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sherman brown

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  1. I tell you the traxstech retriever is the best one made at this time. go to there web site traxstech.com. I think they call them traxstech pully retriever. the cost is like 21.00 and worth every cents
  2. yeah it doesn't matter your age. nobody should go out there without a working radio. he should get a meddle just for going fishing at that age.
  3. we just use a heavy rubber band over the handle.
  4. a new one on ebay is about 125.00 each. I have never heard of them going bad. 150.00 shipped for 2 bases is a good price if they are in good shape.
  5. what size are the spoons? what brand are the spoons? I have mostly galeforcetackle.com spoons and harnesses. but I do have some stinger scorpion spoons.
  6. I done gave my old radio away on another forum. he was looking for cheep rod holders. I had a few of my old holders so I gave them to him. he's trying to get ready for erie. so I asked him if he needed a old radio. I ended up giving the holders and radio to him just to help him out. the old radio worked good. the only reason I was giving it away was I upgraded to a radio with built in gps.
  7. just remember the antenna is the heart of the system. if you get a good radio with and a cheap antenna you will be doing an injustice to yourself. your bettor off getting a cheaper radio and getting something better in the antenna. I had a cheap radio and cheap make do antenna. it worked ok for me until I upgraded the antenna. I kept reading and hearing that the antenna was the most important part. so I upgraded the antenna and im glad I did. my cheap radio with the new upgrade antenna was wonderful. but I did upgrade my radio with one that has gps. but the cheap radio was working great with the new antenna. my first recommended antenna is the Shakespeare 5225 xt. it cost about 125.00 on ebay.
  8. are those rod holder ratchet holders or just adjustable holders?
  9. if I didnt live so far from you i'd jump om this deal. but just to far away.
  10. have you tried the traxstech retrievers yet? they are the best out there. they work just like the others but have much better rollers that retrieves the ball. they might cause the same problem as the others but you need to try them before you give up and say there's nothing you can do.
  11. unless you moved the distributor I wouldnt think its off by much. but if the electrical ignition was installed recently it could be off it isn't a big job to get the timing right. I would guess its in the carb. was the air screws adjusted with the motor running? if not its easy to get close. the way I always set mine back when I was drag racing. turn the screws all the way in, now turn then out 1 1/2 turns, go by the tach with the motor warmed up and running. and turn them out 1/2 turn each and see if the rpm goes up. continue this until you get max rpm's. then turn them back in 1 turn. this will get you very close. the high octane gas doesn't really help unless the motor knocks. but if you want gas without alcohol then it isn't going to hurt anything. another thing that might help. go to a auto parts and ask if they have a hotter plug that replaces the plugs you have now.
  12. if the accudepth are in good condition your asking about half of new. somebody should grab them up.
  13. fishusa.com had them a while back. if you don't find some used ones then you can start hunting on the web. sherman
  14. no more than riggers are used while fishing they should not effect the battery at all if your running your main motor. I use 2 big jon pro tournament riggers I use on erie and never even noticed and change in my battery.
  15. I don't know about the cannons but big jon can be made short or long with the sectional booms. I seen a couple of nice used big jons on ebay a couple of days ago. I just checked and there still there. its 2 riggers for 500.00 but will take offers.
  16. to drop 3000.00 on the price is a big chunk of change. if I had 4500.00 to spend i'd buy it and store it until my boat dies. how much would you knock off if you kept all the electrical, downriggers and any other things you might be able to sell. I have the old lowrance 38c hd that I would mount on the boat. and I have 2 big jon pro tournament riggers that hasn't been used a dozen times yet.
  17. is it a long shaft? 20" is a long shaft.
  18. you need to adjust the ez steer connecting arm to shorten the travel to the right an adjust to get more travel to the left.
  19. I cranked those manual riggers for over 35 yrs. but I was watching ebay when these 2 suppliers got in a price war per say. I picked up one new pro tournament riggers for 525.00 then I contacted the other one and he let me have one for the same price. but I ended up with getting four of them for that price. but 4 with 6 lite bite slide divers was just to much work. so I sold 2 of them. the only regret was that I hadn't bought electric riggers much sooner. I fish the central basin for eyes. the electric riggers saves my old broken down body.
  20. I fished by myself. I started going with the waves and tied a 6 volt light to the steering wheel to keep it from turning on its own. worked good but not as good as auto pilot. but it did hold course good enough to set rods and get my limit in short order.
  21. if I was in the market for a boat I would jump on this one with both feet. or if I had 3000.00 extra cash I would buy it and park my old boat and use this one. just hang on to it someone will understand what a deal they are getting.
  22. I used a 10' diver rod to run my lite bite divers. but it was a little cumbersome. now I use a 7' in the back, then an 8' in the middle, and a 9' in front. this way it keeps my lines apart.
  23. I use the whooping stick for riggers and they work great for downriggersl. I was using the 9' med action for saltwater fishing. but they don't have it anymore. so I went with the 8' and couldn't be happier. when hooked to a nice redfish or black drum i've had them bend the rods down to the water. its rated for 4# to 20# line. but I was using 30# braid on them. I've not had one break even with what I put them through. I had a couple of black beauty rods I got off ebay that were good rigger rods.
  24. you have them priced to sale. if I was even thinking about riggers I would have bought them. but I already have 2 big jon riggers for my boat.
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