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I have a slip in Oak Harbor up river in South Haven... See you out there!

Well as requested I would like to introduce myself... My name is Chris Wertanen and I grew up fishing w/ my dad like many of us did. I caught my first Walleye when I was four on a snoopy Zebco combo, over on the East side of Michigan. My Dad and I mainly fished back in the late 70's early 80's out of St. Joe and South Haven, with an annual trip to the U.P. He passed away when I was 16 and I kind of got away from fishing for many years. I never completely strayed but I never could seem to get back into it. Over the last 5 years or so I started going out a few times a year on other peoples boats and decided that I really missed it. I have owned several boats over the last 10 years, (none of the fishing boats). At the end of last summer I decided to dump the "Wine and Cheese" Sundancer and look for a fishing boat this spring. The money has been flying out of my wallet ever since! Anyway, I'm looking forward to chasing some tail down this spring, I have alot to learn, and I think this site is great. It's one thing to reel one a fish in, but, It's a whole new ball game when you are the one picking the location, choosing a heading and setting the lines. I may ask some dumb questions along the way and I thank all of you for your input. Thanks Again, Chris

I'm not a big fan of drilling holes in my boat. It's kind of like spanking your kid, sometimes neccessary but I'd like to avoid it if possible. I might be leaning to the cable w/ the antenna. I'm only going to be running two riggers anyway. What would you guys suggest, (drilling into the bottom of a whaler or use the cable setup?)

How difficult is it to install a FishHawk X4, I don't have a probe on my boat and have never used one. I have recently purchased a 2001 Boston Whaler Conquest 280, it came equipped w/ Raymarine electronics including autopilot, I think all I'm missing is a temp/speed probe. Do you just hook the probe to a downrigger or does the cable actually go down w/ the probe? I realize this might seem like a dumb question... It's because it is a dumb question