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  1. 43 minutes ago, Dirt said:

    Sherman do u think the long boom u have will fit in the rigger with the short boom??


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    when i bought the extendable booms i was told all the large diameter booms would interchange. so they should work for you. there is only one small catch. it will probably be 2 or 3 weeks before i change them out. i have so much stuff i need to get done. i crashed my top into the pole barn totaling my boat. but was given the option to keep the boat for 675.00 which i did for the 350 motor, outdrive, and trim pump. i've got to remove them and get rid of the boat so i can put my newer small boat in the pole barn. but first i have to remove the 115 mercury motor from my old small boat and put an old mercury 150 hp back on it. i was sold the old 150 for 100.00 with a spare 125 for parts and all rigging for both motors including trim pumps. i gave the boat to a nephew and sold him the 150 for the 100.00. i was told at the time the 150 ran great but was a 1974 motor. but anyway this job comes 1st as the motor on my new small boat wont run right and i don't know if its worth fixing it's a 115 johnson. in not rigging the 150 just mounting it. then i will try to remove the booms. but with this rain i cant do anything. the trailer for the old boat has a nice electric winch that's coming off.

     

    i'll shoot you a pm and see if you can answer it back.

  2. 21 hours ago, sherman brown said:

    we just bought a boat that had an old one that didn't work. i bought this one to replace mine. but before i got it i found a like new motor and actuator. i installed it and it works like new. so i decided to sell the new one.

     

    if you have a kicker without power trim you have to have one of these.

     the 1st 400.00 takes it. that's cheap for tilt and trim for your kicker.

  3. 20 hours ago, Dirt said:

    What length are the booms?


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    i was going to say it looked like 1 short and 1 long. i will have a black long boom you can have if you want 2 with long booms but you have to pay shipping., i bought 2 of the extendible booms and as soon as i get them installed it will be available. just pm me if you need it. it may not be 6' but its over 4'.

  4. i have a few handles for the daiwa sg17 sg27 and the sg47. believe it or not but they all use the same handles. i have a few paddle and power handles. i'm not trying to get rich just get my money back and make just a few dollars for my trouble. 10.00 plus 2.50 shipping. just pm me if you want a few.

  5. 1 hour ago, HB2 said:

    Why would you use a slide diver fixed with a 7 ft leader ? Just use a regular dipsy for that application. 

     

    What makes the slide diver attractive to me is the longer leader option . 

     

    I feel if I have 100 ft out , I'm down 40 ft . 

     

    The afternoon bites were off a rigger . 

     

    I have a ultimate depth adaptor . It's real heavy , but works . 

    i don't use the lite bite slide diver for a longer leader but for the lite bite feature. i've used longer leads for walleye on erie but do just as good with 6' and over. some guys go as short as 5' with a dipsy and still catch fish. the lite bite has a lure tension that when set right even white perch will trip the diver keeping me from dragging a small fish around for long periods that's just long times that lure wont be catching fish.

  6. thanks for the info. but i have the daiwa sg17lca reels now and have power handles on them. but we lost 3 reels on erie this yr with mechanical problems and i contacted tunasreeltroubles.com about repairing them. i was told they no longer repair the sg17lca reels so i'm upgrading to the okuma cold water 203 reels and wanted to have the power handles and seen the ones i ordered has the power handles. i just hope the 203 is big enough for 150' of 16# ande line then 300' of 65# power pro braid for erie walleye.

  7. On 9/18/2021 at 10:19 AM, Low Baller said:

    I've been curious about them. Are they an improvement over the fixed? When the fish are tight to bottom at 100+ they're pretty much useless to me but I run them at 225 to 250 just to keep 4 rods going. 

    the  big improvement is you can choose the length of your leader. i use the lite bite version and use it like a dipsy with a fixed 7'leader.

     

    if you want to get deeper than about 65' you need to get the 7 oz conversion. it has a 7 oz weight and use a large ring and get deeper than the regular weight. i don't know if they have a dive curve for it so you may need to make your own.

     

    go to 50' of water with your diver set on whatever you use and at your normal trolling speed. now let out line slowly until you start bumping bottom. whatever you get divide it by 10. like say it takes 120' divided by 10 would give you 12. then divide 50' of water by the 12 it would give you 4.16 which i would round off to 4.2. that would be your dive curve for every 10' of line you let out you would dive 4.2' you would need to let out 238' to get close to 100' deep. of course you will not get 120' ft but use what you get and divide by 10' then take that number and dived 50' and that will be your dive curve for every 10' of line you let out. and it will get you very close. it will get you much deeper than a standard slide diver or a dipsy.

  8. i cant see where the type of steering would have any effect on the unit not shutting down. now the unit he has may have a different order in the way it shuts down. my raymarine smart pilot x-5r unit wont shut down if the unit is engaged it doesn't shut the unit down. you have to disengage the auto pilot then push and hold the off button until it counts down to 0.

  9. you might be able to contact raymarine and just buy a new control box and save a bunch of money and time over getting a new one. just make sure you are trying to shut it down in the right order. on mine i had a problem shutting it down. i was trying to shut it down while still in auto mode.

  10. you might check the bellhousing where it bolts to the block. but it could be a fly wheel bolt. i don't know about boat motors but on a car the bottom of the flywheel has a small cover bolted to the bottom of the bellhousing this would be my first guess.

  11. i thought about getting a X-bow for a few yrs as i'm handicapped. i did a lot of reading because i wanted to get a good one. as i didn't have anyone to hunt with me i gave up on the idea. but from my research i had decided to get a ten point. they have great reviews compared to other brands. no bow can compensate for every shooters error. even though  never ends had a miss fire something like that is rare and could probably happen with other bows.

  12. i fish lake erie for walleye. i run 2 riggers 1 off each corner at a 45% angle out the side. then i run lite bite slide divers out the side. these are about the same as a standard dipsy diver. if i still fished salmon i would stick with 2 riggers 1 on each corner out the side but set at a 45% angle to the back and 4 divers with 2 on each side. i would run a standard diver in the front then i would either run a magnum or a slide diver with the 7 oz conversion kit in the back. you can use the slide part of the diver if you want longer leads. but i tie to the front arm just like a dipsy then tie a 7' leader to the back. this way you have the front diver set on 3 for your high diver and the back diver set on 1 for your deep diver.

  13. 17 hours ago, Great_Laker said:

    Front mounted connection is easy on easy off with a ball joint and much cheaper than the EZ-steer if your motors are both in-line. I use the iTroll for speed control, similar to the troll master but has a few extra settings. Good luck with your restoration. 

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    i personally feel the front bracket is superior to the ez steer and a fraction of the cost. it was very nice of great laker to share this picture. i have a mercruiser and couldn't use the bracket above so i'm using the ez steer but only have it mounted but i've never used it.

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