KennyC

16# torpedos from troutman87 also as well as 17# sharks.  Both with Amish Outfitter snubbers on the Canon mags and both worked well.

That's awesome!

We are rigging it up the 28 to fish Lake Ontario for this season.  Needs electronics yet.  Only ran it one day last fall, it handles a head sea very well.  It's gonna roll in the trough trolling but I figure if you have to choose between the two I would rather have a softer ride on the cruise through rough weather.  The 28 definitely rides and feels like it is larger than it is and is a tank.

A great resource for the Carolina Classic:

https://www.carolinaclassicboatowners.com/

I found my current Carolina 28 on that forum that a member listed before putting it on the open market. I had been looking for a 28 for a few years and hadn't found the right one so last year purchased a 1998 Carolina 25 and ran it last year, sold it at the end of the season to buy the 28. Only reason for selling the 25 was the 28 I had been looking for with gas engines and no tower in budget was finally found so I did sell the 25 and only had it for one season.  Both brands are well built heavy boats.

There is a lot of info on the water ingestion issue on that forum.  The 25 we had was one that had the original Volvo engine replaced in 2007 with a Crusader from the Carolina Classic factory and the Crusader was a great engine.  

That's a great mount.  Rich is one of the best.

What size screen do you run for either traditional 2D fish finder or Panoptix?  Big difference in price on a 9" screen vs 12" screen but just looking for opinions if the 9" is too small?  My vision isn't getting any better.

Sale Pending

1998 Carolina Classic 25

Excellent condition.
8.1 Crusader powered in 2007 - Less than 600 hours on engine.
Volvo DP-E rebuilt with less than 80 hours.
Transom live well is insulated for fish box, holds ice all day.
Full enclosure in good condition.
2 Custom Tackle Station inserts, and custom spoon box holder.
LED Light Bar

Winter Cover

Dual VHF Radios
New custom bolster cushions installed 2023.
Road King triple axle trailer with all new bearings this year.  
New tires and complete second set of brand new tires.  
Simrad EOS7, Nav, Radar, Auto Pilot, Speed Control, 12” Garmin 5212
20’ Outriggers, cooler and bracket available for swim platform.
Shore power with breaker box installed in 2023.

Boat and Trailer $38,000

Optional equipment new in 2023:
4 Cannon electric downriggers with custom rod holder bases
Removable Cisco 60” track with 14 Cisco rod holders
Planer Board Reels / Cisco pulleys
Fish Hawk X4D
Smart Troll with 5 probes

Complete with Optional equipment $42,500.

Available to sea trial at Point Breeze, NY until Sept 16, 2023.

ONLY reason for selling is moving to a CC28.

Thanks for the review.  I was looking at these over the winter.  How long are the booms you run?  One question I had was can you lift the boom to bring the downrigger weight in?  

Finally got our "new" 1998 Carolina Classic 25 out on Lake Ontario last weekend for the first shakedown trip. Only fished for about 4 hours, landed 2 Lake Trout, 2 Kings and this above average Coho.

We ran the 18 pound last year.  I like it.  As stated, does not take up as much room on the reel, doesn't wear you out as much as the heavier leadcores and we caught our largest King on it last year, so that makes it liked even more.

Anyone run the Walker TripZ diver off of big boards? I'm not sure if these have been out for a while or if I just noticed these. Looks like they may put the spoon in a good depth for steelhead if they don't pull the clip from the board line?

Great, thanks for the responses. So the issue is only with saltwater, not so much if run only in freshwater then?

I'm looking to replace the reels on the dipsey wire rods. Reading all the reports that I can and see some say it's not a good idea to spool wire onto an aluminum spool. So I'm not finding a heavy duty line counter without an aluminum spool. Anyone had any problems with the compatibility of wire on an aluminum spool?

I'm considering:

Diawa SG47LCX

Penn 320 GTiLC

Shimano Tekota

They will be used in saltwater, also. What's your favorite reel for wire?

Thanks

FX,

Purple Thunder and Caramel Dolphin at various depths were consistent all days with the bigger kings and steelhead. Saturday was a good day, good size fish a little west on the 33 line, NK NBK copper parked at 45 was a hit with the steelies.

Looks like a good trip, hopefully those lakers stay hungry til the Kings show up.

PM sent

Sent you an email on these, couldn't send a PM.

These were received in very good condition, as advertised. Packaged very well also, thanks.