skinny420

I'll take 2....either ones...meet up this weekend?

Hey rich is there still weights available at captains cove? Heading there this weekend. Need a pair of 12's

I like stackers...only because I know the exact depth to replicate. Altho I had lots of hits on a slider when I ran them. Just too hard to guess exact depth.

I got 25' flouro leaders on mine and usually try to only run flies on mine. Try to only put rigs that catch matures on my coppers and don't want to wind in 300-500 copper for a skippy or to check meat after a drop. Could I increase my catch running spoons? Probably....but thats

 not how I play the game. 

I actually think that the enamel paint smell attracts fish or causes more bites. You should try it as soon as it's dried for a few days.

If you can't do it in a 16' it won't be fun anyway. River is a pretty good plan B

Buy the Cisco motors.

I just throw my stuff around and let them get bashed around during transport, leave the head unit in the rain and leave it in the boat all winter....never any issues but if it brakes I know it's been thru everything and would pay the price cause altho I could fish without it I'd never want to. 

Yeah watch gamblers YouTube videos and you will see what he means about getting in the way. He can barely keep his riggers working with constant fish catching and sending cowbells down.

RiggedSFC on this site is where I got my meat last year and it did very well. It's as good as any I've seen. Message him and see if he is doing it again this year.

How much is it a year to stay there? Seems like a steal for anyone looking to fish here.

I'll take them

Hard to tell how they work till you try them but on my big boards the attachment is toward the front and top more. Just bring a drill and wrenches with ya in case you need to do some onsite adjustments. I'd bring them on a shakedown cruise and hook them up do tight turns in waves and see how the react. Once you get them tuned they should run good for a long time.

I've never seen the boat your asking about but I'm pretty sure it's like my 18' StarCraft. If you have a swim platform then cooler can go there. I just keep mine in front of the doghouse and it can get in the way but that's where it is. I removed the kicker and just troll with the main motor if I absolutely have to but generally I can do it all with my minn kota I pilot. It can be a pain climbing up there to deploy it but I'd never go without it. My Bimini is short factory one. Always in the way of board rods but everything else is clear. You can measure your boat and order the Bimini. They come in every size and they are universal. Post a pic if you got one

That's a huge reel. I'd guess '1000 or more. You could fit plenty of backing on there with a 15 color. Probably even fit a 20 color.

I'd recommend the boat doctor in olcott or  krenzers marine (Yankee troller) near sodus. I never dealt with anyone in your requested area but oil and impeller are cake and anyone should be able to do that. This time of year the charter boats and the idiots that didn't winterize can eat up lots of there time along with the fact that it's almost impossible to hire any help they could be booked. Call around and see who can do it in a timely fashion would be my advise.

I don't have any of the live sonars and they look amazing especially for ice fishing but for the price I just can't bite the bullet. I would like some feedback from anyone who has them that thinks there worth the money for someone who only trolls. I'm really thinking I would be better off upgrading my side imaging. If I can mark bait balls and pods of fish to the side and mark them with waypoints it would be more productive on the tough days to add a fish or to as apposed to live imaging where I'd really only see the fish in my spread. When the fishing is good it don't really matter what you got, when your searching for every bite being able to see off to the side has been good for me, just need a bigger better unit. Yankee troller probably has everything in there boat or seen it on the many boats they've done at krenzers marine and I'd pm them and ask there opinion before I dropped the coin on something that much. There opinion means more to me than my own opinion. They are the ones to beat.

1 hour ago, whaler1 said:

Good deal!  Saw you guys out there on my way to work. 

That's the worst way to start the day. I wouldn't even look out there. Lol

I run the Walmart batteries for around $90-$100. On high I'm guessing your motor will draw around 40 amps. So on high for 4 hrs would be around 160 amp hrs. If you run on 1/4 power for 4 hrs it will burn up 40 amp hrs. So if you got a 100 amp hour battery and only ran on 1/4 power average you should be fine for 4 hours and not destroy the battery by under charging to much. If you need to you could run 2 batteries and have plenty.

I always start with mine in the rigger holder but a lot of times when a fish is acting crazy I need more room and start moving rods around and usually set them back where they belong after I get the fish netted and the hot rod reset but in that time there might be a photo taken of rods placed in random holders. Not uncommon for me to have a rigger rod stuck in opposite rigger or even in a dipsy holder.

I usually go to creek rd bait and tackle. Small garage run tackle store ran by the wife of a Niagara river charter captain. Could probably give directions if your not familiar with the gorge.

Yes if he can't help you your only options I know of are to find an old school TV repairman who can repair your board or to just remove the board and wire it with a switch.

I used to have a cooler with 3 pipes screwed to it I kept in the middle for board rods and the net. Then the guy in the front and the back just leaned the rods over the side and held them in place with a foot or held one. It's been out on Ontario once but usually just use it cause it's easy and can launch anywhere. Those down easter holders are good heavy duty holders but expensive. There the only clamp on I've used that I'd recommend. But I still recommend drilling everything down solid.

I actually use it mostly on the Erie canal or small lakes. With an ipilot it's a fishing machine. 

Call Mike's reel repair. He was making new boards for these I think?