there may be others at around that weight but there are also ones with the features that weigh about 120 lbs or more.

Do you happen t have any Sutton #71's or anything close to that shape as they look a lot like smelt? Thin light weight flutter spoon 4 inches long.

Try looking at it after 10 AM any morning when the sun is out

Nice going Anthony.  Hope to see you guys out there soon. Nothing like the Fall fishing when many of the rec boats are gone.

Good luck Clark. Last time out we were seeing fish stacking up on bottom in 50-80 ft and unfortunately it was at quitting time

Is the prop hub intact and is it without nicks or defects etc? If so, and you will ship it to Canandaigua, NY I'll take it.

Good going Johnny. Looks like you threw everything but the kitchen sink at them

Nice clean looking fish. As I remember way back when the rainbows actually tasted better from there because they didn't feed on alewives as in most of the other places. Haven't fished there in quite a few years .....gives me incentive to get back there

Not right in Rochester but John Mann at Sodus Point is the best around.

Looks like your son takes after his dad both fishingwise and otherwise

You're right about that Dan

Nice going Bill....more action than we saw