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sherman brown

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  1. I like a 10' medium rod for running my lite bite slide divers on walleye on Erie's central basin. I want some give in my rod. I had some nice fish pull the hook even using my medium rods. I have been thinking about trying to find a med/light 10' rod on eBay but I haven't looked yet.
  2. if you can't find anything you want on here and decide to go new I recommend the Cisco tracks as they are high quality at a cheaper price than other name-brand tracks. I do recommend getting the ratcheting rod holders. I use Cannon single axis so I can adjust them just a little or a lot. the dual axis are great holders but to adjust them left to right they have a pin and hole setup where you have to go all the way to the next hole which can be too much. the main reason I use the cannon is they can be set up and down using one hand. all the other brands doesn't have the one-hand feature on it. but the Cannon only has 5 or 6 up-and-down and down settings. the traxstech is my next choice. They can't be set with one hand but they have 17 up-and-down settings starting below 90 degrees and then rising up at very close settings for the ultimate adjustability up or down.
  3. it doesn't really matter on ours. I use a Panther electric tilt on our boat and when we installed our motor we tightened the clamps down as tight as we could get them with both the little handles facing inward then placed a lock through the opening on the handles. plus we drilled two of the mounting holes out on the tilt bracket and installed SS bolts. it would be a total pain to even manually remove our kicker.
  4. can you tell me which model you have? summit makes several models like the Vipor, Goliath, plus more.
  5. I ran mine off the second outlet on the F/W separator to my kicker. I'm not 100% positive on this but I read someplace that legally I had to have a manual shutoff valve on the line going to the kicker. I haven't installed it yet but before she goes back on the water it will have the manual shutoff valve installed.
  6. I have been running 3 rods per side for many years for walleye on Erie. I started with a 24" track but they worked but were close together. I got another 24" and added it giving me 48" of track with a large enough gap to remove my rod holders giving me an extra 4". As far as I'm concerned all I want or need is enough space between them so I can get to one rod without another one interfering with it. just guessing i would say my reels are about 4" to 5" apart. I go more about the space between my reels as they are the widest part and need the most clearance. I run Cannon Ratcheting Holders with the 1st track being Cannon. but the second section of the track is Cisco because the price is much less than Cannon tracks. and use the lite bite slide divers. my oldest son and I went together and bought a 1989 26' Sylvan glass boat that has a lot of space for tracks. I added another 24" Cisco track. now i have extra room for my used Traxstech 45-degree fixed holder we use for our nets. we have a net on both sides in case things get hectic. plus I have an extra rod holder just in case one fails.
  7. when you click on new posts like i do up in the righthand corner there is a bell for notifications and to its right is an envelope for and messages you have not read.
  8. I will get them the next time I go down to my pole barn. but they are almost identical to the sg17lc3b. the color of the metal ring that goes around them are different.
  9. I was down in my pole barn and came across my Daiwa sealine sg17lca reels I no longer use or need. these are small reels and older than the newer sg17lc3b reels. I have 5 working reels and 3 more for parts to repair these reels or repair any of the 5 that might have problems in the future. these reels served me very well for walleye on Erie. for the price I'm asking you could buy these and have them already set up for walleye fishing. I don't think they hold enough line for salmon but if you walleye fish or thinking about walleye fishing you should buy these. or if you know someone who wants to start walleye fishing this would be a great way to get started. 200.00 TAKES IT ALL AND I PAY SHIPPING.
  10. I fish Erie for eyes and run 3 rigs per side. all 3 of mine are 90 degrees straight out the side and parallel to the water. I run my short diver in the back with lite bite slide divers with this one set on 1.5 the middle one on 3 and the front one on 4.5. I set them all on my front one. if I let out 200' of line then I only let out 15' or 20' less line on the middle one the 15' or 20' less than the middle one on the back rig. I have been running my rods this way ever since I started trolling the central basin with divers. but one thing I like to do to give a little more space in the line close to the rod tips is my front rod is 9' my 2nd rod is 8' and my back rod is 7'. I don't know any reason for having them tilted up unless it makes it easier to remove the rod from the holder with a fish on. with the cannon ratcheting holders I use on walleye it's no problem getting it out. I just lift on the rod and the holder ratchets to the upright position and just lifts out of my holder. I have never tried using the slide part of the diver. instead, I use a 7" fluro leader tied to my snubber that's attached in front of the lite bite arm.
