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    Check this out ; http://rochester.craigslist.org/boa/4832182286.html
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    Yes, you have to be ready for when you are really, really far from shore :-P :party: :cool:
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    I tried that in my cuddy , a 19 foot Islander, and it sucked. They are too close together and you have no room for rods with reels on them. My solution is more practical and much cheaper. 1 1/2 and 2 inch electric conduit hangers (the grey plastic ones) screwed onto 2 three quarter inch by three inch wide boards and the boards screwed into the ceiling of the cuddy. one side for the butts and the other for the tips.The rods in alternating direction. I have one set for the ceiling of the cuddy and two more sets for the sides which are set up vertically along the sides. For the ones on the side I cut the top third of the hangers off to make it easier to place and remove the rods. This way, I have storage space for 20 rods with reels on, including leadcore and copper, all on the sides and the ceiling while leaving the cuddy center open for additional gear and optional porta potty. It took some measuring,but because I made it myself I could space them the way I needed them. The cost of this setup was 5 dollars in materials.
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    Again,the best thing and the most bang for your buck is the long shaft 4stroke 9.8 remote control electric start tohatsu. I would not buy a power trim for an open boat.
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    No I mean exactly due south of his boat launch. Go straight out of his launch into C and D and you will hit them when the water is low. This year I lost a prop there in October when I tried to come in with my Islander.
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    Right in front of the launch of Mayers marina. if you do not cut west right after you launch but try to go straight out through the slips you too will find them.They are due south of the launch right after the east/west channel that runs along the dock. Ask Bill or Allison.They will tell you where they are. It cost me a prop about 10 years ago and because I had forgotten about it I lost another propeller this year. Cornelis
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    That may be so,but you can be assured that, unlike the I-Bay outlet, there are no big rocks in front of the launch or a sanded up outlet to the lake when the water levels go down in late season. Nor will you have any worries that your trailer wheels will fall off the (not so) deep end of the launch . It seems that there are no cleats as yet, hopefully they will be there by next season.
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    Steiger is coming out with New England lobsterboat like 30 footers which have a very stable comfortable ride, a huge workspace,outboard engines and small engines in the bow that make docking in a slip extremely easy." Praying Mantis" is a Steiger charter boat working out of the little Salmon river and if you make it to the big Lotsa meet in Niagara falls you can probably talk to Marlowe Beisz(spelling?) who owns a Steiger called "Leviathan". These are stable, sturdy and comforable rigs that operate lobster operations in the Gulf of Maine. Which means that they are set up to be dependable also when you are busy working and not at the wheel. just google "steiger boats".
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    All of the above and then some.
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  11. rolmops
    I can think of only one way to catch crabs on Lake Ontario
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    Think of those flappers as check valves. If they are not in good condition water will get into your exhaust system and into your cylinders. That's why those flappers are there. On quiet water nothing will go wrong ,but with strong wave action coming up from behind while trolling you can easily find yourself stuck in the water with a bad engine,just because of those stupid flappers.If this happens it is easy for that water to seep into the oil as well. As for your long cranking in the water, maybe you don't give enough choke when starting. Also check your points and plugs and the setting of the idle adjustment screw on your carburetors, But the flappers have nothing to do with starting trouble. (unless you back your rig very fast down the ramp into the water)
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    Just remember,even if you do not compete,you can still have the time of your life on the water.
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    Did I mention going up and down that road when it snows? It is not exactly a high priority road and it gets salted and plowed accordingly.
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    I've done it,but I won't do it again. The shallows do not produce and when you cast out a bit farther you will get stuck in the weeds. The only way to fish it from shore is with live bait (pike minnow) and a slip bobber, casting as far out as you can with the bait and a sinker with the depth set for roughly 12 to 15 foot. If you have a 12 foot surf casting rod set the depth for 25 foot. There is pike, lakers (in front of the tip) and once about 20 years ago a tiger musky It was the only thing that worked for me. Now if you go out with a canoo you can catch a lot of fish.
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    Yes it is worth it.
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    That is a tug pushing a barge
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    My choice would be 9.8 Tohatsu longshaft ,electric start with remote controls.
  19. rolmops
    make sure that the connectors are compatible. Most fish finders are only as good as the transducer The SS264N ( narrow) the same elements as the Tm260/ B260 / M260 . The pair consist of a 6 degree 200 kHz and a 25 degree 50 kHz transducer...........Garmin 6 pin,Lowrance,Simrad,Sitex,Raymarine............. SS264N...............Garmin GSD-24, Furuno.10 pin.................................
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    The 390 area is just south of Rochester and southern suburbs. The suburbs have a protected huge deer population.The throughway does not really stop them from moving. Add to that Mendon ponds and some other parks where there is a deer behind every second tree, you will understand that in such an overpopulated (deer) area there is a natural move outward in this case southward.
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    That must have been the one that got away.
  22. rolmops
    Most fishfinders are roughly the same . the magic is in finding the best transducer to go with it.
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    Instead of plugging in your onboard charger before each trip,plug it in immediately after each trip.Always try to have the battery fully charged all the time.
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    Ok good question! First of all make sure that both are marine batteries. They can withstand being thrown around a lot better than car batteries and they have less trouble with humidity A starting battery is for starting and will do just fine powering all that stuff as long as you have an engine running so it is constantly recharged. If you use it without constant charging,it will drain fast,but unlike a deep cycle it cannot really be drained too much because it will shorten its life considerably. You can drain a deep cycle way farther down and you can still recharge it to full capacity. In my opinion,you should dedicate one battery for starting and starting only. Being stuck on the water because you cannot start sucks. I have a starter battery and a deep cycle. Both are much more capacity than officially needed. Over the winter keep your batteries in the basement on a piece of wood .
  25. rolmops
    That is because you are only ontherise
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