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Yea buddy that's a slammer, congrats to all that made this guys day!! By the way beautiful boat!! A musky is the only fish I never caught. I had some fish spool me fishing for eyes, I caught a few pike pushing 40" that I could hold, but not what ever I hooked into those few times??

Pretty cool thread you got going Stone, you really are an inspiration to those following, I remember all the questions you asked when you hopped on board with LOU. Now look at ya, beautiful boat, trapping, your like the new generation Daniel Boon. Great stuff man.

What kind of shape are they in, not really interested in the 17 but the price is right. Won't be using the line either, would this include shipping? Thanks PAP

You bet, I noticed a bigger difference on my outboard boat, and trim tabs made a bigger difference on my I/O boat, but the hydrofoil did make a difference for the better on both. I needed a lift on the port side due to my batteries and kicker on the same side, or I would have been content with just the hydrofoil.

If your making them out of wood, some guys paint them. I made mine out of cedar and didn't treat them at all, just put a orange flag. Reason is at first they bob on top of the water as the soak up water the get heavier. They ride deeper in the water that's when the pull like hell and you get great releases, not that they don't do the job right away they just get better and won't flop over in rough water.

I don't know about the software, my buddy has one, shy of smashing it over the head of the first Lowrance rep he gets ahold of he has no use for it, it's even worse than the first elite series if that's possible, I can't believe that Lowrance would have put out this unit knowing all the haters they made with the elite series disaster. I guess there's sucker born every 60 seconds!!

AAHhh down under!! HOly Moly that a slammer of a fish!! Congrats man, Well deserved!! and what a accomplishment!! enjoy the rest of your trip!! PAP

Awesome fish, congrats to your buddy, what a trip guys!! One of a lifetime for sure!!

WOW, Brian that sucks!!, not the worst part to replace, just the point of these damn little pricks ruined your lower unit pump. Time you could be using for other things maybe more fun or prosperous!!

Very cool pic. I had to do a double take, jr life jacket looks like perch camo..LOL if it works keep at it. Perfect picture of our youth outdoors!! Congrats to Kevin and the crew!!

Yea Double Dipping, both you have to have patience if your going there!!! It's been so warm the jet ski's and pleasure boaters are still at it, but yea the stripers are getting nice, the eyes average from 18-24" but it's a grind!! You can be out there for hours and nothing and then for a hour it's crazy fishing just like that it's over. I've come to find in the ball park, around 11pm-2am and just before the break of day those are the hours they want to play

Hope to see ya up there this year, if the lake freezesLOL I'm sure OL'Man winters just around the corner???

Yea well, I see your not to far behind, I'm going to be 53 and I'm disabled. Don't look for any handouts, just keep trying to better myself for my family, I've seen a lot for someone my age, my mom died, my father lived with my family, untill I litterly carried him to the hurst, my mother in law died due to cancer, I held my brothers hand on Tuesday at 12:01 September 2 when he past away from prostrate cancer, 3 years ago he was 62 years old and right now my wife and I are caring for my father in law untill it's over, if you think I don't know how to respect or understand what life means, to try and steer others in in the right direction, so they understand what it is to say "it smells like fall in the air" or what it's like to go outside after a summers rain fall and pick night crawlers, and my daughts say "it even smells like worms dad." These things don't cost a penny and you can use your phone with a light. So carry on concrete kid !!!! I'll just sit back and enjoy the scenery. LOL

Your 100% correct Fox!! My daughters are going to turn 13 in February, they got their phones when they were 11 because they started playing softball and times were alway different as to when practice was over, soon they had their face in the phone and started to alienate themselves from general talk after school. I don't know if it's that we are older parents or what, but these kids know so much it's scary as to what they can do with that F'n phone. We saw the writing on the wall, there were so many social chat apps. We made them delete how many apps. they had. No more taking it to bed as they were up to all hrs. and not doing what we know they are capable of doing in school, if they get caught their phone goes away for a week. This year they played softball and then field hockey, now they went with their friends to a pumpkin patch to pick their pumpkin to carve out and put on the front porch. If you can afford a new phone and a plan, then there's lots to do out there other then sit on the phone all day. I've been there, saw it happen, and turned their focus towards the outdoors and they are better kids now!! They are away from all BS. and negativity, girls are worse then guys with their little pissing matches, they don't need to be subjected to this day in and day out!! Believe me when I tell you it can happen to anyone no matter how good of a job you think your doing as a parent.