Rocco

Hello fishing mentors :

I apologized if this topic has been discussed and I couldn't find it.

I have a 17.5 foot princecraft that I run 2 electric Scotty down riggers , a fishhawk , and a fish finder.

Of course a electric start outboard.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to troll with main motor or if I'll have to employ a kicker. It's a brand new motor I've only idled it 15 mins at dock for first start break in.

When I go out it's usually only 4-5 hrs in morning or evening , almost never a full day.

I guessing that I should just keep motor  starting  battery for just that , so it never gets run down and leaves me stranded.

I'm getting too old for being stranded... lol.

So the question is do I want 2 batteries for electronics and when they die go home ?...or ....

How many hours of use would 2 deep cycle batteries give under general normal use ? 

my kicker ( if I end up using it )

does not charge.

Anyway I guess you can see where I'm going with this.

Any set up advice would be appreciated.

THanks for looking at my post.

RE

That looks like a pretty solid piece transom material.

Shakemsam

Yes all areas that could allow water in will be scrutinized thoroughly.

I don't want to go through this again...lol

I believe I know how the water was getting in. The top rail that covers in the plywood goes straight across the top and stops and a second piece of aluminum transitions upward. it at the confluence of those two pieces of rail that the water has gotten in. I have a friend in a aluminum fabrication shop that I'm going to ask to bend me up a "C" channel rail in one piece to recover the new material.

I think the coosa board from Noah's is what is going to be used.

Thanks

Hi Chinook266

I did see coosa board listed at a site here in Ontario but in the description it listed a bunch of uses but didn't mention transoms ?

I emailed to company and asked specifically if coosa board was appropriate for transoms and I have not heard back from them in a week.

I will take a deeper dive into looking at it.

Thanks for your time !

Frogger

I'm not familiar with that material. I will look into it .

Thanks for your time !

Good day everyone !

I just bought a princecraft Super Pro 226 and it has a soft transom that needs replaced.

So of course it is plywood and I guess at my age I could go with plywood again and it would probably last longer than I will.

But what the heck maybe one of my grandkids will get it , so it might be nice if it lasted a bit longer.

The question of the day is , I'm wondering if anyone had any input on any synthetic materials that are impervious to moisture ?

Barring that any suggestions on synthetic materials, what to treat plywood with to achieve better longevity from rot.

Thanks very much for your time and for looking !

RE

Hi Ltuccini

great thank you !

RE

Nicely done Sir

Sea nymphs are a great boat.

You have years of enjoyment ahead in that beauty !

Cheers

Great thanks very much for the info.

Best regards

Hello Everyone :

question what weight of weighted steel line do you recommend to get down 20-30 feet

Also any idea where a fella could order some from or go pick up within 100 km of Toronto ?

can't seem to find any on Amazon or anywhere else I check.

thanks

RE

Great thanks !

I'll look into YouTube video 

Thanks

Hi

Weighted steel ?

I was figuring braided as a backer attached to copper then flouro to lure.

I'm not familiar with weighted steel ?

Thanks

Hi Everyone :

Been trolling for salmon and trout for a few years now , catch a few miss and few. But always luv to be out mostly with my daughter.

I want to get into a bit of copper line use for the times when they are in that upper 20-30 FOW.

Just curious if a roller tip is required or just beneficial to using copper between braid and fluorocarbon line.

I'm thinking that kinking line might be a issue.

also recommendations of a chart for depths for the above mentioned line set up.

I'd really appreciate your expertise on these questions.

WARNING !

Could be more questions ...lol

Thank you !

RE