guffins fisherman

X2 on the bags. Nobody wants buckets banging off the side of their hull, nor do you want them or their wire handles anywhere near your prop. I run mine the same way the others stated, 2/3 down the side of the boat. Attach them to your bow cleat, or to your spring cleat. Run a tagline to keep them at the side or just under, and to retrieve them and off you go. Off the back is a BAD idea. Tangles with your fishing gear, tangles with your prop are inevitable.

I have emailed the CL posting below twice with no reply. I am interested in looking at it, and fast. If anyone has any info, or contact info they are willing to share, it would be appreciated. http://syracuse.craigslist.org/boa/5088656660.html

Put a tag line on it, and hook it to your stern cleat.

What do you figure you want for it?

I doubled up on a couple heavy fish last week in Chaumont Bay, targeting eyes, of course. My first thought was, "sweet, doubled up on some walleye.". First one in the net, sheep. My next thought, "well at least one is a walleye." Nope, another sheep. Weird.

We have a place in Guffins Bay, almost to Guffins Creek. We have been watching a bald eagle over there for about four years now. My wife actually was lucky enough to see it go fishing and fly off with breakfast one morning last year.

Solid point. I have a walk around so not too bad. A full cuddy would make it tougher and dangerous.

I run mine off the bow cleat, through the bow rail and to the bag. I have seen some where they use the spring(side) cleat. They both probably work equally well and I don't think the tension is putting too much strain on the bow cleat. They pull, but that bow cleat is anchored pretty beefy. Where you anchor it, just depends on which way you think places the bags best in the water. The rail on the other hand is not a good idea. They are only attached with wood screws and you run the risk of bending the rail or pulling your wood screws out of the hull. I went and bought some dock lines with the pre-tied loop in one end. That is the end I attach to the cleat. The other end is tied to the bag. Don't forget a tag line to retrieve them with. Good luck.

If I remember correctly, they were measured weird. Something like measured across when they are laying flat, so maybe they would be less in diameter. I seem to remember Amish being measured differently too.

Def. two bags. I use two of the Big Papa Sport fishing bags in size 36" for my 22' Trophy with a 125 Merc. I can get to 1.5 easily and still not be at idle. I too called the guy and he was more than helpful. We even talked walleye fishing for a while too. From what I understand, the Amish bags are really nice too.

Not sure of you saw this or are anywhere near Rochester, but this might work. Rochester CL # 5040963771