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  1. sherman brown
    if you would split them up and sell me 5 that I want for walleye I would gladly pay 25.00 shipped. I would take the 4 on the right on the top row and the red or orange one in the second row.
  2. sherman brown
    will just an HDS9 even work with a live scan transducer?? I have a hds9 gen 3 and didn't know it would work with a live scan transducer. I believe you need a carbon or an HDS live unit to get live scan to work but I could be very wrong. and if I am please set me straight, right now I have the structure scan 3D and transducer or I have a 3 n 1 transducer I can use. but I haven't mounted it in the boat yet.
  3. sherman brown
    I believe you are the first fisherman that admits to having to many lures, LOL. I had lures for every kind of fishing even a lot of saltwater lures in my pole barn and some a**holes broke in and took everything I had. they even took full tackle boxes of 3, 4, and 5 oz no roll sinkers I had for saltwater fishing. they took my high five ss prop of my boat and took the vhf radio out of the boat. just too much to list all the other stuff like my almost new welder and my brand-new champion dual fuel generator., and the list just keeps going., I knew who did it but the police said without proof there was just nothing i could do.
  4. sherman brown
    those are some great looking spoons for sure. i am very temped to buy them for walleye on Eries central basin, but just can't pull the trigger. but i may change my mind and buy them later. the only big thing that's standing in my way is I just bough over 150.00 in spoons from fishusa.com if not for that I wouldn't have much of a problem. I don't know how they work on salmon, but I believe some of them would be awesome for Erie eyes.
  5. sherman brown
    are you the Outwest on ogf. I haven't talked to you for a while if you are. but I just wanted to say hey. i have a bass boat and trailer without titles with a little older good running 70 hp Johnson that i would let go for 800.00. you could check to see what yrs will fit your motor or just use the motor. i thought my 115 hp motor was done so i bought this rig for the motor but didn't need it after my 115 was fixed.
  6. sherman brown
    i would do like Andre says. i would wait until spring to see what's new and lower prices on outgoing models. all the new models come out early and some have great sale prices. and usually, the units being replaced are priced where you can save hundreds on them.,
  7. sherman brown
    I have to totally agree with bulletbob on the 4.3 motors being the same motor. just the outside of the motor is a little different. but the bare long blocks are the same. and yes, they are a very good dependable motor. but i would fully check everything out before doing anything. the 1st thing i would recommend doing is turn the motor over a few times if it's not locked up or won't start then i would do a compression check to see if it has good even compression. if you have 1 or more cylinders that's much lower than the rest then i would look at having it rebuilt or replacing it,. if I were replacing it, I would check eBay if looking for a used engine. and I would want to know the compression on the engine. if I wanted a better engine, I would go to michiganmotorz.com and get a new vortec 4.3 base engine and a 4-barrel intake and carb and any other things I needed to make it work. I think with your older motor you would have to get an intake and electric fuel pump to make it work for you. but you can save a few hundred by getting a rebuilt but then you would only save about 325.00. you can also look on eBay for older engines that's a direct replacement for your year boat.
  8. sherman brown
    how long have you had the unit, is it still under warranty? go to their website and contact them and tell them what your unit is doing and ask if they can help you. I bought some used hds units and asked about using the transducer that came with it. it came with a gen 1 but I have a gen 3 touch that I want to use the best transducer for fishing Lake Erie. but they want the numbers off the transducer before they can advise me. and I have been procrastinating and haven't sent it to them yet.
  9. sherman brown
    Garmin does make nice units. but another one to check out is Lowrance.
  10. sherman brown
    I live and hunt in IN and we have a late antlerless hunt after the gun and muzzleloader hunts. myself, I just don't believe they should have an antlerless hunt before the gun hunt. the bucks are spooky enough the way it is. after the 2nd day of our gun hunt on public land the bucks disappear and become scarce. we have at least 1 or more antlerless tags in most counties here. but you can only take the allocated number from each county. but no limit on the total deer taken in the state as long as we change counties to take them. and no daily limit on antlerless deer. i can take up to 8 in Switzerland county then move to Jefferson County and take 4 there. as long as i change counties after a county quota is taken.
  11. sherman brown
    I am sorry it's taking me so long to check my old prop. but I have been sidetracked by personal issues that I can't go into here. I have to take my truck in for a front brake job in the morning and my wife's car in to get the inside door latch on the driver's side checked out. I will try to get out tomorrow or Thursday and check my prop.
