Hello fishing mentors :
I apologized if this topic has been discussed and I couldn't find it.
I have a 17.5 foot princecraft that I run 2 electric Scotty down riggers , a fishhawk , and a fish finder.
Of course a electric start outboard.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to troll with main motor or if I'll have to employ a kicker. It's a brand new motor I've only idled it 15 mins at dock for first start break in.
When I go out it's usually only 4-5 hrs in morning or evening , almost never a full day.
I guessing that I should just keep motor starting battery for just that , so it never gets run down and leaves me stranded.
I'm getting too old for being stranded... lol.
So the question is do I want 2 batteries for electronics and when they die go home ?...or ....
How many hours of use would 2 deep cycle batteries give under general normal use ?
my kicker ( if I end up using it )
does not charge.
Anyway I guess you can see where I'm going with this.
Any set up advice would be appreciated.
THanks for looking at my post.
RE
I believe I know how the water was getting in. The top rail that covers in the plywood goes straight across the top and stops and a second piece of aluminum transitions upward. it at the confluence of those two pieces of rail that the water has gotten in. I have a friend in a aluminum fabrication shop that I'm going to ask to bend me up a "C" channel rail in one piece to recover the new material.
I think the coosa board from Noah's is what is going to be used.
Thanks
Hi Chinook266
I did see coosa board listed at a site here in Ontario but in the description it listed a bunch of uses but didn't mention transoms ?
I emailed to company and asked specifically if coosa board was appropriate for transoms and I have not heard back from them in a week.
I will take a deeper dive into looking at it.
Thanks for your time !
Good day everyone !
I just bought a princecraft Super Pro 226 and it has a soft transom that needs replaced.
So of course it is plywood and I guess at my age I could go with plywood again and it would probably last longer than I will.
But what the heck maybe one of my grandkids will get it , so it might be nice if it lasted a bit longer.
The question of the day is , I'm wondering if anyone had any input on any synthetic materials that are impervious to moisture ?
Barring that any suggestions on synthetic materials, what to treat plywood with to achieve better longevity from rot.
Thanks very much for your time and for looking !
RE
Hello Everyone :
question what weight of weighted steel line do you recommend to get down 20-30 feet
Also any idea where a fella could order some from or go pick up within 100 km of Toronto ?
can't seem to find any on Amazon or anywhere else I check.
thanks
RE
Hi Everyone :
Been trolling for salmon and trout for a few years now , catch a few miss and few. But always luv to be out mostly with my daughter.
I want to get into a bit of copper line use for the times when they are in that upper 20-30 FOW.
Just curious if a roller tip is required or just beneficial to using copper between braid and fluorocarbon line.
I'm thinking that kinking line might be a issue.
also recommendations of a chart for depths for the above mentioned line set up.
I'd really appreciate your expertise on these questions.
WARNING !
Could be more questions ...lol
Thank you !
RE