Cody191

You guys that are running chinooks off the back corner in the prop wash, are you running them on a 0 setting straight back or set to pull out to the side? Just curious, never tried it.

I like 2 inline boards and 1 rigger with 100’ lead. I always run everything on the shoreline side. I feel it’s easier to watch everything and not be twisting your head around all day. Also, if your fishing shallow you can run your boards in and out around structure with slight variations in depth. If you have one on the other side of the boat it could be in significantly deeper water. That being said, if I don’t know what depth I’m targeting I’ll run a board on each side and a rigger in the middle giving a good range of depths until I figure it out.

I spent $4,000 to have my 1/4 acre pond dug out from 4’ to 12’ in the center. It took 10 hours in one day. Had it been 1/2 acre digging out all 12’ it would have been at least 3 days and 12-15k. 
 

Here’s what I can tell you if you want to bring the cost down. 

1. Find a good excavator operator. I did not bring in a dozer. A good operator will be able to slope the sides with his bucket. This will cut your equipment in half. Make sure it’s a good size machine. Get in there with at least a 3’ bucket and hog it out.
 

2. Do you have room on your property for the spoils? The number one cost would be hauling dirt off location. The farther the haul the more trucks you need or your excavator will be sitting. You wouldn’t believe how many tri axle loads will come out of a 1/2 acre pond. I took 35 loads out of mine and it’s was already 4’ deep. I ran 2 trucks dumping in the corner of my property. 
 

On 11/27/2023 at 3:43 PM, Yankee Troller said:

 Here is a link to the broadcast, which starts at 8 PM ET.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knt8IoaXtJk

 

It looks like the ultra system is going to run $1400. That now makes it more expensive than a smart troll with 3 probes and that paddle wheel attachment looks smaller than the new fish hawk probe.

i know you’ve run both systems. Is it just me or does it seem like the smart troll would offer a more versatile setup for cheaper. It also has rechargeable battery you just need an android device for a display. I’m trying to understand why one would buy the fishhawk instead of a smart troll.

They have been saying this for a couple years now. Awhile back I sent them an email with an idea I had that I thought would be awesome if they could incorporate it into there fish hawk. They told me they we’re actually already working on it. A year later I was in the market for a new probe so I reached out again to see if there was any updates. I didn’t want to buy a system then have a better one come out a month later. There response was they could no longer talk about the development. So I figured it was close. That was last year so who knows. 

I get a couple ducks now and then but my dog keeps them run off.  I added a few blue gill this year. Hopefully they can cut down on some of the aquatic insects and leeches that have developed over the years. I don’t want anything that can hurt the baitfish population. 

I’m on year 4 with amper time from Amazon. They’ve been great and at 1/3 the cost of name brand. The only thing is they don’t have low temp charge cutoff. But my charger actually does so it’s fine. I can’t imagine those other brands being 300% better.

I ran a tracker targa for many years. I originally bought the terrova 52”. I ended up buying a used shaft and swapping to 60”. It came out of the water a lot.

It’s not just new boaters. This spring I had on a 20 pound king on off sandy. Fighting it by myself in my 20’ boat. I locked the tm in a straight line so I could focus on getting my fish in. A charter boat saw me reeling it in and came from about 1/4 mile out and cut right in front of me by about 100’. I couldn’t believe it.

West, but I was marking fish and bait straight out. The last fish at 11:00 was in front of sodus.

Fished solo from sunrise to 11am. Went 4 for 4. Best water early was 120’-150’. Caught 3 before 8am. One skip that was released boatside and a 14 and 17. All 3 came on the same wire diver with flasher/fly back 125’.  Then everything died. After 2 hours I changed all baits and slid out deeper. Picked up a 19 pounder on wire diver back 200’. All bites were flasher/fly on diver. Rigger and spoons saw no action.

You could run a longer leader. I run a 50’ fc leader with a spro power swivel. If my spoon on rigger is back 20-30’ it leaves you another 20-30’ to hook fixed slider on. It will work with the clips your asking about. It works well to get another bait in the water slightly above your first one. However if your running a cheater to say target steelhead higher in the column it won’t work.

Anyone running a troll smarter on Suzuki 9.9 efi? I recently purchased one but it didn’t come with mounting instructions. I really just need to see where the servo is mounted and how to run the throttle cable.

If you hook kicker and main to start battery and then run a system like I mentioned, you would keep both start and tm batteries charged as much as possible when running either motor. I think it’s the best way. 

