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9 hours ago, Mike M said:

Bad Habit- Went to visit my 225 Outrage in barn today. Prop on it is 14.5 x 19P. Bought from Pier Prop in Tonawanda NY 716-875-1777 back in 2013.  Been very happy with hole shot and WOT is in that 4400-4800rpm range. I believe its a Michigan Wheel prop and its aluminun. Like i said i don't like SS props had bad experience years ago. Hope this helps.

just to add to your post. if you decide to go with a 4-blade prop it is recommended to drop 2" in pitch over a 3-blade prop. I highly recommend switching to a 4-blade for better everything, better handling in rough water or in turns, and better lift, the only downside is if you have a 3-blade of the right and the RPMs are right then going to a 4-blade might cost you 1 or 2 MPH at WOT. but in your case going to a 17p 4-blade prop should improve everything. and I will always use a high-five prop on any 8-cylinder Mercruiser that I get.

now my son and I went together and bought a 26' Sylvan glass boat that has an elephant ear 16p prop that is on the boat. but if he will let me i still want to just try my 17p high-five prop just to see which one performs the best.

and I don't know what motor you are running to get those numbers with a 19p aluminum prop. but he is running the 4.3 6-cylinder motor.

22 hours ago, BreakingBass said:

Here's an update to this post ...... I tried this the other day and it was a no-go.  The Weego power unit was smart enough to determine that because there was no battery present, i.e. the "battery" that it was connected to had essentially a zero charge, it threw an error code and would not provide any voltage to the system.  I believe the Weego is designed to only provide a jump charge to a battery that has a minimum voltage.  So as long as I had gone this far I lugged a battery out of the basement and connected that way.  A second learning was that I did not need to complete the ground loop between the 2 battery sides for the Perko switch because the main ground line for the boat was in the battery #1 compartment. 

I have used my lithium power pack jump stater to power many cars in salvage yards to check electrical items before they are removed without ever having any problem. are you 100% sure you had the Perko switch set to the correct battery? or were you connecting the leads from the motor to the Perko switch? there is just no reason that the jump pack shouldn't have worked as long as the power was being directed to the trim motor. the packs i have always used had power to the cables as soon as the power was turned on, on the jump pack.

if you hook to the hot cable that goes to a battery and hook the ground to any ground then try the 1 battery and if it doesn't work try switching to battery 2.

we were up on Erie and the starter was reading cranking slow with my switch on both. I never thought about checking anything out I just had a new starter installed. but when I started the motor it hadn't helped anything. I switched to battery 1 and she cranked like crazy. then I switched to battery 2 and it wouldn't even turn the motor. my point being you should check each side separately and not both batteries at the same time

13 hours ago, Bad Habit said:

 Thanks for the info. It looks like Max rpm should be 4400-4800. I'm getting about 3900 with a top speed of around 34 MPH. With 6 people on board it fights to get up on plane. It also has a Fin on the lower unit to help it get on plane. I'll have to try to figure out what's on it now.

your speed isn't that bad but you need a lower pitch to improve hole shot. but most times going to a lower pitch might hurt your top end a little. but it's a fair trade-off to get a better hole shot and get your RPMs up a little. and just so you know going to a 4 blade should improve your hole shot. my boat started with a 19p 3 blade that struggled to get on plane. so I got on eBay and bought a 19p high five that jumped my boat up on plane. it was like I had bought a new boat. but my RPMs were low so I tried a 17p high five and everything was perfect. with the 19p it took forever to get up and now it starts getting up as soon as I hit the throttle.

on my 21' cobia I ended up with a 17p high five on it. but the same pitch in a 4-blade should work great for you. I would check on eBay for a used Revolution 4 blade 17p. what is the max RPMs for that motor? I

would think around 4800 and if so you are running really low. how does it get on plane and what speed are you getting now?

my 2000 merc 9.9 4 stroke is to old for this to work on it. but from what i've heard and read these are great if you don't have hydralic steering. good luck to the buyer as this is a great deal on a stand alone auto pilot for your kicker motor.

