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    Ibay, Wright's Landing Oz, Mal Pais, Costa Rica
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  1. rolmops
    The only thing that could make noise is the cork screw ram at the kicker end and it will only get noisy if it is working under a tight angle or when it is really badly greased. When you try it out of the water though it will keep on trying to steer the boat and that might make a noise.
  2. rolmops
    I just installed the exact same setup last fall so I would be able to do solo fishing. These setups are great! The price offered here is crazy low . A brand spanking new setup that with taxes costs $3200 new and now $1800. This is the best kicker remote control on the market, You hold the remote control in your hand and point your hand in the direction you want to go and push a button.The thing is like magic. Anybody with an EZsteer who is not happy with it , this is your chance to go 2 levels up for cheap!
  3. rolmops
    There is research out there testing a target group of people. The group eats great lakes fish all the time and it seems that those folks are doing just fine. On the other hand , a lot of opinions on this site may be guided by professional interest. What do expect a charter boat captain to say?
  4. rolmops
    We (four old farts) will be fishing out of Olcott next week for the whole week and I am curious to know whether the salmon has moved south from Canada in the American side yet, Or if we should just concentrate on browns and coho. If you have any news , please let us know
  5. rolmops
    Great
  6. rolmops
    I have a few of those. They usually work well. They come in a kind of hard plastic type material and also in an aluminum version. The problem with the plastick ones is that after a number of years they may get brittle and crack The aluminum ones are much better. The aluminum ones are often the same black color as the plastic.
  7. rolmops
    I don't really remember, but what I do remember is that I made them in such a way that I could very easily remove them from the boat 24 or 36, when the boat sits on the trailer it gets hard to cover the boat.. Also, if you choose to go high , you may consider a side support from the top of the roof. Aluminum tubing bought at a metal store is a lot cheaper and does the same as Cisco it just is not as shiny. It will give you any choice of height and you wont feel bad if you decide to cut them down a bit. You can buy big Jon pulleys online. The way I had mine, was one pulley at the bottom of the mast and one on the top. That way there is less tension on the top of the mast.
  8. rolmops
    There is an additional thing to think about. Because the Islanders lay high in the water , you will find that they get pushed around by the wind way more than the heavier fiber glass boats. This causes slack hanging lines. So there still is a chance of the line catching a dipsy diver rod and pulling it out. Always use a safety lanyard on those rods so you don't loose them. ( I know that because it happened to me).
  9. rolmops
    I used planer boards on my 191. And I did not put the mast on the bow, mostly because it is very hard to get to, when something goes wrong. Instead, I put up 2 masts on. One on each side exactly where the top of the front window hits the roof. The masts were anchored on the side with wooden boards under the aluminum to disperse the pulling power over a larger area. The only thing on the masts were the pulleys the rest was farther back and within easy reach
  10. rolmops
    I would get rid of the EZsteer and have hydraulics on the kicker. It is so much nicer to know that your stuff works without surprises. That way you can go fish without worries
  11. rolmops
    Yes. Just have a good look at how zinger11 has his angled toward the main engine.
  12. rolmops
    I do think that it matters, because it makes the bar longer and exposes it to more strain, while also causing it to pick up debris in the water. You should position the EZsteer as shown in the picture posted by Zinger11. He found the sweet spot for the length of the bar and experimented with the hookup height. Also, the outboard should move move freely around with little resistance. because the harder it is for the bar to push the outboard back and forth, the more things will go wrong. There is a bolt on the outboard that tightens or loosens the resistance. Make sure everything is clean and well lubricated. The angle of the connector on the kicker is important because it allows you to make the width of the radius adjustable thereby allowing you to make the radius on the main en engine and the kicker the same or close to it.
  13. rolmops
    Do you always have the outboard connection upside down?
  14. rolmops
    I see what you are trying to do. With the EZsteer connection in the original position the outboard does not move back and forth quite as much as the main engine, but I suspect that by moving the connection that far down and out it will move way too much. So much so that the bar may come apart. A possible temporary solution may be changing the angle of the EZsteer attachment on the kicker so that instead of it sticking straight out of the back of the kicker it is angled about 20 to 30 degrees toward the main engine. this changes the push and pull a lot.
  15. rolmops
    I would get rid of the (not so) EZsteer system and replace it with a hydraulic ram that is fed from your main hydraulic system so it will get its directions from the auto pilot.
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