  12. sherman brown
    I don't like butting in but if you don't get what you want I know a place that sell the dredge type fish weights at a reasonable price. i had never used these until our trip to Erie this year. i was using 12# pancake weight on my riggers. but my son and I bought a boat that had 8# dredge weights and we forgot to load the pancake weights, so we were stuck using the 8# weights. as much blowback as we got with the pancake weights, I just knew we were going to get a mile of blowback. but to my surprise the blowback was about half as much as with my old weights. i bought 1 10# coated weight for 42.00 shipped. he has heavier weights and has uncoated weights at lower prices. if you want to get in touch with him, send me a message and I'll get his info and send back to you.
  13. sherman brown
    it shouldn't be much longer until the fish start staging off the river mouths. but until then troll your spoons at 3.0 to 3.5 gps speeds for summer kings. I troll spoons in Erie for walleye at speeds of 2.8 to 3.2 and catch lots of fish. kings will want they're lures as fast as walleye or faster. as for your dr cables going under the boat that's not a sign of under currents but rather the direction the wind is blowing, or the top of the lake is moving. we have the same problem on Erie when trolling cross current to the waves. the waves pushes the boat and on the downward side the cables tend to be going toward the boat while the other side will be going away from the boat. even our divers will run to the upside of the boat and will cause tangles when reeling in fish but is much worse when letting them back out. but now, if at all possible, I troll with the wind for better control. the speed will jump around but I'm not sure that's such a bad thing.
  14. sherman brown
    I might be interested if you will ship for the 115.00. but I need to check and see what prop I have now on my 87 115 Johnson I bought recently. I haven't checked anything as the motor wasn't running when I got it. but was able to get it fixed. I have only had it out 1 time so far and she does great with the prop that's on it. it doesn't have a tach, so I don't want to go down in pitch. send me a message if you're interested.
  15. sherman brown
    what hp is the hull rated for. I believe you would be so much better off if you just sold the 2 small motors and got one larger hp motor. if we didn't live so far apart, I have a great running 70 hp Johnson, I could give you a great price on. my 115 wasn't running and I didn't know if it could be fixed so I bought the 70 hp to replace it. but the 115 got fixed and I have no need for the 70.
  16. sherman brown
    was the wind blowing hard out of the east? this can cause a lake to drop if it blows for a while. i was up on Erie the last part of July and the lake was just fine.
  17. sherman brown
    not only should you check the hitch, but the ball should be checked before any trip. it doesn't happen often, but the nut does come off. I found this out the hard way. I hooked up to the trailer and took off on our 70-mile trip. we got about 1/3 of the way and went over a rr track. everything got crazy. the boat was swaying back and forth like crazy. it was jerking us around like a rag doll. I very slowly applied the brakes, and it started moving forward real slow. once it moved forward and took the slack out of the safety chains I laid down on the brake and pulled over. so, we were stranded. the ball was still in the trailer with the nut and washer missing. i walked back to the rr tracks and thought i saw the nut lying about 50' down the road before the rr tracks. got to the nut and was looking around for the washer. then i found 2 pieces of the washer. it had broken in the middle and wasn't working to keep the nut from backing off. tried to get it back together but the threads were shot where the ball hit the pavement when it was loose. got to looking behind the seat and found another ball. shortly i was safely back on the road after the lock washer failed and could have caused a major accident.
  18. sherman brown
    a 9.9 should be great as we use a 9.9 big foot on our 26' boat. i use mercury on mine but i guess any of the top brands would work. i have a 02 mercury 9.9 tiller with the start button on the tiller that's a great looking and great starting with electric starting and running motor, and she runs awesome for sale for 1600.00 that'll knock your socks off. but i would guess you live too far away to make the trip to pick it up. as for the batteries you need to get an isolator to control which battery is getting charged when it has the lowest charge. this switch is automatic and keeps both batteries charged. there is another switch that does this but for the life of me i can't remember what it's called. and if possible, you should put the kicker mount on the opposite side of the boat to balance the extra weight. but the 9.9 4 stroke merc only weighs a little over 100# dry.
