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What Ed said....do the hose and pressure trick but I used PB Blaster, that stuff is phenominal on everything from loosening bolts and nuts to doing this trick. Then I mixed PB with lithium grease, (the white stuff), and hit it again. Turn the wheel back and forth (alot) and it will loosen. Pull it hard stop to stop to force air in and out, and THEN if it doesn't work....new cable Mark

Great report ....stinkin weather That's why I'm couch fishin today Mark

Ray, Thanks buddy, you even got the spelling down...

Name - Mark Schuman Boat Name - Ain't Skier'd (yet to be applied) Boat Make - 22 foot Aquasport Osprey Home Port - Point Breeze (The Oak) Years fishing Lake "O" - 21 Years

Stimulated and hyperventilating

N.Y times is spam That's why they will be bankrupt..next

Skipper - was that you & Ray in Capt Sloof Lirpa boat?

Was sold in the first 45 seconds after setting the rigger with the first e lure I put down....but then I've had days that never connect it. Mark

Finger lakes state regs allow bass in winter for creel...Only the finger lakes..and a few ponds around the state, Buckhorn lake in Otsego County for instance. Mark

Was that you out there with the net in the water all the time? I was the guy in the canoe with Ray, We went 8 for 9 there too! We don't have pics though. good job

Maybe tomorrow after midnite.. tonite... april 2nd

Use the Gps and visual, audible clues together to formulate the speed that collects the most fish on deck. without looking you can hear the whine of downrigger cables, and if you look you will notice the approximate angle of the cables blowing back in the water resistance. The most consistent water speed passing the boat and lure spread will be the one going across currents that naturally flow west to east in the big O, therefore north south will be most consistent. If you don't hear the whine on the cables and your cables are nearing 30 degrees or less, (depends on weight and style of rigger ball), You are likely too slow, but you will get a "feel" for whats best when the fish are jumping on the lines, Lastly if you are in the company of other boats, particularly, well known charters and happen to be going in same directions I guage myself with that as well. I have not invested in the down speed and temp probe as yet but seem to not have as much a problem with speed as I do with wondering about temp down there. I'm sure that if you have fished the downriggers for some time you have used some combination of these factors to associate the catching of fish with it. As far as the wheel goes it is useless IHO, and is susceptible to many different influences with stray currents behind the boat and junk collecting on them. As others have said they will not match to each other. I don't have the speed wheel on my boat for that reason. mark

Jollies

Pete...Great scope...nice price too, I think I like it!..I'm originally from the catskills and had several farmer friends and a golf course owner who were happy to see me show up with the little fly weight bullet with the big boom. Golf course was fun when no one was out during the week there were some 600 yard fairways that offered some nice shots..kinda cool gettin a hole in one from 600 yards I even used the winchester for deer and it was a drop in the tracks for any range as long as I could see them in the clear. Mark

I use the 22.250 as well, had a model 70 winchester 6-18 power tasco with trajectory comp. Worked real good with hand loads. Now have the same Savage as you heavy fluted barrel, laminated stock, real heavy firearm but track driver with 8-32 power simmons mounted. Favorite hand load is 39.2 grains of H-380, pushing a 55 grain sierra PSP at a little over 3700 FPS muzzel. I have pushed the charge to 41 grains, however it behaves badly during summer temps with pressure, so I rarely use those loads for anything over 40 degrees. The groups tighten up nicely as the charge goes up but significant primer flattening and sometime a blowout have occured during hot temps in the summer, so 39.2 H-380 is my favorite. Brass lasts a lot longer too. 41 grains launches 55 gr projectile over 3900 FPS and is just devastating to whatever it touches....BUT BE CAREFULL...and check your headspace if you do any handloading....May the fur fly...BOOM Mark

Happy b-day....May you get many diesel powered toys

this should help Mark

I use two batteries with the perko switch, both batteries the same. I seldom use one of the batteries because I like to keep it in reserve for an emergency start in case of a failure in the battery I'm drawing from. I f, however you are using a kicker motor that does not charge, and you use electronics all day without the main engine running you probably would do well to have a deep cycle combination starting battery for trolling, and still keep one battery fresh all the time for starting the main engine. Once you start the main you can switch it back to the aux. deep cycle for charging on the way back to port. Then when back at port you would probably want to give the aux. battery a good charge with a small 6 amp charger at nite. Just remember you should never try to charge both batteries at the same time. you run the risk of burning out the stator and regulator in your alternator. Also one useful instrument on your dash should be a voltage monitor for the battery you are using so you don't totally deplete the accessory battery. Even if you do, you can still start up the main engine with the reserve battery you keep fresh. BTW you can run two deep cycle batts as long as they have starting crank amps rated as high as you can get them for the series of the battery you are using, maybe a 24 or 27 series is what fits your box or could be even bigger series , I don't know. What ever it is get the biggest crank amps for the size battery and you will have plenty of power to start up and head out or head home. Mark

Proflo jitter fly in goby 2in and 4 in. They look a lot like your muddler minnows. Should work...not sure about a large flasher though... ya might try a smaller version in a darker color if the big ones don't work for ya Mark

Bill, I met Mick thru this site and we hooked up for ice fishing this winter. I also run out of the Oak but trailer my rig to the county park usually. Mick and I will surely get out together more, He's a good guy to have for a friend and your nephew especially. Welcome aboard Uncle! Mark

excellent rig, fish will be proud to be on it Mark

fine lookin catch there Stan, way to go Mark

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Happy b-day Gambler...I remember my thirties...they were a great lesson on how not to screw up in my forties, and now that I'm screamin thru the fifties, I've learned.... that nothing has changed, except my body is not on the same level of enthusiasm as my brain...STILL. Life's good....enjoy the ride Mark

Don't think I wanna try fryin and eatin em whole