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  1. Fish Hawk is giving a complete X4 unit for big fish of the year in our tourney series if I win it my Depth Raider will likely be for sale or you could come and join in the tourney and try and win it yourself. 3 more to go this year and big fish are going to show up soon. We fish out of Muskegon and is DNR 3 man rules start at 6 am in front of pier heads and weigh in at 1pm Grand Trunk boat launch. lots of cool sponsor prizes a chance to win some cash and maybe get a Fish Hawk as well. Worst you can do is spend the day fishing entry is 40 bucks per plus a one time 10 dollar captains fee to join the group. Oh and even if you can't catch a fish we have a second chance drawing for 100 bucks cash every event.

  2. Tied to front cleats and run a little behind midship. Never in the way and keep pressure on the bow also if I need to I can un hook the rear lines and they become sea anchors with no other changes. This way they slow the boat keep down pressure on the bow and help stabilize roll. Having a rear line does 3 things it keeps the bags from going under the boat makes them easy to retrieve ( just pull them up from the rear line ) and if your front line breaks you don't lose the bag happened 2 years ago. Once I tuned mine to the boat I have never changed the rope settings. They go in and out in seconds so if I want a fast troll I pull them if I want to stay on a target speed I run them.

  3. Most of my big fish were in the early 70's Biggest kings were snagging at Croton several 40lb fish up there over the years it was legal. Biggest king trolling was Muskegon in 73 36lb on a flat fish behind a pink lady diver. Biggest fish ever was a 6ft Sturgeon caught in Canada in 71 it was land locked and only had about a 1/4 mile of creek deep enough for it to swim in took 2 of us close to 4 hours to land it and drag it across the sand bar to deeper water. Best part was Nick caught it on a 404 Zebco with 20 lb test we took turns running up and down the creek bank to fight it sometimes in the water with it.

  4. I sure will be glad when my boat is fixed running that far in a small boat is tuff work. we were 5 for 6 in 80 to 130 from the 16's to the 19's north troll was also best. Had one throw back laker so ended with 4 fish and our mercy fish which I landed 10 min before we pulled lines was a 13.1 lb Steelhead 82 down on a rigger doing stop starts going north.

  5. From what you have discussed about your setup it is going to be tough to get boards to run well. You need to get the board rods high up and as far forward as you can. To pull well the board needs to run right I gave up on the Church boards many years ago because I could never get them to run the way I want. I use Off Shore boards for my high lines and Steelhead program but they won't pull anything more than a full core or a 150 copper well. So my Salmon program is all Z Boards which will pull copper very well up to about a 400 for my 450 and deep stuff I use modified TX44 boards. As setups change so do my boards. Here is one thing you need to learn to read the boards and that is when it is correct it will sit nearly level in the water and the board itself will be parallel to the boat off to the side. If it is over loaded it will wallow and not keep the nose down which means it can't dig and get wide. Look at the way the boards are running in my pics that is how a board should work the entire surface is in the water pulling to the side and running well. Last night Steve sat the drag too tight on my outside board and we dragged a 5 lb Steelhead for half a hour because I was making turns and did not realize the board had pulled back until we straightened out.

  6. PM sent but really need to see your setup to help you tune it. I can bring some of my gear and fish with you sometime if you want to see some different setups.

    1st pic is a 300 and a 150 on the port side this evening

    2nd pic is a 200 and a 115 on the starboard side this evening

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  7. Finally came to terms with my budget and ordered a motor for my boat. So after sitting on the trailer for a year it will be back together sometime in July. New Motor is a 383 390hp at 4550 and 456ftlbs at 4250 so I can put the fast prop back on and maybe go to a even faster prop. As my old motor got tired I had to de-prop to keep the RPM's where I wanted them and still preform decent. Using my saved data from when I bought the boat this will put me back at a 33 to 34 mph cruise at 3400 RPM. The extra HP will however add over 1000 RPM's to top end which with the 17 will put me in the mid 50mph range if it will pull a 19 that would give me a chance at 60 plus. That might be fun but less fish able. This motor will make nearly 100hp more at 5500 than my old motor made at 4200 which is where it maxed out with the 17 prop when I bought it 7 years ago.

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    Another Great day on the water with near perfect weather. Congrats to Bruise Time for 1st place with a 139.2 point box. Fishmael came in 2nd with 129.9 and Story Teller was 3rd with 122.9 Drift got the big fish with 15.35lb King. Fishing is starting to heat up but water is still mixed as we had 45deg water in 50ft and 49 deg water in 114ft. We stayed in 50ft way too long because we were marking fish but no takers. ended with 1 fish inside 50ft and took our last 3 in 110 to 115.

  9. If you want a fishing boat it will be OK if you want a fast boat not so much. My uncle fishes a 22ft C Dory with a 90hp and a 9.9. cruises between 12 to 15 kts and wide open is 18 to 20kts but he said he has nearly double the range of the 150hp he took off and saved a bunch when he re-powered. If your fishing big water there are few days you can run fast in a small boat anyhow. I ran a 40hp on my 18ft Starcraft Holiday for a season it was turtle slow but still caught fish. It would also fish all day on a 6 gallon tank. Replaced the 40 with a 80 and it was faster but drank nearly double the gas.

  10. Please if your not fishing the event don't vote it is a open vote so we can see who voted. I am not voting at this time. My boat is still down but I have the 17 with Steve ready to go so this does not make a difference to me. There is still the chance the weather will be rough on either day. We are just over a week away so we need to make a decision fast either way thanks.

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