skipper19

Cut bait at Narby tackle. Called familiar bite, in the freezer back of isles in the shop. If Dennis is there he can help you with rigs. There are many kinds and styles. My preference is twinkie teasers from Dreamweaver. You tune the plastic bait head to rotate like a corkscrew about 1 to 2 rolls per second. Not spin on it's axis! Leave the tail end loose to flutter and the curve of the hook adjusted to reach just the end of the meat Put it behind a large flasher and run it deep. Don't forget your toothpicks and a big scale. PS. ..be patient...it is not a numbers producer always...it is a monster attractor mostly!

Wow...you guys really P'd him off! HELLLLllllllloooooo.... is anybody in there?...just nod if you can hear me... Jeeeze...he's gone from everywhere!:unsure::blink::blink:

You are correct! Not cheap, so that rules out 1 advantage, but as you will find along the way, this sport is by no means cheap to play if you want to have success without frustration. Unless ya tell your other half how much you spend fishing...then ...you get what I mean:unsure: Wire gets you deeper on dipsey as will braid over using mono. Wire collects less fleas than braid. Most braid, not all, becomes useless with fleas. Fireline fused original 30lb is an exception. Wire has no stretch making it like braid and easy to retrieve the dipsey. 30lb wire thickness takes very little room on a reel. 1000 feet fits easily on reels like the size of Daiwa 47 without backing. You don't need to spend big money on a full roller rod. Just a good dipsey rod with a twilly tip on the rod tip. Disadvantages are not many but worst case is being aware of tension and not let the wire curl and get a pigtail. It will break. Copper wire is just a depth deployment device similar to lead core. More out, deeper it goes. Same disadvantage of wire curls.

I don't always contradict myself But when I do...i don't.

Yup now I remember seeing it going down the canal near Mohawk someplace one year.

http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/index.php?/topic/7953-Fall-derby-fishing-with-my-son#entry42511 Actually it was 2008!

Yup seen it before back in 2009. It's in one of my video clips from derby fishing that year. Think it's out of Canada and it's a ferrying vessel. Couldn't get the name on it.

Sounds nice. You could consider repower but man it's expensive. Those twins make it hard to put a kicker on there and you could try to troll with one of the 225, but 2 strokes of that age are fussy with that. I know my 2001 yamaha 225 on mine can troll but it's costly in fuel and maintenance and a bit fast for trolling at the slowest it will run on my 24 foot center console. Does the dealer sell outboards? Maybe you could work a trade deal for a pair of the new digital throttle 4 strokes and rigging if he really wants it gone that bad. Those digitally controlled engines can get down slow and keep your batteries charged up vs. having a kicker. Better amps output. Also if you want autopilot the thrust from one of those engines will help your boat respond better at troll. I love mine, but ya gotta remember, these boats are open to mother nature. Wind, sun, rain, temperature, ...gotta like it! However this style of fishing platform is versitile and easy to handle alone. Loading.. unloading, anchoring all easy with full access 360 degrees.

No room for a kicker much. Fast boat! No experience with Johnsons. Original 2 strokes? Any hour readings? Cylinder pressure test before buying. Not salt water I hope. 27 foot good length for typical lake ontario wave set. T top?

Under power of what? 30 mph wind? Or set throttle of internal combustion gas engine at 3 mph. Under power....vague term. Just stay away from traffic. That requires vigilance. Time to assess what to do. To me less maneuverability is more important to a vessel when land and obstacles including other boats are restricting movement to only ONE DIRECTION. In the case of being forced to avoid collision by grounding or unable to change speed quickly (such as sail boats) to avoid collision. It is something that takes common sense when you NOTICE you might hinder a vessel to one direction of course that just might be back at YOU on the outside. No one wants to have to change speed unless immediate danger of crashing.. fisherman with lines out tangled up from stopping (big money issue)or sail boats having to dump wind off by dropping sails (a nuisance mostly). Try to leave someone an out. If they don't give you an out, you can't change speed, you have let the offending Capt. get too close and no way out of controversy. Vigilance is key. Even if it's only one of two of you. You still cannot rely on the other person to do the right thing. Even on the road. Believe me, 4 million miles over the highways has taught me well about watch out for the other idiot. Until they prove themselves not to be. Rules of the road still requires a thinking mind.

It's good thing none of this navigation bedlam is happening at 200 knots. There wouldn't be time for smiles, gestures and fun like HEY! get the fig outta my way! BOOM!. ..then live to tell the story...wait doesn't sunshine orange tabs make ya feel like things run slower than real time?

Eat the lime and the beer is for washing up yer hands..what is wrong with that? Just disinfect with purell. You know.. Mexican water...

Think that was written before people were making sense...offspring 10 years after 1969 and Woodstock..that can't be translated can it?:huh:

Geezer Les! Those lakers been drinking beer too much! Ruins my appetite too!...great screen shots man!