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Yes, if you have a boat, and all the right gear. For casting, you will need a med/heavy to heavy musky baitcaster with 50# braid or better. For trolling you can use a dipsy rod with 50# to 80# test line. You will also need quality leaders, a large rubberized musky net, Long needle-nose pliers, and jaw spreaders. You absolutely must have a quality compound cutter for cutting hooks that may become deeply embedded in the fish or in you. Knipex brand is the best. If you get a different one you will be buying Knipex later anyway. It is important to have these things in order to successfully catch and release muskies unharmed. Read the catch and release topic at the top of this forum. As far as lures go, there are too many to choose from. Stick to small to medium size (5" to 9") musky lures for those lakes. And Just like making love, how you use it can be more important that what you use. Be prepared to spend an average of 10 hours per fish caught. It could be less. It could be days. Reading a lot and talking to or going out with experienced musky anglers will help considerably. Using a guide is another option.

The work they did on my alluninum boat in 1996 through about 1998 was sub par. Kept having to return for leaking rivets. Then I went to Clint Samson at the Watercraft Clinic which is now Samson Marine in Red Creek. He fixed it right. I think he is still around. I think Great Lakes Boat Repair went through one or two ownership changes since they first worked on my boat.

Are they charging at the Seabreeze launch?

Funny, your misspelling of as made it through without censoring. I'm not sure if it was here or another site, my last name Glassic got censored because it has that word in it. It was replaced with X's. About reels. If you do any jigging in the Niagara or the Larry, it is better to go with round so if you get hung on bottom, you don't run out of line before you can get the boat headed upstream to retrieve it.

Friday is going to be in the upper 60s too.

It is probably a connection problem somewhere between the switch and the solenoid or between the battery and the switch. Wiggling connections and disconnecting and reconnecting plugs along the path will possibly reveal where the problem lies. It will help to have someone turn the key as you wiggle connections (including under the motor cover and at the battery). It could be a connector, a fuse holder or connection, a fuse, a circuit breaker, a switch or a connection anywhere in the path. It could even be the solenoid itself. If you have a voltmeter, you can check for voltage between the two small wires on the solenoid with the start switch activated. If you get voltage there, the solenoid is bad. If there is no voltage there, you can also check at other points, with the meter, along the path to isolate where power is lost along the path. Also check the path between the battery and the start switch in the same way. Just make sure the negative wire of the voltmeter is connected to a good ground. You could also have several connections where corrosion has taken place. You will have to clean the corrosion or replace the corroded parts. Taking measures to protect connections from future corrosion may also be appropriate.

One thing I am not sure of is if the trailer rating of 5400 lb includes the weight of the trailer. I believe that if it is gross weight, it means weight of boat and trailer combined.

You said that the trailer is rated for 5400 lb and the total weight is 6220 lb. It looks like you are over the trailer weight capacity. Technically that should not be done. Also, as Richard had mentioned, your tongue weight should be higher. If you are adding any more weight with gear, you have to consider that. It sounds like you will have to increase the tongue weight and that will have to be done by moving the axle(s) back. If it is a dual axle you might have to move them both. You will have to put the trailer on jack stands or blocks. Connect the hitch to your truck to help hold it steady. Mark the position of the axle(s) on the trailer frame and move both sides back the same amount. Do the same for both axles. This is to make sure the axle(s) stay square with the frame. Then check the tongue weight again. Since the total weight is over the rating of the trailer, it might be a good idea to limit the weight as much as possible by traveling with less gas and considering carrying as much as your gear as possible in the truck. Keep in mind that if you remove riggers, coolers etc from the back of the boat, it will change your tongue weight. Also, depending on the location of your gas tank(s), the amount of gas may have an effect on tongue weight. You should also look at the weight ratings of your tires. Multiply tire rating by the number of tires. If it is a dual axle, make sure that the trailer sits level when hitched up so that the weight is distributed evenly on both axles and the tongue weight should be measured in the same level state. Since you are pushing the limit of the trailer capacity, you should periodically inspect the entire trailer for stress cracks. This includes axles, suspension and their mounting components. You don't want to have an axle break loose or or the hitch beam break loose. It will also be wise to take bumps such as railroad crossings slowly as to not over stress anything. I have an 18 ft aluminum boat on a trailer that is borderline adequate. I got it used and added a 15 hp 4 stroke kicker and two more batteries. So I had to deal with all these issues. I even had heavier springs made for it then I had problems with the spring brackets cracking and had to replace them. The last time they cracked, I had a welder reinforce them. I am hoping that they will hold up. I was lucky that when the spring brackets cracked, that the axle didn't tear out while I was on the road. On my trailer there was an adjustable hitch beam to adjust for different length boats. It was held into a yoke where the "Y" in the trailer is with two bolts. There was play at that point and stress cracks developed around the bolts. This may also have been contributing to sway problems I had at one time. I had a welder permanently weld the beam. I think that very often boats are sold with a trailer that is barely adequate for the boat as sold and then after adding all the extra gear, ???

And I thought it was cold in Rochester at 19!!

old man, Since it is a retail store I would guess that only service dogs for the visually impaired would be allowed but I am just guessing. You can call them at 585.456.1964 and ask them. pikefreak, They open at 10:00 am. If you get there early, and are one of the first 100 in the door you will get a free gift card. They say it can be between $5 and $250. One of them is for $250. They did not indicate if there are any with other amounts in between. We will be there at 9:00. I am not sure how early you would have to be there to be one of the first 100. You can help us win the $500 donation!! If you come, be sure to see us for a token to vote for us at the voting machine inside the entrance. There will be three other groups there that we will be competing against for the most votes. If we win, Muskies Inc. Chapter 69 gets a $500 donation from F&S instead of $100. They are planning to present the donations at the rock wall at 5:30pm, so it would be best to get your vote in by 5:00pm.

If you have" last 24 Hrs" and "just items I follow" checked, if there was no new content on the items you follow in the last 24 hrs, or if you have not followed any items, then it will say "no new content".

I have never used it before but it works fine for me. One thing is that it depends on what items you have checked on the left side. For instance, if you have Last 24 Hrs and new members checked, it will say no new content if there are no new members.

Just added link above for details.