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Yeah, I always thought they were the most beautiful salmonoid fish in the great lakes. I am 74 years old and don't see me getting up there in the near future. all my old fishing buddies have passed away and my son who goes with me to Erie once a year most years just wouldn't be interested in fishing for salmon. even though he cut his teeth fishing for them on Lake Michigan.

please stop your killing me, we paid 8.900.00 for our Sylvan and I like your boat so much better. I can't believe someone hasn't bit your offer. your equipment is worth half of what you're asking.

are the Atlantic a common catch? I fished Lake Michigan for a few years from the mid 70s until the mid 80s and always hoped I would catch one, but I never did. but they were dwindling down them.

that could be your problem. the transducer is much too high and should be lowered just a little below the bottom of the boat. i have mine where the bottom of my transducer is below the bottom of my boat with the top part of my ducer above the bottom and tilted slightly up in the front, so I get a smoother water contact on the bottom of my ducer. try this on your ducer and I'm almost positive it will cure your problem.

did I miss something or did you list a price? I have an 89 115 HP Johnson and if it fits I'm interested in your prop if the price isn't to awful high.

if someone wants to get started rigger fishing for cheap, they will probably never find another deal like this. the listing says 50.00 the ad says 2 riggers so I am assuming that's 2 riggers for 50.00 even though if it's each it still will be a good entry point price even though it doesn't say for each.

sounds like a fair price for 2 of any working electric riggers. and those have a good reputation. at that price if I thought I would ever need them I might bite. but a have an almost new set of Big Jon's off my old boat plus 2 good working older Cannons that came on my oldest sone boat when we bought it. then someone had a Cannon listed for 200.00 with everything needed for it with AutoStop when the ball breaks water. here's wishing you the very best on selling them so someone else will get some use out of them. if someone is just starting out or someone using manual's these will be hard to beat for 400.00 for both.

I don't even use them on my Cannon tracks any more except the back one stays on all the time.

how do I get some of these for walleye fishing Lake Erie? # 1 and #2 in purple not blue 2 each #8 #11 and #12 2 each i would like to see how they work on Erie's central basin out of Geneva Ohio. who knows a blind, drunk, and thrill-seeking sheepshead might run into one of them on a dark cloudy night? LOL.

the short blocks I have bought in the past came with new rods and pistons, rings, and bearings, but didn't have any of the items that go on the block like heads, pans, fuel pump, and so on. but before i used the old heads I would have a valve job done on them. but remember this has been my experience with short blocks.

I would have never forgave myself if I had taken money for them!

I hated them so bad I was too ashamed to sell them, so i just gave them away.

you're talking about the rod holders, right? I gave mine away to a needy fisherman just getting started. i hated the rod holders from the first time I used them and switched to Cabela's quick draw holders. they worked great for most types of fishing, but for trolling with divers they had a bad twist that worried me even though they never failed me, but I went to the Cannon tracks and ratcheting holders and never looked back. and they have been a blessing for running 3 divers per side for walleye, but i have no known to me if they hold up for salmon fishing. but the Tite Loc tracks seem to be good solid heave duty tracks.

I would have loved to have had an offer like yours a few years ago when we bought our 89 26' Sylvan. I have always wanted a hardtop, but it always seemed like I was either a day late or a dollar short. good luck of the sale of your boat.

I gave all my old title lock rod holders away and installed cannon tracks to start, then added Cisco tracks later, and went with cannon catching rod holders. But I believe Traxstech has the sturdiest ratcheting holders, as I tried them because they have 17 up and down adjustments. But I went back to Cannon as they are one-handed operation. But I fish for walleye and believe the Traxstech might be best for salmon. I didn't have a clue and started with 24" tracks that worked for my 3 divers on each side with the Sealine Sg17lca reels, which are small. However, they were still cramped, so I added another 24" track in front of the ones I had. However, when we got another larger boat, I added another 24" track. The price has gone wild on tracks. I just bought an old 18-foot glass boat with a 14-HP Mercruiser to use on Erie's central basin when my son doesn't go with our 26-foot boat. I may have made a mistake and bought Tite Lock tracks for it. I will have to check them out, and if I'm not happy, I will return them and get Cisco or Muddycreek tracks. I got 36-foot tracks, which should be long enough for me. But in retrospect, the 3 24" tracks work pretty darn good, but cost more than 1 long one to start with. I recommend you mount them as far back as you can. Get the longest track that will fit on your gunwale. with the 3 24" we run 3 in the back for our divers plus 2 more for spares plus 1 fixed at a angle out that we use for our nets. And I don't use my riggers in the tracks as I have them mounted as far back as I can and still reach them. Hope I haven't bored you to sleep.

I was where you are at about 20 + or _ years ago. But I lucked out, so when I started looking to upgrade to electric, I had a little money saved but not a lot. eBay had 2 Big Jon dealers having a price war. I ended up getting 2 of the pro tournament riggers with auto stop for 500.00 for the pair, then checked with the other guy and got 2 more for 525.00 for a pair. These were normally selling for over 800.00 each. But I had been cranking ever since I started salmon fishing, and still doing it later for walleye. But I did drop to 2 for walleye. I am 74 now and couldn't do manuals now. But it was like kicking my behind for waiting so long to switch, but money was always tight. The boat my son and I bought came with 2 cannon riggers that still work. The auto stop on my Big Jon's had stopped working, not long after I got them, so we're using the Cannon riggers. But I just bought a nice cannon with an extendible boom and auto stop when the ball comes out of the water. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet, but I paid 200.00 for it, including shipping with PayPal goods and services, and sent an extra 20.00 for fees, so I'm protected if it doesn't work. I bought this for my side of the boat to make it easier on me on the side I cover. But if I find another one similar for a similar price, I may get it. You should be able to find 2 riggers for 400.00 to 500.00 that you can pay using a payment service like PayPal or Cash App for goods, then you have something like 90 days to file a dispute, and they usually refund your money. But never pay that much money in cash or to friends and family unless you know and trust them.