Landing Craft

Okay Eagle Feet users, this looks like what I've been looking for my aluminum boat. Do you have to use a board or could you fasten a long track right to it?

I'd mount a track bar across the back. Traxstech or the other brand. It would require some drilling but the components are then removable.

There is no age limit. When my daughter was four we'd run two poles for her. She loved pickiing out the spoons or lures to run on them, and got real excited when one of her poles would go off. Sometimes the most off the wall things she'd want to run would catch the fish.

It is punishment. I went Saturday and looked at a couple of 23 footers, took my daughter with me. Sunday my daughter (6 yrs old) begged me and her Mom to go back so we could "Show Mom the boats we liked". It's nice to have an allie in all of this. Maybe in a couple of years.... Are you going to LOTSA for a one day run or several days?

I'm in the housing development right next to the Q-mart. If you're ever looking for someone to ride up to the Lake with you let me know. So Rod, Brian, are you going to the Highway Marine boat show this weekend? Ed

I'd go to a different Dr. He has obviously never had a 30 pound King running off your drag, when you only have 30 yds of line left. That'll get your heart pumping.

I have a 2005 1802 walkaround with the two stroke 125 Saltwater Merc. It fishes 3 real comfortably, and can do four people. Top end is 45-48 mph, cruise about 30 mph. It will also troll down to about 1.8 mph (gps). The engine I have only runs on two cylinders (out of four) when it is below 1800 rpm's, so trolling is real inexpensive. Have been out in small craft advisories and felt safe. (I don't need the lecture, already got it from my Dad and my Wife.) For the money I don't think you can beat them. Mine does have some spider webbing of the gel coat at three different spots, but numerous people who have looked at it assure me it is purely cosmetic and not a problem.

I just ordered mine! They are available now through the 800 number. (800) 667-1940 They are always a safe idea when fishing the bar or Niag River, don't have to watch that GPS too close then.

How was the spoon action at that speed?

What's the ratio on the 309's? I use those on my inline planer boards and have no complaints. (Ignorance can be bliss.) I'll still try the 209LC, and if they are too slow, I'll relegate them to the saltwater tackle pile.

Photos??

I got the GLA buyers issue yesterday and see that Penn is now going to make their 209 in a line counter model. Time to break out the credit card. IMHO I think Penn may be the most reliable and rugged reel out there. I've been hoping for this for a long long time. I would think the drag washers and most other components would be interchangalbe with the normal model, but I'm sure there is a counter drive gear and it looks like the right side plate is different.

To re-reference another post.... the bimini is the number one requirement on my boat. Since my diagnosis with Melanoma (skin cancer), it's up all the time rain, shine, windy, or calm.

I've actually accellerated by 1 - 1.5 mph, then put it in nuetral. Works for me.

Been running an 18 foot Trophy for 2 years, before that it was a 14 foot aluminum row boat. Same answer as everyone else, watch the weather reports. If you see the report and have to think more than two seconds about going, don't go. Better safe than sorry.

I've seen that mentioned several times. I'll probably go with it as well, better to be sure than sitting on the side of the highway.

I've been using the Mercury 2-4-c grease for several years, through a set of tires (20-30K miles), numerous sets of brakes, original set of bearings... I'm upgrading the trailer to Disc brakes this weekend and am changing the bearings. Since Disc brakes run hotter than drums, will the 2-4-c grease still provide adequate protection? (EZ lube axle)

I wouldn't necessarily believe the people you talked with at Lowance. My Dad had a Fish Eagle ff which stated it handled speed and temp, but it only came with the transducer, no wheel. He called them for a p/n and was told it didn't do S&T. (Direct contradiction to the book.) I was like b-llsh-t that's why we chose that unit. End of story: We plugged it into my sensors on my boat and it worked. Speed/Temp and depth. So we ordered the sensors, taking the p/n's from mine and it worked. My thoughts are if the plug colors match and the plug fits, it will work.

We run between 3-6 feet of 20# Flourocarbon as a leader, for everything... flatlines, boards, and d/riggin. I'm cheap so I use YoZuri Hybrid or Cabelas brand. I've never had the Flouro break, but I've pulled apart snap swivels. I'm a big believer due to a time my Dad was fishing with me. Same lures and everything. I was catching fish on my side of the boat, and he was getting nothing. All we could figure was the flouro, so he tied some on and bammo he started catching to.

It did have some of the channel markers and buoys, not all of them, and no contour lines that I remember. I used it for a season w/o the chip, and dropped a waypoint marker with every fish caught. This was a 14' aluminum tiller steered w a 9.9hp. It was interesting when I got the chip to see what was below all those marks I had put down. My FF would give depth, but never really the full picture. With the FF and the charts it's easy to see, "Here comes that little trough in the bottom." And then Bammm, the FF depth drops off.

Rapala, #7 or #9, chartruse, jointed for deeper, solid for shallower.

I have the iFinder H2O. I think its a great unit. With the NMEA output I've connected it to a bundle of things. (DSC radio, Maptech chart program, autopilot possible,...) For the money I don't think you'll beat it. I use the nauticpath chip (approx $99.00) and it has sufficient bottom detail and all the buoys/markers are charted. I've used this in Lake Ont. Barnegat Bay and the Ocean. I'd get about a day and a half on a set of batteries, but I agree the cig.lighter adapter is nice. (get the combo, pwr and data adapter.)

The NMEA 0483, 0841, ... (?whatever it is?), the old one, not the NMEA2000 is basically RS232. Works with my Lowrance iFinder H2O, and the Maptech program I mentioned earlier.

What about Vista makes that more appealing? I use Maptech programs on a laptop with my GPS, and it works really nice. Maptech also has a simulator in the same package which is fun to experiment with. I'm running, (don't laugh), Windows 2000.

Marine Corps Retired: Active Duty 83-87 Reserves 89-2005