pukingdog

Point I was trying to make was: if you want to add lifetime hunting/fishing license and to add safe boating cert to your driver's license: you should do them all at once for 1 fee of $13. If you go to dmv to modify your drivers license, it's $13 every time you make a separate change and they have to replace your old identification. I also talked to a coast guard power squadron guy that told me DEC guys at Lake George were not recognizing anchor symbol on drivers license and insisted on see only the sale boating certificate. Don't know for sure if that's true but that what he told me over the phone when I inquired about getting anchor symbol on my license with my old 1968 certificate.

Southtowns Walleye club is giving course April 26th. $35 includes lunch. Takes all day. Register online by April 4th. I had the course in 1968. Took certificate to NY DMV. They would not put it on my driver license because it was not legible enough to copy as proof. They said I can put my lifetime hunting license on my driver license for $13 and my boating cert for another $13 when I complete the course again. I told them to pound salt.

I had cables crossing when I first started using pancake weights. The trick is to bend the tail of the pancake weights in a vice to get the weight to travel away from the boat like a dipsey does. Bend one right and bend the other left. Then you have to color code the weight to match the correct side of the boat. I do that with red and green refractive colored lure tape. I put a piece on the ball and the same color on my down rigger. Then just match pancake to rigger. Haven't had a crossed cable since. I do always keep my riggers on the correct side of the boat because I have one side of the boat wired for my sub-troll temp and speed sensor. If you don't have a need to do that, put the tape on the gunnel instead of the rigger. I like having a little additional spread to my down cables, especially when running paddles and spin doctors. Gives you a little more separation. I like pancake weights and torpedo weights. Round Balls are my least favorites, but I have all 3 styles on board. I've also seen a cable jump the roller on cannon Mag 10 end pulley on a buddies boat. That will really screw up a cable and can cost you a hundred or more when the cable eventually breaks. If you have a down speed/temp sensor on that cable, a hunred dollar bill turns into $300 or more.

I have a MEC 600 jr I willing to part with for $80 if you are willing to drive to West Falls to pick it up. They shoot trap at West Falls gun club every Wednesday night which is open to public. I could meet you there. I have a ton of AA wads I would sell also for a fair price.

Before you spend too much money on a reloader, you best look into the price of shot first. I used to reload all the time. Now shot is so expensive, it's almost a waste of time. Trap and skeet have become a sport for the rich. I miss it.

Aluminum can be welded. That's how Crestliner boats are manufactured. I can't remember if its TIG or MIG but most welding shops will know. I have no idea how much they will want to charge you. It may be cheaper to buy a new one, but it won't hurt to inquire.