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fished the all aboard event for wounded and active military personnel and vets. Left dock at 545 Saturday morning and headed NW. Worked water from 70-210'. Marked very few small bait pods here and there. Picked up 2 Skippy Kings off the boards with a 2 color core w/NBK spoon and the other off the 5 color w/SSW UV spoon. We were getting desperate to put these guys on fish. Moved into 100 FOW with intent of doing some Lakers. Started marking some good bait pods in 55-90 range. Had 64.5 surface and 53 down 40. Threw a standard dipsey out 76 on a 1 and within minutes hooked up. Nice steelhead around 8 lbs or so lost right at back of boat. Minutes later 55 rigger fires pulling a orange crush spoon. Nice 7.5 lb brown. Worked that area for next hour but no more takers. All in all was a tough trip for most of us. Alot did a fish or two and most did none. Temps and bait are starting to set up nice though.......here is Austin (10th MTN Division Ft Drum) with his brown
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For the large ones that do not fit in the bait heads I actually cut the heads off but leave everything else including the stomach whole and it works well. I've never tried backwards but there's no reason it wouldn't work. You might have to run it a little faster to get the action needed due to the end weighing more
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Biggest Fish Of Her Life
bout time replied to jacobj12k's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Team Gray Fox wins Fair Haven 321 Tournament
bout time replied to Morgan-E's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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SBHW Salmon Slam - August 1st, 2015
bout time replied to TOP SECRET's topic in Tournament Talk, Shows, Events & Seminars
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Fairhaven 5/1 - 5/4
bout time replied to paige386's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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SBHW Salmon Slam - August 1st, 2015
bout time replied to TOP SECRET's topic in Tournament Talk, Shows, Events & Seminars
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Wanted Rocket Launcher
bout time replied to piratesholly's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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Sold / Closed Furuno Radar Model 821
bout time replied to fishthief's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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Fair Haven 4/16 afternoon
bout time replied to bout time's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Fair Haven 4/16 afternoon
bout time replied to bout time's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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pro/am "Open" tourny
bout time replied to campwheeler's topic in Tournament Talk, Shows, Events & Seminars
Boat size will only limit you if you let it. Only fish the conditions you are comfortable with. As far as Charters entering the open divison, if that what makes them feel better so be it. There will always be these kind of people in life and unfortunately there nothing we can do about them. I would take pride in fishing with your son and doing the best you can and not letting one or two bad apples ruin your experience. For me the tournaments whether it be Pro, AM or Open is about the experience. Years ago the first ever tourney i enetered was the Open Division out of Sodus. At the weigh in I met alot of good guys and Charter captains that were willing to talk to me and share their success and non-sucessful programs. Point is for every negative (bad) person out there you will find 2 to 3 positives. Guys like Rich (Yankee Troller) and Bill Ruth (Billy V) among others have always been a class act towards everyone. Associate yourself with the positive guys and forget the negative. When you fish the Open and place ahead of that "person" whom you think should not be there pat yourself on your back for a job well done. -
Splash down this afternoon at Fair Haven. Launched at state park around 130 pm and worked my way west. Gin clear water the whole way. Temp was a solid 45 until I got in front of "7 sisters". Found a small pocket of 48 degree water and moved a couple rods (all sticks). All cookie cutter browns. Turned around and headed back east. Took a decent 8 lb brown off die hard spoon down 5 and 50 back out of the 45 degree water in front of holiday harbor. Made a pass on east side of chute and took another 2 cookie cutters in 47 degree water. The water on the east side had the most (only) color to it. Boat ran great and officially ready for the season. Mike 'Bout Time
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Great to know - thanks Tom ! Mike 'Bout Time
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Agree with aluminum if you can find it. Mike 'Bout Time
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Use plywood and lay the rod holder against it to draw angle. Then use a hole saw 1/8" bigger then rod holder and drill hole at same angle as rod holder Mike 'Bout Time
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i made a dash plate and have my Fish Finder, Auto pilot, and Speed/Temp all together. I like it because its all right together. When trolling you have to look forward (for other boats and waves etc) and also at rods. Regardless of crew size 95% of the time i notice a fish hit first (rigger/dispey/copper) before anyone else. its more of a personal preference
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X 2 Mike 'Bout Time