3 hours ago, copperpin said:

Folks, A couple weeks ago I read a post about using two trolling bags that are tied together.  I can't find that post.   I was wondering if anyone could send me the link.  Also, I remember reading in that post that the size of the bags you use is dictated by the length of the boat and engine HP.  I tried to contact Amish Outfitters to ask but they have not gotten back to me.  I have an 18' Tracker Targa with 150Hp.  Should I use 15" bags or 18" bags?  Thanks 

I like using 1 bag on each side for better boat control. and the size of the bag is most dependent on how slow you will ever want to go. It's also better to error on the larger size. you may use a little more gas but you can always bump your speed up but you can't get it to run slower if your bags are too small.

I ran 36" bags on my 21' Cobia glass boat with a 5.7 Vortec motor with 315 HP. but most of the time I trolled with the wind so I only had to bump it up very little. on calmer days I only used 1 bag.

1 hour ago, MBarbieri said:

Looking to add power tilt/trim to a new Yamaha 20hp motor. is the CMC-PT35 the best option out there? Seems pricey but want to do it right the first time. Thanks!

I sent you a pm of what I use and where I bought it.

On 12/4/2023 at 8:36 AM, Gill-T said:

You might be a redneck if you fillet walleye off the back of a truck at a motel 6 while using an extension cord to charge your boat batteries 

been there and done similar back in the 1st few years fishing Erie;s western basin out of a van and filleting our fish in the parking lot where we spent our nights.

On 1/15/2024 at 6:41 AM, fisherx said:

Hey anglers,

Newbie here with 500 bucks to drop on a fish finder. Eyeing Lowrance - good stuff, right? Wondering if I should snag an old Lowrance model or shell out for a new one.

Mostly hitting lakes and rivers, chasing bass and trout. Need something solid but not crazy techy. Old Lowrance still good for the job? Or is the new tech worth the extra cash?

Would love some tips on key features to look out for and if anyone's got a favorite model, shout out!

many, many years ago I bought an LCX 38C HD fish finder/GPS combo unit that has been a great unit for all my fishing needs including Lake Erie. it was still working great so I really can't explain why I did it, but I just wanted to try a newer unit. I bought an HDS 9 GEN 3 which I haven't even used yet. I paid 860.00 for this unit with a 3-D structure scan box and transducer. but I kept looking at other used models. I ended up getting an HDS 12 LIVE or the carbon unit I just can't remember which unit I ended up buying, with the 3 in 1 transducer for 1090.00. if you want to check on these types of units just send me a message. they have many of the HDS 9 GEN 3 or you might find a good deal on a smaller live or carbon unit you want.

the ground can be attached to any source of ground. with the hot wire connected to the hot cable it should work great.

17 hours ago, rolmops said:

There is a pair Penn 600 manual riggers  for sale on the site Those are probably the best you can get for your money

for sale : usa Penn Fathom master 600 Downriggers

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Trorun replied to Trorun's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent

 back in the day, I used them all at one time or another. My choice of them all would be these Penn riggers. I think they are the best manual rigger you can buy. you won't regret buying Peens.

Ethanol-free gas isn't around where I live so I always have used gas with ethanol in it in everything I have owned in my 45 or so years I've been boating and the only problem I've had was the old gas lines going bad. I haven't lost any of my outboards or Mercruiser motors that I've owned. I used the old Mercury 115 tower of power inline 6 for 25 years and it was still running until I bought a boat that had a 115 Johnson.

up until my oldest son and I bought a used 26' Sylvan boat the only time I bought marina gas was while playing in the water. the only place we use the 26' boat is at Geneva Ohio fishing for walleye. now we dock the boat and use marina gas.

5 hours ago, Gill-T said:

I done lost my mind. I blame dummy dots for mind control. 

yeah, but what a way to go!!!!!!!!!!! you have some great-looking baits for Erie's central basin. I am a lover of anything that has purple on it. I started drift fishing in the western basin then switched to trolling until I had a chance to go out on a charter for 2 days on the central basin. the second day the caption had taught us enough to run 3 dipsy divers on each side. We used the deeper divers until we tried the lite bite slide divers. but we run them like the Dipsey divers with a 7' fluro leader and don't use the slide part. but the lite bite feature works awesome for us.

