Fishmaster 196

Very happy with my american angler pro, have not tried the electric bubba blade. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

That is correct Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Should the cannon terminators be reused? I have cut and reused them once without issue but was wondering if anyone else does. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

You should run your mag divers inside closer to the boat. The regular divers should be run outside and higher than the mags. Same rule applies for leadcore and copper lines. That way you can reel in a higher shallower line over the deeper inside line. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I was not aware that the cable was only rated for 12 pound weights. I used the cable on 16lb weights last year and I am fortunate It never broke. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Get some red led light strips and attach them under the lip of your gunnels. The light will shine down and illuminate everything and you won't loose your night vision. I use them when we're night fishing for walleye mostly. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

It does bleed a lot at first but works great. I have not had any break issues and I have it on 8 different reels Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

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They had rebates on the Yamaha's when I bought mine so I went with F200. If you are fishing Erie or Ontario i would have them replace the 60" shaft with the 72" right now. My dealer shipped me the 72" shaft and I swapped them out and sent back the 60. I have had the 72" shaft come out of the water on occasion. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I have 2 lowrance hds units on my boat. One is mounted on the dash and the other is mounted near the back of the boat, connected by an ethernet cable, so that they can share waypoints and transducers. The front unit is usually on the chart screen for navigation and the rear is on the regular fish finder screen. They both have their own transducer but are set up to run off of the same transducer. The second transducer is on there as a backup in case I have an issue with the first one. I like to have backups for everything. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The rod with the splice of mono is only so I can use it on an inline. Its backed with 19 strand so that I can run it as a chute rod if I choose to and also serves as a backup to the other rod without the splice. If it was only going to be used on a board I would have used a braid backer. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I have two 200' weighted steel setups backed with 19 strand. One of the setups I spliced in a 5' section of 40lb mono in between the steel and 19 strand so that I could clip on an inline board. The other setup is the same minus the mono section which I run down the chute . Both work well and both catch fish. I primarily fish on Erie for eyes and the chute rod works great when the eyes are deep. 2 years ago I ran that chute rod out 450ft on the line counter and was picking up eyes that were down around 70ft. I had my riggers, dipseys and chute rod all in the same zone and they were all firing so I am assuming the steel was at or near the same depth of everything else. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The 5' per color sink rate is correct for around 2.0 mph. At 2.5 mph the sink rate is less, around 37 ft deep for 10 color if I remember correctly. Some guys will add a 2oz snap weight on the 5 color to get it deeper with more backing out. I'm sure the 5 color would sink a little deeper with just more backing out but it wont keep the same sink rate as plain lead core and you would just be guessing at what depth it would be running at. I usually replace my leadcore every 3 years. I use it a lot on Erie for walleye. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Make sure you get a 72" shaft on your trolling motor. Don't even consider the 60" shaft, I have had the 72" come out of the water on occasion. My dealer installed the 60" on the boat and I didn't realize it until I drove back home almost 5 hours away. They mailed me the correct motor and I sent the other back. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I have the 18 pitch yamaha reliance series prop on mine. It tops out at 50mph with 2 guys and full tank of gas, hole shot is great. I bought a 17 pitch reliance as a backup and I lose about 3 mph on the top end with that prop and the hole shot is marginally better. The 18 pitch maxes out rpms at wide open throttle and has a great hole shot so that is what I use. The boat should come pre wired for the trolling motor. The batteries are mounted in the compartment that is furthest forward on the floor in front of the livewell. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app