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9 hours ago, BillM said:

Who said anything about the guy rewiring his boat for 24V?   We're talking trolling motors here.  Some guys mentioned he'd be better off running a 24V setup, vs a 12V setup.  But, as the OP stated, that's not in the cards so he'll be simply increasing the capacity of his 12V setup by adding an additional battery.     

 

Not to hijack the thread, but since it is being brought up…you should see the insanity around going 24v now for guys running livescope/mega live etc etc.

im personally a big time believer in over gauging, looming and really clean dedicated runs to avoid line loss for your electrical installation. Garmin even shows you by displaying the unit’s voltage plain as day what kind of line loss you experiencing  but I’m not a believer in the whole 24v Bull.

by the way, If you wire your marine electronics into your boat’s bus fuse block, you’ve just waisted all of that money. My father is the “function” over “form” type being an old farmer…sure as turd, he’s running the exact same electronics set up as me and his looks like absolute garbage and there’s a disaster of interference all over his livescope and 2d sonar. I offered to rewire it all for him because I enjoy dc wiring and use his boat regularly, but as far as he is concerned, he did a great job because the thing turns on! Can’t ever tell your old man nothing lol

15 hours ago, Salmon Catcher said:

Battery Capacity, battery power, battery AH ampere hours is same thing. Benefit of paralleling batteries is to increase total battery power. Two batteries in parallel will run your trolling motor longer then one. That is the benefit.

Theres math involved and Im sure a graph somewhere that will show you running a more powerful 24 system will outperform a 12v system with more AH and reserve capacity. This is the main thing here, if you are carrying two group 31's in the boat anyways you should be running them for 24v.

1 hour ago, LostAnotherOne said:

It definitely makes for a very long day.  2 hour drive up.  2 hour drive back.  Walking onto ice.  Using manual auger.  Putting up 4 man tent.  Good times.

There’s just such better lakes to fish that typically don’t require you to pay at least nearly as much to park and deal with crowds etc etc.

i guess the perch fishing is pretty damn good but I’d rather fish crappie elsewhere if that’s what I’m looking for. Otherwise, ya I’m going somewhere else to fish

9 minutes ago, LostAnotherOne said:

Thank you.  Sounds like it will just be the usual dropping the wife and gear off then parking and walking 20 minutes back.  

this is why I will probably never fish Simcoe again TBH

That and the $30 something dollar a day parking.

time to buy a sled 😁

Im headed out Friday for the first time this year! cant wait! By Sunday ill be cursing ice fishing and be ready to fish from the boat again 

money is tight right now bud, but if you somehow dont manage to move these by spring we will have a chat!

1 hour ago, LostAnotherOne said:

Just a quick question guys.  Planning on heading to cooks with the wife Saturday and was wondering what’s the parking situation at both Gilford or Lefroy.  Haven’t gone for a couple of years to Lefroy and about 5-6 to Gilford.  Thanks

park on the ice, its free! and then you can come back at the end of the day to find your car underwater like all of the other bozos that do this every single year 

I saw an instagram story from OMGitsDangs last week, a guy had parked his van on 4 inches of ice and went through lmao

Cliff Im glad to see you are getting a chance to head out fishing! take pics!

These laws have been in place all over the united states and canada for years...its actually somewhat shocking its taken this long to be implemented in Ontario.

best online store is peterborough pro tackle

But they are high end only, so if you are looking for canadian tire quality, head elsewhere.

No matter what if you decide to go used, complete a compression test on the motor before buying! 
 

very easy to do, relatively cheap and a perfect way to verify the condition of your motor.

severely underpowered with a 115, you wouldnt get that thing on plane no matter how much propping and crap you did. Stay away.

Tracker got the nick name "cracker" for a reason. They are cheaper for a reason. There's a chance that Johnny Mo and the bass pro folks have figured out how to make a boat not leak...I mean ive seen some pretty decent stuff recently with the Nitro Bass boats, but man oh man were there a pile of issues with them as recently as 6 years ago and prior to that.

Literally there is a reason that when you go to a bass tournament there's plenty of 20+ year old tritons, champions, rangers and stratos' kicking around, but hardly any nitros. (just my observation)

Word of advice, heavily consider taking a trip over the border to look at boats, dollar goes much much further and the process of importing is fairly straight forward if you make sure that your documentation is all printed and in order before you leave. I imported a boat in November so let me know if you need any additional advice.

Some of those kawartha launches are going to be hilarious for weed removal. I’m just glad the trailer on my new boat is a bit higher to crawl under lol

Mnr I’d very hush hush about them because they don’t want a bunch of rednecks to go out in search of new floor rug. 
 

need more of these large predators to keep the vermin and deer populations in check. 
 

o saw a coyote stalking a flock of geese in the fields at the credit river in Mississauga on the 401 in the middle of the afternoon 4 days ago. Lots of people hate coyotes for no reason at all aside from them killing their outside cats…which in 2021 there should be no such thing anyways.