GOOD LUCK WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL PURPLE SPOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 hours ago, mattym22 said:

I have the following

 

QTY1- 4LB 5$

QTY1- 12LB 20$ LARGE FLAT WITH FIN)

QTY1- 10LB 20$ (ORANGE FISH)

QTY1- 5LB 10$

QTY3- 6LB 10$EACH

Henrietta meeting place 14623 zip

thanks

I had never used the ones that were orange before. we bought a used boat and didn't get my 12# pancake weights loaded. there were a couple of this type of weight in 8# that we had to use. I didn't expect much from the 8# weights. but we started using them and to my huge surprise, they had much less blowback than I was getting with the flat 12# pancake weights. I ordered 2 10# weights but haven't used them yet.

if you want the best weights I have used in my 45 years using riggers these 8# weights have worked great. if you start looking for these they are called DREDGE WEIGHTS.

the 1 is marked 10# and should work better than the other weights shown. 2 of these shipped in a small box together by priority mail is pretty cheap as they charge by size and not weight up to 70#. i once shipped 64# of flat lead in the flat small box they furnish for less than 10.00.

3 hours ago, Saugeyetom said:

AGAIN?

hello Tom! you doing OK these days?

no, not again. but they took all my spoons and even went so far as to take my HIGH FIVE prop off my boat and the marine radio out of it.

On 12/4/2023 at 1:30 PM, Mtnmax925 said:

Looking for used or beat up stingers standard size 3 7/8. Wanting to try and paint my own!!

I would have had plenty of the scorpion spoon and galeforcetackle.com spoons that were faded or in the case of the stinger spoons, the paint just came off after catching a very few fish. and I had some old Gale Force spoons that Vicky gave me to try after I made my orders. but someone beat you to them. I had about 500 good spoons most of them had never been used and probably never would have. then I had maybe 200+ of the spoons that I never used. but some people I treated very good broke into my pole barn and took so much stuff including all my spoons. I won't even start listing all the stuff that was stolen.

15 hours ago, mark2433 said:

are the rods still available? And how much for all of them?

if you are selling in lots now I would be interested in a lot of spoons with pink or purple on them. I am mostly interested in medium size but the large size will be OK. you can message me here with what you have or email me at [email protected]. if I buy I can pay with PayPal and send extra to cover fees or mail you a check.

On 1/1/2024 at 8:42 PM, hookedupf7 said:

Hey guys thinking about getting a few new convector 30 for dipseys . Regular or high speed ? What’s every one running?

I have the slow-speed reels and they work just fine for me. the only real advantage I see with the high-speed reels is bringing them in to check lines or change lures. with a fish on you reel it in at the fish's speed and not the reel speed. but for running wire out 300' or 350' they would be priceless for checking or changing lures.

let me add I am a walleye fisherman. but for salmon making a run at the boat the high-speed is the only way to go.

the only thing I can add is to go with the wind whenever possible. I don't have or use a tolling motor. I used my main motor for years but finally got a 9.9 4-stroke kicker. either way going with the wind makes it so much easier to control the boat and speed. I probably troll with the wind 90% of the time.

you won't run your trolling motor nearly as hard giving you more time on the water. the waves and wind do most of the work so you can get away with running the motor on a lower setting saving your battery.

1 hour ago, finsntins said:

 

I used boatus.com and designing my own boat name was so easy. they are easy to install on my boat that I had no trouble. if you go to the website and then go to graphics and you can check out how easy it is. and I'm sure if you contact them they can help design something for you. I got the name and my boat numbers from them. they also have a video on how to apply the graphics.

2 hours ago, Tschultz1980 said:

4 Ugly Stix 7'6" Medium light action 

Trolling rods 

 

$50 for all 4 rods

Call or text 585-313-7631

are these 1 or 2 piece rods?

On 7/17/2021 at 8:49 AM, Pappy said:

1989 Rinker Festiva with 170 Hp Mercrusier inboard , 6 cal on Yacht Club dual axle trailer.

offering for sale as a turnkey ready to fish now package!

Estimated hours on engine are 500 to 600 based on what I was told when I bought boat in August of 2015 and what I’ve run it since.

It runs great and has been perfectly maintained and I have the details etc.

i have all original manuals etc from original purchase.

when I bought it was a pleasure boat and I set up as fishing boat winter/spring of 2015/2016 and it has been a great boat for me.

i dry dock in Sodus Point and fish about 10 times a year.

has full canvas enclosed, sides and front and back full cover

has good winter cover

Fishing gear

Hummingbird 597 Graph

Fishhawk X4

2 Cannon 5SST Downriggers

Cannon Adjustable Rod holder Straight back

Double Cannon rod holder on each downrigger

2 Titelock rod holders , one on each side

2 rail mount rod holders up front

standard vhf radio, older, it works fine, I don’t use it

 

other gear

life jackets 

anchor

ropes and bumpers

paddles

fire extinguisher

New Flares

etc

 

all seats and interior in great shape!

