Tyee II

Awesome blend of underwater, on deck, and aerial shots. That takes the edge off a bit during this arctic blast. Thanks!

22 minutes ago, Sk8man said:

Some of it relates to how familiar someone is with solo fishing, and knowing their own boat and how it handles) very well.....and prevailing wind can be a factor as well. I have seen guys launch 25 ft. boats solo in good or "protected" situations. Does that mean everyone should do it? No. Having your launching and docking sequence or  system down cold is important no matter what sized boat you have.

Thank you Sk8man. I was going to say the same things, and I would add that when fishing solo you should wear your PFD and your tether. I have an auto tether installed for those nice days when I fish solo.

Back to topic...Penn Yan boats are great bigwater boats. As stated previously, many of the potential issues of an older boat have been addressed already with the boat you are considering. As long as they were addressed properly, you should be very happy should you decide to purchase it.

13 hours ago, rolmops said:

It is a great boat, but it is not a one man boat. You should always have a partner with you.


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Care to elaborate on what makes a 212 Penn Yan less capable of fishing solo on than any other 21 foot boat? 

I used 7' ugly stik tiger rods for inside braid dipseys for years and loved them. If you're setting up a wire dipsey rod, I love my Shimano talora 7 foot roller rods.

mr 580, where do you get your sattelite view from? All my links don't work because of the government shutdown. 

Muskiedreams is right, BoatUS will go to bat for their members. Every issue of their magazine has several stories of people who had problems that the manufacturers turned their backs on. They wrote BoatUS, BoatUS contacted the manufacturer, and the manufacturer promptly righted their wrongs.

I have the Lowrance Outboard Pilot installed on my 23' Grady White Gulfstream and it works flawlessly for much more than keeping my boat in a straight line. I use the lazy s-turn function almost every time I fish, and the circle back function will put me right back where I started (which has helped me recover lost tackle after a breakoff). Both of these functions can be adjusted in degrees to control the radius of your turns. I can also pick a waypoint on my chart and the AP will take me right to it.

As far as I know the Outboard Pilot can only be controlled by Lowrance or Simrad MFDs though. It was very easy to install myself on my older boat with copper hydraulic lines. I had to buy adapters for mine, but if you have standard hydraulic lines it is even easier to install, and comes with the tees and adapter kit for different seastar hydraulic helms. You do need to check your hydraulic ram capacity to ensure compatability, but mine is installed on twin Yamaha 150 outboards.

My buddy has the same AP system installed on his 22' Hewescraft with the AP installed on the main motor and a connector between it and his kicker. He uses the same functions I do and loves it as much as I do.

They still have the old power cords, which a service shop will replace with the new ones for free, so I'm guessing they haven't been serviced. 

There is a difference between a star drag and a lever drag, and there is a difference between a carbon drag washer and a dartanium drag washer, but a reel could have both a star drag and a dartanium washer. 

Shimano at some point switched to the dartanium II drag washers, which are more like carbonex, but for whatever reason they still called them dartanium. It's pretty confusing, as is the fact that you have to upgrade the drags on the Takota reels right out of the box or they will start sticking and slipping after they get wet a few times or after a few good runs from a big fish.

I haven't tried the new Takotas, but my Diawas are great right out of the box.

8 hours ago, Legacy said:

 

You win. Thats the best mounting system I have seen yet!

Thanks! I made it for much cheaper than expected thanks to the LOU classifieds and member LakerTaker. I bought the swivel from him and it turned out he had everything I needed to build my mount except the table and the V-lock mount, and he gave me great deals on it all.

Thanks again David (LakerTaker), and thanks LOU!!

I didn't make my table, but last weekend I made a custom swiveling/sliding/removable mount with a V-lock mount and a swivel downrigger mount. I can slide it side to side and/or swivel it into different positions for better access to my fish box. Haven't used it yet, but it should be sweet...

You can use woodworking tools to cut or shape HDPE board. They sell a mat that keeps fish from sliding while filleting fish.

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/fillet-away-fish-mat

Head first always, and never leave the net hanging in the water. A quick netting stab exucuted at just the right time is what you want. If you have a deep basket you either need a clip to hold it, or hold it in your hand until you make your stab.

Communication from the netman to the person on the rod is imperative no matter how you choose to net.

Wow, nice lot of quality spoons for a great price!

In your misc. mag bunch, top row, 5th spoon from the left, looks like a Jimmy Spoon. Would you happen to have more of those you would part with? It's the green/chartreuse one with the rattle blades. Any colors are welcome.

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How much for the REV in the background?  

JK...looks like a well kept machine you have there.

Sealines will be fine for Kings. Jumping up in size doesn't give you anything but more capacity, which you really don't need for rigger rods. I typically downsize my rigger reels compared to my board rods because I don't need the capacity.

 It probably wouldn't be a proper test. Maybe I could try it one rigger at a time, but fishing circumstances might end up different that way, and I don't know if I could handle only using one rigger for too long, lol. 

I use a camera on my downrigger and have heard the engine noise and cable hum. The cable hum gets magnified on my setup dramatically because the sound is conducting into the camera housing through the termination swivel. Using an isolator on the connection greatly reduced the noise in my footage.

I'm one of those that thinks fish are very curious to noise, and often times the hum of the cables and engine draws fish into my spread. Depending on the fishes "mood", they will either come in to have a look and leave, or aggressively strike your bait. 

I may have to set up a second camera rigger with braid to test if there is a noticable difference on camera in strikes or interest from the fish.

Are they adjustable holders or the fixed ones?

One rigger bouncing or near bottom with a short stretch for Lakers, another rigger on the same side 10-20ft. above the bottom rigger with a SWR, and a probe rigger on the opposite side that changes depth with conditions is what I run most often in the gin-clear waters of Lake Michigan. If I am avoiding Lakers and not running the deep rigger close to bottom, I will still keep the tail gunner second rigger just above with the SWR, and don't have to worry about short stretches spooking fish down deep.

The fourth rigger gives me other options that still work in clear water like running a rod right in the prop wash for aggressive Coho. We are lucky to have multiple species to target for much of the summer in the southwestern basin of Lake Michigan and Grand Slams of 5 species are common at times. Having more riggers gives me more options to target more species, and you can pull it off in clear water if you can spread them out into productive areas of the water column.

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I found a similar deal on saltist reels on Amazon a couple months ago. I bought several of them and it took a couple weeks, but the company selling them cancelled my order and offered me 10 percent off a future purchase. Just a heads up, that tube order will likely be cancelled. It's in the user agreement that they can change or cancell an order any time, and if it's price wrong way below market value, they surely will.

I will always run as many rods as I am allowed, and some days riggers are what they want. If you are having trouble running more than 2 riggers with an 8' beam, you're doing something wrong.

The further forward you mount your riggers the more likely you are to put a cable into your prop when fishing strong currents. THAT is dangerous. 

I see West Marine has the Garmin 78sc Marine handheld for 100 bucks off for their black Friday sale. $179.99 from Nov. 22nd-26th.