I think far more likely prior to outright banning two stroke oil would be the simple consideration for the utilization of recycled oil.

the entirety of nascar runs their cars on recycled oil re-refined by safety Kleen under the brand “performance plus”

there are very few companies still making two stroke products anymore and even fewer outboard companies (I believe no one anymore?)

the idea of outright banning two strokes seems impossible to police and implement if people purchased the motor years before. Especially in the case of people such as myself with high powered two stroke motors. Snowmobilers also come to mind. What are you going to tell people with $20,000 motors that their engine is now banned out of the blue? That’s a bit of a reach. 
 

as referenced above, thousands of people may drag small 4 stroke motors into the bush, but literal millions recreationally boat around every year and primary usage would guess exceed 95% of trips entailing travelling a distance of less than 100km per trip. As such electric motors make all of the sense in the entire world. Hell most guys running fishing boats are carrying 3 or myself 4 friggin batteries to begin with. Heck I’d even be running 4 lithium ion batteries if I could afford it. 
 

the tech is basically already developed, the people like myself that carry 140 litres of gas plus 4 group 31 batteries are almost/probably pretty damn close to having no weight issues by carrying one very large lithium based battery to power everything. Heck, You know what the first thing most of us fisherman do when we get back to the docks at night? We plug the boat in 🤣 The price is too high and the demand is too low at the moment. But with premium marine gas going for well over $2 a litre probably closer to $3 this summer. We are on the absolute tip of the iceberg here.

who the hell is going to complain about unlimited power band and 100% tourque delivery out of their outboard anyways. Just think of the hole shot!

On 8/12/2020 at 3:47 PM, Old Ironmaker said:

110% in agreement Andrew 110%.  Like you tune up your jigs out of the package per your liking I also tweak tackle. The 1st thing I usually do with plugs is change the hooks and pass a file across jig hooks. The only hooks I leave on are Rappala, they are good quality hooks that hold their sharpness. 

If you ever have the pleasure of fishing a nishine lure works bait, he uses ichikawa hooks, they are by far the best hooks I have ever used and it’s not particularly close.

We take the entire pleasure boating industries usage…I think it’s safe to say the specific application of dragging a two horse into the bush where there is no electricity is not representative of the majority lol

+1 for amsoil. We have a membership, and I use their oil in my boats as well and I’ve got nothing but good things to say about them. Their pricing is actually lower if you purchase direct from the dealer.

2 hours ago, Tjames09 said:

Thanks for the help guys, found a 2014 Bearcat for a reasonable price and reasonable miles. Been doing some research on preseason maintenance. Did the chain case oil, spark plugs, and 2 stroke oil already, and checked the belt and tension. 

Found a manual online that talks bout cleaning the carbs, but might be out of my wheelhouse. 

Eh, I wouldn’t worry too much about the carbs on a 2014. Run ethanol free premium only if you can. Consider running a load of seafoam through it. Run good quality synthetic two stroke oil only. 
 

tension and alignment on the track are really important to keep an eye on. Good luck with the Arctic cat 😉

On 12/6/2021 at 6:27 AM, Terry said:

 Be a b!tch  on a fly in fishing trip 

or a portage ,packing batteries for the motor

is it any different than hauling 100 litres of gasoline?

did you guys hear about the waves on lake superior. 8-10's

oh...and by the way thats meters 😯

3 hours ago, porkpie said:

I'm not sure how accurate the 7 years support is.  I have never had a problem getting parts, even factory parts many years after production.  Case in point we just recently obtained a factory new (from Polaris) water pump for a 1997 Indy touring 500 with just a bit of lead time for delivery  Also, while Polaris generally makes garbage ATV's, I've ridden and owned  Popo sleds, amongst others and it's about the only thing they do well.  The indy lite 340's in particular are gangbuster little fishing sleds!  I rode with a hunt camp full of guys that wouldn't touch a Polaris bike if you paid them because every one we had in the camp broke down at some point, but they where all riding polaris in the winter with few exceptions.  

i wish this held up for the new ones...got a buddy witt one that has gone through 3! yes 3 warranty engines

both tbh...canadian fishing $h!+ for sale is a good group. But hashtagging the heck out of some quality photos of your stuff on instagram will help too. Also follow as many fishing related profiles as you can. There's somewhat of a community on instagram. Most of us bass guys all know of each other at this point. We all end up competing against eachother at the various opens that occur through the summer.

12 hours ago, Tjames09 said:

Just pull up to the lake. No backwoods bombing. 

 

What's considered high mileage on a Yamaha? Im seeing lots for 15,000km+ It seems like a lot?

Depends if it’s a 2 or 4 stroke. A 4 stroke will go 20,000+ km

do a compression test on the motor if you go and look at it. You can get a meter on Amazon. It’s a very simple process and will tell you if the motor is in operating shape or not. Basically if the compression is solid you don’t have a ton to worry about.

everything else will be related to the track and suspension itself. 
 

there’s some pretty good YouTube videos on “what to check when buying a used snowmobile” they go pretty in depth, but for the most part the stuff they tell you to check is pretty straight forward

1 hour ago, Tjames09 said:

Not the bearcat?

Unless you want a broken snowmobile, don’t buy Arctic cat

So many old yamadoos running they just don’t die.

 Stay the hell away from Polaris and don’t even bother looking at Arctic crap