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+1 on the AGM but i've had great luck with flooded as long as you keep the electrolyte levels and charging in check. Doing the math, the AGM costs over 2x as much so the little bit of extended life doesn't make financial sense. Move up to the group 27 if you have capacity concerns. If you don't have one, i'd move up to a 2/3 bank charger rather than go to an AGM. PM me if you req. details. Any yes, marine batteries are different than automotive.

purchased insurance for my new Ranger back in may and anything bolted to the boat is part of the boat. Personal items are typically covered up to $5k and then your home insurance picks up from there. Have a frank discussion with your insurance provider as its easy to rack up north of $5k in contents. Also, my recommendation is to go with a company that specializes in watercraft insurance as they understand the nuances better than an "auto policy" provider. They also offer depreciation and inflation protection in the event of a total loss.

Agreed, but they are not mass produced or anything like that. RAM mounts work well enough but your graph will start to droop on rough water where as the Geigertec will not. If you go for a RAM, I recommend the mount with the larger ball. This is what you need: https://www.radioworld.ca/ram-d111uc and https://www.radioworld.ca/ram-rap402u

I've had mostly great interactions with the MNR guys, but one terrible encounter with an OPP in the Massassauga park. He blocked us on a channel and began grilling me on my safety kit. First thing was flares.. i didn't have any :). I was in a 17' boat on an inland waterway. Therefore, for both reasons, I didn't need flares. He had to go into the the regulation book to check as he obviously didn't know the regs either. ONce that was satisfied, he went after my flashlight. I have a large Mag light on my boat and he was really concerned that it wasn't waterproof. He recommended that I carry a $3 flashlight w/extra batteries with me. Just a crusty old guy on what I would call a great duty. There was a really young/jr guy with him that just stood there in disbelief. Next time I'm going to get their name, badge number, and the name of their sergeant. Last time I looked, we didn't live in a police state.

I like my tail both ways... 😎

OMG, clickbait...lol

Not a "Young gun" but Terry is correct. Your card will still work as it always has, you'll miss out on any updates going forward. I usually renew every 3-4 years but lets face it, the bathymetry really doesn't change that much

Doesn't matter, they'll do it anyways. People are just selfish these days and don't care about conservation. Saw the same out on long point the last couple of weeks. At least I didn't see anyone fishing the sanctuary zone but other than that it was game on!

I follow the Longpoint forum to see where the 'eyes are showing up. Went out yesterday and started in 40 FOW ended up with 2 farm animals (Sheephead) on a harness. Motored out to deeper water (55 +/-) and picked up 4 eyes in a matter of an hour. 1 dink and the others ranged from 3-5lbs. All on a "0" dipsey set to 1, 110 feet back on a blk/copper and silver/blue spoons. Nothing on RRF. Anyone interested in limits of 'eyes, let me know and I'll be happy to help.

Nice thing about this is that it also double as a disconnect switch

No flyin req'd. Lake Erie is your best bet for a large 'eye. They migrate east from the detroit river post spawn and make it all the way to Port Glasgow by the end of July. There is also a east to west migration coming out of the Niagara, big fish start showing up out from Nanticoke around mid July as well. Remember, all the big ones are Female. With the right setup, limits of 6 per angler are possible with 2-3 hours if you know what your doing. Most will run around 22". My biggest to date was 9.5 lbs. Should have put it back, they're not great table fare at that size.

Quinte is devoid of big fish by the time of the opener. Resident fish are all on the small side and the numbers aren't anywhere near the days of old.

Its an inline fuse. Replace it with a circuit breaker. Guidelines below:

Based on what I wrote above you could use up to 30 amps so I would use 10 or 20 (on board chargers typically max out at 15A). Most important thing is not to partially charge or leave it discharged for long periods.

Yes, it will work fine but you'll benefit in the long run by having a dedicated charger. As a rule of thumb your battery charger should be 10% - 20% of the Ah rating of the battery. E.g A 100Ah battery would require a 10 Amp charger as a minimum. To prevent overcharging, you should keep the charger size to within 30% of the total capacity.

Never used. My loss, your gain. Bought the wrong size for my new boat. Qty 2-1/2"x15' Black double braid dock lines. Qty 2 - 3/8"x4' White double braid fender lines Asking half of what I paid. Thanks for looking $40.

And greasing the bearings isn't enough. Seals and other parts continue to wear out. And then there's the tire itself. Great Pic BTW.

Great report! To be hones I saw "Bass" and went WTH? So I checked the regs and low and behold in FMZ 7, Bass season is open all year I'd didn't realize that this was a thing in Ontario..lol. Learn something new "almost" every day.

https://omfishingsinkers.com/tungsten-sinker-c_117.html Have a look at these, maybe we can pull together a group buy?

Check the bearings if you haven't. Can count the number of boats/trailers parked on the side of the hyws with a wheel missing. Can't imagine that being much fun. Upgrading the LEDs is a great idea and new wires, connectors as well - I'm assuming its over 10 yrs old.

Looks like your style of DS weights are starting to get popular and I agree with you, 1 wt per smallie gets kinda expensive. Stay tuned, I'm going to start looking for a bulk option. BTW, I tried worm weights with the wire screw in bit and didn't like them. I prefer to go clean and use a peg. Thoughts?? Bass Weights

Does anyone here have a contact for a good deal on tungsten weights? IE. worm, drop shot, etc. etc. I see some suppliers in the US that sell them in bulk. Maybe even a group buy if the quantities are large enough. Thoughts?? P.

Yes, good point about the opener. The opener for me is usually the weekend after. Also now looking at the west end of the Thames river and down into LSC.