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spoonfed-1

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  1. Originally when I started started big water fishing about 30 yrs ago I started with magdas. Thats what I could afford at the time. They worked fine on the Finger Lakes and when I moved up to the big lake and started chasing 20+ lb Kings the drags were sticky but worked except for wire rods. I was in a position at that point to get better reels and I upgraded to Shimano Tekotas and never looked back. You need better quality gear for chasing Kings than you need on the Fingers. That said the Magdas will work and have resulted in the death of many salmon on my boat during the first couple years. You have a great idea with upgrading the drags on your own as you really don't have much to lose. There are videos on this on youtube to give you some guidance. Best of luck.
  2. Thats a big ole laker for Cayuga. Congrats.
  3. I've been running scotty releases since about 1994 and haven't experienced any line damage from the release. Mono on the rigger rods but I run 65 lb braid for backer on my copper rods and clamp on the braid with scotty releases off the big boards and no damage.
  4. Thanks Rick. I was not aware of this data.
  5. Then why don't the lake managers age these fish when they run up into the hatchery? And who says it's a large group. I guess you fish the Salmon river area of the lake all fall every fall? There has definitely been a steady increase of these 2 yr old fish maturing over the last 10 years.
  6. You seem to make a lot of assumptions. After 25 yrs of happily fishing the lake I would refer to a teenager just like my kids when they were growing up. 13 to 17 pounds was a teenager and always a two year old fish. !8 to 26 lbs was a 3 yr old and of course depends on whether we are talking spring or fall. You could argue the point all day without scientific proof of the age but why? Enjoy what you got because you will not change anything on a message board. In my experience fishing the east end, over the last 10 yrs the number of 2 yr old fish maturing has been on a steady increase. Whats a two year old fish? 12 to 15 lbs in the fall.
  7. Guarantee that old timer had some hours into those blanks. Pretty cool. Very glad everybody knows what lure he was trying to imitate, Just kidding.
  8. Price reduction to 325.00 include shipping.
  9. Friend posted this one up. Help you out?
  10. I'll post this up on my local MA fishing site and see if anybody can help you out. What year is the unit?
  11. New in the box. Paid $699.00 on sale at Cabelas last year and decided it wasn't going to work for what I wanted it for when I started setting it up. Never worn and everything works as it should. $350.00 shipped to anywhere in the eastern US. Powered up. Solar charging capabilities give you up to a 20 day battery life according to the manual. Specifications Charger and owners manual.
  12. I've sold about 7 grand in machinist tools on FB market place in the last few months. Four out of five responses are from scamming Aholes. Fortunately I learned that before I got beat.
  13. X2 Although I always preferred my riggers mounted to the gunnels with a backing plate. I could remove my riggers with one bolt when needed and remove the swivel mounts and riggers with 4 thumbscrews.
  14. Scammers have hijacked peoples accounts on here to beat people. You have to be very careful. Most scammers only have 1 or 2 posts.
  15. I used round cradles and layed the torpedoes in sideways. Tail toward the back and they worked out fine but they were on a flat raised board across the top of the transom. I'll see if I can find a picture.
  16. I've always been happy with Boat US insurance. good rates on my charter business, great coverage and good claim payment. Towing was included in my plan but never used it because Hank, L&M marine was the only guy I let work on my boat.. He found problems before they became problems on my Penn Yan.
  17. Any outboard I've run off muffs didn't flow well. Make sure they fit well and I usually have to turn my water pressure down out of the hose.
  18. Not sure I would run that motor until you find the problem. Good luck.
  19. X2. It ain't condensation.
  20. Thanks for your service.
  21. Seems that post disappeared for some reason?
  22. Good assumption.
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