bulletbob

40 lb, Ande is very hard and stiff, and doesn't dig in to itself real well, and yes knots with it can slip.. I lost a lot of strong salt water fish with hard durable mono lines, especially Ande due to pulled knots.. You might have better luck with a Palomar knot with that Ande.. line... Many fishermen don't realize that light mono knots might break but rarely pull... Heavy stiff mono knots rarely break at the knot, but I have seen a LOT of them pull out with a heavy strong fish... Improved Clinch knots are the main culprit for pulling out... Palomar won't pull out, at least never have for me.. bob

All I know is that for years, if I went to Cayuga or Seneca, and tossed an earthworm into the clear water on a summer day, there would be good size flashes of life coming from every direction, shorelines were just FULL of fish life. No longer... Nowadays the water looks like crap much of the year, and the only thing that will descend on the above mentioned earthworm are the Goby hordes.. Skinny is not much better.. After 100 or more years of Syracuse drinking lake water unfiltered, they are now going to have to spend a massive dollar amount on a gigantic filtration system.. We killed these lakes with ""progress"".... bob

Taz... I have caught a lot of lakers over the years on Hopkins , Avas, 1 oz Kastmasters, Crocodiles etc.. they will hit Bluefish/Sriper/weakfish jigs, which you already own..Gulp might work, but its not needed really.. main problem you will encounter is staying vertical. Cayuga lake is generally a lot more windy than the nearshore atlantic and the bays.. lots more fishable days in your area than there are at cayuga on a yearly basis.. Tough to stay vertical most days without a good bow mounted motor unless you luck out and get a dead calm day, which are pretty rare up here, compared to NJ.. bob

btw, Yes I know what mojos are, .... Not sure they would get a look around her from any respectable trout or salmon, but you never know...

Taz... PM me.. I too am originally from NJ, and decades ago adapted fluke/striper/weakfish/bluefish techniques to fresh water... I will give you all the specifics... bob

Candor NY...

I took a day,reinstalled everything, and the motor is running perfectly as always ,and the boat is water ready once again.. I was going to separate everything and sell the motor and trailer individually, and simply scrap the boat for aluminum price if it was really going to be that hard to sell because the transom had been stabilized, YEARS ago.. the way it was professionally done and reinforced, is rock solid and will last as long as the rest of the boat.. Its still here.... bob

You need to re read the original post.. I wrote that in order for the transom to flex, the back 1/3 of the boat would have to be ripped out as its all basically one piece.. the transom is solid as a rock and has no movement.. Most all of it is hard, with a a few small punky spots that aren't wet. Just want to make sure that I mentioned it.. that transom support was installed professionally at a marina many years ago, along with a new piece of marine 1/2 marine plywood on the outside of the transom, and it is absolutely bulletproof, and has been for a long time.. this boat has seen the roughest water Seneca and cayuga can muster, and has been in the Atlantic ocean on rough as hell days, and is stable and solid.. Very dry hull, straight no dents , solid floor as well.. bob

Does not need a transom.....

This boat is still for sale.. The 100 is still on it, but controls and cables would need to be hooked up .. EVERYTHING was taken off as the boat was "sold " to a member here, that would be " up to pick it up on saturday"... Never happened of course... It would take about a half day to get it back up and running.. Motor needs to be bolted back on, it is on the transom, but was disconnected for the "sale".. controls and steering would also need to be re installed as well, no big deal if you've done it before.. Everything is still with the boat.. Its a lot of boat for the money... I will take $375 for the boat and trailer, or $750 with the 100 HP, which runs like brand new.. I'll never use it , just getting too old, and it would be a shame to sell this rig for scrap metal.. The hull is in GREAT condition, not a dent anywhere, straight as an arrow.. this was a VERY seaworthy boat for me for years, but i simply no longer have any use for it... Please PM me here if interested... bob

were the marks suspended,- mid depth, close to bottom?.. Don't forget, Cayuga has thousands and thousands of carp and carp like of all sizes,all sorts of big suckers, Drum,and several species of good size shad type fish.. Just all sorts of things you could have been seeing on the screen... Of course you may have been marking lots of big salmonids as well, that simply would not hit what you were offering, or would not hit anything at all.. The Finger Lakes are notorious for periods when the Salmonids hit for an hour or two at first light, and are done for the day by 8 am...