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    onboard battery charger

    in Marine Electronics

    Posted

    I had a promariner 20 2 bank on my boat. It was one just over two years and quit working. I called promariner and was basically told tough luck buy another. well i started doing research adn found tons of complaint for the same problem work for a year or two and dies. So i am not going to buy another promariner. I have read a few good reviews on other companies out there and am tring to decide on a new system. What do some of you guys have for an onboard and how long have you had it. Also like and dislikes. I am thinking of another 20 amp size charger.

    crews

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I know exactly what you mean. Get up at 3:30 get stuff ready hook up the boat then 4:30 5:30 6 am crawl back in bed and still never get a friggin phone call till two days later. needless to say i have never invited him again. I have also had the guy that wants to go never offers anything and wants a ton of fish . He hasn't been invited again either even though he begs to go back out. i dont expect something every time out but it is nice to offer.

    Email I Received

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    like everyone else this is a great site. There are two boards that i pretty much check as often as posible this one and scubaboard. Whats makes these two places great is the moderators. They have a heck of a job going through every post and trying to keep things to a civil level. I know as my close friend is a mod on scubaboard and i know what he does as soon as he walks in the door from work, and then again before bed. Even though there are disagreements here and on scubaboard they are kept to a civil low key discussion, as everyone has there own opinion on a topic. But it doesn't get reduced to the nasty name calling and personal attacks, and that is where people like you come in. people that tend to act that way tend to get discouraged quuickly and leave the site for another where they can get away with that behavior. I just want to say a big thanks to you and all the mods on this site.

    Rod storage

    in Salmon Pro's Connection

    Posted

    I lock everything in the cabin when i leave the marina i am at for a long period of time. a friend of my dads got ripped off once and that tought us all a lesson.

    As far as insurance you can take out a rider for your equipment with your boat insurance. Playing the homeowner game isn't worth it been there done that and never again. I know with state farm 10,000 worth of insurance covers everything for fishing, downriggers fishfinder marine radio tackle boxes and lures rods reels, etc.... It cost me about 7 bucks a month i believe. Every spring i turn in a list and pics of all my equipment and there is a record on file with them at all times that way. Now if you read the policy it says items mounted to the boat, but as it was explained to me downriggers and graphs and radios aren't counted unless they are factory installed and not removable from the boat.

    Dipsey Storage

    in Salmon Pro's Connection

    Posted

    That is an excellent question. I have the same issues with the $3 totes and have found that after I put the boat away I have to open all my totes and let stuff dry out and the Dipseys and planner boards are the two that collect moisture in the totes.

    Drill about 8 1/4 inch holes in the top and the moisture problem is cured. 4 in each end in the lid.

    dive bombs

    in Salmon Pro's Connection

    Posted

    During the ludington tourney, saturday the fishing changed and they went deep. we were running 125 to 175 down on the riggers to get fish. our dihe puts it vers were 400 feet out mag size and the 300 copper was doing nothing. Our friend was running 450 with a 2 oz DB and 600 copper and was killing fish in the we put on the 4 ozs and the one rod the board never got fully out, and that was the start. i think a 300' with a 4 oz get real close to the hunderd feet they were hagning in. what i was told by a guy in ludington that runs these thing religiously is that on a 300 w a 2 oz will be running at a 450 depth and a 4 oz runs the 600 depth. Now the way he showed me is to clip on the mono line not the copper or coreabout 5 ft away from the copper.

    Now for planer boards i had four sets of church boards that i just sold on craigs list. They dont work for copper well. the yellow offshore works well for lighter rigs. The best hands down pulling 300 copper and 4 oz DB works GREAT, we also ran a 450 with a 4 oz with no problem

    Best rod holders on a budget?

    in Boat Maintenance and Rigging

    Posted

    the ones Jim has will work. My Dad had them on his small boat. You do have to crank them tight to get them to hold with a mag dipsy. I tried the cheap route and now have two of the Big Jon heavy duty diver holders they are expensive but those two are going to be for dipsys. I am trying to convince the wife i need two more for when i am running 4 dipsys. my other six on the side of the boat are all tite locs with the spring pins and they work fine for boards. Mag dipsys break the tite locs about half way through a season. The teeth on the little disc thing break off and i watched one twist to the back of the boat and was able to catch it before it went into the lake. as far as turning them, i have never had to turn a rod holder so the straight up and donw is fine. If you dont spend the extra coin now on the holder for dipsys you will be spending more in the future to upgrade. use the cheaper ones for your board rods.

    heavy torpedo weights in MI ?

    in Salmon Pro's Connection

    Posted

    thanks hit man. i really dont like that type of weight. I know that you can bend the fin and all. but i have had to many problems even with the fin bent to try them again and throw away money like the last ones i had. i know you can bend the fin on the sharks if you desire and am not sure about the atomics. i reall like my downriggers straight down with running all the side stuff. I had them get into a dipsy before and it sure wasn't a whole lot of fun. I got them from capt chucks when they were in the old building and supposed to be tuned and marked for each side. Just had bad luck with them.

    Grand Rapids Ultimate Sport Show

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It wasnt a bad show this year and as far as prices take a ride to the tackle shop and take a look at prices this year. It is amazing how much stuff went up over the last year.There were some good deals if you were in the market for certain items. i did pick up some of the aces high j's to try out this year. only a buck off but better the full price. Nobody is giving deals like they used to with the shape the economy is in. Did see a lot of old friends and made some new ones. Thanks to the guys on here that stopped by the MUCC booth and chatted for a while. It felt like the crowd was down from last year. we were hoping they would have attendance numbers out sunday but they didn't. Anyways another year of shows is done, now it is time to start getting the baot ready to go in to the water.

    blow back difference

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Yes the pancake have a "little" less blow back but the currents can play hell on the pancakes, and you can get some interesting tangles. I tried them when i got my new boat 8 years ago, they sat in the garage for 7 1/2 yrs and sold them on craigs list a few weeks ago. i hated them with a passion. My dad always used round balls or finned balls. i went with sharks a much better design and also take a look at the atomic torpedos they look even nicer. they are 13 lb where my sharks are 10 lb. you can get two of the atomic for around 80 bucks plus shipping. i've been eyeing them but the wife says i spent enough on tackle for this year.

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