  19. sherman brown
    don't know anything about the rods but those convectors are great long lasting reels. I have a friend that charters out of Geneva Ohio for walleye that used all convector 30's for running wire and they work great for him. I have a few that I got for trolling our local lake. they were great until I stopped trolling at home. but mine are the 20's. Saturday was the first trip out to our lake in yrs. I've had a boat setting around the house ready to use at home but when my younger brother died and so did a big part of me. he was my best friend that I could count on for doing anything with me or for me. most people go through life and never find not 1 person they can really count on. I had a bad experience with the madga pro reels. the drags sucked. they would work ok then just start loosening up. line then they would get tight. i contacted the company and they told me it was probably the drag washers being dry. then he said they made them very fast to keep up with demand. and it didn't happen often, but the drag washers didn't get oil. but they would start working after the washers were seated in, or i could just go in and lube the washers. then he told me what type of oil to use. I've had great service with the convectors. i just bought 4 of the Okuma cold water 203 reels for trolling Erie for walleye. 1 reel was Doa but the other 3 were awesome so far. they are very smooth, and the drags worked like you would want them to. i would spend the extra money and get the Okuma or Daiwa sealine lc3b reels. the Shimano Takota and daiwa Lexa i think is what it' s called. both make a great reel, but these are very costly. but if the convector, or the daiwa sealine lc3b reels are not in your budget the daiwa accudepth plus or the Okuma madga pro are your best choice. but i would choose the daiwa accudepth plus over the Okuma madga pro reels.
  20. sherman brown
    if you have a wall mart nearby, they sell 18 large Canadian crawlers at a not too bad of a price. I think they even do mail order for 250 crawlers for around 42.00. they come in a Styrofoam block with a freeze pack that can be reused.
  21. sherman brown
    I think I might have a flat sinker mold, but I believe it's a 3 oz to 6 oz. I'm not just sure it goes to 6 though. i believe it has 3oz 4oz and 5oz. if you might be interested give me a shout on messages. back when i was a little younger and was in better health and my sister and brother n law lived in Fl, I would go visit them and fish. after i retired i started going for the month of feb and fished under the bridge at ft pierce Fl in the Intercoastal close to the inlet there. we had a problem with round sinkers rolling until something stopped them. by that time they would be hung up. so after some time i switched to flat sinkers and helped the problem. hey i just thought before i switched to flat I had a round mold that I used to make sinkers. i may still have it. I will try to get out to the pole barn and check and see just what i do have. you can message me and make me an offer if you're interested in them. I believe the round mold is 2 to 5 or 2 to 6 oz sinkers. they 10# electric pot. which i will sale to you along with the molds. i'm sure i have the flat sinker mold but i'm not sure on the round one. i sold a bunch of jig and small sinker molds and may have sold it, but I don't think I did.
  22. sherman brown
    tuffishooker didn't say it but implied it would slow him down to trolling speeds which would equate to about 2 mph or more depending on if he wants to troll cranks in the spring which is done at speeds around 1.5. and i have heard of guys even running slower. and by slowing his boat by dropping pitch he would have better boat control than using bags. my MerCruiser 350 was idling about 3.7 with a 19p 3 blade that was way over propped when loaded for Erie. it took forever to get on plane but changing to a high five 17 pitch and idling the motor down from 700 to 650 did slow me down enough to troll summer speeds of 1.8 to 2.0 mph on calm water. but to troll with the wind if we had any wind to amount to anything I needed bags to slow me down. and I don't fish springtime for walleyes. but dropping 2 degrees and going to a 5 blade and decreasing the rpms did slow me down.
  23. sherman brown
    I have never seen dropping 2 degrees in pitch slow a boats idle speed down 2 mph with a MerCruiser motor. it may work better on a small outboard than with an MerCruiser. but you can do that along with idling the motor down as low as it will still idle smooth., I had a 350 vortec 315 hp that was idling at 700 then I lowered it to 600 and it made enough difference that I only needed bags when trolling with the wind. smooth water or trolling across the wind i could run 1.8 to 2.0 without bags. and I know the fish sometimes want you going against the wind bit I will try not to do that.
  24. sherman brown
    not only the oil but it helps keep the batteries charged if running riggers and electronics.
  25. sherman brown
    yes, you can use it because in my older motors I just used auto gear oil for years. but I wouldn't use it now except in an emergency. outboard oil has cleaners and anti-foam additive in it auto oils don't have. which means better contact with moving parts. but you can use it in a pinch but i would plan on changing it back to lower unit oil by the end of the season.
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