anthonyyost

Well, I quess I won't be buying a subtroll, sorry to hear about your trouble.

How does the speed control work?

I just got the boat out of storage yesterday, and so what happens, 3" of wet snow. The riggers are in the boat, so it may take a day or two to get some pictures. The riggers are the Captains Packs so they have the longer booms, but they are sectional so you can adjust the length.

As far as cost, to be honest I would like to buy 4 of the BigJon Brutes so that I can use 20# balls. Given that these downriggers I have for sale are in excellent condition I would like to think that $1600.00 for the set would be fair to me and whoever may buy them.

I would prefer to sell as a set, that way I can turn around and order the new riggers, I really do not want to sell one or two at a time.

Let me know what you think, thanks,

Tony

I have 4 bigjon electric captains pack I am considering selling. They are all in A1 condition, and if I sold them they would be as a package only.

If anyone is interested, let me know.

I also have a Fishawk hand held water temp. probe that I will sell, again if anyone is interested, let me know.

Thanks,

Tony

When I was at the show in Grand Rapids on Sunday I spoke to the Cannon Rep. and he said that Cannon will be coming out with a new unit next year. I not even sure if you can still buy their unit, although I had thought that it was the best way to go. Just not sure if I want to wait until next year to purchase a unit

Do you have a website for the atomic torpedos?

I have been thinking of one of these units, and I am gravitating towards the Fishhawk because of not having to use the coated cable. I already have surface temp from the transducer for my fishfinder, and over the ground speed from my GPS. All I really need is down speed and temp.

Do you have to use the transducer that comes with the Fishawk or can you set it up to just use the probe for the downrigger functions. It seems a little redundant to have two sets of boat speed and surface temp.

I went to the salmon seminar at the show in Grand Rapids on Sunday, and the two captains were pushing the Fishawk Unit as the only one to have.

I bought a 917C last year and put a navionics chip in it, I also bought the Quadrabeam transducer which is nice. The thing I like about the 700,900 and 1100 series is that there are a lot of add ons you can purchase. This year Hummingbird has teamed up with Sirius and for $249 you can have real time weather radar on one of these units. For $10.00 a month and a $15.00 activation fee (you only pay for the months you use) you can have a little peace of mind when you are 7 miles out.

Does anyone have a web address for the Ridgeback Rattlers?

I would like to see what they look like.

Thanks

I will be going on Sunday, mainly to go to the Salmon Seminar that runs from 12:30 to 2:30, looks like a lot of interesting stuff is going to be there

I have never used inline planer boards, and would like to try starting out with 2 this year, one off each side. Need a little education though. What brand of boards and releases work well, and if I was running the boards in combination with 4 downriggers and 2 dipseys, or some variation, what would be the best lengths of lead core to use on the inlines to keep it simple and what are the best lures to use with the planer boards and lead core.

Thank you.

I have had good luck with the Cabellas Gold Line Counter Combo Series, you can choose your size of reel, and have at least a half a dozen choices in rods at a very reasonable price.

If you want to save a little more, you can use the standard Cabellas line counter combos for around $60.00 for the rod and reel. Cabellas does a nice job of standing behind their products as well. I had a reel for about a year that the anti reverse went out of, and they replaced it no questions asked.

I bought 1 Gold Series reel to try out on lead core, and the 45 size reel works just right for size.

My son is living in the Chicago area and I am going down to visit him this weekend so we can go to the boat show that is going on in Schaumburg. I am hoping to find some cool stuff for the boat there.

there have been times in my life I wish someone would have done that favor to me.

The second is a very nice picture, what are you using for a camera?

I have a Furuno Radar on the boat, but when you get close to shore or in the harbor, it will not clearly differentiate items like breakwalls and such. It would be nice to be able to use the radar for manuvering like that.

The other problem would be lights that will stand up to the water.

Well, the problem with having a hardtop is it is difficult to get up on the bow and see what is going on, also when I have the electronics turned on, it makes it that much more difficult to see out into the dark. I realize that having lights in front makes it harder for other boats, but I wouldn't be using the lights constantly, just enough to get my bearings. I have a good gps, but it does not show all of the obstacles that would concern me, especially if I am fishing out of a new or unfamiliar port.

One of the projects I would like to tackle on my boat in the spring is to mount new spotlights on the front of the boat. The Searay I have has a small spotlight that is mounted on the rail on the bow that is operated remotely by a toggle on the dash. This light doesn't do a whole lot, in the morning before light, or coming in after dark, it would be nice to be able to light up an area well enough to see obstacles like seawalls and docks.

Any ideas?

Thanks

what brand did you buy, and other than the cable burying itself, any other problems?

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas, now that it is over we can start focusing on the other important things in life, such as electric boat winches.

I have a Sea Ray 270 Amberjack on a triple axel trailer that I would like to put a good electric winch on, but I was wondering if anyone had some feedback as to what would be a good product.

Thanks.

How about tying in to the water pickup for the toilet, is that possible? I think that mine pulls water from the lake when you pump it.

Is that Frampton on the radio in the background? Cant get much better than that!

Hi Mike,

I live in Evart, that makes Ludington a straight shot across U.S.10 about a 70mile trip one way. That seems pretty convienent.

I followed your link to where you put your boat and it looks like a very nice place. Depending on mileage that looks interesting.

I am curious about renting a slip in Ludington next spring throught the summer. Does anyone have any good ideas as far as price and location?

I just need to crunch some numbers to see if it is a good idea. Also, what about security, has anyone had problems with vandalism and theft while the boat is unattended for periods of time?

Thanks