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Berts or traxtech. All accesories are interchangeable. I have run berts and cannon rod holders in traxtech tracks. One thing to think about is the finish. The bright silver looks good but shows more scratches, dings etc. As long as you mount them correctly with backer plates you can run anything you want off them Mike 'Bout Time
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As long as all your battery ground posts are commoned together and return to the main engine ground it doesnt matter. this can be done by either running a jumper from engine ground to battery ground 1 and from battery ground 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3 or from running a jumper from the engine ground to a common buss bar and then running jumpers off the buss bar to each individual battery grounds. As far as the switch itself. there should be posts on the back labeled 1 and 2 and usually a center post not lableled. The post 1 and 2 will go to each battery and the center post (some have a wire) would go to the "HOT" side of the motor/starter found this on another site. this may help. The use of a switch and wiring like this is recommend with dual battery installations. A brief explanation of the operation of the switch in this circuit follows. In the OFF position, the two batteries are disconnected from all loads. The OFF position is used when the boat is being stored or otherwise not in use. It prevents any drain from the batteries. This can be useful if a circuit has been accidently left on, say a cabin lighting circuit or similar drain. Such a load can completely discharge a battery in a day or two, leading to an unanticipated dead battery situation when you return to your boat. On some switches a key lock is provided, allowing the switch to locked in the off position. The provides another level of security in preventing the boat from being used when left in storage or unattended. In the 1 position, all loads and charging currents are connected to the No. 1 battery (the PORT battery in the illustration). Starting current for the engine starter motor is supplied by the PORT battery. When the engine is running, surplus current developed by its charging circuit will flowing into the PORT battery. Current to lighting and other loads will flow from the PORT battery. The STDB battery is completely isolated and has no load current, nor does it receive any charging current. In the 2 position, all loads and charging currents are connected to the No. 2 battery (the STBD battery in the illustration). Now it supplies current required by starting and running, and it receives all the charging current from the engine. The PORT battery is totally isolated. In the BOTH position, the two batteries are connected in parallel. This has a number of implications. Unless the batteries have exactly the same state of charge, the combined voltage to the two batteries in parallel will sag to a voltage somewhat lower than the highest battery's terminal voltage. Current from the higher voltage battery will flow into the lower voltage battery and begin charging it. As long as the state of charge in one battery is higher than the other, the lower battery is more of a load than a source of power. Eventually, the batteries will reach an equilibrium, and they will both have the same terminal voltage. At that point they will both tend to supply current to loads that are attached to them, and they will both receive charging current furnished by the engine. It would seem like operating in the BOTH position would be beneficial, but that is not always the case. Even though the batteries will eventually rise or fall to the same terminal voltage when connected together, they will not necessarily become exactly the same. A battery (or any source of electrical engery) can be thought of as having an internal resistance. The lower this internal resistance the greater the current it can supply. The internal resistance will also affect how the battery absorbs charging current. Even though they are connected in parallel, it is possible that they will supply unequal currents to the loads, and it is also possible that they will accept unequal currents from an the engine charging source. If the batteries are significantly different in their age, their type of construction, and their state of charge, this unequal distribution of current can be more significant. To describe the situation in the simplest of terms, when two batteries are connected in parallel, they will probably tend to behave more like the weakest battery of the two than the strongest. Paralleling the batteries can come in handy in some situations. For example, both batteries may be discharged to a point where neither alone can provide enough current to crank the starter motor, but combined in parallel they can turn the engine over. If one battery is fully charged and the other is totally discharged, connecting them in parallel (by using the BOTH position) can cause very high currents to flow between the batteries. Extreme heat can be generated by the sudden charging of the discharged battery. Use caution in this situation. It is better to recondition a discharged battery by slowly re-charging it with an AC-operated battery charger. The arrangement of the contacts of the typical OFF-1-2-BOTH permits the operation of the switch in the range of 1-2-BOTH without ever disconnecting the batteries from the load or the outboard charging circuit. This is important, as it is possible to cause damage to the charging circuit if the battery is disconnected while the engine is running. By choosing the path of rotation of the switch, it is possible to change from 1 to 2 without moving through the OFF position. Hope this helps