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If it is for keeping the big ones cool, you should go for the 150 quart one. They are available for less than $100 at BJs and Costco.

I currently have 2 Islanders. A 19 footer 191 (for sale) and a 22 footer 221. I love these boats. They are easy to trailer and give you a lot of security on the water.

The Islanders and Sylvans are the same boats from the same manufactorer under a different name.

It really makes no sense to me in terms of protecting the species that the law allows the catching of fish while they take care of their spawn. Never mind the moral implications. Lots of time the bass after having been caught and released are so traumatized that they abandon their nest. It seems that the law was adjusted in order to serve the commercial interest of the tackle business.

At least on the east end it has been poor fishing to put it mildly. One of the problems was the lack of green water. It caused the fish to spread out over a large area in order to feed themselves. Now with the fresh water coming out from the creeks and rivers there will be a lot scum lines and algea growth. It will produce food concentrations and the fish will start to concentrate around the food sources. It is my opinion that this rain will improve fishing very much ,but then again, it is just my opinion.

Most of the old boats migrate from Florida to south of Mexico where they have a lot of years as bread and butter boats for the village fishermen

could it have anything to do with the scroll speed of your fishfinder?

I just passed through Costco in Rochester to buy some artisan rolls (square burger buns) and my eye fell upon the coolers. They have the big 165 liter Igloo coolers for $99. Usually they are closer to $200. These are the ones that you can put a 25 pound to 30 pound salmon into without having to bend and squeeze it. Go get them while they last.

Fish cleaning stations can be cheap and they can be expensive. Specially expensive to maintain. Maybe they should just have a few tables around a barrel for the guts and a water hose or two set up above a catch basin. Cheap to buy, cheap to maintain and the barrel can be picked up daily by a garbage truck or a cosmetics company ( to render the oil used in the cosmetics industry). The expensive ones include a shed, a grinder and some more fancy things. But one thick knife or pair of pliers that is dropped ruins the grinder and that is why they are so expensive and hard to maintain. Personally, I think it would be best to clean the fish on the water and bring the fish to shore with the skin on so measurements can be taken. The money that is saved this way way can be used to build proper toilets which often are absent.