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  1. sherman brown
    do you have your gps set on mph or knots? I think a knot is something like 1.3 mph so 22 x 1.3 is a little over 28 mph. check your gps and see which one your using.
  2. sherman brown
    the speed and the rpm's don't seem to match. I don't run my 5.7 over 5000 rpm's in my 21' glass boat and run well over 30 mph. maybe your prop hub is slipping. are you plaining off ok? what type speedometer are you going by? if your going by a dash speedometer that is run off water pressure the pitot tube could be blocked.
  3. sherman brown
    I have drilled holes through the cavitation plate and mounted a trolling plate to it. I see no reason that it would hurt anything.
  4. sherman brown
    hopefully you'll never have to change another one.
  5. sherman brown
    great price on a nice fishing boat.
  6. sherman brown
    how about wall-eye doctor. its catchy and its not about drugs.
  7. sherman brown
    the traxstech holders fits my cannon tracks just fine. I don't know why the cannon wouldnt fit traxstech tracks.
  8. sherman brown
    if you are going to be running riggers its probably best to use some type of backing plate or maybe fender washers. I just have my tracks mounted with ss screws screwed into the fiber glass. works great for running 3 dipsy's on each side. however I did run 2 big jon 48" boom with 12# weights last yr on one trip. didnt have any problems at all. but it was a one time thing. if I decide to run them all the time i'll switch to machine screws and put fender washers and nuts on my tracks.
  9. sherman brown
    thats the way I mounted my two 24" tracks but I only left about a 5" gap. its easy to remove the rod holders this way. and I believe its better to have to much track than to not have enough.
  10. sherman brown
    I like a longer track so I can space my holders out. I started with a 24" but didnt have enough spacing for 3 rods running dipsy's. so I added another 24". now I have room for 3 rods and one for the net. you cant go wrong with the longer track. I have the cannon single axis ratcheting holders and they are the best holder you can get in my opinion. I tried the double axis but the left to right adjustment was from one pin hole to another. the single axis is as much or as little as you want.
  11. sherman brown
    i've decided to stick with the cannon as it takes one hand to lower the holder. the 17 adjustments on the traxstech is better than the cannon. but with the rod in one hand its nice to be able to lower the holder just by squeezing the holder and adjusting it. the traxstech takes both hands.
  12. sherman brown
    I have used seaguar inviz x for my downriggers on erie's central basin. but I split a spool on 2 reels. never used it on a spinning reel.
  13. sherman brown
    don't have any need for the 25" shaft. would love to have one with a 20".
  14. sherman brown
    go to tracks and get cannon ratcheting single axis holders from amazon.com.
  15. sherman brown
    still looking.
  16. sherman brown
    knew the boat would sell at that price, it was priced to sell. I would love to have had 3500.00 to spare. I would have bought the boat for a spare in case my boat died. congrats on the sale.
  17. sherman brown
    you can get a new easy troller off ebay for 125.90. just make sure to get the standard and not the short one. at least check them out before you buy.
  18. sherman brown
    if you have a choice the easy troll is the best of them all.
  19. sherman brown
    yeah it sounds like you might be over correcting. I trolled for yrs with an I/0 before getting auto pilot. you do have to stay alert and not let the bow get to far over before making a small correction then wait to see if it was enough. try to always troll with the wind or at a angle with the wind. trolling against the wind is just asking for steering problems. I once fished by myself in pretty rough water. I angled the boat with the wind, tied a 6v flashlight to the bottom of the steering wheel. and it did most of the steering for me. I only had to adjust once in a while.
  20. sherman brown
    still looking.
  21. sherman brown
    mounted with a good antenna. something like the Shakespeare 5225 xt. the quality of the antenna is more important than the radio. just get a radio with the bells and whistles you want. but do not scrimp on the antenna. a hand held is good around the dock or in a group of boats. but a fixed with a good antenna is good for 15+ miles. I splurged and got a new radio with built in gps for my boat.
  22. sherman brown
    I had my youngest son drain my 5.7 a few yrs ago. took the boat in to the marina for an oil change in the spring. all the freeze plugs on one side was out. very lucky the engine didnt crack. it turned out the drain was stopped up with sand and the motor hadn't drained. now I make sure the water drains and I leave the petcocks open until I use the boat in the spring. I wont venture to guess if the small amount of water in your motor would cause a crack. why didnt you leave the plugs out so any extra water could drain?
  23. sherman brown
    I switched to the lite bite slide divers a few yrs ago and would never go back to std divers. I don't use the slide part but lace a piece of heavy braid through the back then attach my snubber then a 6' to 8' fluro leader. I tie to a split ring lace it through the back going in the lite bite arm. set the tension loose and the diver will trip on small fish. for walleye they are the best diver made.
  24. sherman brown
    I would list them for 100.00 each. thats a fair price but not on the high end. you can always lower the price if they don't sell. but you cant raise the price once you list them and get flooded with buyers. i've seen them priced from 50.00 to 150.00. I sold the one I had for 60.00 shipped last summer.
  25. sherman brown
    12# balls are good for anyplace you fish erie. I used 10# on the western basin. but didnt like the blowback fishing 50' to 60' on the central basin so I switched to 13# pancake weights. 12# will work great either place. I run both harnesses and spoons in the summer depending on the fish. but mostly fish spoons on my riggers. for early trolling the westers basin (april early may) shallow diving cranks off riggers at 1.0 to 1.5 will catch fish. use bandits, reef runners, husky jerks, flatlined should catch fish. don't be afraid to try hot n tots as they was our staple back when I fished the western basin. there are so many eater eyes in erie right now you should be able to catch fish. we started fishing the western basin back in the early 80's. now is the only time i've seen fishing as good as it was then.
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