guffins fisherman

Couple questions: 1. Where is it located? 2. Does that model have the doghouse for the IO's? 3. What are the chrome poles in the cabin? 4. The first pic looks as if something is standing on the swim platform. Is it permanent? What is it?

I ran a 2001 Trophy walkaround for a few years out of Chaumont Bay. I really liked the ride and sturdiness of the boat in the chop and slop of eastern Lake Ontario. Yes, they are owned by Bayliner, but from what I understand, Trophy started making their own boats in '99 or '00, and they got a lot better in quality, but still mid tier. While I liked the ride, the stability and the fishability of it, there were a few things that pushed me to sell it. I had the 21' and it got small really quick with 3 adults on it. With an outboard, there is only a small hatch to get to the bilge, and you basically have to stand on your head to get just your arms down in to work on the pumps, etc. That particular year and model had pump out fishboxes in the floor that were prone to fill up with rain water at the slip, or in the driveway. They got swampy fast, and made the boat list to one side, or the other. While the boats are newer construction there was still plywood in the floor of the cuddy, but I could not see the bulkheads, stringers, etc to examine them. My particular model was under powered with a 125 Merc two stroke on it. Make sure you have enough power for your needs. We had to run that 125 full blast all the time to get 28 MPH out of it. Gas hog bad. Hope that helps. Good riding hulls, with poor layout.

The access on his G3 was nonexistent. He was able to find some really big and stout pop-rivets. They seem to hold just fine as well if you cannot through bolt.

A buddy of mine tried using the versa-track on his G3 for cannon high speed riggers. He bought the rigger mounts and used them once, and thought the whole rig was going for a swim. No amount of tightening the screws into the track helped. He bought Bert's track and through bolted it. Way more secure, and absolutely no bouncing around when the 12lb weights move up, down or stop at the top.

Greg, I think I saw it at the Crescent Yacht Club(Bearup Marine) when you first got it. Loved it then, love it now. I would be looking at it, but the drive just went up in mine, so I have to take care of that right now.

Wait? Didn't you just get this boat a year or two ago? Didn't I see it at the CYC?

I run a '55 Johnson 10 HP. These old motors are built better, have more torque and are easier to work on than modern motors. If someone is looking for a motor for your 14' tin boat this would make a great motor. I'd be willing to bet it would pull kids on a set of skis too. Good luck with the sale.

Ok. Drowned island is south of the light house and very near shore, and nowhere near the shipping Lane. Pap is talking about Galloo shoal which is marked by the green buoy west of galloo island. It is sometimes called the gas bouy. The wall at the shipping Lane is beyond(west of) that shoal as well. Study your charts before heading out if you're not familiar with that area. Galloo shoal is shallow, the wall is near 100 feet difference in depth( easy to hang a rigger into) and you're a long ways from home. As far as the target species, salmon are top priority out there. Lake trout can be had if you know where to look and have a good driver and some say walleyes can be found on the flats on top of the wall as well at the moment just the right time. Plan on using some gas, some time and not having a lot of company out there. The majority of boats out there are charters when the salmon are on there.

The shipping lanes are where the ships travel to and from the St. Lawrence River. The wall there is a piece of structure between the Canadian islands and galloo island. Look on your charts. The steepest piece of structure west of galloo island is the wall at the lane. A long ride from Henderson, but can be very good at the right time of year.

A' '96 Trophy is built by Bayliner. Later on, Trophy was making their own, but still owned by Bayliner. The quality was better, but not fantastic. Seaworthy? Yes. Mid to low range quality, build and craftsmanship? Yes. Affordable? Yes. Hold their value? No. I had an '01 2002WA. I loved how it rode and fished, hated how it was built. Killed a lot of walleyes in that boat, but it was constantly full of rainwater. Great starter boat, but get em cheap because you will have a hard time turning them over when it's time.

I had problems with my Mag 10s last fall. Turns out, the gear on the spindle was broken, not the counters themselves. They are very cheap on Fish307. Only problem is, you have to take the rigger apart to get to them, including taking the wire off. I think it took me a few hours total to get them apart, wire off and all back together for two riggers. You can look down in there and see if the gear on the spindle is broken before you take them apart. As far as accurately knowing your depth at the ball, that is very speed dependent, current dependent and actual weight of the ball itself.