TrophySeeker

Well, I held this for a guy for a couple of weeks and he didn't show. So, it is still for sale. I'm also throwing in a Magellan handheld GPS with mount, an anchor, and can also throw in some spinning rods and reels for a new fisherman. Make an offer. I'll be out of the area until after Memorial Day.

Yes - still available. I am located in Penfield, NY.

Deal fell through so still for sale. Price reduced to $3200.

Lyle Newton 613-336-2320. I don't believe he has an answering machine - so keep calling. I referenced the wrong holiday in my previous post. I meant to say Labor Day.

Grumman boat for sale. I am the second owner, and I used it the last 2 years for walleye, bass and panfish trips. Both the boat and motor are 1985. Boat has new floor (3/4 Marine) and carpet, and has been completely re-wired. . The motor runs well - starts on 3rd pull cold, 1st pull warm. The trailer has new bunks and rollers, new wheels and tires, and new wheel bearings. There is also a spare tire. Included with the package are: - 25 HP Yamaha 2-stroke, 100:1 oil - (2) 6 gallon tanks - Minn Kota Power Drive 40P w/ removable mount - HumminBird 400 TX w/ speed & temp (stern) - Eagle TriFinder w/ temp (bow) - Cannon Mini-Troll downrigger w/ weight - Bilge pump - 42" livewell with pump/aerator - Built-in 2 drawer tacklebox (Plano 3600) - Bow and stern lights - Trailerable cover - Rod storage and rod holders $3,600. If interested, please PM or call 585-739-7608.

Interesting topic. There will probably be some great stories. My Dad bought a new Bayliner Trophy in 1985. It had a fish decal and the word "Trophy" on the side. Being pretty creative, my Dad was able to hand-cut the word "Seeker" out of vinyl striping to create "Trophy Seeker". A year or 2 later I stumbled upon an identical boat for a steal, and kept it at his house while I got it in fishing condition. When I picked it up to take it home, he had done me a favor and adorned my boat "Trophy Seeker II". We went on several trips together with a group of guys with thoses 2 boats. My Dad passed away 2 years ago. I had never officially named my current boat, but decided to honor him with the original name of "Trophy Seeker".

As Bill mentioned, the smaller Mercs and Nissans are made by Tohatsu. The following site has very good pricing on Tohatsu and Nissan, and ship 18HP and less tillers with no sales tax and no shipping charges. http://www.onlineoutboards.com/ I plan to purchase a 6HP from them for my new to me walleye boat that I will be setting up this spring.

Ray, I hope that you are kidding, as I was with my post. I thought he might be selling duct tape, which I thought was humorous. I do appreciate your short retort, as it only gave you opportunity for 1 spelling and 1 grammatical error.

Interesting - but what are you selling?

I have a FishHawk 840 available. I still need to take the transducer off the boat, but can do that when we get a nice day. It is a complete unit and is about 5-6 years old. Looking to get $350.

Nope - all set now.

Thanks guys for the input. Yea Jimski - I knew all 3 are the same. I wasn't sure if everyone else did. It doesn't appear that Merc offers the XL shaft in the 6HP, though. I am hoping that someone that has used one of these will chime in, as I've heard that single cylinder motors tend to vibrate at low rpm's. Don't know if it's true - just what i heard. The reasons I am leaning toward the 6HP are cost, weight (less than 60 pounds for the XL), and speed, as I would like to be able to troll crawler harnesses down to 1MPH or less.

I will be setting up a new to me boat this spring for Walleye, etc. It is a 17' aluminum deep-v with a 90HP Merc as the main motor. I would like to add a small kicker. Anyone have experience with a Mercury, Nissan, or Tohatsu 6HP four stroke? I've never owned a single cylinder outboard before, and am not sure how smooth they would idle at trolling speed. The boat will require a 25" shaft kicker and Nissan and Tohatsu offer this motor in 25" with a 5 amp alterator. Any input is appreciated.

Yes, you can do that. The manual zoom does what you want. ZOOM... Zoom enlarges all or part of the scrolling bottom display at x2, x3 or x4 magnification. You can select automatic zoom so the sounder keeps the bottom in the lower portion of the zoom window or manually pick the area to be zoomed.

The DS600X supports zooming, which is what I think you are looking for.

