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If you want to pm me your address I can send it. But I'm just glad some one gets to use it.

That the one. It has a slightly diffrent attachment to the cable but thats it. I can send it or I we can hook up at the wmfl event or the salmon clinic.

I have an old cannon probe that is from the mid 90's for free if some one is using the old cannon digital head. Still water proof and worked when I quit using it in 97'.

Steve

I have a pair of fixed bases i dont use and are new condition. For sale or trade for some stuff you may have around you don't use.

Steve

Ok I have not fished it much in years so not a lot of help there if you decide to fish the Muskegon river I could help cut down your learning curve. What is your equipment and tactic plan so far? Lots of options depending on what gear you have, we do good pulling plugs and running float setups but also trow flies and bottom bounce spawn at times.

I planned on casting with my walleye gear 7' MH casting rods and spinning reels (10lbs mono). And working some holes with plugs and spawn on M trolling rods. Hot n tots and wiggle warts and flat fish.

I also need some info on what to get my boy as far as a steelie rod?

A 20 will troll down So I would get the largest you can afford. If you ever need it, It's better to have itand not need it then need it and not have it.

Steve

I was thinking the Big M

Steve, Maybe you can get your son to work on Mom to get some gear you want. Ya have to play all the angles.

Mama already suprised me with an auto pilot I don't want to push to hard, I have a pretty good racket going for now.

My boy was asking me if I wanted to take him steelie fishing this winter with our boat. And I have no idea were to start. Can anyone point me to a good ramp and or section of river to try. He wants cast and run some cranks behind the boat.

So he has since revised hus Santa list for some heavier fishing gear. And I think he has his mother suckered into getting it for him.

Welcome. I fish manistee at least once a month till the end of oct.

Maybe we'll catch up on the radio or at the docks.

Steve

I don't mean any disrespect but you probably should have some help when you do this wiring or at least have someone check your work. A basic understanding of circuits is required. If you need any help there is probably someone here that is close by that can help. It could save you $$$$$.

Thats funny I was just contempaltng having it done at the marina He usually takes pretty good csre of me when I do have to take it in I really appreciate the help.

Got it. thanks.

What Mike was saying if you run two batteries at the same time and one is almost dead and the other fully charged you'll end up with the equivalent of two half charged batteries.

This may sound stupid but when the batteries do equilize wont you still have the same voltage still be available. The switch just makes it so you can't drain both batteries.

Also in most cases with larger boats a stern drive alternator will produce enough amps to keep up. In my boat I will be running everything of off batteries with no charging while I'm trolling.

I don't but i rigged up some okuma xperies with 150 and 300.

I think I ended up spending 160 bucks for the whole set up.

Xp 302 w/150' 45lbs copper and 200yds 30lbs PP 50'20lbs fluro

xp 452 300' 45 lbs and same backing and leader

I have not had an issue this year with 1 and have had a small set of cables made to hook to my trolling motor battery if I ever have a problem. I only have a 50hp main so that doesn't take much to turn over. This year I am adding an auto pilot and throttle control. Do you guys think I would be OK with the set up I have or am I over thinking this.

I am able to pull start the engine in an emergency. I have done it in the drive way to see how hard it was.

Steve

I don't think you will have to worry about that here. These guy here are great. After only 1 year of salmon fishing I still don't have a lot to give experiance to give back but thanks to the people here it's comming. Of all the site's this is the best group of fisherman that I have come across.

Steve

The only place I have to mount a switch is kind of in the way. I could use one if I have to but I was tring to find a way around it. But If a switch is the best way then that is what I am going to use.

Steve

I want to add a second battery to my boat.

I would like to have the gps/sonar, kicker auto pilot, kicker throttle control and down riggers (2 digitrolls) to 1 and the motor starting to the other.

Is their awayto isolate the acc. battery from the starting battery and still have the alternator charge both.

And without one of the battery switches.

Thanks Steve

That makes sense. I usually only fiah 2 so it wouls even out the chance a little.

Steve

my wife definently deserves it for letting me fish as much as I do.

Thanks I will am going to try to get a hold of syonker.

Got that covered last month:thumb:

OK my I just found out my from my credit card statement that my wife git me a ray marine tiller auto pilot for my kicker.

1 is it cheating that I check the credit statments at christmas time?

2 Who has used one of these and what do you think of them?

I will be putting it on my lund 18 ssv 8 hp kicker. It looks like it mounts to the tiller handle but it looks like it may be desinged for sail boat tillers. I would like to try it to free up the turns the people seam to make while I am setting lines.

Thanks Steve

Nick do you by chance know if they would make good 3 color core reels

I had a chance to fish on boat with a jet drive if i remember right it was a 28'

penn yann mid 90's. While talking about the boat he told me it was a good system except while trolling he always had to use a kicker. Other than that he loved the speed and shallow draft.

Steve