leadcore troller

Thanks for the advice on the Lowrance. Does anyone have any input on any of Garmin's units.

pap I feel for ya, There isnt a store close to me but I was traveling once up to Buffalo so i stoped in the Cabelas there, no one could help me with gps/fish finders , the rods i wanted they didnt have in stock, nor the reels or tackle i wanted. I was amazed I walked out without spending a dam penny. Not to mention how pissed I was with the non talented sales people.

GPS/Chartplotter/fish finder Need some guidance on this subject. I just picked up a 19ft new to me boat and looking to purchase electronics. My last boat had a garmin 541s and a 400c , was very happy with both but they are out of date. I use a Helix5 on my small boat for reservior fishing and it dosen;t impress me. Seems too complicated and hard to tell exact depth of fish. Not sure if i want to try to find used garmins like I had or go with new equipment. I would want a seperate fish finder so i can keep that screen on all the time. I want easy to operate and simple to understand. Lowrance, Garmin, or Hummingbird ? not sure wich way to go. looking for units in the 500 $ range. Seasons comming so I have to pull the trigger soon. Any input would be welcome, Thanks

I saw that fishusa.com had the best prices on Rats. I also see that Cabelas carrys them also.

BayRats Last year all I heard about were BayRats , but were hard to get. This year I"m all set to drop some coin and I'm not seeing much chatter about them. Maybe it"s just a little early in the season yet. Hope so. I'm looking to target browns in either the Mexico or Sodus area. Any suggestions on color and size would be most helpfull.

I just bought a boat in Pa. and registered it in NY last week. All I needed was the registration from the previous owner , Pa has a transferable reg, no title. For tax purposes , I had the guy sign the NYS DMV form for sales tax , stating what he sold me the boat for and the signed DMV Boat registration form. and 20 min at dmv and out i walked with the new Registration. Now in NY the sales tax can be for boat and trailer, no longer need seperate forms.

GPS/FishFinder Need some opinions sorting this out. On my last boat , I had a Garmin 400c Fishfinder and a Garmin 541s GPS Chartplotter. Setting up a new to me 18ft Smokercraft and was wondering if i should get the same electronics I'm used to or something newer and learn new technology. Alot of the new stuff seems very confusing and I want to keep it simple. I know the 541s does both but i want seperate units so i have the whole screen dedicated for one use, don't care for the split screen options, when you get older the bigger the picture helps alot.

Sk8 thanks for the info, I think I'll give them a ring, I'm about 4 hours from Naples.

I guess they're back in business, I was to believe that they had closed and were'nt making spoons anymore

wanted sutton spoons On the hunt for sutton 32's in all silve or silver/copper, not the flutter wieght but the heavier ones.

I think Matt got tounge tied

also i would use 10lb seagaur leader , 30ft long

Personally I'd spool each with 10 colors so the colors match on both rods,as for walleyes I would use suffix performance 18LB test

Didn't know they had them.

I have plenty of chargers, i'll just set them at 2 amps and slow charge it back up at the end of the day. not looking for a long term fix just for a week or so for vacation this july.

Pap, Thanks for the in depth knowledge on the batteries. Now what should i purchase, the boat only has the big knob switch for batt on/off. So i'm guessing i need a batt selector modle switch instead of the current one, and is the yellow top a batt or a charging aid.This trolling under power is all new to me, I have been trolling the resies for 40 yrs , oar power only.But i do have an electrical background.

I'm putting an electric trolling motor on a 17ft boat. It's a Navigator 5200, that mounts on the cavitation plate of the outboard. Was wondering what size marine deep cycle batt should I buy, Someone told me a group 27 . Also I guess it would be a good idea to install a battery selector switch for 2 batteries, so the outboard could charge it and not drain down the boats batt. Any info is greatly appreciated.

I just scraped 980 lbs of lead and got $320