Ice Pirates

tip downs are free poles normaly made from wooden dowel or you can be fancier like mine and they are balanced on some sort of stand. Bait the hook and balance the rod and wait for it to ....Tip Down whan a fish hits, they work really well for light bite and smaller fish (pan fish) ...kinda like a bobber. When bigger fish get ahold of them you better pray its on the one closest to your shanty or you run the risk of loseing the pole and sometimes the base ...ask me how i know lol

you really need to check you reg book before going out again just saying ....i think thats what fish junkie means

It is what it is !

Not my Circus. Not my Monkey.

Having built and repaired a few fishing poles in my day, I have found that the rod blank is finished then after the guides are wrapped on they are varnished themselves so it you take a razor blade and very carefully cut through the wrap in two places vertically they will almost just peal off. Then if there is any left over varnish it can be sanded down with some fine (600-1000) grit wet sand paper then rewrapped and refinished. I have used clear nail polish to finish them 3-4 coats just on the thread. Hope this helps John

They also have a really nice app for smart phones. I think the app was about 10 buck but well worth it if you dont have gps on the boat or have out dated software. We used it all through ice fishing to find structure under the ice and it was spot on

Thats a good idea !!...but would it hold up where the steering shaft mounts while white knuckleing it out in the lake ?

The dash is only about 21 in long and 7 in tall Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

When I first got the boat the dash was completely rotten and the steering wheel was not attached so in my infinite wisdom I used what I had available 3/4 oak ply and automotive epoxy ... so now the ply is coming apart Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

....or is there anything out there you would recommend that is a little less expensive and has worked well for you ??

Ok so i took the boat out the other day to blow the dust off and maybe do some Brown fishing , the lake had other ideas for me. As we were motoring out in a pretty good chop holding on to the steering wheel for dear life i noticed that the dash was starting to delam and split. To be fair i did know that there was an issue with it and i was gonna have to fix it this summer but was hopeing to get a few trips out before that.....guess not. Anyways the boat is a 16ft starcraft with an open bow so the dash isn't very big but i only wanna do this once. I have a piece of mahogany "laying around" and plan on using that. My question to you all is have any of you used anything other than west system epoxy?? The stuff is extremely expensive and i don't know if i can get the wife to bite on that one. I've seen around a epoxy coating made by aeromarine and it seems to get good reviews. Now depending on how this goes i might also be replacing the motor board on the back of the boat (not the transom) later this year and would like to stick with the same system. Any feed back would be much appreciated. Thanks john

I should mention that this is on a 16ft starcraft if that helps Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Not at the moment I just uncovered the boat and im replacing the riggers that are on there atm...stay tuned Sent from my SCH-I535 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I went with the 2x6 also it makes it easy to move things around as i upgrade equipment and get it perfect ....also when i was "allowed" to buy the boat my wife told me everything had to be removeable as to not clutter it up for family outtings lol....it works great

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