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  1. rolmops
    I am looking for the triangular aluminum piece that goes on the bow tip of a 1989 Starcraft Islander 221V. If you have one or know of an Islander rotting away somewhere that might have it Can you contact me? Thank you.
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    Why don't you rub it in a bit more.
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    The water and the antifreeze do the same thing. Water gets hot in the block, the thermostat opens and when the incoming water cools the block, the thermostat closes again. Now the antifreeze just flows by but does not go into the block. You have only five gallons of antifreeze and only some of it reaches the block. You would probably need at least ten gallons to fully replace what's inside the block because of the opening and closing action of the thermostat.
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    Some of you may have bought a winterizing kit that uses a 5 gallon tank in order to replace all water in the block with rv antifreeze. You are supposed to warm up the engine until the thermostat opens up and then channel the antifreeze into the engine by shutting off water and running the anti freeze into the block. This is a terrible idea. When the cold antifreeze hits the thermostat it will close the thermostat very soon afterwards and although a bit of antifreeze will indeed get into the block (usually enough to make the color of the cooling water change to pink) it will not totally replace the water in the block and the chance of this mix freezing over and bursting the manifolds or the block is quite high. Marinas that use this system usually use the antifreeze in a closed system and the stuff warms up . This keeps the thermostat open and the system will work well. That would mean that you will have to fill a barrel with the AF in your back yard and run the system that way. It is just better to drain all the water and make sure it is all out . You may even want to use air pressure to make sure.
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    I do that a lot. Usually on one those beautiful almost windless quiet fall days. Usually in 30 to 50 feet. No other boats around which makes it very relaxing. I usually run leadcore and follow a serpentine pattern so the lures are not on the same track as the boat. Once I catch the first one, I mark the spot and circle around it going over it again and again. Often there are under water springs where the browns gather because of temperature differences near the springs. As October turns into November the browns get smaller. I think that is because the bigger ones go into the creeks. I usually winterize after thanks giving.
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    I bought a reactor and it is a great improvement compared to having to always have somebody on the wheel. I still have my EZsteer and I wonder if it is a good idea to use it in combination with the reactor so that the kicker also controls the main engine steering. Has anybody tried this? Does it work properly or is it just killing the reactor?
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    If you have to change the roller tip for your wire rod, this little list may help. Just remove the old tip and measure either the inner diameter of the roller tip itself or the diameter of the tip. Description Price Qty 1 LWTOP10-B Aftco Lightweight Top #10 Tube ID: 10/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 2 LWTOP10-G Aftco Lightweight Top #10 Tube ID: 10/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 3 LWTOP10-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #10 Tube ID: 10/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 4 LWTOP12-B Aftco Lightweight Top #12 Tube ID: 12/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 5 LWTOP12-G Aftco Lightweight Top #12 Tube ID: 12/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 6 LWTOP12-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #12 Tube ID: 12/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 7 LWTOP14-B Aftco Lightweight Top #14 Tube ID: 14/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 8 LWTOP14-G Aftco Lightweight Top #14 Tube ID: 14/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 9 LWTOP14-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #14 Tube ID: 14/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 10 LWTOP5-B Aftco Lightweight Top #5 Tube ID: 5/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 11 LWTOP5-G Aftco Lightweight Top #5 Tube ID: 5/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 12 LWTOP5-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #5 Tube ID: 5/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 13 LWTOP6-B Aftco Lightweight Top #6 Tube ID: 6/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 14 LWTOP6-G Aftco Lightweight Top #6 Tube ID: 6/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 15 LWTOP6-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #6 Tube ID: 6/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 16 LWTOP7-B Aftco Lightweight Top #7 Tube ID: 7/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 17 LWTOP7-G Aftco Lightweight Top #7 Tube ID: 7/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 18 LWTOP7-TI Aftco Lightweight Top #7 Tube ID: 7/64 in- TITANIUM $ 9.89 19 LWTOP8-B Aftco Lightweight Top #8 Tube ID: 8/64 in- BLACK $ 9.89 20 LWTOP8-G Aftco Lightweight Top #8 Tube ID: 8/64 in- GOLD $ 9.89 All Prices are in eaches, stated in $ U.S. Dollars. 1 USD = 1 USD before Insurance, Shipping or Tax
  8. rolmops
    As to why fish are getting smaller and reach sexual maturity earlier? There is some research that points to endocrine disrupting chemicals like BPA which is a chemical that mimics estrogen and is often used in plastic production. We all know that huge amounts of plastic ends up in our water. But Gator would have more of a background on that subject so I'm just throwing it out there.
  9. rolmops
    That sounds nice ,but you disregard genetic potential under ideal circumstances. Plentiful food will increase the chance of a fish to reach its genetic potential, specially if the food has a high protein content like most alewives do.
  10. rolmops
    Has anyone ever heard of these spouts getting onto land or onto one of the bays?
  11. rolmops
    The current state of fishing is a result of two interests colliding. The reason why salmon was introduced into the lake was to control the alewive population. The introduction of the salmon created the salmon fishery which became a very succesful recreational activity. So where do these interests collide? In the hatchery! The original gene pool introduced into the lake was mostly very big fish, but during the difficult winters it was very hard for the large fast growing fish to find enough food and a lot died of starvation. The smaller fish, which needed less food to survive, had better survival rates and by natural selection became the majority fish. With the natural reproduction increasing and the lower need for food the smaller fish became more and more the typical Lake Ontario salmon. Many small fish with higher survival rates control the alewive population just as good as big fish, but are less prone to population collapse. So the DEC is successful as far as alewive population control is concerned. A few weeks ago, I was in the hatchery and while watching the fish swimming up the ladder I saw that the great majority of fish was in the 10 to 15 pound range with only a few in the 20 pounds+ range. I did not see any 30 pound and up fish The egg taking system currently used, is picking a narrow time slot and taking all the eggs in that time slot. I believe that it is not easy to work fast while also selecting only the large fish. specially since there are not that many large specimens and it is very tiresome work. It might be a good idea to stretch the egg taking period to more days so the workers will have more fish to choose from and have energy left to pick out the big ones. That way the smaller fish will have less reproduction potential. Another way to reverse the trend of the fish getting smaller is by bringing fresh genetic stock from the west coast for a number of years in order to reintroduce the large fish genetics into the lake. This should be done for not one year but probably for 5 or 6 years. With climate change slowly making the probability of real cold winters smaller, the bigger ones will have a good chance to re-establish themselves. Or so I hope. At this point in time, there is no real reason for the DEC to take these actions because the alewive population is under control and for us as a group it is useless to confront them because they have the decision making power. Currently we have Lotsa and Elosta. Maybe these 2 groups and a group of charter boat captains should make a united front as a special interest group and try to work with politicians in order to make the DEC take the steps to change their policy. Sorry for being so long winded.
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    It's still a bit early
  15. rolmops
    There might be an answer in this by checking the evolutionary development differences between Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario fish.
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