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Got many hours in watching the kids build sand castles in the sand only to have the tide come in and wash it flat, that same thing will happen if they don't put breaker walls and jetties in also. Erie has them in every public launch. Erie is also sandy bottoms lake,

I have 2 stripes in the color brown, that's a pain in the ass!! When I took the boat to get it lettered and some fancy schemes, the guy wanted to put vinyl stripes over the brown, I said no, how I'm kicking myself in the ass, but I only had X amount of $$$ that came into play also. Maybe I'll get it done this fall winter type deal, yours looks awesome vetting!!! Really gives me a kick in shins to get er done!!!

Your on the right track, I used the most aggressive buffing compound that 3M makes, and that worked great, I think it's like 1100 grit wet sanding paper, I burned out a Milwaukee sander/buffer with vari-speed on the second trip around the boat. Long story short they wouldn't stand by there guarantee so went to harbor freight and bought 2 for less than the Milwaukee, 7"pads they had all the pads black pads are for aggressive and pink and blue I forget the uses but they work!! After 2 trips around the boat my arms felt like they were going to fall off . After 2 trips with the 3M buffing compound I went 2 trips around the boat with Meguiar's Flagship cleaner and wax it's all in one step, works great. Now every spring and fall I just use the Meguiar's flagship, half the time to a almost new shine. What ever you do, DO NOT USE Polyglow!! It's nothing more than hardwood floor wax and yes it turns yellow after a year or two, then you have a mess on your hands. It needs to be stripped off with with a wicked stripper, you'll need rubber gloves and a well vented area, from the fumes, to me it smells like lacquer thinner. I know of a guy that lives up the street from me, he used this Polyglow on his motor home!! 2 years later it looked like a yellowish white, where it used to be snow white. He ended up taking to a auto motive paint shop, and the ins.co. Wouldn't cover it as it was unprofessional and not the correct product used. So a couple thousands later he had a snow white motor home again. Was told if he used that shyt again don't bring it back!!! Main thing is by doing it right and what you put into it is what you get out of it. Once you get it to where your happy with it, a 1/4 of the time it will take you the following year to bring it back to new with a single coat of Meguiar's Flagship with a buffer and the correct buff pad, and remove with a 100%cotton towel.

Yea buddy!! That's as real looking as it gets, that's a nice size smallie!! If I ever get one over 6#'s it's coming your your way. If all my junk stays together this year my passion would be to get a huge laker on the wall, then a 6+#er smallie than a big LL salmon, I have a 42" northern and a 12&1/2# Walter that's 35 3/4" that day I caught a 9#er that was the biggest eye I ever caught, doesn't Bobby, my uncles neighbor come into the dock with a 10#er, so I released my fish. They had, I'd say 5x5 square wire cages to put your fish in if you didn't want to filet them right away, so my cousin and I go back threw this tight channel that feeds into Beaver Lake where I caught my 9#er and I hook into another monster, get him in the fish box and she appears to be bigger than Bob's fish and it was!! After 20 years of fishing at Lake O' Sullivan she finally gave up 1 mounter eye. Sad part was they didn't have replicas at that time. I don't mean 20 years ago, I mean we were going to that lake for 20 years so that would be 35 years ago was my first fly in lake only, there wasn't and roads to the lake. Those were they days, dad and I, that's no more also .

I just got in I'll look for them now!! ERRABIT your right I have just the tubes, mine aren't on the boom that I know, that explains why I just have the tubes for the rod holder. Sorry thought I had what you needed?? If I remember right my 2 rod holder fit into that part that tightens or holds the singles holder to the rigger. Sorry my bad.

I have been in 4-5 footers, and yes they get that big on LakeO, when you go down and can't another boat till you come back up out of the swells, buddy that's a 4fter, I'm not fishing in that shyt I'm heading my ass the hell home. Been there done that. But fishing 4 fters I have a hard time believing that part, I'm not saying it can't be done when your down in a swell and your boards are out of sight that would mean your tow line is cutting through a lot of water, I can't see how it's possible to keep releases on the line?? Really??

Can you send me a pic of the holder itself, I believe I have the older style, send me the pic then I'll locate mine. Is yours adjustable?? Mostly interested on what the bottom appears.

I was in your shoes 4-5 years ago, I owned a Troller boat 18'er but that boat was built in Ohio intended for Lake Erie she handled up to 3+ footers, but I sat on the bank many a days while the larger boats rumbled out to the lake. My troller was set up for walleyes, riggers rod holders ect. I fell into a deal on a 21ft Sea Ray fisherman, with deep gunnals and being all glass she's heavy plus she's a cuddy, with a 350 Merc. If you can budget $30 G's I would go with a 24frer hard top. There are a lot of modles, out there that are better than others. The seasoned guys on here have more Intel. Then I think about your not going to fish in 5+ fters comfortable anyway so at least with a 24 foot boat will handle that for sure. My Sea Ray handles 4+ footers no problem. So a 24 fter you'll be ahead of the game. Just have a surveyer go over the boat before you buy!! The $300 it cost will pay for itself quicker than you can say BOAT!! Which means Break Out Another Thousand!! I have my boat in Ny all season but I put it on the trailer, and parke it in the campground we are in. No dock fee other than the time I'm there. Which is $10.00 a day. Then I have a 18 ft run about kind of rigged for fishing, and that one doubles as a ski boat also. Hope this helps ya.

I have a set of the singles, if you need them, I put doubles on mine have the whole works. They came off the older mag 10's. Send me your address and you can have them, I'll never use them again, just cover the cost of shipping if it's cheap enough don't worry about the cost. One less thing I have to fall over

Thanks and best of luck with your job and most important fishing!! If you guys get on the LL post pics. Please!!!

Yes I agree on the LL I've said time & time again that the LL are the most beautiful looking fish that swims these lakes, but they are not over abundant in LakeO, I want to figure out which lake is best for a mounter size!! I'm a hard core walleye guy but must admit the eye's aren't as beautifully marked as a LL. Maybe you know which lake is best??? If your staying on the eastern end I will make sure we meet up before your back to the Dakota's PAP