Chas0218

Also the propane regulator can freeze pretty easy. My buddy has one and after drilling 10 holes he set her down and it wouldn't start back up until he thawed it in his shanty. I have never had an issue with my gas auger it sits outside my shanty when I'm fishing.

I like the regular gas style as I don't have to worry about carrying extra propane cylinders with me. Also If I'm not mistaken the propane is heavier and that is a big deal for me when pulling my sled by hand on early ice.

I keep my mast as far forward as possible. this allows my line in turns to stay away from my poles. I used to clip it to the top of my windshield and on turns it would get into the poles. One year I almost lost a pole on a tight turn with the big boards. If I am in an area where tight turns are a must I use my in-line boards other than that it's always big boards. I have lost a good amount of walleye on the in-line boards and are harder to read than the big boards. For me there are pros and cons of both but I prefer big boards. Big Boards Pros: Easy to read, Easy to deploy, Easy to attach fishing line, Deploy more lines (over eight rods). Cons: Harder to turn, higher cost $$, more equipment needed, takes up more room. In-Line boards: Pros: Cheaper, Easy to deploy, tighter turns, Cons: Fight board (loose more fish), cannot run as many lines (6-eight), sometimes releases need to be wrapped, sometimes difficult to attach/detach from line, harder to read without tattle tails, more line out\ I'm sure others will have more to say but these are just my observations.

I prefer the Palomar knot for everything. I used to tie Trilene knots and they seemed to break off more. A side note if you have large diameter line (40lbs big game for flea season) and are trying to tie a small diameter like 12lbs use a Bristol knot http://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/bristol-knot or a Yucatan Knot http://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/yucatan-knot/ I usually use the bristol knot without any issues.

Had the same thing happen and ended up being bottom. Our outside dipsy got too shallow on a shelf I didn't mark and hit bottom in 67 fow.

Is there that big of difference?

I run heavy braid (50#) and light leaders (15#), Most guys only run mono I have found even with my braid and no stretch I don't break off. Are you running leaders? where is the line breaking? This leads me to think it is bad knots or sun rotted line.

I am in the same boat. Out of convenience I'm going with the raymarine A7 or A9 series. I can easily network my autopilot into my depthfinder/gps. One draw-back that kept me from buying a raymarine was finally addressed it was the refresh rate of the gps. It is now the same as furuno My only dilemma now is to get chirp or not. I am a multi species fisherman and fish walleye, and bass more often than salmon so I think Chirp for me would be good. Sorry the speed of the GPS was wrong furuno has 10hz (10x a second) and raymarine is 5hz (5x a second) except for the higher end units a9 and higher have 10hz.

Same setup here.

Tried this originally with mine but it wouldn't steer worth a crap. I ended up with the Panther Ez-Steer system it works pretty good. I also made my own mounts that use band clamps to fasten the Ez-Steer to the engines. It looks just like the image attached except on my outboard it looks like 2 of the mounts on the kicker.

David Lee on excision charters has been killing them. Not sure of the specifics. Sent from my thinking chair...

Great fish! Love those marble eyes! Sent from my thinking chair...