Joeytier

Way to go Randy! Had no idea you had fixed up so many!

Hey Mike, you've sure made a lot of return trip promises! . You'll be doing fly-ins until you're 100 years old!

Another amazing wrtie-up!

Sounds like perfect musky weather to me. Congrats to you both

I think the 8 hp would be a nice fit then. I'm not too concerned with speed but being able to plane out with 2 guys + gear would be great

If I can get about 31mpg with my 4cyl 2.0L gas engine in my lifted suzuki SX4 with big A/T's.

There's such a thing as a lifted SX4????

Spezza is not the type of player that will make the team around him better, just a quiet point-getter. He reminds me of Kovalev for all the wrong reasons and Ottawa was out of their mind when they made him captain

 

I don't know Joey, Patches got a goal and two assists last night. That ain't too shabby is it?

Awesome pup. Hopefully you'll get another crack at the ducks again this year

Always love these reports, man! September was insanely wet and cold around here as well and made for some tough bites!! You've got a great spot there. Hopefully the tradition continues for many more years!

Lucic is a caveman hahaha

What a great game as always. Nice to Parentau get his first, and Gallagher was freakin huge all night. Hope Packiretty gets it going soon

Any reason for a 12? A light 14 will give you more space, and is just as easy to muscle off a trailer at a very shallow launch, or beach launch etc. I could see it if you wanted to toss it in a pickup, but if your going to trailer anyway, the 14 makes more sense, and won't be a lot more scratch. Starcraft makes an excellent boat, I love mine! I had an early 80's merc 9.8. It quit for good in 2007. 25 plus years isn't bad, but not great either. The engine was never abused, and well maintained. I'm a Yamaha owner now. I won't say anything LOL!

I prefer being able to trailer, but I also need cartopping capabilities. I don't fish big water and many lakes I like don't even have boat launches, so being able to comfortably pull behind a fourwheeler is a factor for me as well.

Yeah the big heavy 4 stroke wont be a speed demon by any means compared to older 2 strokes!

Those WC-12's are fantastic little boats...love the split bench in the rear. But they are the heaviest 12 footer on the market, and likely worth more than I'm willing to spend. Powersports in North Bay has a nice Starcraft SL-12 on a trailer with a 9.9 merc

Won't be in the cards until Spring unfortunately, but yes now is definitely the time for deals!

Very nice motor. If it were shortshaft i'd even be interested! I would say $1500 is fair if it's in great shape, which it seems to be.

I'll be shopping for a new 12 foot boat/motor/trailer package next spring. Given that most packages are equipped with mercury outboards, I did a little bit of research. One major knock on these motors seems to be very small carb clearances, making them very prone to carb issues, but I can deal with this (stabil and hi-test should help with these). Just wondering if anyone on here has any experience with these motors and can chime in with any input? Not seeking input from the Yamaha peanut gallery, as I'm already well aware

If the lake consistently produces 20" + smallies, then there is likely abundant forage, so I don't think there would be much to worry about

Just vertical jigging a 3/8 ballhead, Chris

Mmmm, nothing like a don river chinook to get the mouth watering

Those sportsman 400's are very nice machines for the money

If you do get a smalller machine (400 or smaller) I would make sure it's a manual. Those newer auto 350's are just gutless, but the old Big Bear's with low gear still had lots of low end power. Like everyone else will tell you, