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Ah... the great king combat season has began. Not to worry, it will be over soon enough and then cabin fever will set in followed by the great brown trout combat season.

Good idea, there are are plenty of other websites where people who are so inclined can vent their political opinion.

I had the same issues with my fuel hoses and replaced them all like you did. The main problem with foam is that when the law was passed that all boats under 20 foot must have flotation foam there were no guidelines and directions as to how to put it in and where not to put it in,the boat builders took the cheap route and poured it in without creating drainage. Bayliner did the worst job,hence the nickname Bilgeliner

Removing the foam is a good idea only if it is waterlogged. Cut a test hole in a few places and if the foam that comes out is dry, leave it. Replacing foam with Styrofoam or pool noodles is a bad idea, because the foam in an aluminum boat supports the hull structure and the other materials will leave a lot of open space that will fill up with water in case of trouble and you will end up with less flotation material than you need.. But only boats up to 20 foot are legally supposed to have foam, so you may very well not have any foam to begin with.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45012

The cops will not bother you. The state police has only one heavy traffic violation and inspection unit in the greater Rochester area. But if you get in an accident and you do not have the special wide load permit they will throw the book at you. Besides your insurance will not cover you if you cause damage while in violation of traffic rules.

You can use just about any 3/4 inch 6 ply plywood as long as you properly seal it with either epoxy paint or glass it in (on both sides). Marine plywood is great for transoms but it would be a waste of money for the floor. It seems very tempting to use pressure treated plywood, but aluminum and pressure treated do not get along at all and the aluminum will greatly suffer in the resulting chemical reaction.Use either aluminum rivets or stainless screws. Stainless does react to aluminum but not very much. Do not use iron ,bronze or copper screws. I did my Islander about 5 years ago and it is holding strong. The only change and possible improvement I made was leaving roughly a half inch space between the hull and the wood and i filled that up with silicone, so the wood can expand and shrink without pushing against the hull. I also poured some sand like material into the paint in order to prevent a slippery floor. I considered a metal floor, but on a hot day you can fry eggs on it.

Go better. Go Furuno. Great product and great service.

Thank you.

Where to sign up,how much is the entry fee and is there a big fish extra sign up?

Are these heavy enough for dipsy diver rods?

Whether fish are in a stream or a lake,they will react to prey(lures and such) in much the same way. Any fly fisherman will tell you to choose your fly according to the current hatch. It is the same in the lake, but the "hatch" is harder to determine. One way to do this is dropping a sabiki rig into a bait school and choose your lures according to what you bring up. Another way is by examining the stomach contents of your first fish and pick your lure size and color accordingly.Two cold winters caused a huge die off among the alewives. The result is bigger alewives ( the smaller lures you used 3 years ago will not work). The lake is clearer,but because every stream and river is low and warm, the algae is much heavier and thicker and greener in the slick lines in the lake . Again your go to lure of yesteryear is now useless. Maybe I'm just mesmerized by things that I do not understand, but I believe that there is some rhyme to my reasoning. One thing has scientific backing and that is that the pigmentation in fish is such that the fish will adjust its skin coloring in order to adjust to the color pattern present in the environment it lives in. Ergo, lake water color changes and along with it the color of bait fish will change.

I have had very good results with live alewives (caught on yazuri rigs out of bait schools) and hooking them onto a flasher fly rig (instead of the fly) or a dedicated live bait rig. I had to drop my trolling speed a lot in order to get natural representation,but in spite of a lot of laker bites it did produce well for salmon.

Does anybody have any results?

Most 9.9 kickers will go that slow. The problem with an eighteen footer is the steering. You need a deep running kicker to keep your boat straight in cross winds and enough power to turn into the wind instead of being blown sideways.