fisherdude

i have a 1989 alpha 1 gen 1 and it does not have a dip stick bolt on the top cover, if that helps

i vote kicker , they slip gas and can troll down to a craw.

great question to ask . i have a good size live well in my saber . in the spring time i can keep fish alive all day long by keeping the pump running non stop . i have a hard time quitting fishing when i am on the fish . as Sk8man said every tenth of a oz counts . so you cant go wrong running to the scale . here is what happen to us this past weekend . we pick up a 12. 3 and 9 .2 laker late afternoon and didn't have time to make it to the sale before it closed . so we fished right to dusk and loaded the boat drove to the store and packed the fish on ice and went to the weigh in bait shop ,slept in the truck till it open the next morning . both fish lost weight that knock us down a place or two . told my buddy we should have kept the boat in the water with live well running all night here is another way to keep them nice and fat in the live well , i had a nice laker in the well and had 10 sawbellys in the live well also the laker ate 4 of the sawbellys

fished the derby this past weekend from long point , there was lots of bait south of ramp in 120 to 170 fow as the sun got high saturday we notice the bait was less than it was . this lake is live and well .

remember to fill the reservoir tank with the lower unit in the down position .

i have a set of omc controls that would work with your motor

don't think it will live there getting rain or sprayed by waves action . can you get a ram mount that can be put on the window brace

i am in,,, Gambler rigs peanuts don't fail me now

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this is going to be first time at this derby too . i just called and you can get sign up at the bait shop at myers park or at his home .you can get his address from the bait shop web page the numbers to call are top of this topic too

i had a 85 horse outboard that the impeller went bad replace it, the next time out the over heat alarm went off . i pulled the the thermostat on the water it ran cool rest of the day . another mistake i made i my time i put a new water pump in and the kit was for more than 1 motor i ended up using a wrong gasket shutting off a water port . lesson learned on my end , good luck getting your motor going

intellisteer.com they have different models to choose from . mine is type s/ t for cable steer helms . it has a motor on the back of the steering helm and is controlled by a wireless receiver witch i can add an autopilot latter . i don't have power steering in my boat so the helm steering motor has no problems steering the boat .

i just did some up dates to my boat , a four stroke and a intellisteer wireless remote steering . i wanted to split up the cost of getting into an autopilot for a cable steer boat. so i got the helm part done this year . i can used the remote steer part this year and get the brains and compass part next year . as above post check how much room you got under your dash . they do need 10 inches of room , i had an 1 inch to spear was a tight fit . it took the same type cable that i had in my boat . glad to see the information above about hooking to a lowrance chartplotter , thinking just need head unit of an autopilot now .

pre fish seneca lake hi everyone i like to get out on seneca lake during the week . if any one wants to go out with me and try to figure out whats going on .

i wouldn't want to launch there right now . by the looks of the pic the tow vehicle rear axle pumpkin ( differential ) could fill with water threw the vent tubes . not worth it .

Nothing you can do , roll with the punches . the finger lakes been doable go slow and you be ok . But i have stayed away from the big pond due to the high water . i looked at the leader board of the L O C derby looks like the fishing is good