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  1. Fat Trout
    mexico fishing report No Mexico pt reports to speak of. Here's one. Sunday, boated 2 kings 15 & 20lb and dropped 2 fishing solo. I was fishing just outside of the brown trout guys. Temp was at 70ft or so. That's as shallow as I've seen cold water in Mexico bay this time of year in a while. Last year I felt like I had to run endless cable to get to temp. Fleas were bad based on my wire being out 30 min. NP on my riggers with flea flicker line. I'm gonna cry when I run out of that. I was west of the launch but I thought about going North toward the dunes. I'm not sure what's up there at the moment. I've seen it posted elsewhere, but the state launch is open now.
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    I thank god every day (lol) for the 2500 yard spool of 30# flea flicker I picked up before it went off the market. They were coming in heavy on my wire this weekend after 30 min but ZERO on any flea flicker line for as long as it was down there
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    That's my problem. I fish alone 3/4 of the time. I hate that rule but got over it. If I catch a big one I'm not gonna worry about it.
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    bump
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    Thats good. I wish the same was true going from x4 to x4d
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    Yeah, I want the x4d for the depth. They seem to sell both upgrade kits with the needed probe. ie 840 to x4 or 840/x4 to x4D. Thats what had me thinking an 840 upgrade to x4 needs a new probe too. Check into that before you get an x4 display and then need a probe. That would be a bummer. the only constant seems to be the transducer. That seems to work equally for all, as best I can tell.
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    to go from the 840 I think you would need both the display and the x4 probe....not just the display. I have wanted to upgrade from the x4 to x4d but didn't want to eat the upgrade cost and still have the old equipment. They swap out the display and probe apparently. If you would be interested in the display and probe let me know. My probe and display are 2 yrs old
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    As of last week you needed to wade through about 4-5" of water for about 10' to get to the floating dock section. Otherwise it was fine.
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    don't know if I'm missing something....but Fish USA.com has them in stock. I was able to put them in the cart. Edit....nevermind...saw the comment on looking for used LOL
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    Fishhawk for current direction and your speed. Then also Fishhawk for what the fish are doing.....ie I see marks at XXft, where are they in relation to the temperature. As said, its only data. but its good data. the problem is, it takes a whole lot of other info and experience to make it make sense. Even then, the fish just give you the "middle fin" anyway and leave you scratching your head (ha ha)
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    Whoa..... My camper is upstream @ Salmon Country and when I was up last weekend the lake was as high as I had ever seen it but that picture puts it in perspective. Thanks! BTW Last weekend my Camper was probably 20 feet from pooled water which I had never seen before (that close). Camper is up higher so no prob there but compared to last fall its a shocking difference. Last fall I had to lie on my chest and barely could scoop a bucket of water from the same dock that has 3" covering (last I saw).
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    Why is it closed? Lake height? I'm up there all the time but admittedly use that launch very infrequently.
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    I have an 18 Pro. Just curious. For your issues do you have a kicker on the port side along with the battery? I'm running a 115 and I don't have issues (but I'm not running a kicker). I do have weight based listing depending on passengers (or not) and where they are sitting but nothing bad like the OP is dealing with. I consider this somewhat normal for a smaller boat and not close to dangerous in my case. I'm intrigued by the 4x12 tabs mentioned as adjusting tilt as needed based on wind, waves & passengers might be nice. I just wanted to gauge your observations with the 18 as points of reference only. Seems to me the 18's are marginal on the tilt and dependent on weight distribution where the 20's have a more significant issue that needs definite resolution. I like the 18 but have this affliction where I always find see some shiny new fishing gear or boat gear to spend $ on.
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    bump
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    Thanks for the info. any issues / observations with transducer location or proximity to other transducers, engine etc? The speed / depth / temp probe in the on sale kit looks different than the one in the separate probes....smaller, more compact. Improvements I guess? any known cure for the paranoia of loosing a probe? (kidding)
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    TTT
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    There's a full length reverse chine. Perhaps however at the length and weight of that particular boat its not effective enough on plane. Hard for me to say. I have the next size down and don't have the same problems. Deadrise isn't published (that I've found) so I'm not sure if the series of boats is actually a full V
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    For what its worth and to aid potential future participation from others. Has the DEC ever considered a Saturday meeting at at least one location?. A lot of Lake users travel a long distance and have to schedule in advance to get off of work. A week day meeting at 6 can be a tall order for many who can't get off of work or essentially need to take 2 days off to be there. Just a thought to help participation.
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    Looking at the history in the write up seems to prove the effectiveness of stocking cuts. 2008 was very low stocking due to drought. 2011 was year 3 for those 2008 fish. 2012 and 2013 was a banner year for Alewife hatch and is now the bulk of the bait we are supposedly living off of.
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    For what its worth....when you look that prop up. it is listed for a range of Yamaha engines up through 115. My boat weighs 350# less than yours has 10 gallons less fuel capacity and is 7" narrower so less drag for me. I may be on the edge and you are on the other side of a prop that is on the top end of its range of use. As I think of it. When I trim up I notice a pitch change so I don't trim up a lot. I'm slipping a little I think. This was interesting btw https://www.boats.com/reviews/outboard-expert-finding-the-right-propeller/
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    My prop is a 13x19-K. I'd be curious what's on yours and what you end up with. Next time I have my boat out I'm going to bring up the RPM's on my Lowrance and pay much more attention to the actual performance info from the engine vs my analog gauge on the dash.
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    Interesting Point. I remember that having a big influence on a little boat with 25hp that I had ha ha. I have the same Yam motor on a similar model as Sea IV My tab isn't centered. Its one notch from center toward the driver side. That puts the tail of the tab toward the driver side and front of the tab toward the passenger side. He's still under propped but this could be making things worse.
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    Ha.....I get it. I've seen you post before. You know enough lol. As for the new boat thing. All I can say is that there is a devil wherever you go....new or used. I've seen issues with both....myself and with others. Where I agree with you the most is in the high end super expensive fiberglass class. Shocked...shocked at issues I have seen new buyers deal with for $100-150K boats. I'm hoping for you its just a prop thing and in your past before you know it!
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    sounds high. The prop may be the thing.
  25. Fat Trout
    A foot! and with Batt and all that stuff. wow. with batt (on passenger side) and my buddy their too, I was ****ing about a couple of inches of steady out of level.....lol.
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