Blue Heron

I will be mounting a 4 Stroke kicker motor on my boat (most likely 8hp so less than 100#) . It will require a bracket and while I know this has been discussed before , after a number of searches I am sick of trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. I am looking for recommendations/opinions on the best bracket based on your actual experiences - I do expect to trailer with the engine on the bracket Thanks

Yep - should have been more specific - I was referring to the streamers being used right now. Flashers/Flies I still have plenty of

I am coming back to the finger lakes after a number of years away - Can some one point me to a good source for the trolling flies I see folks using to catch spring fish Thanks

I am certainly not interested in turning this into a p***ing contest. Your experiences lead you to a certain opinion and you are welcome to that - the same holds true for me and everyone else on this board. Thats great you have never had an issue - I hope your run continues. As I recall his boat used the 6 gal tanks, he filled a tank on way to launch - apparently got some junk fuel (??) - filter ended up getting plugged & main OB stalled on way in and would not restart/run- we ran in on the kicker using another tank. Could his overall boat maint been a contributing cause - maybe. Would we have gotten in running kicker on same tank - maybe but .... Did we get home safe running the kicker off the other tank - definately Funny things happen when you spend time running boats and any time you have a single point of failure stuff can happen - safety should always be our first concern and my suggestion allows for redundancy in the fuel supply Those are my thoughts & experiences - take them for what they are - I am done

to each his own I have run kickers since the 70s and have had them both ways. I have only ever run in on a kicker once (not my boat), but if it had been a shared tank we would have needed a tow If you are careful with managing/treating your fuel a shared tank should be fine but I see it as another safety feature

I currently have a 6hp tohatsu (sail king) as a kicker on my 16'. I have it rigged with a quick disconnect steering rod and a controlking electronic throttle control. It is hooked to my main tank thru a canister fuel filter . I does a decent job but does have some vibration. My old 17' lund had a 8hp tohatsu with the same steering connection and controlking (different servo) run off a separate 3gal tank. it was definately smoother and had electric start Between the two I would go 8hp and if you have the space I agree with SK8Man that the separate tank is a safer option. I have never had any issues with either Living in NY online outboards was the way to go for purchasing , free shipping, no tax, quick delivery

I had the same issue when I installed a hook 7 on my little boat earlier this year - you need to push the transducer connection in harder, truthfully this is the worst connection I have ever seen on a lowrance unit It will recognize the transducer whether in or out of the water

had 2 of them and never saw any issues - you net at the corners and use a real net with an extendable handle

Glue a piece of a rubber dish mat to both sides of clamp - will protect the boat and keep and vibrations from loosening the clamp

DownEast Rod Holders- either the S10 or S30 - used them for a lot of years on my 14' aluminum boat - great clamps, lots of adjustments, very strong