JakeyBaby

I have a 22ft Chris Craft that wieghs in the ball park of 3300lbs. It is pushed by a 4cyl. 180hp Mercuiser. I have 2 prop's and not sure wich one will work better for trolling and top end..?? More so for trolling but i guess i should be more conserned with the right one! I have a 14.5 x 19 that i believe came with the boat when i bought it..?? The other is a 15 x 21, i have no clue on wich one is better suited for the motor and Alpha outdrive! Any help would be great!! And thanks to Hank for helping me out with other issues i am having really appreciate it!!! Thanks Again Matt -Jakey Baby-

Yes it is a 4cyl. mercruiser with the alpha 1 lower unit. Are you guys talking about the brass tube that shifts the motor into gear...??? And yes i drain the lower unit oil every fall and refill in the spring.

Had the boat out yesterday and had some problems with my cables. When i would drop into gear it would just grind untill i really drove the throtlle handle forward for it drop in gear. Is this a sign of bad cables/ dry cables or does it just need some adjusting?? At times also, if when wanting to drop back to neutral and or reverse unless i really slam the handle to the postion the motor will just cut out! What a pain when trying to dock!! Any Help Would Be Great!! Thanks Matt -Jakey Baby-

Go with the electric you will be alot happier in the long run!!!! Last year i had 2 electric and 2 uni-troll's on my boat and what a differnce between the 2 when you are running them at the same time! With nothing else said..... I have 4 electric's now . Matt -Jakey Baby-

Good to see you out there.

I Just put my order in for 6 new Convectors!!! Cant wait to get them and put them to work!! Thanks again Mortigan for that site thats a pretty good deal! I also bought a 3000yrd spool of the green low vis suffix line...... Any thought as far as that stuff goes? Never used it but for 30 bucks i figured i would give it a shot! Matt -Jakey Baby-

Awsome day got to love those unexpected Kings!! We also did one off the rigger this morning.

Yea we saw you Joe, good to see you out! Nice king, there are more in the area this year this early then i have ever seen!!

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water: Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Total Boated: Species Breakdown: Hot Lure: Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Did the Sandy thing this morning and had another good day! Water had pretty good color again and the fish were active. We went 18 for 23 on the browns, one brown even had about a 6 inch goby in its mouth and still took are offering! Late in the moring we ended up take another good rip of the rigger wich ended up being ANTOTHER 21lb KING!!! Sorry no pick i forgot the camera . Been a reel good year for me so far and hope in continues to get better!! 2 kings so far and its only April1 cant get no better!! Matt -Jakey Baby-

30lb for Salmon i would run at least 1200 ft, you never no what can be at the other end!! I had a 27lb King hit a S/d fly combo off the ball 15ft and the fish never really truly stop till 850ft . What would a 40lb'er do..?? I would fill you reel to the max, givin you will cut and trim through out the season, plus the fuller your reel is the more line you will get back with each crank of the handle. Matt -Jakey Baby-

Anyone have any predictions as far as what the flee population will be this year due to are so called winter?? I would guess they will be pretty bad pretty early. Thanks Matt -Jakey Baby-

Thanks for all the input!!! I am Def. going to give them a try with all this positive feebback from you guys that are on the water using this stuff more than i am!! I know they will outperform the magda's!! Thanks Matt, -Jakey Baby-

Here are a few pics with my 2year old son Landon with his 1st Brown Trout in then first minute of fishing on the big O!!! This is Landon on his 2nd Birthday doing a little night fishing for walleye's last July! And here is one with a nice Northern we picked up wile trolling for eye's, he Loves this game!

Mortigan..... You wernt kidden about that price def. the cheapest i have seen!!! THANK YOU!

Those are some amazing fish!! That Eric Haaja is on the outdoor channel and VS. all the time fishin for anything from Walleye's to Kings!

Thanks for all the great reposonses!! Truly was a great day!! Lakebound88 yea only had the riggers closest to cabin on and not the 2 in the back of the boat, does kinda catch the eye a little odd!

I am looking in to possably buying some Okuma Convector reels. Any one have any experience with this reel? Im thinking they are right in my price range since im buying 4-6 of them, and they look alot more durable then the magda pro's that i have now! Im planning on using them for planner boards and downrigger's so would the 30's be good enough? Any help would be great!! And if you happen to have any let me know . Thanks Matt -Jakey Baby-

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water: Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Total Boated: Species Breakdown: Hot Lure: Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Fished out of Sandy after work this afternoon for about 2 hours, with lots of First's happening! This was the first trip on the lake with my 2 year old son Landon. Once we got to where we wanted to start setting up i told him to pick the First stick out. Before the secound line was in the water, the rod fires!!! He fought the fish with a little help and landed his First Brown with in the First minute!!! The moment i have waited for, for a long time! Next thing you no line starts screemin again, but we were snaged on bottum and turn back to get the lure back that we had just boated our nice brown on! (Always have more then one color!!) Finally get set up and i hear another screemin real! i thought we had another snag, but instead this time there is a fish flying out of the water behind the boat! Forsure got to be a stealhead i said. Runover to grab the rod and the reel just starts tearing line off it!! After a great battle that was not expected, landed a 12-13lb KING!!!! The First king of the year in March i love it. Ended up with just the 2 in 2 hours but probably the best 2 hours of fishing in my life! Matt -Jakey Baby-

intrested in your rods! Thanks matt -Jakey Baby-

let me know if you want to seperate some of that gear from the boat!!

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Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s): Time on Water: Weather/Temp: Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: Surface Temp: Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Total Boated: Species Breakdown: Hot Lure: Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Fished out of sandy this afternoon from 3- 6 just to get the boat in the water and give everything the once over. The weather could not have been better for being March 18th!!! Ended up going 7 for 11 in the short 3 hours. Most came on Jr. Thundersticks in 8ft of water. No Monsters but all in the 5-7lb range. Best area was just west of the creek and pullin at 2.2 mph. Cant wait to get out again this week!!! Jakey Babey Matt

how old are the convectors? Any pics?

you happen to have any pics?