  11. you are a great person, KUDOS to you for being a great sportsman. I had a 21' cobia glass open bow boat with a 5.7 Vortec motor and I had used plates for many years. then we found a set in the road near the marina. after trying to find the owner with no luck my son suggested we give them a try one day. it took us a few minutes to figure out how far back to run them and have them work like they should. these were 36" bags. We fish for walleye on Erie and troll with the wind which pushed us very fast but those 36" bags were great. with both bags out we had to bump the throttle up to get up to trolling speed. and some days we only used one bag then on very calm days with my motor idled down to 500 RPMs we didn't use any bags at all. if at all possible it's better to have bags that are a little larger than what you need. it's always better to be able to go too slow than not slow enough. you can always bump the throttle up to get up to speed but there isn't any way to get slower if your bags are too small. another thing you can also use the wind to help control the speed when using bags,
  12. you can have the fish because I don't like the taste. but I'm sure they were fun to catch. but on the other hand that is one great PIG that I would of been proud of. so thanks for posting and for the pictures.
  13. if it bothers you go to Google or YouTube and search for wiring up the radio you have. I haven't wired up a VHF radio for years but the best I remember I only used the plus and negative wires. I believe the other wires might be for external speakers or a PA system. but don't quote that as I'm not sure about any of this except just using the power and ground wires.
  14. it's really hard to suggest one over the other. all of them will be good riggers. what I would do is look at what each one offers like speed, auto stop, and how they stop. I bought new Big Jon pro tournament riggers with auto-stop. the auto stop on them is a bead on the cable that trips a switch on the rigger boom. on our 3rd trip 1 rigger stop didn't work. the next day the other one stopped working. I believe with the speed they go when they start up using 12# weights the soft plastic beads holes were enlarged to a point they failed to keep working. no need to repair them as they wouldn't last. now we just watch the counters and stop them manually.
  15. I would take one of the NMEA 2000 kits for 25.00. I can pay with PayPal and send you the money to cover their fee. just give me a total with shipping and fees.
  16. I was running 3 Cannon ratcheting rod holders on 24" tracks but they were too close for me but they did work. A 36" trach should give you the extra room for your rigger mounted at the very back of the track and have extra space between your holders. you should be good. where are you getting 30" tracks? and what brand are they? Usually track size goes 24" then they jump to 36" and so on. i have looked at Traxstech, Cannon, and Cisco tracks, and all of them jumps to 36" and Cisco has the best price of these brands.
  17. I agree totally with what you're saying. A clip-on weight doesn't release the weight like the rigs I was talking about. Back when I was fishing Lake Michigan for salmon to many guys didn't have riggers and used the drop weight setup to get them down. they were designed to release the weight when a fish hit. I don't have any problem with anyone using inline or clip-on weights. good luck out there and here's wishing you a very great season this coming season.
  18. if he drops the lead ball so he can freely fight the fish in my opinion this is not being a good sportsman. That is the only way I've seen lead weights like that used. it usually has an inline clip that attaches the weight to the line, then when a fish hits it releases the lead ball which drops to the bottom of the lake. so many better ways to get the lure down without filling the lake with lead. using an inline weight like the ones at rednekoutfitters.com they have them from 1 oz up to 6 oz. these work great for getting fairly deep. another great way is to get the lite bite slide diver and the 7 oz kit for them. then if you want to get deeper use wire line. I use them like a dipsy and do not use the slide part I lace my leader through the block in the back and then I just tie an O=RING to my leader and I'm ready to tie a lure on and start fishing., actually, just a regular slide diver would work on salmon. but for walleye on Erie, the lite bite is priceless for releasing on small fish.
  19. I use cannon single axis because they can be set using one hand. at times I start letting my divers out without setting my rod holder where I want it so it's easy to fix this using just one hand. I kept letting the diver out with one hand and using the other hand to set the holder. but if the 1 hand operation doesn't matter to you then by all means get the ratcheting traxstech holders. they are solid holders that have 17 spots to set them in, whereas I believe the cannon only has 5 or 6 spots to set them.
  20. the holders are far enough forward they should clear the handle with some extra room. i have 2 Big Jon electric riggers with Big Jon dual holders mounted on them. i have used the crank several times for small adjustments and the manual crank had plenty of space. and as an option, you may be able to install mounts for your braces far enough ahead to attach your mounts so that you have the whole thing clear. but this is just something you might check out. just take the brace loose at the bottom and move it forward until it could be mounted and SEE IF IT STILL SUPPORTS THE TOP. then if it will work you can add mounts where you can move the braces to the front for fishing then if you wanted you could move them back.
