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Do you do PayPal? If so I would like these and would need them shipped to 14586. Let me know

I just heard the restaurant won't be opening cause they ran out of money to complete it. Now you see what the rate hike is for. I asked for a price on a slip for the last 2 months of season and they wanted a full seasons rate. And that was with a winterization and shrink wrap plus paid slip fees for next year. No way not me I will shop around. 

Oh I hear yah, I have to do it in 2 weeks to bring boat home from Wilson. Not sure if I want to fish part of the way or just get it back here finally. 

Good luck 

That would work as well.

Jeremy there is no way to tie in 2 more batteries cause then your essentially going from 24 to 48 volts and that wouldn't be good. As for a charging line from kicker, now that can be done but check and see how much amperage that alternator is putting out cause you don't want to burn out the batteries. Essentially you would end up charging both batteries at the same time because they should be run in series which makes them 24 volts

8 hours ago, MikeyP said:

Sea did you find your new ride yet?

Oh yah I did. Just waiting on her arrival. 1996 Tiara 2900 Open 

I believe it was on craigslist in the buffalo page or Syracuse page I see it there every time I do a search. The one in Fairhaven that is

Atommik.com

100-160fow and 70-90 down. Meat meat meat

The new Lenco Electric trim tabs are very nice. Installation is very easy and self explanatory, everything is plug and play. They are very responsive and no need to run hydraulic lines or anything. I put the 9"x12" on my boat and they work great. Good luck 

45 minutes ago, Bozeman Bob said:

Crusaders are a chevy block with there bolt on parts ,like maybe the shape of the exhaust manifolds,type of carb / ignition system/ heat exchangers but the basic long block is Chevy. If there high hours but a closed cooling system I would not worry to much. The 350 blocks if properly maintained will go from 3,000 to ,yes I have seen it, 6000 hours. Long blocks [ complete with cylinder heads etc ] go for 2500 -3500 and are pretty much plug and play,not that hard to swap out. Good luck and report back your findings, hopefully it comes with a trailer ,if not there is one on here for sale. Makes it a lot less expensive as far as winter storage and paying some one to haul it here. Pays for itself in a few years along with resale value if it ever comes to that. And a lot easier working in your driveway than driving to a marina and forgetting some tools etc. needed.

Disregard my pm I just got what you were saying. There is a trailer available. I am good being without a trailer only because it will be in the barn on blocks so I can customize it more to my style over the winter. As for the hours he just got back to me, they are 350's in it and they have 1800 hours on each. Used more as a cruiser and just motoring out into the Long Island Sound to fish. 

40 minutes ago, Bozeman Bob said:

What year is the boat and how many hours on the engines. Most , but not all saltwater engines are a closed system, meaning they have a heat exchanger and use antifreeze. The raw sea water is pumped into the heat exchanger to cool the antifreeze and then exits out the exhaust manifolds. The exhaust manifolds under these conditions are usually replaced every 5-7 years and is not a big deal. Very easy for yourself to do, no need to pay a marina for that. They probably go for 350 per engine from ebay. Once in fresh water they last just about forever. If its a open or raw water system you should figure the cost of replacing the engines into your offer as they will be needed to in a very short time. You are not very clear to me what it actually has. Other than that I would not hesitate to buy a salty providing it passes a survey which includes a sea trial and inspection on land. You pay for that and can figure it will run you around 600. Some people are very negative on this but in most cases if you follow my advice there are no more issues than a poorly or even well maintained fresh water setup. I have a bunch of saltys docked near me and none have had issues do to them coming from salt water. And yes most did it because of the cost vs a fresh water boat that can go fro 2 - 3 times as much mostly IMHO because they are not used as much as the warmer climate salt water boat vs the Great Lakes and 8 months of being laid up. 

Why thank you for that honest answer. Not sure on hours yet, they are Crusader engines that the boat has and the boat is a 1988 Tiara. I am headed down there to look and set up a survey if I like what I see in person. Sea trial is a must for me. 

Ok I need some advice before I get to deep. As some may know I sold my boat and I am looking at at very well mistimed Tiara 2700 Open. Now this boat has been in saltwater but the gentleman that is representing the boat insists its Freahwater cooled. Now this boat has twin Crusaders in it. As far as I can tell I am open cooled system. Does this create a problem bringing it from Saltwater to Freshwater. I know that there are certain things that need to be considered but the boat is priced right and I tell you looks immacualate thru pics. Any advice is appreciated as this will be my first and only boat with onboard motors.

44 minutes ago, Gill-T said:

I would love to hear how you guys are running your meat termination. I have been running a free swinging treble and my hook up ratio stinks. Pin the hook in the flesh or free swing?  

Free swing always on my boat, I bring the hook so the bend is even with the end of the meat and send it on it's way, haven't missed one yet on it. Knock on wood

We have been doing pretty good on it out of Olcott out in front of the Barn, I just think as the bait moves out they are gonna transition into other colors. Our spoon program is finally coming around cause hadn't caught a single king on a spoon yet well outside of skippers. I don't run any double crush blades either. I know they have been the hype with the stud but I have been running them behind the glow green dot and the uv green dot 13" boards and we have had steady picks, now this week we were fishing east out of Rochester and it was a hit and miss deal. One day they wanted it the next they took purple flies and the stud meat. Right now that's all I am running is meat on 3 out of 5 rod setup. Other 2 are Flasher/Fly off riggers. Anything UV with green has been steady for us. I will attach a pic of our program we start with out of Olcott and it produced every time. 

3 hours ago, ronjon said:

You have a PM

Responded 

Nice day to fish and the stud seems to be fizzling out. We ran it for a while and changed it out for the stud meat rig and then started producing fish but no big boys. 

Gotta go deeper 300-400fow on meat. Screens look amazing in close but the big guys are out. 70-100 down

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23 minutes ago, henrybud said:

No matter if it's a truck, tool, tackle box or boat, Tommy keeps his stuff mint.  THIS, is a very nice rig.  

 

Personally, I don't think you could find a better boat for the mighty Niagara River to fish year round.  This will make someone very happy. 

Thanks Larry 

Above the probe cause if you put it below when you take the slack out of line it will allow the probe to swing against it possibly cause a weak point and breaking line. 

12 minutes ago, MikeyP said:

Do you regret selling your Trophy Pro?

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No not at all, the outboards were nice to have but limited me to how much gear I could run and it wasn't wide enough for me. Outside of that the boat was perfect especially with the new engines cause that thing flew and I could take her wherever in whatever weather and feel confident fishing in it. I have a few Boats picked out already and waiting on a few responses but this boat was more for the kids and wife which in turn the kids are teenagers and show not interest in going fishing, the wife would be happier along with I in a bigger boat.

 thank you