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    45-70

    chowder replied to Dylan585's topic in Hunting Equipment

    A relatively light 45-70 lever has pretty serious recoil. IMHO the recoil will in all likelihood be a significant factor in making a predictable 75+ yard shots unless you put in some range time adjusting your mental game with that combo.
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    Lot of interesting info in here. Deer take in the towns we hunt in is described as higher than I would have guessed. Deer take by MU is interesting too.
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    New John Mann Canvas last year.
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    Bigger South winds are not going to be your problem- it's going to big Westerlies in fair weather or NWs in the crap. You could go down to Cayuga lake and fish the west side if it's honking from the West and it probably wouldn't be bad at all. Just a thought.
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    We've caught big females trolling out of Kingston. Here's a couple things to keep in mind: You really need to keep the boat in the water down there because you need to fish the tides, not be trying to put a boat in the water & that winds up meaning you need to have a camper down there. This what we do. It can be tough to find the Stripers w/o a thru hull transducer because they move around quite a bit and if you have to slow down to a crawl to get a picture on the screen it will take time but that is what we have done up till now. I would start out trolling because you are set up for it but we have learned to use whole live/chunk too once we have located fish.If you want to fish bait you will have to go up a creek to catch them on sabiki rigs(remember to take the last hook off to be legal in NY) and have a very large recirculating tank because the herring are not very hardy. It's kind of a big commitment to learn this short lived fishery but it is exciting. If you have more questions feel free to ask.
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    will do, thanks!
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    bump
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    Looking for info from somebody with experience with a particular, reasonably priced, LED flood light that has held up well. Some pricey stuff out there. I've been looking at the smaller Black Oak and Rigid units with the 'Diffused' lenses.
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    I just got a set of Cysco electric reels and pulleys (took 2 1/2 weeks just so you are aware) They make the best stuff for tough jobs.
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    Traxtech track is cheaper than Bert's. Getting ready to get some for my new rig, roughly $55 for a 12" w/backer plate, so not really that expensive compared to other stuff. It's the rod holders, & rigger swivel mounts for the trax that really get ya. If you really want to spend some $ get the Cysco units, they are the best, but....Still you don't want cheap diver rod holders unless you don't care about a king tearing the whole kit cat and caboodle into the drink
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    This post made me realize that I should have stated that I only use my trees for board lines. I run my diver rods in Bert's adj holders set in Trax.
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    I usually run a reg on 1 w/ more line out & shorter rod on the inside and a reg on 2.5 w/ less line out & longer rod on the outside. This is just until I find what/where the fish are at then I run 1 hot diver rod/side. If the fish are scattered and the fish mood is neutral w/ sporadic to little action then I'll keep the double diver setup going and just keep searching. If this is the way it is then I'll have a board line/side out as well and maybe something down the chute so when we do hit a fish everything goes to hell and we feel we like really accomplished something.
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    Nice shooting!!
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    I have these on my little boat. They are great!! No reason to blow more $$ on big brand name products for this application- save it for stuff that really counts.
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    I've had the Aurora's for 6 years- had heavy wood before that. The Aurora's pull anything and don't dive under like the heavy wood boards. They are also much, much easier to lift out of the water. Like all really big boards they will have a tendency to rip the line out of your releases when pulling long copper with a big flasher in rough water. There just isn't much give in the planer line and when the board takes a knock it will pop the release from time to time. I will add that you may want to consider not planning to run 3 cores or 3 coppers off each big board on Ontario. Even with your deeper lines next to the boat a good king on the outside line may take out your inside lines and make an expensive monster mess. Also, you can't redeploy the high line on the outside very easily if it's hot because now it's in the way of bringing fish in on the deeper lines to the outside of it. You might be better off using the Red Walleye inlines if you want to run multiple junk lines out to the outside. I do this quite a bit fishing for walleye or on the Finger Lakes for fish with less destructive tendencies than the Chinook. If you have the 3 coppers/cores off the big boards technique down then please forgive my words of caution.
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    1997 Starcraft Islander 191V for sale. Professionally maintained by L&M. Rigging includes: Simrad Auto Pilot Lowrance sonar & Lowrance gps units Depth Raider Custom Arch with Planer masts and heavy duty planer reels 2 Cannon Downriggers Bert's Tracks and rod holders HD kicker bracket with Yamaha 4 stroke 8.8 high thrust kicker w/ power trim, electric start PRICE $8000 This is a rugged boat that pulls easy, sips fuel, and will weather some very rough water. This is a dedicated fishing boat in excellent operating condition. It does not have a pretty cuddy, It is not pristine. But if you are looking for a way to get into big water fishing on a small budget this is your chance. All it needs is rods and water. PM ME PLEASE IF YOU ARE SERIOUS . DO NOT RESPOND ON THIS POST. ALSO -If you are not actually looking for a boat like this and don't really have the $ let's not waste each others time ok.
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    Excellent
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    Can I rewire my existing switch to bypass?
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    S. Louie doesn't return my calls, who else has these bypass switches at a reasonable $? Thanks
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    As it seems to be turning out I'm probably going to stick w/ my Cannons on the new to me boat but HOLY WOW - these Traxtech riggers look incredible. A whole lotta bang for the big buck it seems to me. Maybe someday...
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    Is the delay-slow down the same thing as variable speed?
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    I think this the way I'm going to go.Emailed them this am. I figure even if I'm not going deep I want to run a big weight on this rigger, which will be my middle rigger of 3 and the Probe rigger. That way I can minimize blowback and a wire sticking out back in the net zone.
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    Planning to put a 3rd rigger on my new to me boat. It has 2 Big Jon captn packs. Question is it worth shelling out $400 bucks to get a Brute for running a real deep mid day meat rig etc. or not. Opinions welcome but real experience is what I'm after. Thanks!!
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    What would be even more exciting than coming to the farm and drilling holes in my boat would be to offer to help Hank drill some holes in my boat. Then I could enjoy the bill he'd send me for your 'help', and enjoy the trip up to bail him out of jail, and maybe visit you in the hospital (LOL) In all seriousness though I really do appreciate you and Wally helping me get a handle on how these devices need to be interconnected and what parts are required. There seems to be a lot of 'fine print' to the term 'plug n play'.
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    Gotta haul it home and get it fitted up at L&M and then there will probably be some pics. Gonna be a bit.
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