  21. all the old 2-stroke motors were made to run at higher RPMs for optimum performance. and the newer 4 strokes are probably made to run higher for optimum performance but I don't think using a small HP motor for trolling would ever hurt the motor. even a car at idle will have less oil pressure than it does at higher RPMs. but when running at low RPMs it also has so much less strain on the motor and the lower oil pressure is still high enough to oil the motor. the companies that make these lower HP motors have a pretty good notion they will be used as a kicker. and a lot of them are used at idle for many many years. i have an old 2000 model year 9.9 HP Merc for my kicker on my boat so it is already 23 years old and still running sweet and strong. i did have to have the carb rebuilt a couple of years ago. I used an old 79 Merc tower of power inline-six 115 HP for trolling for many years and then while it was still running great the boat was in bad shape. I bought another boat that had a 115 HP Johnson so I sold the old Merc. police cars are idled for so many hours then they will still get 2 or 3 hundred thousand miles on them. i have seen lots of them for sale with well over 200,000 miles on them. and the hours idling couldn't have hurt the motor at all.
  22. those HP four stroke motors will do just what you want. you can manually lower your RPMs by screwing out the idle screw on the card. another option if you don't need to slow down a lot is to drop the pitch on your prop. a 9p prop is supposed to move the boat 9" for every rotation whereas a 7p is only 7" therefore slowing your boat down and running the same RPM. just FYI using a bag for me is much better than using a plate. just make sure you get a trolling bag and not a drift sock. a trolling bag can be used for a drift sock but a drift sock isn't made right to work good trolling. if you do try using a plate get the Easy Troller short plate. if you try a bag try going to amishoutfitters.com and they can help you with the size you need. and so you know using either of these will not hurt a four stroke in the least. running the motor at lower RPMs than factory settings won't hurt it either as long as the motor is running smoothly. I have been using my 5.7 Mercruiser for trolling but it was going a little faster than I wanted and I idled it down to 500 RPMs and that took care of my speed problem. I was going to idle it back up but that was a few years ago and it's still set on 500. I like to troll with the wind for better boat control. and when I do I go way too fast so then I use my bags to slow me down. and I use bags just a little bigger than I need so then I can get very slow and just bump the throttle up a little if I want to run faster, I used a happy troller plate for many years. then I went to the easy troller that I liked better. then I tried using bags and have never looked back.
  23. I admit I was also fooled when buying a Fishfinder off the FB marketplace. the guy didn't have a PP account. we tried to figure out a way to pay him. after a few days, he came up with a friend that said we could use his account but only if we used friends and family. i didn't even think about being scammed. after I paid that was the last time I heard from him or the guy that had an account. PP couldn't help because I paid the money to a friend. but I went to my bank and disputed the charge and was able to get the charge reversed. after the first time, you would have learned something. I found another unit I wanted to buy but he didn't have any way for me to pay him as PP was the only service I had. After I tried getting one he had it and never let me use it. then he came up with using Zelle through my bank. when I was paying I realized it was like giving him the cash. I had second thoughts but I really wanted this FishFinder, so I paid him thinking no way would I get scammed two times in a row. WRONG!!!!!!!!! however, I did get what I wanted and paid with goods and services on PP. but not before another guy tried to scam me. he wanted me to pay friends and family because he was using a business account that froze the money for 30 days. but now I knew better. then he came up with a friend's account and let me pay for goods and services. after I paid I asked when he was going to ship it. he came back with the payment being frozen for some reason and I needed to go to PP and click on the item received. but I knew if I did that he would be gone with my money. so i said he had been paid and the money was in his account so he could ship now. but he said he didn't want to ship it until he had part of the money in his hand. that's when I said if he shipped it by priority mail I would have it in 2 days and could click item received and he could get his money. The money was in his account and i couldn't get it back so the money was his. After a very short time, I went to PP and filed a dispute that he was a scam. I had my money back in less than 2 hours.
  24. it comes down to more people who don't normally get limits. with the extra rod, they have a better chance of getting more fish or even limits that they wouldn't otherwise catch. when they set limits they factor in that most people don't get their limit. after time if more people are getting more fish the limit will have to be reduced to make sure they aren't overharvested. if the population of the fish numbers are stable then they should be left alone. but if the numbers are rising then an extra rod wouldn't hurt anything for a while. but if the numbers are reduced to low then something would have to be done. I remember Lake Erie had so many walleye they didn't have a limit for years. but as more fishermen became aware of the fantastic walleye fishing and started fishing Erie. as the fishermen grew in numbers the amount of fish was reduced to the point they had to put a limit on the fish. the limit has been anywhere from 10 to 4 walleye on Erie just since I started fishing on Erie.
  25. I would have thought about buying it just for a spare. but you're just too far away. I live in east central Indiana. and it is a good looking trailer.
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