I have the DS600X. It's been great. I typically run it in full auto while in search mode, then switch to dual frequency mode for trolling. You don't have to mess with it much, which is nice. I got the transom mount transducer with speed and temp. Maybe the only thing I would do differently is use the bronze thru-hull. I've heard they get a little cleaner signal. I got a screaming deal on mine at the time, as it was a refurb.

I think the HS series just came out this year, so they may be hard to find used. $400 for Mag10HS is a screaming deal. I'm surprised to see a price that low. You can get the Mag5HS for a little over $300 ($317 at J&H) if you can live without the swivel base and telescoping boom.

Thanks for the report. I was wondering if the bigger ones were biting yet. Almost out of walleyes in the freezer, so it's time to go get some perch. Do you know when they pull the docks at the public ramp?

Mark, I'd have to say that I'm in complete agreement with you, and, quite honestly, don't understand why anyone, including charter captains, would be against posting boat names. The only exception I can think of would be if the boat name was offensive in any way. If anything, I would think charters wouldn't want to have potential customers purusing a leaderboard where it is obvious that a good percentage of leaders might be recreational fisherman. Is it possible that charters pay a higher entry fee than you or I do? I am all for promoting fishing in this area, but also don't feel my entry fee should be used for charter advertising. I'm not sure how many of you are golf fans, but think about the US Open. Can you imagine if the amateurs' names were not listed on the leader board? Now - they do put an (a) next to their names. I am all in favor of somehow denoting charters on the leader board if that is the trade-off that is agreed upon.

JW- This time of year the camp is only half full or less. Mabe 6 of the 14 cabins were rented. The camp owner now shuts down 2 weeks after memorial day. He used to stay open until canadian thanksgiving, so I have been up in october before. It snowed on us once then! Sounds like we hit much better weather up there than was here.

Went out late morning. After dodging sailboats all the way down the river, I found a few fishing boats working the shallow water surrounded by hundreds of sailboats. I decided to head deeper. Droppoed the probe down in 65, 100, and 200 and couldn't find any cold water - mid 60's all the way down. Ran out to 400 and worked 400 to 425. Found 50 degree water down about 125. Wound up 2 for 2, both mid teen kings. Both came on wire- chrome/green spin doctor with attommic packer fly, out 275 and 300. Out by myself so only 2 rods. Watched at least a dozen fish swim up from almost 200 to check out my deep spoon (125-150) - then swim back down. Tried throwing a bunch of different spoons and spinner/flies on the rigger but all they wanted to do was sniff it. Found those hundreds of sailboats engaged in some type of race that ran accross the mouth of the river on my way in. I'm not sure why they couldn't have set up on one side or the other?

Hey Guys- Just got back from my fall trip to Big Gull. Could only go for 4 days as my fishing buddy had a work commitment he couldn't get out of. We did pretty well. Had 1 fish fry up there and brought back our limit. Wound up throwing back way more than we kept - the 12"-14" fish were the most aggressive. Got 1 nice pike and lost a monster walleye (well, a monster for that lake - probably 5+ lbs.). All in all a good trip. My buddy is probably more interested in photography than fishing, and got some great shots of the Bald Eagles that hang around the lake. Wound up doing as well as anyone else we talked to; found the fish were consitently in 25' to 28' on the drop-offs. Probably won't get back up there until next fall.

Yep, it chases up the line to the first roller guide every time. I keep forgetting to glue it in. Someday I'll rememeber, but I'm not too worried about it.

Interesting question. I guess it depends on how quick the break is. I was out tonight, and it took 10 feet or so to change the temp 3 degrees. In that situation I ran my deepest rigger only down to 46 to 48 degrees (90 feet down over 200), with a free slider. The outside riggers were staggered above. We didn't kill them, but everything took a hit eventually. I don't think I would have tried to get down to lower temps than that. But, when the break is 10 degrees over 10 feet, I'd probably run my deepest rigger in the temps you mention. Just my opinion, but that's how I set my rigs up.

Sounds like the consensus is a large king. Thanks for the input. What's weird is that I was fighting the fish of the back corner of the boat, and had eliminated the slack from the slider when he ran past the front of the boat. I was still travelling over 2mph SOG. Just have never seen that before. These types of things tend to happen when I'm by myself, so you get a little handcuffed trying to fight the fish, get the net ready, steer, etc. Anyway, as was stated, this type of action is why we target the kings. It was fun, definately more enjoyable than mowing the lawn.