Fat Trout

I say its a coho but in the end we are all on our computers or phones drinking beer and analyzing photos lol.

Its a coho on the left, possibly a small king. The tail looks forked because of the angle of the tail to the camera. The head is def. not an atlantic.

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Floatation foam may keep the boat from going down but it can also become REALLY tippy with a lot of water in the bilge so you capsize if you have pitching wavy conditions. This is expecially true of a small boat that takes on a crapload of water which now is all on the deck and not in the bilge. The center of gravity goes way high and it rolls in what are surely very wavy and pitching conditions. The scary part about that scenario is it will happen really fast. I keep my life jackets on deck on the sides in cargo netting for that reason

For anyone reading this thread that wouldn't otherwise think of it. Having your bilge pump tied to a float switch is a must! You don't have to keep your boat in the water to need this. Its an early warning to problem. Separately, but related. I towed a 24' boat with my 18' boat last year. He was broken down and didn't have radio or cell phone to get out of trouble. Communication is a must. I have a VHF on my 18' tied to my GPS chartplotter which has an emergency button that gives the CG my location, indentification and contact names of family IF activated. VHF may seem less valuable these days with cell phones, but its still a good emergency tool for big water....and Lake O classifies for sure. I always leave with sufficient cell phone battery charge. Its great that people can and do help and I surely will. However you have to plan like there is no help from others and consider that you may be putting others in harms way if you are unprepared.

Good fishing this year brings new boaters some of which dont have the scars on their back reminding them how this lake can be. I don't consider myself smarter.....ok perhaps a little lol....rather i just really remember the lessons learned. And i remember them WELL Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

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To the OP...do you plan to use the lowrance autopilot on the big motor steering but plan to be able to use it with the kicker by it being tied to the big motor? Thanks im considering something similar for next year instead of just the bow mount TM setup. I have not looked int the engine autopilot options yet though Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I run rigger cable...blacks...probe...breakaway cable...ball. i have a slight advantage since i run digitroll 10's and can set the water zero wherever i want Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

While I really like this boat, I'm upgrading in size. I'm looking for $20,500 for the boat as described. Currently located in Mexico NY. PM if interested. Here are some details - Always run with Ethanol free fuel - Always fully tarp covered and dry, rarely fished in the rain and dried before covering. - All fluids and filters changed each year with yamaha brand - Came with a fishermans top with front glass, mooring cover and snap in carpet (each of those not used much if at all). Items I added: - 2' of Cisco systems track in the back on each side - Yamaha VTS trolling switch allowing RPM adjustment in 50RPM increments. - 4 rod holder in the front and one in the rear - Trailer Mods to aid in solo launching / retrieving - cargo netting along the port and starboard side to free up floor storage from life vests etc. - Cranking battery was replaced with a group 29 and a group 27 was added, along with perko 1-2-all switch - 3 bank charger covers the main cranking and (2) TM batteries up front - 1 bank charger covers the group 27 battery on the port side rear I have transom mounting provisions (stern savers) for fish hawk, Fish finder and Smart troll. I currently run an fish hawk X4D, lowrance HDS7, VHF radio with antenna and smart troll but would plan to remove these but could leave some or all of these for an added cost. I run electric down riggers on the track but will be removing those. The trolling motor up front will be removed as well, but mounting plates, connection provisions and batteries would stay.

I watched a bunch of radar shots from that rain. A lot of the heavy stuff was on the lower half of the river it seemed and not as much up toward the upper or lower reservoirs.. The Pineville gauge went up but not that much....150 cfs or so. The river clears really fast unless you get the upper tributaries pumping mud and flowing into the reservoirs like that. A number of years ago the upper res. took a 5 inch rain hit in july overnight on a moderately full reservoir and the river went up to 5000 cfs (normally 185 in summer).

Not an easy yes unfortunately. That's a trial and error thing. The motion sensor beam on the ones I bought is pretty narrow. Potentially one on the doc pointing at the dock and One in the cabin pointing inside the cabin which then wouldn't go off if rocking. my boat is on a trailer so my issues are different.

A little late but for piece of mind in the future, they make battery powered led spot lights with motion sensor that are dirt cheap. 2 of those and a sign that says, smile your on camera might make someone think twice. I have one at my front door it runs for about a year on 3 d cells and is 140 lumens Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Probably from a hook wound as a little guy Sent from my Pixel 2 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

We have been fortunate this year that the temp and fish have not gone deep like they usually do. You may have a nice wide boat which def. helps but that spread might cause problems if you fishing them all below 100ft. or as far as 150ft of cable or more if the temp goes really deep. I have a smaller boat now but when I ran a 4 rigger spread on a bigger boat deeper than 75 ft it was flashers on the outside spoons on the inside and I didn't send an outside flasher past the nearest inside spoon rigger without popping the spoon of the inside rigger first. The currents can create havoc with deep lines. I picked apart too many balls of fuzz. I started going by those rules and it generally works.