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Ok guys so if I wanna rig up some good all purpose, all season reels i'm thinking the consensus is 30 lb sea flee. How much do I wanna spool to a reel? what do I use for backing or a leader to avoid the flea's and how much in this case?

I caught about a 6 lb er last spring before the season started when we were trolling for browns. The thing was massive. But I have noticed they are few and far between, and a lot of people think they are a waste it seems

Does anyone have one of these? I Have a 165 hp inboard outboard and I bought one of these on ebay for 60 bucks shipped last night. I have been re- doing an old boat and am guessing it will have a hard time trolling down so seeing the "deal" I figured I would jump on it. Anyone who has one, what do you think about them? Was it a wise purchase? Any issues with these? Are they hard to install? I doubt a manual will come with it. How do they go on? Thanks for the help

Hey guys, I've been on the site for a bit now, my name is Ryan. Just wanted to say my buddies and I have a completely free ghost hunting group and haven't had much to do lately so if anyone has a haunted house or knows someplace haunted that would be easy to get permission to investigate hit me up on here, or on our facebook page at upstate ghosthunting or @UpstateGH on twitter. Thanks and sorry for the cheap promo op.

I recently had to get a new lawnmower battery, used it for like 5 minutes and then the steering colum gave out and it is an older mower so not worth getting fixed. I accidently threw out my receipt so I have a brand new battery pretty much. I was doing some searching around my garage after and found another one with little use on it that I forgot I had. I got a new mower, which a battery came with it, so I have two fairly unused batteries. I was wondering if I could use them for anything on the boat? Like to run riggers or fish finder/gps or anything else they would be good for. I hate to see them go to waste. I know I can't use it for the motor but anyone ever try them with anything?

I bought a couple pair of flying fisherman, too. They are are cheap enough and seem good quality

Penalty Box, or maybe Zamboni. Who hasn't wanted to drive or ride on the Zamboni?

LOL nice, that's what she said!

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The 4 or the 5 zack? I don't ice fish but i suppose I may get into it some day. Is it something I would want to buy the additional map cartridge for or should I be ok with the base unit? thanks everyone

it is the best unit going in that price range, built in charts are a great feature. Buy the ice pack and use it for ice fishing as wel

Anyone have this? Would you recommend it? I am thinking of purchasing it and want a little more information before I do. I would be using it as my main fishfinder/gps. I have another fishfinder but it is starting to kick the bucket. I typically would not be fishing in depths over 200 feet, and I don't have an autopilot so I would mount it near the helm where whoever is driving would be able to view it. I have good eye sight, a lot of the reviews I have read have rated it good but said the screen is kind of small. Anyways, any advice would be great, I don't have a millon dollars to spend and would basically just like something functional that will mark fish have gps/ chartplotting features and help me get from point a to point b. Thanks! Another possibilty is an old, used humminbird matrix 65 but I have a hard time finding reviews on this

Thanks on the suggestions for medication, I will try the motion- eaze stuff, the meclazine is pretty much the same as bonine or dramamine, which doesn't help :- /

Thank you for all the responses. As I have the leadcore line could someone give me a hand advising how to do it and if I should go with one leadcore reel or 2 and how much on each one? I mean I know it was said one leadcore rod at a time but as far as using what I have. Thanks again!

I'm in. C'mon guys, lets have some fun!

Regarding the 5.5 trolling motor - ANY trolling motor (or second motor) is better than none at all and I'm sure it will be fine for many trolling situations but you will probably be running the big motor  when it is real windy or in "against the wind" situations. The swivel seatat the helm and bench seat on the passenger side sounds like a winner to me ...your neck will appreciate it too   I would stay away from the folding chair scenario because they are too unstable on the water ( I know some folks use them though) and the last thing you want is for it to get rough out there and have the chair sliding and tipping over in it. As for the sea sickness it helps to either take Dramamine  an hour or two BEFORE going out rather than waiting to do it when it gets rough. One of the best things I've seen used by friends and relatives is GINGER ROOT best as a tea....can drink it hot or cold (before and at the onset) or take the capsules (found in most places they sell vitamins) a couple hours ahead of time (but the tea form seems more effective). This is what charter guys I know in Cape Cod use out in the Atlantic.

Unfortunately, dramamine and bonine do not help me, neither do patches. The dramamine type stuff just makes me drowsy and sick which is even worse. I actually missed out on winning the pro am last year am division because I got so freaking seasick the first day and had to have a replacement on the second. I have heard the ginger root thing too, maybe I will try that, I know bananas aren't of much help for me as someone suggested potassium

