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    Yes a thru hull would be best for you. If you can't get any help from simrad then try their parent company which is navico. Talking to airmar would be the way to go. I have emailed them and had a response the same day
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    I am assuming this is a trolling only boat? You want a transducer with the wide cone angle for trolling. A lot of guys use the airmar p66 ducer. It has a 45° cone angle but it isn't chirp. The airmar 165 hw is a chirp transducer and has a cone angle of 30° . That is the widest angle chirp transducer that's available right now.
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    Rochester reel repair. Find him on Facebook
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    They like both. Some days they like one over the other. Some days they will hit anything you put down
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    The higher the gear ratio in a reel the less torque it has. 36 inches per turn isn't that much and should still have good power. When you get to the reels that have 48 inches per turn then you really notice the lack of power.
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    He is on here. Send him a pm
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    Sad to hear this. Sorry for your loss
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    I have been wondering how well this would work for salmon and trout for a few years now. It would be nice to see a study in the great lakes on this subject. I know it can't hurt to try. I think I will order one too
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    Awesome
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    Yes. They need to be properly installed with backing plates
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    I have a couple squalls in the 50 size. They are huge. I have never owned a 30 size. It looks like it would be tight to get a 300 copper on one with enough backing. I wish they made a 40 size
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    I should add that this thought started today when I went to order a new reel to replace a worn out 300' copper setup and couldn't decide what to buy
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    I am curious to hear what's everyone's favorite copper reel for tournament fishing. I have owned pretty much all the makes/ model reels and in my opinion there is no perfect copper reel out of the box. Everything is going to high speed gears now and I like them for fun fishing but not for tournament fishing. I like the Penn fathom reels but they are too big for a 300 to 350' copper and you have to put a ton of backing on them to get it full. I am almost thinking about going back to some convectors and sending them out to get upgraded. Then keeping my high speed stuff as backups . What are you all using. It's winter. I am bored
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    Yes. The big motor will keep that battery charged while trolling.
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    I run 3 batteries on my Lund. 2 for the 24v tm and the other for everything else. I have drained the starting battery before when I am on the trolling motor while bass fishing and the big motor isn't running. I have never had that problem while trolling
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    Do you troll with the big motor? You have enough power on board already for everything.Those 55 pound 12 v motors will drain a battery quickly just bass fishing from my experience. dedicate a battery for just the tm. Then add a on board charger to charge the tm battery when you get home. I am assuming that you trailer the boat.
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    100% agree
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    Awesome job. I wish I knew about this. It would've been fun todo
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    Congratulations Rob
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    There is still plenty of good structure to fish well off the border along the shipping lane.
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    No need for another battery. Just run them to your starting battery. If you need mounts for the Lund sport trac, check out the Cisco mounts. They are awesome
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    Honda Dan mentioned some good spots. Also across from the Cape Vincent boat launch along the border troll the drop off from Wolfe island. I find when the water is getting colder fast( like it is right now) then finding bait is the deal.
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    My Lund has been absolutely amazing. It is a 2003 and I have had it out in conditions I shouldn't have many times. I fish it in lake Ontario and the st. Lawrence alot. I have never felt unsafe and still trust it just as much as the day I bought it. In my opinion you want some flex that a riveted boat offers in big water. All the rivets are still perfect and it doesn't leak a drop. Lund will be the only aluminum brand I ever own. I know you said probably not a Lund but I just wanted to offer my opinion of them. The dealer that I bought from and will buy again from was awesome. I think that a big part of buying a boat. Most of them don't care after they get your money
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    His rain gear was used up after the first heavy rain. He took it off and it started pouring again and he still didn't want to leave.
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    I took my kid out today to fish for smallies. We were on them good but the problem was they were all small. Found one good one finally that was around 5 pounds. We got a bonus walleye also. Fyi they pulled the docks today
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