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Until I saw it mentioned in another post yesterday I did not even know that they exist. I found a new one online yesterday for $538 and it has a larger screen and more pixels than the Furuno 620. $200 less than a 620 is attractive ,but I do not know what service or what troubles come along with it.I would love to know if it allows me to see the riggercables under my boat in the middle of the screen,similar to the view one gets on the Furuno. Does anybody have any experience with this fish finder or the company that makes them and are they made in the USA? http://www.si-tex.com/SVS-650PR.pdf

What did he wear when he walked on the water?

Hello Nick. It's good to see that you got your charter business going, All the best with it. Your point about failing knots is well taken and I have moved away from the splicing idea. I now have 6 leadcore rods and reels.2 10s 2 8s and 2 6s It will just have to do. The leadcore off the planer boards has been very good for browns, Cohos and steelhead on lake O ,but also on Owasco Lake where on 10 and 8 color lines at 2.2 while zigzagging I have managed to catch at least one brown on either sawbellies or small stingers every time in about 40 to 60 foot of water over 90 foot. If you feel like doing some fishing on Lake Ontario just send me a PM. I still owe you a 14 pound steel head. Cornelis

According to the DEC,mercury is not so much a problem. The problems are MIREX and PCBs. THE DEC advice is for children and women of child bearing age not to eat lake O fish or very little. Brown trout over 24 inches should not be eaten and the same goes for large lakers, but short lived, younger and smaller fish are fine to eat like once a month. The DEC usually harvests a bunch of fish and removes a few internal organs which are tested for dangerous chemicals. They report that the situation is getting better all the time,ironically the invasive shell fish is responsible for filtering a lot of the poisons out of the water. As for mercury,according to the Sierra Club Magazine, the tuna you get in a can has about 100 times more mercury in it than salmon does. Cornelis.

You have a PM. Cornelis.

An Aluminum 20 foot Starcraft islander cuddy would be your ticket. The Aluminum hull means that it is light and easily trailer-able, while the cuddy structure ensures a safe ride in 4 to 6 footers because of its high front and sides A Boston whaler is great ,but while stable and safe,it offers less protection from those nasty waves when you cut them on an angle. An open console is an invitation to get soaked to the bone. Cornelis.

Olcott is fantastic all year round.

I have it from a reliable source that a Seth green like setup with a heavy duty ugly stick can be jigged successfully with sometimes double hookups. I have done the wireline troll and jig combination that is standard use for stripers out in Cape Cod bay out on the lake with very good results. And yes when a salmon hits that lure it will send a shock wave right up your arm. Come to think of it,instead of using my Cape Cod gear,it would probably work with any copper setup

I fish solo most of the time and the extra rod just about doubles my catch. When my fishing buddy comes along, we fish 2 down riggers,2 dipsy divers and 2 lead cores off the boards. This is a great spread for a 19 footer. It makes me feel like being on a twenty something footer with a tournament spread. I love it! Cornelis

With planer boards you can run leadcore off the sides which often translates into brown trout which when suspended are higher up in the column than lakers, while copper is usually at the same depth as your down riggers

Probably the first good thaw which will send slightly warmer water from the creeks into the lake, or a sunny day in March that will warm up the water just a little bit. I am hoping for a day that has both a bit of sun and slightly warmer water in small pockets. It will be soon, so you better get your boat in tip top shape and get a good system to ward off reel rude charter boat captains who will cut right in front of your boat acting as if they own the lake.

Last November (Thanks Giving) We caught some smallies that were not so small. In 42 degree water, 30 feet down over 40 feet of water with brown trout lures and targeting brown trout ,we caught 2 smallies and one came in at 3.3 and the other 4.10 pounds. They were suspended and following a school of shad in the rip line of the outflow of the creek at ship builders. If you are looking for big smallies in cold water you should expect to find them suspended. Both were caught on leadcore at 6 and 8 lengths off the side riggers. Cornelis

Hmm,the G men against the Patriots. Me thinks that in a couple of weeks I'll buy some Giants caps ,because they will be cheap as dirt.

