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for sale : usa Bobby-D
Rookie Fisherman replied to Bobby-D's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
It would greatly help if you listed the equipment that is for sale and photos -
I agree with Rich here. I use the FH as a guide not the end all be all. I trust the bend and action of my diver rods as much if not more. Had a day without the down speed as one of the retaining rings on my FH wheel fell off so we read the divers & rigger cables. Ended up being one of the best evenings of the season. Thankfully we still had down temp
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Oswego?
Rookie Fisherman replied to geoice's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
If you are out that far try a little deeper if you can. We fished Thur & Fri nights between OZ & Fairhaven was looking for a better class of fish. 520-580 was best. 75-100 down. Thursday it was all spoons Friday mostly spoons but meat & flies also took fish. Die Hard Mag on rigger & Fat Nancy Mag on a green #5 Chinook diver at 2 setting 150-200 out were the hottest. Took a bunch of high teens and 2 fish over 20lbs. Very few shakers -
Out of Fairhaven in deep water. Took a white/green dot skinny with white/green fly on 300' copper. Fish has a second lower jaw w/teeth! Looks like second gill plate partially grew in. There was a hole between the two jaws inside the mouth(s) Fly was in upper jaw and hook actually was stuck in the upper part of the lower. I cut the leader so I didnt have to try and push hook the through the hole and out the upper mouth. Anybody ever seen one like it? I was gonna keep it but it was kicking real strong so I released it.
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Oswego 13 July evening
Rookie Fisherman replied to rfinney's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Thursday night we were in Oswego too. Took nearly 20 hits from 6 pm until sundown. Fished 180-240. Don't think you did anything wrong just didn't get out far enough. We took hits on spoons, flies and meat took the bigger fish 85-120 down. Here is what took hits. NBK (stingray size) spoon on green Chinook #5 Diver 2 setting. 240-300 back 300 copper Spin doctor & stud fly (small fish though) 450 copper 11" Minion Cotton Candy & Fly Pro troll white flasher (with light) & Fat nancy pattern flasher both with chartreuse brined meat. Had blank screen most of night, some bait no real marks. Obviously every day changes. Fished Friday night out of Fairhaven went real deep looking for better class of fish, all I will say is they are out there! Keep at it and you will find them. -
2018 Oswego Pro Am
Rookie Fisherman replied to burkyboy's topic in Tournament Talk, Shows, Events & Seminars
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Do you troll with a kicker or the I/O? If a kicker and its tied to the the I/O with steering bar the rudder reference could be tied to the kicker instead of the I/O If no kicker, you would somehow have to tie it to the outdrive. Might have to make a mount for the RR and somehow fasten the end of the bar to the outdrive. I have outboards but still had to do some fab work. I used starboard to make a mount for the RR and a mount at the front of the engine.
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Good Luck!
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Not sure what it should been an I/O. If I remember right is what about 28 degrees on my outboard. Could be mistaken though. Link from forum below may help. Lots of good info on the Raymarine forum my be worth a try asking these questions there. http://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?tid=1831&highlight=rudder+limit+RAYFAQ%23
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Jig Stick unfortunately I can't answer your question as I used the rudder reference on my install so the commissioning procedure was different. If I had to guess 20 seconds is the answer as it asks for full port to full starboard swing. If once you start using it and it doesn't seem right you can always do a reset and try 10 seconds as the input. If you go on the Raymarine website to the support area and ask this question on the forum there you will probably get all the answers you need. I just did a full Raymarine package on my boat and found "Chuck" the moderator on that site to very helpful and knowledgeable. I messaged with him a few times and he was always spot on with his info FWIW after talking with several people about the rudder reference I came to the conclusion that for trolling it was a beneficial piece of hardware. Just more realtime info input for the ACU. I can't say how it would be trolling without but I can say with it that it works great. I certainly couldn't drive the boat better manually, especially when utilizing the pattern programs, 180 turns etc. Its a fairly easy install too. Good luck, I am sure once you get it worked out you will be real happy with it.
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The ones they are shipping now seem to have softer edges vs what others have described
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ISO full copper rigging on the reel
Rookie Fisherman replied to Reel Doc's topic in Tackle and Techniques
X2 on Russ at anglers Avenue. Also Fat Nancys in Pulaski -
Adding a 2nd battery...have a install question
Rookie Fisherman replied to pjprod's topic in This Old Boat
Yes It does. But you have to manually adjust the Perko to do it. The ACR works along with the Perko and makes the switching automatic. It just takes forgetfulness out of the equation. I haven't touched my battery switch all season. -
Adding a 2nd battery...have a install question
Rookie Fisherman replied to pjprod's topic in This Old Boat
The ACR will allow you to share charge from the main motor for both batteries but isolate the draw. This way you can have a dedicated battery for starting the main engine and never worry about drawing it down. I have 3 batteries on my boat. 1 dedicated for the main motor and 2 house batteries batteries for the electronics, down riggers, AP etc Kicker charges house batteries as well when running. Never have to fuss with the battery switch unless I want to shut everything down -
Fair Haven Weekend Warriors
Rookie Fisherman replied to Kaz's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Fair Haven Weekend Warriors
Rookie Fisherman replied to Kaz's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Cisco or Traxtech
Rookie Fisherman replied to St. Larry's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
I just rigged my new boat over the winter. I used products from both companies as well. Cisco electric reels are the way to go. Get the extended arm for the pulleys. I didn't go with trees instead I mounted Cisco rod holders on the grab bar for my hard top, 2 on each side.. Cisco tracks down the gunnels & across the back. Cisco was able to make some custom lengths for me with a quick turn around. Traxstech ratcheting lift & turn rod holders are really nice. I have these in the tracks for Diver rods & down rigger rods. Went with Traxstech down riggers. Simply love these down riggers but for the price you should! I ordered my down riggers back in January and it took 8 weeks to get them. I would call and talk to them to find out how long before placing an order. Products form both companies are great just decide which products work in what locations on your boat best for you -
Thanks for the help
Rookie Fisherman replied to hookedupf7's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Thats a good start for your first time! -
I was getting 53 (or so) degrees at the surface and 51 degrees all the way down to 70' or so. This held true all the way out to about 300' in the area I was fishing. Just after 300' I was getting 43 degrees at 50' down. Although 3 of my fish came at 95-100 down. Not sure what temp was down there as my probe was parked at 50' One fish came off that rigger.