19 hours ago, tyler.woodard04 said:

From what I can tell my kicker is equipped with charging. Currently run this motor fixed straight and run the speed just under the target speed and use my Terrova to steer and fine tune the speed.  I have 2 31 size batteries running the trolling motor (12V) Any reason I should not run the cables from the kicker to the trolling batteries?  

You can do this but I would keep your kicker wired to the start battery. Then run wires from that battery to the tm batteries with some sort of charging relay or combiner in line. You want a system that only charges the tm batteries once the start battery is full and the system should not allow power to drain backwards in the event your start battery is lower voltage than tm batteries. It’s been awhile but yandina combiner and blue sea ACR come to mind. Worth a look to do it right.

1 hour ago, JJBat150 said:

You need to set the filter to "content I have not "  then save as your default stream

 

 

Yeah, then it doesn’t even show the threads that I have viewed. Which are the exact ones I want to see. Like I said, the app is crap. Can’t you just fix Tapatalk?

8 minutes ago, JJBat150 said:

The LOU app does the same thing.  Tap on the solid circle next to each topic title.

 

Once I click on a thread, that dot disappeares. Then when I click on it always starts me at the beginning.

6 hours ago, BlueEye said:

Hi guys -

 

Try the LOU app itself:

 

Google Play / Android:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LakeOntarioUnited.android&hl=en_US&gl=US

 

Apple / iPhone:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lake-ontario-united/id644330966

Like I said, I don’t really like the app. The nice thing about Tapatalk is it always takes you to the last message you read in a thread. So if it’s a longer one you don’t have to scroll through the whole thing to get to the new stuff every time.

Yes I have same problem. I contacted Tapatalk and they said that LOU is not running the tapatalk plug-in. They said that they would email them and I should as well because sometimes they respond to forum members better. Well , I did and didn’t even get a response. This was over a month ago.  THANKS LOU! I hate using the LOU app and I don’t check in as often when I have to use it.

Also worth looking into wave pro. That’s what I have and they’ve been great. I chose them based on their size and ability to easily move them around. There’s pros and cons to all the different types.

1 hour ago, JLK said:

Neat! Very Tidy. What are the clear cylinders?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/352826119992?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vA6Z-p5TSW2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=LGbAeS7vQ1e&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I use pool noodles, then put them inside tubes I found on eBay. Been working great. Especially for the ones with hooks.

1 hour ago, Yankee Troller said:

I am carrying Pro Guide lithium batteries at Krezner Marine. I carry the 100ah 12v, 24v, and 36v options. Everyone I've talked with about lithium batteries recommends going with a reputable brand and not cheap China junk from Amazon. Give me a call if you're interested.

So what specifically are the problems with the “china junk”? Curious so I can keep my eye out for these issues. Also, where are the cells and bms for pro guide lithium batteries produced? There website doesn’t have much info on their actual construction. I’m also interested in what makes them 2.5 times better than a cheap china lithium as $900 a piece compared to $350. I mean $2700 to run a trolling motor is pretty steep.

19 minutes ago, jj22 said:

Thanks. Do you mind telling me why brand you bought??

I bought ampere time off Amazon. They are on year 4 and have been great. Definitely saved a lot of money going off brand but be advised they do not have a low temp charge protection BMS. I already had the power pole charge so that handles that aspect. It’s just my opinion but I do not believe you will get a battery twice as good if you spend twice as much.  Seems like if you really dig into it there mostly all made in china anyway.

Also you did not mention your intended purpose for this battery. Not all of them are rated as crank batteries. So if your planning a dual purpose house/crank battery, that will really limit your options.

You are most likely referring to lithium ion batteries. They are different than lifepo4 batteries which are more stable and becoming very popular for marine applications. There biggest pros are double the run time and much lighter. The only cons in my opinion are the price and if you charge them in freezing temps you can permanently damage them. There are way’s around this though. Way to much info for me to explain. I recommend doing your research. My setup is 3 12v lifepo4 batteries running my 36v ulterra and my powerpole charge protects them from charging in freezing temps. The higher end batteries have internal circuitry to not allow charging at certain temps. The very high end ones even have heaters in them. I fish a lot of inland lakes and hardly use my kicker now. I can troll cranks at 2.5mph for 6-8 hours now. Would get maybe 3-4 hours previously. And I catch more in stealth mode with no kicker running.  
 

For Lake Ontario style fishing I still use the kicker. With riggers and divers it’s just to much drag for trolling motor only. 
 

I also dropped 150 pounds out of my boat. It handles much better.