After having seen what the 582 can do,I too decided that a new fish finder will be a Furuno, but putting a $1500 fish finder on a boat that has about that value seems a bit much. Does anybody have the 620? If so, how does it compare to the 585? What mostly impresses me about the 582 is that it shows the rigger cables and ball constantly in the same place on the screen. Do the 585 and the 620 have that same feature or are they more like my Humminbird 575 which seems to just be a scrolling picture Any advise will highly appreciated, Cornelis

pm sent.

Make sure that no matter what radio you get,it should have the possibility of hooking your GPS unit into it. Next,it would be a good idea to get an MMSI number(they are free and you can get them online) If you have an emergency you will be able to broadcast your exact location on every wavelength all the coast guard stations and every ship with a radio on it simply by pushing the emergency button on your radio because of your GPS hookup and your MMSI number setup it will also inform your home of any emergency. These are 2 very important things for people fishing Lake Ontario. The link below will explain exactly what a MMSI number can do for you. http://www.boatus.com/mmsi/faq.htm http://www.boatus.com/MMSI/ Cornelis

You just described a Seth Green Rig. A good reel to use would be a Penn Senator 12 or 13,combined with a heavy duty rod you will have your meat rig. The best thing would be a working old Victrola box. The problem with your type of fishing is that it is so efficient that you will catch your limit within the first 45 minutes Cornelis

Thanks for the tip. I went there and I had it scanned. The end price is $74 not $50. I guess they meant 50% of the original price. These are the the older type Tite locks. There are three sets left in Victor. Cornelis.

It's not about what is boxed. It's about what gets thrown back in the water ( the just barely 19 inch fish that will not give weight points) in hopes of getting something bigger. Cornelis.

I was lucky enough to have observed on a number of boats over the past 2 years. Looking back at this experience there is one thing that keeps on bugging me. We see many observers get on boats and at least a few of them do not know the difference between a carp and a shark. This enables the captain of the boat to tell the observer that the fish just caught is an Atlantic salmon that has to be 25 inches in order to be legal,while it really is a 20 inch laker or brown trout. Although I do believe that most captains are completely honest ,there should be no temptation because of an overpowering desire to win a competition. I suggest that with the observer's package that is handed out at the captains meetings there is a laminated leaflet with clear pictures of each type of fish with the legal size measurements written right next to each fish type. This will make observing easier and less prone to mistakes. Cornelis.

You've got a pm.

The Yankee fleet goes there out of Gloucester and so does Kevin Twombly who is arguably the best small charter captain in Gloucester. I always use 80 pound power pro with 80 pound fluorocarbon as a leader .That stuff is very thin and has no stretch.While fishing at 300 feet down you still feel every twitch. My favorite is the 21 ounce Norwegian herring. With a very thin line,21 ounce is enough because the currents don't get a hold of a line that thin. I also like to use double hooks with clams and a teaser. You can usually feel the first fish hit and then the second one within seconds of each other. I get double hookups every time. Cornelis.

Here is where I caught one about 9 years ago.There are also very large cod (80 pounders)around here. The charter boat captain told us that the area is so rocky that it is impossible to drop a bottom gill net let alone a drag net We fished a small sandy stretch next to a slope and I caught a 15 pound Halibut,which is really small for a halibut. The place is called Cashes Ledge and is about 80 miles off shore but well worth the 8 hour trip to get there from Gloucester. N42.53.602 W68.56.682. That is the shallowest spot there and the mountain ranges are all around it and there are a bunch of spots that are around 200 feet and sandy. Just be careful not to hook into any unexploded ordinance.

I have been on that boat and it is one of the safest steadiest rigs in heavy weather that I ever have been on. If not for the fact that I am in the middle of putting two kids through school I would scoop up that boat.You will not find a better boat for that sort of money within 2 thousand miles Cornelis.

Now you got me drooling over my keyboard,although instead of the noilly pratt I would go semillon ,its just a bit sweeter, and I have not seen woodhen in years.