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Homemade rod storage rack for basement/garage requires minimal area - connstructed with 1 & 1/4 PVC - holds 24 rods with reels requires approximately 3 feet by 4 feet floor space !

I have a 2005 Tracker 175 Targa with 90 HP Merc 2 stroke & 9.9 Merc pro kicker 4 stroke aux that has been used entire month of May thru 2014 out of Olcott NY on Lake O. Run as far west as The Bar and trailer as far east as Point Breeze! Have had 0 hull problems in that time. I live on Chesapeake Bay (saltwater) in Annnapolis MD area and use the boat extensively June thru December there. I traded a 21 ft Pro Line center console for this boat (ease of trailering) and have 0 regrets! I try to fish in less than 4 footer's but that is not always possible. Sounds like you got a boat built when the welder showed up with a hangover! My Tracker has caught hundreds of Salmon, Trout, Stripers, Bluefish, Seatrout and numerous Drum, Cobia & Walleyes also. Hope Tracker makes things right with you! I can say nothing but good things about mine! By the way it is set up for trollng, downriggers,sub troll, planer boats etc. and I went to Cumberland Lake KY to purchase it! Used buddys 23 ft fiberglass deep V w/a cuddy May 2015 on Lake O for a little more comfort (we're both 70+) but didn't catch a greater amount of fish! By the way I have a 32 ft Tiara I use offshore for Billfish & Tuna! Good Luck hope all turns out OK!!

Anyone here Have Or know of anyone familiar with Charter Captain Deluxe Rocket Launcher Planer Board Mast & Rod Holders GLP - 001 as currently offered on ebay and if so what is your thoughts on it ! I.E. are they worth the asking price quality wise etc? Thanks in advance for any feedback. Leonard

Thanks for all the replies! Issue resolved! New 2015 20 HP 4 stroke engine delivered to me yesterday, bracket from Saltboss to be here by coming Wednesday and boat is at service center for complete installation, by the way Control King trolling speed control is also being installed on the kicker. Thanks again, Catch Em Up! Leonard

Thanks a bunch for all the info - just remembered boat has hydraulic power steering on the Alpha I - steers extremely hard without engine running! How do you steer the kicker with the I/O engine not running? If you have to leave I/O engine in neutral at idle - pretty well negates any fuel cost savings with the kicker for trolling! Aren't boats just great!! Leonard

have a 23 ft 8.5 ft beam deep V fiberglass boat with 5.0 liter Merc Alpha I I/O and a swimplatform! Wish to add 20 HP 4 stroke O/B to starboard side of transom with side mounted remote controls starboard side of cockpit. Any suggestions as to type of bracket for transom? Do I need power tilt on kicker? Or depending on type bracket no power tilt? Recommend steering controls for I/O to O/B. Transom is full solid with door access to swim platform! Have heard of kicker mounted to swimplatform - anyone have this or info? Any and all info greatly appreciated. Current boat is aluminum walk-thru with large O/B to 9.9 Pro Kicker with tiller controls and mechanical rod steering from large O/B to kicker! Easy access from stern of boat - not so on the Deep V fiberglass I/O. Thanks in advance for your help. Leonard

Anyone on Lake Ontario ever use Narrows Deceptors ? They are a plastic hard Bait alternative to plug cut herring. Not even sure if they are still made, but they worked very well on Kings in the Pacific NW.

In a word - FLITZ And it's the only thing I've ever found that will remove surface rust from a firearm withot removing the bluing!

Fishing buddy holding 16 lb steelhead caught off Olcott 05/17/2013 weighed on accurae digital scale didnt weigh the other one laying on table!

Re, full bodied field goose decoys in last picture - yes I made all of those! They were what was left of almost 60 dozen I made for two properties I leased on MD's Eastern Shore for about 25 years starting mid 1960's through the peak, when MD's Eastern Shore was considred by many to be the Goose Hunting Capitol of The World until the collapse of the Atlantic migratory flock and the eventual complete closure of the season on them. I got out of it just prior to that happening. Also had 50 - 60 dozen floaters at the same time that I made also! Both properties were large corn / soybean farms with expansive tidal shorelines adjoining he fields. Also had large freshwater impoundment on each farm. Had all blinds, pit or shoreline set up with complete decoy setup at each blind, so depending on wind and however many blinds I needed to set up on a given day depending on how many shooters I had those blinds could be easily set up without massive equipment transport. Sure do miss those days!!! Matter of fact those pictured and about 20 dozen floaters I had left were all sold to a young "Outfittter" from The Shore last November. Me and a couple of close friends who are still on the right side of the sod still kill quite a few every year though using layout blinds and smaller setups on properties we still have access to - mostly resident geese while the weather is warmer. Can't take the cold like I used to!! Figures - two of my passions are about the coldest outdoor sports , fishing for steelhead and waterfowl hunting! Sorry for the long winded reply, but I needed a break from getting my Great Lakes boat and gear ready for western Lake O mid May - maybe earlier depends on weather/fishing! Thanks

Anyone here into making their own working decoys? Here are some I make.