Fishing Stuff all comes off in about 20 minutes and it can be used a pleasure boat etc.

This is a roller off and go fishing ready boat!

 

Price is $8500 complete

pm or call/txt 607-738-4168, name is Pat

hey, did you ever sell your boat? would you sell the boat and trailer without any of the fishing gear as i already have everything i need?

i totaled my boat when i left my new top in the half standing position and backed it into the top of my overhead door on my pole barn. now i have all this gear but no boat.

i have 2 Big Jon pro tournament riggers with sectioned boom that's been around for a few years but only used forb1 weekl on Erie, so they are still in almost new condition, i have a brand new vhf radio with built in GPS, i have a Lowrance HDS 12 live with the 3 in 1 transducer, or i also have a 3D structure scan with transducer, i have 8 Cannon ratcheting rod holders but would need to add tracks, i have 4 Okuma Coldwater 203 reels and rods i can use on one side and 4 Daiwa Sealine sg 17 lc3b reels and rods for the other side for running lite bite slide divers, i have 2 traxstech fixed rod holders thar are leaning out about 29 degrees that we use as dip net holders. i have 4 Okuma convector 20s with rods i use on my riggers. i have traxsteck pully retrievers on the rigger cables to bring the rigger weights to the boat for rigging,

i have all types and size spoons and deep and shallow walleye bandits and a few custom bandit cranks along with other cranks to use on my riggers and i have been known to run the shallow cranks on one side ofthe boat with the lite bite divers.

so as you can see i have no need for any gear except the bumpers would nice to have. if you still have the boat and if you would sell it without any of the gear except the bumnpers. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR BEST PRICE FOR THE BARE BOAT, TRAILER, AND BUMPERS. you can message me with your answer.

23 hours ago, Mtnmax925 said:

Looking for used or beat up stingers standard size 3 7/8. Wanting to try and paint my own!!

if you don't find what you want for the right price try galeforcetackle,com i don't know if they still have them but they did have blanks that need painting. you might also message vicki at ,<[email protected]> this was her email address  a few years ago. 

it depends on just how long you plan to keep the boat. usually an aluminum boat will last forever. i bought an old Cheokee 18' boat out of a field for 200.00. everything was rotted out including the tires. but the hull was as solid as a new boat.

if it was me and i planned on keeping it for many years i would check with places like lowes and online for the new non-wood materials available today. they may cost more than plywood but plywood can get soft spots down the road from being exposed to small standind water areas that isn't noticeable but keeps the floor damp. but once the non-wood flool is installed you will never have to replace the floor again. you will have total piece of mind as long as you use the boat. plus the resale value will be higher with a floor that wont rot.

16 hours ago, SusanJames said:

I've been running inline boards for a few years now in skinny water from my 15' tiller boat. Next spring I will be adding lite bit slide divers to my offerings. Just wondering if there is a rule of thumb for lbs of pressure needed to trip the lite bite arm? I want the divers to trip instead of dragging around small fish but don't want them to "false trip." Anu help would be appreciated.

I use them on Erie for walleye. i set the lite bite as loose as it will go then set the rod tension tight enough so I'm not getting false releases. with the lite bite set extra loose, I get releases on just about all hits even from small white perch or larger yellow perch. i haven't had any problems with hookups with them set loose whatsoever.

I switched to the lite bites a few years ago and would never think about switching back. I run 3 per side and 1 downrigger per side. but I don't use the slide feature on them. I just tie it to the front arm then tie a short piece of 65# braid to an o-ring then lace it through the little block in front of the lite bite arm then lace it through the lite bite arm. but I use a snubber that I tie onto the short piece of braid then tie on a good swivel then tie on a 7' fluro leader and tie another good swivel on the end of the leader and then attach my lure. 

if you don't use a snubber then there's no need for the short piece of braid, just use the leader for the whole thing. and some people don't use snubbers, but using braid line for my main line which is a must for tripping divers I feel better adding a snubber to give the fish a little flex when they start shaking and jerking their head.