Sk8man

These boats were built like a tank....with real metal not the tinfoil like some of the new ones

Very encouraging Hope it keeps up

Cool story Bill. I think your son has picked up your skills and abilities too. A lot to be said for "old school" as we both know.

During one of them during the eighties I caught a 26 lb and change king and didn't have a scale in the boat and with the adenalin rush I thought it must be at least 30 lbs and puilled up everything and ran into the weigh station at Sodus and when it was weighed I noticed the leader board and it didn't even make the board that time There were some true hogs being caught back then....

Cool Pelthunter - We stayed about 200 yds from that drawbridge near the memorial and each morning I watched the various types of boats go out and some made my 18 footer look like a little dingy. There are some beauties in that marina where Dot Com and Wicked Pissah keep their boats.

Thanks guys.

It is interesting about the pricing etc. I know there are basically two different main markets: the Japanese and American. The Japanese market is a huge auction setting where the prices are mainly influenced by fish color and shape whereas the American market is heavily influenced by fat content of the fish. On the show they describe both factors in the tail sample and core sample, but depending on each of those things the fish go to different markets. Another thing is that the actual treatment of the fish is VERY important after catching because the fish can build up huge amounts of lactic acid during the fight which can dramatically influence the quality of the meat and color etc. so they have to allow the fish to "cool down" in the water for awhile before icing it and transporting it to the buyer for evaluation.

Looks like you're in business bud.

Sounds as though it may be a factor at least. Best of luck with it.

Something that bears mentioning lest we forget fishing in the ocean is a VERY dangerous undertaking. Gloucester has lost more than its share of fishermen over the centuries and is the oldest fishing seaport in the US. It was brought home extremely to the point when visiting the memorial to those fishermen that lost their lives over the nearly 400 years of the seaports existence . Nearly 4,000 fishermen lost their lives between the mid 1800's and the early 1900's with a total of 5,368 until 2011 according to the plaques with their names at the site. Very touching.

I think I would try putting where the red arrow is in the pic at the extreme left side of the mounting plate because your hull will be rising up when on plane and that may keep the transducer face toward bottom more.

You may wish to carefully consult the installation directions for that particular transducer as they can be slightly different for them as well as for the particular hull design of your boat. Often the hull curvature at the bottom of the transom throws people off as they are looking at the bottom of the boat rather than the ground itself and then orient the transducer facing somewhat outward rather than straight downward and when they get up on plane the cone angle is pitched outward and not down so they lose the bottom. The face of the transducer usually needs to be ever so slightly angled either inward or outward toward the back according to the degrees mentioned in the installation directions.and placed as far as possible away from any turbulence factors (e.g. ridges or flow areas etc. in the hull).

John - I didn'r think to ask that one... a good question but I think they do troll for them in North Carolina when they fish during the winter season. They basically skip the lures or bait across and near the surface behind "birds" which are kinda like our version of planer boards and troll quite fast compared with our "world"

Good one Stan.....that 856 lb one in the pic got him over $15,000 I think Thanks for the positive comments etc. folks.