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This is simple. All you need is painters tape and a good wad of paper toweling. Make the toweling soaking wet and wrap it around the probe making sure that the sensors on the front end of the probe are also soaking wet. Put the probe crossways under the transducer making sure that the probe antenna (that round thing in the center on top) is right under the transducer. Tape the probe up under the transducer to keep it in place making sure that there is plenty of soaked toweling between the probe and the transducer and check the screen. Its a lot simpler than big buckets and such. Good luck.

Finally an afternoon where I could get away from taking care of my ailing wife. Her illness has kept me tied up at home. Anyway, quite an exciting shakedown it was. We went out of Braddocks Bay for my first time and learned that although it is only 20 minutes away from home, it is also very shallow and unless you know where to go (which I did not), you may damage your prop. Once out on the lake, it was time to start breaking in the new 3 liter Mercruiser (michigan motorz)engine which I installed last winter. That was great. No more nagging fears of engine breakdowns because of an inexperienced mechanic who insisted on building his own engine. Next came the new steering system on my kicker, a push button remote "Tailfin" setup. While my buddy was struggling with the steering we soon found out that Islanders with side wind and wave action need a certain speed to react to the kicker steering. So I decided to put out the otter boats for directional stabilizing. After the boats were out I send the dipsy diver rods out and everything seemed fine for a minute. Then my buddy pushed a steering button a bit too long and the result was that the otterboat line caught a dipsy rod and pulled it out of the holder and into the water. I saw $400 hit the water and go down. In pure frustration I pulled out the downrigger rod, jerked it loose and felt resistance. I started reeling it in and somehow the jerk had wrapped the line around my sinking dipsy rod and very carefully I could nurse the rod back on board. Afterwards the jinks left us and we settled in. The end result was 5 large steelhead 50 feet down over 125 feet caught with orange crush super slims and chicken wings. It was a shakedown I will not soon forget.

Do you mean an EZ steer setup? If so, I have a complete setup for $200. PM me if interested.

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I have a brand new Empire boat cover that will fit a 22 foot Starcraft Islander or similar boat. I unpacked it tried it on the boat while parked and after 5 minutes put it in a box in my garage. They are about $350 new. This one is for sale for $200. If you want to low ball , you're wasting my and your time. PM me if interested.

Is that the Sandy Pond on the east end of the lake or, the creek near Hamlin?

That is exactly how I felt about your comment

There probably are some people who would like to see that, although not very many. It is more probable that parents whose children were hurt or killed because of guns left laying around by irresponsible parents will be held criminally liable.

So there we go again, turning stuff into politics that gain us nothing positive but help finance a lot of politicians who claim to represent you but mostly want your money. Let's put some things in line here. We all know that lead is not something you want on your breakfast plate and we do not really want to kill animals because they ate the animal that got hit but got away and died later Most hunters love nature and so do the people who promote the change away from lead. Ducks unlimited invests a lot in environmental improvements, so it seems to me that that there are more than just a few shared interests. I do not think that hunters have to quit their hobby just because of the material that they use to shoot. So what other alternatives are there ? Let's start with the anti lead crowd. They should be made aware that every time they use Orkin or Mosquito Joe or anti grub treatments for their lawn, they are probably indirectly killing a lot of birds. We should make them aware of their negative actions and save some of the things they claim to protect. Now for the hunters. If using something instead of lead, would a longer barrel or a rifled barrel help? Would different tactics or techniques remove the need for lead? Is not overcoming the challenges while hunting a great part of the woodsman's joy? I could go on. Calling your senator is an idea. Calling your senator with ideas about how to solve the problem and give them a chance to do something positive instead of wasting our money to play politics is a great idea. Think about it.

What you describe would be good when trolling live bait. When fishing with lures you must set the hook at first bite or the fish will spit the the lure out and go elsewhere