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Friend of mine is getting a new boat and it is due for new electronics. Whats everyones recomendations? kinda been considering one larger garmin and a smaller one multifunction display(some variant of the gpsmaps) to have one at the helm and one at the stern, autopilot, and an airmar b75hw. His main use case is lake erie walleye trolling depths 20'-120'.

Looking for someone that can possibly tow a 30’ boat(on its own triaxle trailer) from west palm beach Florida back here to western New York. Looking for any recommendations/quotes

You don’t think those are too stiff? Also the short fore grip is a bit of a deal breaker for me

Looking to go to a shorter and two piece rod this year for storage concerns. Looking for some recomendations. Looking at getting ~20 of these rods and they will be used with leadcore off inline boards for walleye. Trying to stay around $55 or less for budget. Currently im running shimano tdr 8'6" medium actions and have been decently happy. These are the rods ive looked at so far ($55)Daiwa great lakes GL762MF, felt good, light tip and good backbone. If i had to choose right now this would be it ($20)Okuma Classic Pro CPLC70CT, action feels pretty good for the price, have a feeling the components are cheap and wont hold up ($30)Okuma Classic Pro GLT CP-DR-702M, little light feeling, probably too light for higher cores ($30)Okuma Classic Pro GLT CP-DR-762ML, still a little light feeling, wish it had a touch more backbone ($40)Okuma Classic Pro GLT CP-LT-762M, seemed entirely too stiff ($55)Ugly Stik BWDR1220C702, didnt seem bad at all but handle seems bulky and no hook keeper irks me ($40)eagle claw SFX400-7'6, longer top section compared to base wont work for where i want to store them in the boat Open to any suggestions that i may be missing, thanks in advance

1- i agree with price should be one of the first things in the ad, not the last. hit the three dots in the top right of the first post to edit the ad 2-no offense but bayliners probably arent the popular choice in this size range, and more and more people are looking for outboards, or smaller dual purpose platforms for the newer style of jigging with a livescope(more so lake erie than ontario). 3- you may have 14k views here but it may be alot of the same members here clicking it multiple times. may have to start listing in more popular places such as facebook marketplace 4-ive been trying to help a buddy find his next boat for over a year now. Theres are LOTS of the same boats still on the market as when we started looking. Hesitation to buy including economy concerns and higher loan rates have affected the market, its not just your boat/ad at all. not looking forward to trying to sell his current rig once he does upgrade

Looking for something between 26-28’, twin outboard power. Hopefully with a trailer, a/c, and a decent electronics package but I know I can’t get it all. No real set budget but trying to keep it under 70k

thank you @Missdemeanor

Looking for a marine surveyor near Rochester ny. Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for someone for a pre purchase survey

1- braid works with certain releases, blacks and chamberlains yes, just need to make a loop and wrap it a number of times(i aim for 7-10 for braid). pinch pads not so much unless you use rubber bands 2- i let dipseys out slowwwww, generally backing the drag off on the reel most of the way, lever engaged, clicker on. let it out too fast things get twisted 3-5, others will have more experience than me when it comes to salmon fishing. i mainly walleye troll on erie

just curious when you typically are trying to target those specifically deeper fish; are you slowing the whole boat down and running most of your spread there, or as you put it , "waste a rod down there" meaning only one deep setup? when we were trying last year we were struggling with blowback some on the single pole we had at the depths, using a 16# torpedo weight on a downrigger with braided line, and a large paddle/meatrig combo

Thanks for the information, haven’t really considered they might be lakers

Thank you for the information I appreciate it! So we have tried it on at least 3 trips last year and have yet to have a hit from the depths while pretty consistently marking ice box fish. I understand a million things can factor into if they want it or not but would you say the chances are generally pretty low for getting a fish to bite out of the ice box or are they not half bad?

so i know its early yet to be thinking about fishing cool deep water under warmer water, but i want to hear everyones thoughts on it. Last season we would occasionally mark fish around 150-175'(near bottom where we were) and the temp line was way above them and all our fish were in the top 75'. Now ive had people tell me they'll always keep at least one pole down there in the "ice box" and ive also had people tell me not to waste our time. So whats everyones thoughts? Do certain presentations work better for the deeper fish? certain speeds? im all ears to any suggestions