Misty IV

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While putting the boat away today, I came across a spare 400' spool of stainless steel downrigger cable from Big Jon. This is 150lb test cable and has never been used. First $20 takes it. I will ship to you for actual postage fees. Sent from my Verizon HTC Thunderbolt using the Lake Ontario United mobile app

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It is marked, if I remember correctly, when I ordered it. Sent from my Verizon HTC Thunderbolt using the Lake Ontario United mobile app

I'll ship the reel to you no charge, free shipping!! Sent from my Verizon HTC Thunderbolt using the Lake Ontario United mobile app

Starting to put the boat away, consolidating and doing inventory. I'm making one of my copper reels available. It is one of the last US-made Penn 345GTi reels, loaded with 600' of copper, 300 yards of 50# PP backing and a 50' section of 30# leader. It saw very little use this year, as I used the dipseys and downriggers the most. I also have a Daiwa Heartland 9'6" rod for the reel, if you are interested. I will ship to you. Asking $150 for the reel. Thanks!!

Up for my annual vacation at the house for 9 days. Left the Mexico Point launch shortly before 6:30am after the 12 y/o decided she'd rather sleep in. Ran straight out to about 100fow and began marking fish, some quite large, around 80 down. Dropped (2) lines down on the riggers and let out a dipsey set-up. 5 minutes later, the one rigger rod wearing a white/green glow Dreamweaver flasher with an A-TOM-MIK Mirage fires and begins to take line. Fishing alone can be interesting at times. Unfortunately, the fish got off about 50' from the boat. About 15 minutes later, another rigger rod fires, however that fish got itself off, as well. After spending about 15 minutes untangling a mess, I moved out to 200fow and the screen was filled with all sized marks. I decided to run a (2) dipsey program with a downrigger. The dipseys were the way to go, as they were on fire!!! One side was a Nuclear Green combo, while the other side was a special Pro-Troll white/chrome flasher with a Big Weenie Smooth Cooter fly. The BW dipsey had (2) hits in a matter of 30 minutes. The green did nothing. By 10am, it seems everything shut down, as the screen went blank. Trolled west to east by Oswego in 130-200 and came up empty. I had been trying to call the 12y/o to make sure they were up and doing something productive, however, after numerous failed attempts, picked up and headed in around noon. I got stopped by the DEC at the launch. They told me that of the 15+ boats they'd stopped, only (2) fish were reported. Going to try it again today, hopefully with the 12y/o along this time.

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In cleaning-up the transom of my boat this spring, I downsized from (4) downriggers to (2). When I did that, these Traxstech downrigger mounts came off, as well. They are only a few years old and are the 6" non-swivel model. They are pre-drilled to accept all downrigger bases and are in great shape. Asking $100 for the pair.

Do the remaining rod holders have any cracks around the allen set screw?

I remember it all too well. August 13, 1998. I was fishing solo out in my, at the time boat, 18' Starcraft center console. I was between Catfish Creek and the power plant in about 120fow, manual downriggers were down around 90. The one release fired and the rod snapped up. I still can hear the "whoosh" of the tip. As the reel started screaming, I remember thinking to myself "Oh ****, oh ****". I started reeling, while trying to crank up the riggers by hand (I could only afford manuals back then). About 5 minutes later, the fish surfaced about 10 feet from the boat and took off again, peeling line. I got it to the boat again, but it wasn't done, as it took off again. Finally, after about 20 minutes total, I netted the fish...but it didn't completely fit in the cooler I had back then; about a foot of the fish was sticking out. I picked-up and ran into Lighthouse Marina to have it weighed. When I got there and tied-up, I can still remember the look of a little boy standing on the dock with his dad as I hefted the fish out of my boat and started walking up to the main building. The staff came out and was happy to assist me. The King weighed 33lbs, 2oz and measured 42 inches long. LM offered to hold onto it until I could get back to pick it up. As I returned to my boat, the dad with the little boy asked me where I caught that fish. When I told them, the little boy turned to his dad and asked if he could take him there to fish. I returned to the general area, but only had a few releases the rest of the day. I retrieved the fish later, took it back to the house to show the family and neighbors, then took it to Fish Wish in Pulaski to have it mounted. The fish now sits above the fireplace at the lakehouse. The Fall LOC started a week after I caught that King. I watched the leaderboard, and my fish would have been the top fish for 7 days had I caught it a week later. The same day I caught my King, the NYS record Coho was caught about 1/2 mile from where I was fishing. All in all, a great day!!

Thanks for all the help. I ordered the pinion gear and a new roll pin (just in case the old one breaks coming out). Hopefully have the kicker running again by next weekend!

Thanks for all the help! I'll check out these suppliers this evening and report back.

I need the pinion gear for my 6hp Johnson outboard's recoil starter, as it snapped last weekend. Can anyone possibly provide the correct part number for it? Model number of the outboard is 6R-71G. Places I'm calling say it is not available or is obsolete. Thanks!

I run a 1971 Johnson 6hp as my kicker. Been in the family since new and was handed down to me. Only change I've made over the years is change the prop to a 3-blade model. Better control and thrust over the stock 2-blade prop. True, it is a 2-stroke, however it sips the fuel.