Thanks for the advice so far. Forgot to mention, I do have a motor which I used on my bass boat, it is 5.5 hp but it is older so it probably runs a little faster, not sure if this would be ok to hook up to the bigger boat or not. Have been wondering if it would be good enough for the purposes I would need it for. The rod holders I have should be ok to run the dipsys, yes. I do like the idea of one rigger in each corner, still would like to have the other installed, whether I run it all the time or not is a different story, Just want to have it available in case I need it on a certain occasion. I have picked up some tips on here so far and appreciate all of the help and advice. Maybe a swivel seat would be good behind the wheel too. The thought has crossed my mind, I just am concerned that if I have 2 people besides me, where would the other person sit? There is always the cooler. Or maybe I could get like a bench seat passenger side and the swivel at the helm. I don't know how efficient it would be to store a folding chair or something in the boat to use for those occasions.  I was thinking the 2 dipsys would be better but as far as the leadcore would it be smart to put it all on one reel or maybe spool like 3 colors on one reel and then do so many on another one ? I mean as far as a good all purpose for someone starting out. And brettsplace, appreciate it also, I am already a re occuring customer and think you guys do a great business. I will probably be using the boat for other lakes and fishing species too, it kind of will be a catch all, muskie, oneida for 'eyes, the adirondacks, maybe even an occasional bass trip. anyway I just love fishing and try to get out quite a bit, weather and schedule permitting. I have a tendency to get seasick if it gets choppy though so am investigating getting the patch, but that's a different story. LOL

Hey everybody! I finally got a bigger boat in the fall, an old, 20 ft starcraft deep v, 175 hp inboard outboard. It's not a cuddy or anything but it will do for a first big lake boat. I have went out with friends some, but I still have a lot to learn. The boat needed new carpet, which I pieced some together and got that in and got it winterized before the snow flew. The seats are pretty ratty, some are salvagable but I may just go with a set of back to back in front of the steering wheel and maybe like a single, bass boat style in the passenger side to save some room, haven't decided yet. I bought 3 electric downriggers at a garage sale, one cannon and two lake systems multi trollers.  I have accumulated a bit of gear over the past few years, rod holders, a depth raider, spoons, j plugs, stick baits, a few flies, flashers/ dodgers, 2 black walker dipsy's, a green luhr jensen dipsy, a big net, and a big cooler. I have 4 8'3" Ugly Stiks, 3 of which have Daiwa sealine 175's on them and the other I still have to get a reel for. I also have two 10 ft dipsy rods with okuma magda 30 dx's. I recently got a 100 yd spool of 27lb test suffix leadcore. So now that I got the background out of the way, here are the questions. Based on the equipment I have, would I be able to run 6 rods or would that be too many? Where would you place the riggers? How would you set up? I guess I am thinking 3 riggers, and  2 dipsy's and a leadcore. Possibly could swap out a dipsy for leadcore once in awhile. Now to the leadcore rod- I need to get a reel for it. Would either of the reels I have already work for this if I get another, If not, what would you suggest? How many colors would you spool on it, and how much backing/ leader? Or if you were me would you get another one and put like a different amount of colors on each one, depending on the situation. Would you suggest investing in anything else? I am on a budget and get my stuff used when I can, so if you could keep in mind when suggesting a reel or other equipment. Yeah, I had a lot of questions, but I am just learning and want to try my best. Thank you in advance for the help, I appreciate it. I am not completely ignorant to it, like I said I have been out a lot and have watched some dvds and read a few books.

By looking @ your name on the forum and your ghost hunting hobby you should name it "THE BILLY BUCKNER" because there had to be a ghost or something that made that ball go through his legs!...from a die hard sox fan!

LOL! That happened when I was 5. That was my earliest memory of baseball and possibly the only championship I will see them win. But nothing wrong with the red sox anyone but the yankees!

I too have a new (used) boat It's an old starcraft 20 footer. This is an interesting topic, I'm enjoying reading peoples stories on how they named their boats. I still have to come up with the name for mine. I was thinking of incorporating something with ghost or about ghosts in it as I ghost hunt in my spare time, Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks! I just ordered the dvd's. Anything that I could use to help me learn would be great. Just got my first boat big enough to go out on lake o

Thanks. Thats the one thing that sucks is it didn't come with a manual I'm not really sure how everything works. Is there any maintenence to them?

I picked up 3 of these at a garage sale for $200. The price was too good to refuse (I think). The lady said they were her ex's and he had them on his boat 5 years ago and they were working then he put them in the garage for winter and they broke up and she hasn't seen him since. They have a crank on the side so they can be used as manual too. 2 of them have like a little computer on the front of them. She's moving to florida so she wanted to get rid of them and make a few bucks cause they are worthless to her. I guess he paid $500 each for them. Well, two of them say lake systems multi troller on them and one of them just says cannon and has like an on off switch and a raising lowering switch one of which has a little covering over it. The booms on the lake systems are 42 inches and the cannon is 26 and a half. The cannon one has around a 12 lb ball with it. The second two pics and last reflect the cannon and the others are of the lake systems. Any help with these would be great. Thanks

Hit one around 5 lbs on a stick bait off a planer around mexico area around a month ago. Shallower water though, less than 10 ft

Does anyone need an extra person on the boat this year? I was supposed to go with someone and their boat broke. Have my entry fee paid and everything. I'm not a pro like half of you guys out here but I can land a fish ok and everything at least.

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