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Mike I would be interested if you have room. Will help with fuel. I need to learn bad.

Welcome Jim.

Welcome Jim.

I have lots of 1/2" stock around if you have no luck local let me know I will knock one or two out for you. Your local steel supply should be able to cut it to size and even drill for just a few bucks. Or like I say I will send you what you need for the shipping.

WOW What sport did I get myself into??? Witness Statement, Polygraph, Fish Testing??? What has the world come to.

Sweet

Welcome Andy

Congratulations! Ken & JoAnn

Welcom Bob!

This is how to restore Teak I use this on my sailboats and I just restored the teak on the fishing rig FUGITIVE Your Teak will look new and this will not fill the pours of the teak like sand paper or make it rough like power washing. And best of all it’s a whole lot cheaper. Drain Lye (six ounces to each gallon of water) Red Devil Lye crystals can be found at just about any store in the plumbing section. 1 Gallon of Apple Cider Vinegar (to neutralize the piece as soon as it is clean) Lye can be neutralized fairly quickly after the Lye is applied with Apple Cider Vinegar which also promotes a glorious color! Potassium Hydroxide (Lye will really clean the heck out of your wood it will really bring the color out, NEVER ADD WATER TO LYE. Always slowly add lye to water. Always add LYE to WATER. I use a garden bug sprayer to apply both the Lye and Cider Spray the entire piece with Lye and wait about five to ten minutes to truly allow the solution to work and clean before you rinse very well with a hose (Make sure to rinse well). When you feel it is cleaned and rinsed, spray it with Apple Cider Vinegar all over the piece and your gloves to begin neutralizing whatever you touched with the lye solution. If you have a piece that is real gray or dirty you can scrub with a sponge. (Don’t use anything abrasive) The piece will get quite dark but will lighten as it dries. It will be clean as hell which is why the oil will work to bring those colors back out. Do not wipe off the Cider just let it dry on the piece as it will prevent mold also. 6. After neutralizing the piece allow it to dry for a good day before oil.

Great Job nice fish.

Ken Thats sweet I want to be just like you:)

I’m putting line on my down rigger reels I thought 20# mono on two and 30# mono on the other two but I can’t seem to find any post that tell how many yards I need (Penn 209s) do I need to fill them? Seems like a lot of line? Also I setup my diver reels 200 yards mono 300 yards pp fill the reel I hope this is correct? Jim if you don't mind I may have take you up on getting together and showing you what I have so I’m not wasting a bunch of money on items I don’t need, I’m available most anytime

Well This is the Boat, I have the rod holders and all teak out going through cleaning and checking everything, Pun in a raymarine full system siris, chart plotter, fish finder... and cannon speed & temp the boat had furuno radar, king radio, king loran I hope this will all the equipment I need for good fishing and safe navigation.

Well I could take no more I know I should be listing to Mainiac and slow down but man I got the bug bad, Like a Kid in the Candy Store went and bought 6 reels Daiwa SG47LCX, 2 Gander Mountain Advantage Diver Rods 10’ Heavy Action, 2 Gander Mountain Advantage Planner Board 7’6†Med Action, 4 each of moss green p-pro and #27 lead, So I need to figure out how I need to wind them. On the divers do you put backing with the power pro or just use power pro with leader? Is a leader needed? I need to look at some rigs and get some ideas for the winter projects. I would also like to thank everyone for their help this is a great site and everyone seems very willing to help out us less informed. THANK YOU ALL

My boat is a 24' Cruiser Barnegat I will get some photos posted soon. Thank You all for the help.

Well I got the bug and purchased a Boat. I am trying to get it set up I have 4 down riggers, 2 out riggers, 2 planner boards. All the flashers, spoons, flies, plugs and divers… 4 209 pen reels on Master Graphite 8 ½’ rods, 2 pen #9s reels on Eagle Claw 8 ½’ Trolling Rods I plan to purchase at least 4 more rod and reels thinking about the Okuma Convector CV45D or CV45L ? anyway I started reading and got completely lost. The length of rods for downriggers, out riggers, planner boards and Divers WOW than I got into line???? I plan to fish out of Muskegon area can someone give me some advice how to have a dissent selection of Rods, Reels, Line? Years ago I fished out of South Haven on the Honey Bee we used mono a rubber band a j-plug and that was it, Fish On. I see like everything else that’s HISTORY Thanks for the help.