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second the thru hull! 585 is a great unit, you'll love the detail......

Furuno 585 w/ thru hull you will not go wrong. Easy adjustments and great detail for less than $1500, my opinion

Honestly Fischer speed will change by the day it seems. Some days they want them crawling, 1.9- 2.2. Other days you must burn them, 2.7-3.0. To start I would begin around 2.3-2.4 and go from there. If you run a large flasher to attract give it a lil longer leader which will compensate for a lil added speed. I've run j-plugs with an attractor rig and without and have always done better with a flasher down. The key to j-plug bites are you must put them in front of their noses, it pisses them off into striking. They are not going to go out of their way to chase it down. Find your staging water, east or west of the creek, look for hooks on bottom 50-100' and start there. Run with the bottom to allow you to keep your offerings in their faces. At this time of year somedays your boat will look like a drunken sailors' running it but that is what you have to do to entice them into striking the baits. As far as the plugs themselves I've run many different colors. The #4 all silver plug has been my best one. A chartreuse colored one would be number two. A silver with bloody nose has worked at times as well but not to the degree as the all silver. I watched a video years ago of a guy catching kings in the Niagara river using a Rapala long billed body bait in firetiger. He caught one after the other, all fair hooked. I went out and I bought that bait and tried it in the oak, off the docks. After casting it about an hour and reeling it in without any success I began to get bored, so I started casting it across the river and began burning it back to me, I'm talking way faster then you'd think a fish would bite. First strike almost took the pole out of my hands. I landed two mature kings that evening using the method I had discovered by sheer boredom. Those fish were no different then the ones in 50-100' of water this time of year. You just have to make them mad enough to react... hope this has helped. Bob

I think the big flasher does more to tic them off into bitiing but we normally take our share on the meat rigs as well. They can't stand the action of the j-plugs. Especially when you throw in the erratic manuevers to speed and slow them as well.

If you have a four rigger program, this has been sure fire for me. Run a big flasher cutbait combo on one of your corners. The other three run #4 j-plugs. Silver bullets are my preference. Make sure you are running as close to bottom as possible without dredging zebra mussels. After first light period if your action slows and your still seeing hooks on the bottom start s or zigzag patterns. 50-100' of water usually works for a starter depth. Remember, keep your baits close to bottom, some of your catch will have muddy bellys. Also, don't forget a 10 color or copper rig for a junk rod bonus. Good luck, Bob

J, before I bought I wouls check out iMarine USA 888-ALL-BOAT. Not sure if they have Fish hawk but if they do I'll bet they are cheapest. I bought four new cannons from them and their price couldn't be beat, without Capt. discount. Nice people to deal with. Godd luck, you'll luv the Fish Hawk, I've runn all season on one set of 4 AA batteries. their great units! Bob

Jason, they have been sold, thank you for your inquiry.....Bob

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I'm currently using 50# mono with a 15'- 20' section of 17# florocarbon leader. Absolutely no fleas except on my 30# wire dipsey rigs. The heavy mainline doesn't seem to have any adverse effect on my hookup rates as far as I can tell.

(4) Proos Electric downriggers 3-4' booms w/ swivel bases, mounted w/ Big Jon Ball cradles and dual Big Jon rodholders. Vinyl covers are also included. Riggers all good working condition. These downriggers are still being produced new, with parts available. They were some of the first riggers made for controlled depth fishing. (1) motor has slight gear whine. Also some new spare parts such as counters and counter belts. All items sold together for $450.00. You pickup at the Oak. (Point Breeze, NY) (570) 971-7402

Overton's catalog has the Wise chairs for 150.00 ea. They have 3 yr warranty on upholstery and 6 yrs on the frame. I have two, always used them on my other boat, very comfortable.

Not off hand from local tackle but e-bay is very quick and you'll save some money to boot, that is where I buy alot of my supplies. Just go with one of the many vendors who receives alot of positive feedback from their customers, you won't go wrong.

10-4 Yankee, I'm right out front at Lake Breeze, I'll be over to see you. Thank you

Anyone using the newest electric riggers from Cannon, since the manufacturer change, and if so what are the pros/cons of them. I always used the old Cannons on my other boats with good success. Will be up grading my current boat soon and would like to hear some positives before I decide. thanks, Bob

From the picture it looks like they would be fine somewhere in the area of those rear seats, I would suggest the use of an aluminum backing plate inside your gunnel if you can gain access to install. I would also recommend a bow cover to wash off and steep waves you may encounter. good fishing!

FOR SALE....ONE SLIGHTLY USED TRAILER WINCH HANDLE, SNAP LOCKS INTO PLACE. HAS SEVERAL ROAD RASH MARKS ON IT BUT WORKS FINE,,,MAKE AN OFFER

If you can see the top of your tank(s) most generally it's right after the vent hose leaves the top of the tank, before it makes it's way up towards the fill spout.

Check the routing of your vent hose, from just below your fill to the top of tank. If the vent hose sags below tank at any point when your running gas will fill the sag area, then get pushed out the top of vent when your filling. If you find this to be true, tie up the sag area(s), without pinching the hose, and see if that doesn't help. If it's overflowing main fill, it's gotta be either an obstruction, incorrect fuel gauge reading, to much volume from the pump, or the positioning of the boat at that pump.( sloping grade) Only things I can think of, the vent issues was my problem at one time as well.. Oh, fill at the end of the fishing day so your not at the pump at 4a.....

MJ, if Point Breeze is not out of your travel range let me have your cell #, I'll log it in case I need someone. I have my regular but you never know when a schedule will conflict... thanks, Bob

RC, I agree with Shade, if I were to start out again by myself, would do things alittle differently. Would begin by hiring a charter for one or two trips and ask a billion questions during the outings. There's no secrets a good captain will keep from the novice wanting to learn and there are alot of good captains out there depending what port you prefer using. Personally, it would have saved me a ton of money in the beginning by learning from a professional on what's needed and what's simply fisherman catching......I too suffered the learning curve when I began trib fishing. Remember standing on that bank for hours just watching what the guys in the water were doing. Same can apply to the boat fisherman who does not have seasoned fishing companions to draw from.. Hope this helps, this site is a good one, any questions you have along the way, will be addressed I'm sure, good luck to you on the water.....

X4 Set of four AA batteries lasts all season for me! They've improved the probe and display 100% and I received good service from the 840 for years

The Rochester guys for Sea Tech do a real good job with the class time. One suggestion though, if Daniels volunteers to submit your applications for you, beware. A few of the guys in my class sent them to him with the checks and the checks were lost. They ended up driving to Buffalo, picking up the apps. which were not sent to Coasties and delievered it themselves, as most of the rest of us did from the class. That was three years ago. That was the only downside to the class for me. Oh, Daniels promised us nice Sea Tech embroidered hats for grad, we never saw either. All of our classes with the exception of first aid was in Rochester at a Hampton Inn but we had to drive to Buffalo to test. Our first aid was held in Canandaigua. Sharpen your pencils........