Fishstix

I had a Furuno FCV 667 that I ran for about 13yrs. It got so I could not turn the brilliance up enough to view in direct sunlight. It was a great fishfinder I could track downrigger balls and see the thermalcline .I still have the p66 transducer on the boat. At that time a Furuno was out of the budget. So the last 5 or 6 yrs Ive been running brand X.Three different units to be exact I spent enough money I could have bought a Furuno. The 1870f and the FCV628 are the basement models. I was looking for some feedback on these. There has been a lot of good info on this thread lets keep it going.

I am in the market for a new fishfinder. Trying to decide between a FCV 628 or an 1870f. I don't care about sidescan or chirp or GPS. I just want a good fishfinder that lasts more than a year or two before it starts freezing up ,losing bottom,shutting down.etc. etc... If anyone out there has one of these units I would like a few reports. I will be running a transom mt. transducer.

I had a picture of " Make Fishing great again " hats in the above post. But for some reason they did not show up.

Hope this stirs up some interest.

Most folks don't know what a fishing DERBY is. Just a thought but if it was advertised as a fishing CONTEST.Everyone would understand what was going on.Could draw a little more attention..

Bottom line..... There are not many farm boys around anymore.

Tow vehicle ramble Ive got a 2001 21ft Arima sea ranger with Skip tower. Boat loaded weighs about 4900lb . Trailer has surge brakes with tandem axles. I miss the good old days when you could weld the hitch on the back of your car and go. I dont want a truck, I drive a truck , I want smooth quiet and something I can open the doors up in these skinny little parking spaces they have now. Anyway my last tow vehicle was a 2013 4runner and it did a excellent job bought it new but It was noisy on the road and rode stiff. Rated to pull 5000lbs.The wife hated it. It was showing some rust so I figured I would trade it in while,it still had excellent trade in value. .The search began. no newer cars have any towing capacity. I ended up buying another Toyota. A 2015 highlander limited AWD V6. Rated to pull 5000lbs. I was leery of it . smooth ,quiet, small enough to open the doors. drives like a car. Ive towed my boat with it a couple times now with it up and down the hills of Ithaca .probably have 200 miles or so towing with it. Highlander does a excellent job towing, brakes stop you, tail does not wag the dog, plenty of power. If you find one make sure it has Factory 5000lb towing package. Im not a Toyota salesman . I just figured there are other fishermen out there with the same vehicle requirements I have. Yes I realize Im pushing the towing limits.

Put in at Deans.On the water 7am off at 12;30 . Caught 3 fish for a box 1brn 1bow 1laker. Lost a drag screamin fish when I put the rod in a rodholder to net another fish. Threw back several small fish. For the screen we had it should have been a banner day. Gold was the hot ticket.....

Coffee is almost ready heading to Deans . Ch 68

Cayuga 10-3 I have not posted anything in awhile . We launched at treman around 8am . Ran out to the drop off . Had a good screen so we set up. Did some east and west with no action so we went up the east side of the lake. Had a good screen lots of bait up in the 50 to 60 ft range. Trolled past Meyers. No fleas,very little seaweed. and two very small lakers to show for our efforts. I was thinking of fishing the S end for the LOU derby but it looks like I will be joining the pack at Deans cove. Fish were there on the s end but I could not make them bite. I ran spoons, stickbaits ,flies, paddles , peanuts ,spin n glows and cowbells of all colors. Also they are still charging to launch. And if someone parks a car in the marina parking lot thats 7 dollars also......

Im wondering if the lake flipped. Just a guess.

A little off topic but I launched at Treman last Sunday and the amount of goose Sh#t at the launch was unbelieveable. Ground was totally covered except for a little strip at the the north launch. Almost went to Meyers so we would not have to walk thru it and track it in the boat. Good part is people are not walking behind you when you are trying to launch.

We fished hard for this derby . Fished different area of the lake than we usually fish .Caught a lot of fish but biggest was 9lb.Last weekend we caught a 12 out of that area. The fishstix winning seems to be on hold. Did not fish the derby last weekend out of Ovid on Cayuga .By the time you picked up and drove around the lake it would probably take 1.5 hrs. off the fishing time.A 2nd weigh station at Deans for the Barney derby would be great to get more entrants. I personally like a one day derby, my fishing partner is getting up in years and a couple long days on the water whip him. It does me to. Who remembers the old wildman derbys ending with a pig roast at O maleys? Great times.

Fishing the fl You take a voltmeter set it on 20v dc.Clip one lead on your downrigger cable with the ball lowered in the water. Clip the other end to the neg. battery terminal . Should read 1v or less. If voltage is high you could be scareing the fish away. This is something to be done anually as you add new equipment change things around etc. When you do this test make sure there are no other boats around as you may pick up a field from a HOT boat. This is probably a subject for the This old boat section. There is a lot of information on this subject Just google grounding downriggers. You will be amazed at the different things that cause small electric currents. Years ago I had a trophy boat that was hot . Cleaned the engine ground on the battery and it cleaned it up.

1 a little bit fast 2 sounds like a new boat setup. Something that has not been discussed on this board for years,make sure your riggers and boat are grounded. Look up scotty blackbox..

Johndf02 The roller rods seem to have less resistance when reeling in . The tekota reels have a better drag for letting the divers out.They are like little winches reeling them in. I run two divers on each side of the boat. If I freespool the divers out sometimes they get tangled. So I let the divers out with the drag. Twilly tips and 47lc with wire work ok I just want something easier to reel in. I dont know why but my short diver rods have been catching most of the fish. My 10ft rods have been slow. Riggers have just been OK.

Fish depot I probably should have changed my wanted add .I got a couple rods.Still looking for reels. Thanks for the reply...BTW your not working for DDS are you?

Shorter than 10 ft Shimano talora wire line dipsey rods,reels After fishing on a friends boat last weekend I decided its time to upgrade my short diver setups.Ive got a pair with 47lc reels and twilly tip rods but those shimanos out perform them. I would like to find a pair of shimano Tekota LC reels and a pair of wire roller rods.I will be running the 30lb test wire.Some place in south central NYS Ithaca area. I dont mind a drive if the price is right.I dont know about shipping buying used stuff it would be nice to get a look at them. PM me if you have a pair . CASH in hand.My wife has paypal if its something to be shipped. Thanks Stan