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2018 Tohatsu 8hp 4 stroke motor, long shaft, tiler steer, manual start, manual tilt, no charging. Comes with a Control King remote throttle setup (not installed), and the 3.3 gallon factory tank with hose. Bought this brand new last summer has maybe 40hrs on it, runs flawless. Also comes with a 4 blade hi-thrust Tohatsu prop and the original 3 blade that was never used, I can also include a panther steering link to connect this to main motor for steering (FYI rod has been cut to fit my setup, but should work for someone looking to mount directly on the transom and connect to an outboard) Pickup only in the Utica/Rome area or we can arrange something in the Mexico/Oswego area on a weekend I am up there fishing. Selling because it's too small for the new boat. $1400

17p is in the ballpark for a prop on a 5.7... you could try a 19p but sounds like it could be something else wrong.

Sure you can go longer if you want. My copper and LC setups don't have linecounters so I just make sure there is at minimum enough backing so the lead is underwater. 2 colors plus leader and atleast some backing puts me at close to 80ft in the water already.

Enough backing to make sure all of the lead is in the water.

Paypal offers that deal all the time also, which is exactly what I used when I bought mine. I don't remember exactly what their price was but regular price is like $850 for the X4D and I think Northwoods was in the $750 range + shipping.

https://northwoodsoutlet.com/product/fish-hawk-x4d-system/ Their price is the best you will find online for a new setup. You have to call or email to get the price, basically because it's so low they cant advertise it.

Well it's gonna depend on what lb mono you're putting on first of all, nobody can answer without knowing that. Most people use 30 size reels for wire so it's gonna be tough to find an exact number for a 45 size reel anyway. But here's how you do it with any lb mono or braid. I'm assuming you're spooling up 2 identical reels at the same time.... 1) Tape wire to spool and reel on all 1000' 2) attach mono to wire with Albright knot (or other knot of your choosing) 3) reel on mono until the spool looks full. 4) measure out 100ft on your lawn/driveway/etc 5) walk out your reel to the 100ft mark and check counter. 6) repeat step 5 adding/removing mono until your counter says 100 at the 100ft mark 7) tie mono to spool of 2nd empty reel 8 ) zero out counter on 2nd reel and reel on all of the mono. 9) Note the number on the counter when the mono is finished (we will call it 'X') 10) continue reeling all the wire off reel 1 onto reel 2 11) Reel 'X' amount of mono onto reel 1 12) Attach wire and reel on all 1000' Now you have 2 perfectly full/tuned reels.... sounds like a lot of work but it really shouldn't take more than 20 mins to do it right. These same steps will work for doing 2 identical setups of copper or leadcore as well.

I use 27# leadcore for salmon/trout and 12# for walleye. You can use mono for backing or braid. I use mono for 3 or less colors and then change to braid for longer LC setups.

I have never used a special rod for leadcore, the outside sheath is basically just braided line. Pretty much any Med trolling rod will do the job, I prefer an 8ft rod but that's just me.

what kind of speeds/rpms were you seeing when it was running right? Did it just randomly start going slower one day or has it progressively been getting slower?

fish hawk reads speed off a paddle wheel... it will almost never be right unless you're in flat calm conditions. GPS is measuring speed over ground where a paddle wheel is measuring speed through water. Technically they are two different things. With any kind of waves/currents a paddlewheel will always read different than GPS. If you have GPS I would use that for speed and ignore what the fishhawk says, for this purpose. Were you only getting 22mph before you changed props? Did you put on a different pitch prop? What does the factory equip that boat with for a prop? Sounds like maybe someone changed props at some point to an incorrect size/pitch and then it became the new "factory" prop (aka you didn't know someone before you changed it and you assumed it was "factory"). I would find out what size/pitch prop came with the boat right off the factory floor and make sure that is what you're using. Props are expensive and if a previous owner damaged the factory one he may have just put on whatever he had available at the time and just left it that way and sold the boat. If you're the original owner and never touched the prop before disregard all of this lol.

For under $300 you can get yourself a brand new Humminbird Helix 5 CHIRP GPS combo. That unit will do everything you need it to catch fish. Or you can look used or ebay and maybe find a deal on something larger or with more options depending on what you're looking for.

What brand net is it? Most companies sell extensions or longer handles for their nets. I know Beckman, Ranger and Frabil all do this. If you're looking just material to do it yourself checkout McMaster-Carr, they carry just everything you can think of. Looks like they have aluminum hex tube up to 1.5".... https://www.mcmaster.com/hexagonal-tubing

Don't know that but it's easy to figure out. Assuming you're gonna do two identical reels with wire (since most ppl do them in pairs)… tape wire to your spool, reel on all 1000ft of wire, attach mono and reel until spool looks full, measure out 100ft, walk out those 100ft adding/removing mono until reel says 100 when you're at the 100ft mark. Zero out counter on 2nd reel, reel all the mono off 1st reel onto 2nd reel, note the number on the counter when mono ends ('X'), reel everything onto the 2nd reel. Now reel that 'X' amount of mono onto the first reel, attach wire and reel all of it onto first reel. Now you have 2 tuned reels with the right amount of backing. just a guess but you're prolly gonna need in the ballpark of 600+ft of 30lb mono, since a shimano 700 is larger than an okuma 30.

For browns I run the same setups I use for walleye... 12lb big game mono to an 8lb flouro leader. Never had a problem with browns and even landed a couple low teens kings with these setups. Like others have said, set your drags right and don't horse them in and you will be fine.

Well I don't know how much tape you put on your spool or if bloodrun wire is different than the AFW camo wire but I ended up needing almost 100yds of 20lb backing to get my counters to be right. I literally just spooled these reels 2 days ago, first reel I put the whole 1000ft of wire on. Measured out 100ft in my yard and walked it and the line counter did not read 100. So I added backing on top until it was right and then reeled it onto my 2nd reel. I don't remember the exact number I used for backing but it was very close to 100yds.

I can tell you for certain that an Okuma Coldwater 30 with 1000' of wire needs backing or the counter will be off. Looks like the Saltist 30 has less line capacity that an Okuma 30. It may end up not needing any backing but your best option is to do what Yankee said and find out for sure. I don't like having braid tied directly to the spool, so if you do end up needing backing I would use some mono instead of braid imo.

Really looking for the LS high speed level wind version But I would consider a 55L as well.