Sk8man

Been on for 15 years since I bought the boat new and no problems detected But the plate is also screwed in with the 2 screws which are also sealed

Geez Paul you'll be all out of equipment for the derby

The advantage to the one from Cabelas is that if you decide to sell your boat etc. you can take the plate off with your (multiple) transducers attached and seal the two little holes in the transom and touchup with a little matching gel coat and then transfer the plate with everything already mounted to the new boat. I believe the epoxy method is permanent.

https://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Transducer-Mounting-Plates/701430.uts?slotId=0 Two screws one at each end sealed and seal the plate with 3m 4200 seals but not permanent in case you want to remove

From what I understand there are multiple origins of sea sickness or ways in which it can develop including everything from the little stones in the inner ear being misaligned or "jiggled", loss of the view of the horizon, the up and down or back and forth movement of the boat in waves, an empty stomach or eating a large meal right before venturing out on the water. It suggests that the stomach, inner ear and brain may be involved in an interrelated way so different things may work depending on the person and specific conditions. I have never been actually sick although when younger I once felt "queasy" after a bet where I had to chug a beer on an empty stomach before7 Am after catching the first fish of the day while in the channel at Sodus.....don't think it had anything to do with my inner ear though....sure had something to do with my brain

I think in Wegmans it is in the bulk or bulk candy section maybe and various forms of it can be found in most natural food places. The capsules can be found in most vitamin sections in stores.The stuff you chew is like candy and has sugar added and once chewed it is strongly spicey (kinda hot) but it settles your stomach. I think the capsules work too but not as immediately.

Aaron - Taking multiple doses of Dramamine can mess you up and can be dangerous. The reason I suggested ginger or ginger root is that it is a natural substance and usually works well for most folks. I have seen it work out on the ocean in 6-8 footers on charters and on Lake O as well and for kids and elderly on whale watches for example. Maybe the combination of the wrist band approach and the ginger is something to try. At least to my knowledge they don't have the potential side effects the other stuff may have.

Both Bonine and Dramamine can cause drowsiness and you do have to consider their interaction with other medications you may be taking and it is possible to overdose on them if taken in other than the prescribed dosages according to the literature on them.

Get some ginger. Take it a half hour before going on the water. The stuff you chew that is mixed with sugar works better than the capsules. Ginger tea also works for some folks.

Good points. The amount of violence portrayed in video games, movies, on the TV and news has desensitized us to violence period. Many parents see nothing wrong with letting their kids watch it from an early age, let them spend copious amounts of time unsupervised watching it and we seem to forget that kids and teens as well as adults learn primarily by watching events, situations, and others in our environment. The copycat stuff is highly predictable after these major events and the media very much shares responsibility in this. When they report historical summaries of the numbers killed, give detailed descriptions of circumstances and authorities reaction to it, and "glorify" the weapons used - unstable people from various walks in life including adolescents children and adults feeling powerless in their own lives think to themselves: "I can be the center of attention too and I can show them how powerful I can become too" etc. The so-called "assault" weapons lend themselves to that feeling of power in the way that they have been portrayed in the media and tv and especially when they see adults seemingly terrified of these items and making all sorts of emotional comments about them. The bottom line is that there can be and have been mass shootings using other firearms as well but until these basic underlying issues of the glorification of violence itself in our culture and media is dealt with we will be seeing more of this happening regardless of the gun laws implemented. The mass shootings are a symptom of something more centrally wrong with our culture.

I think the extent of the economic side of this is yet to be determined. A friend of mine who is a gunsmith and has a federal firearms license said he is turning in the license because of the potential liability issues now appearing although he will still be doing the gunsmithing. I notice also one of the gunshops near me has appeared to close.

I hear ya Stan.... I still fish Lake O and the Fingers and out of Hughes as well and you're rightat least you can usually find a place to hide or reduced the wind on the Fingers and it has always been my favorite place to be regardless of lake fished but the kings are also very addictive. We'll have to dig deep in our old school bags of tricks with these guys coming

Oh.....I thought it was from spending so much time with them

Yeah it also says somewhere that if your genetic makeup is more than half lake trout you aren't permitted to enter....guess that might leave you out of the derby Brian

Kinda interseting....the differences of perspective and opinion. I've fished the derby for most of the years that it has been in existance with varied succcess and placing in the money a bunch of times over the years, being knocked down of major places by 1/100 of a pound a couple times (a bit frustrating) but I have never considered the derby a time for trying to catch the most fish. I 've always looked at it as a matter of trying to catch the biggest fish and that is what makes it fun as timing also plays a great part. I used to fish days before the derby to figure things out but after catching fish that would have won it both before and after a couple derbies I quit fishing beforehand as it seemed to spoil the "suspense" factor for me. Yes the numbers of fish caught seem to have dropped off significantly over the last few years but I also remember back in the1970's when it took about 6 or more hours to catch a legal sized trout and it made us fish a lot harder and put in longer hours but we also learned a lot during that time as you were forced to try new things and think things out more completely....it was a challenge. That is how I view the current situation...it is an opportunity for learning and a challenge. The folks that have put together this years derby have worked hard to revitalize it and keep things going and add some excitement to it by signiificantly increasing the prize. I applaude them for doing it and I for one would support this derby whether i was able to actually fish it or not. There may not be the numbers of fish available as in some years in the past but someone is going to catch the largest of the fish caught and they will happily return home $10,000 richer for it and have some fun in the process. I guess it is just a matter of perspective....

It is a shame that this country's elected officials... seem to throw the baby out with the bath water a lot basing decisions on emotional factors rather than gaining a full understanding of issues and then basing decisions on facts and data. These companies may want to divest themselves of the so-called "assault" weapons manufacturing and sales and concentrate on making the case about how unfair it is to penalize young people with no criminal records, or "actionable" mental health issues who just want to be able to hunt and target shoot and go to court to fight it based on that alone as the younger people are the companies future. As soon as these other weapons are included in the mix the whole issue becomes clouded and polarized because of the extreme emotions involved. It is too easy to lump all guns and users into one category for the anti-gun folks agenda. I should think it could also short circuit a lot of the animosity towards other firearms if it appeared that there was "give" on this issue andit could save some jobs.