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Everything posted by rolmops
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At least politicians should have to take an oath to never lie to the public . It might make a difference Your point is well taken.
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Can you send me a PM with additional information, like the price and when you will remove the transducer from your boat /
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It occurs to me that certain publications get paid by certain people to print certain things. Maybe we have to look into changing the first amendment so lying is no longer protected, fantasy must be marked as such and bending the truth must be clearly marked. It would be nice to allow politicians to only speak the truth and every lie would cost them a few 1000 dollars to go into a fund for victims of their lies. That would shorten the gravy train. Oh well, on a cold winter's day like this , one can dream.
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Great! I hope they will all go there and leave Sandy alone,then everybody will be happy
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I mostly fish Lake Ontario In depths of 40 to 200 feet down and sometimes but rarely at 450 feet down I currently use a Furuno 587 with a TM260 transducer and a Garmin UHD 64CV with a GT24UHD-TM Transducer. I am not really happy with this setup. There just seem to be too many monitors on the dashboard and the Furuno does not "talk" to the Garmin which has the GPS. While the Garmin has too small a screen. So I want to clean up the dash and have only one Fishfinder/GPS Monitor with a 1KW transducer with chirp capability, while not interfering with the fish hawk down temp and speed gauge which uses 70kh. I am thinking a 10 or 12 inch touch screen monitor ,probably but not definitely a Garmin because the auto pilot and the GPS are also Garmin but I get mixed up with all the different products on the market. I want my transducer to be high end, but I don't need a hookup to radar (I have no radar) or other super fancy equipment. I have a budget of give or take $2000. What would you good people suggest?
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You are right and wrong at the same time. The lake effect snow that is created by Lake Erie and Lake Ontario does not change anything. That is where you are right. The Lake effect snow created by Lake Huron that travels through the air toward Erie and Ontario does make a difference. As for your second argument. That is true for the submerged ice and not for the ice that is above the surface of the water, like the visible parts of icebergs and of course all the ice that is on top of dry land masses like Iceland Greenland and Ant-Artica So yes, sea levels will rise.
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The water level in Lake Erie has very little if anything to do with how much water they let out into the St Lawrence. It has to do with how much water comes down from the upper lakes. It takes a long time for water to travel from Lake Superior to Lake Erie. So even if there is a very heavy snow pack in the North this year it will take a long time to reach lake Erie. More than a year. In this case, however, climate change is our friend. The lakes are still quite warm for the time of year and lake effect snow promises to be quite substantial because of it. Also because the upper lakes will take longer to get a serious amount of ice cover, which would limit lake effect snow. Already we saw that there are lake snow connections that are coming in from the northern lakes and dump very substantial amounts of water from above in and around both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. This dramatically shortens the travel time that the water would normally take to reach the lower lakes and it increases the overall amount. Anyway there is little to nothing we can do about this in the short run.
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Do the spark plugs in your kicker have resistors in them? If they don't it usually causes interference. On champions the letter code should have an R in it .
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That is a beautiful boat. I have restored about 8 boats so far, but always to make them ready to fish and never shiny like yours. I did it because I love the process of planning and rebuilding, but upon finishing the project I usually loose all interest and look for something new to start. Do you have the same feeling about this project, or do you plan to use it as your go to rig?
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Sold / Closed 2 Big Jon Electric Planer Reels
rolmops replied to johnpn's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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Sold / Closed 2 Big Jon Electric Planer Reels
rolmops replied to johnpn's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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Wanted looking for an Islander bow piece.
rolmops replied to rolmops's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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Another way to use the blacks is with a rubber band. You tale a size 14 rubber band and wrap it around your line like 7 times and then you take the 2 ends and put them around the small metal end of the black. I use them that way because my old fingers have a hard time wrapping the line around the metal thing the proper way. wrapping a rubber band is easier. But like Silver Fox I also use the Scotties specially off the boards with copper and leadcore. Buying scotties tends to give people a bit of sticker shock. A single one is the price of a thousand rubber bands and you may end up using rubber bands with the Scotties as well.
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Wanted looking for an Islander bow piece.
rolmops posted a topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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. -
Lake Champlain Frostbite season began........
rolmops replied to digitroll's topic in Fishing Videos
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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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Fall fishing
rolmops replied to kcr66's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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. -
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
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What's your opinion of the current state of our fishery?
rolmops replied to Yankee Troller's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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. -
What's your opinion of the current state of our fishery?
rolmops replied to Yankee Troller's topic in Open Lake Discussion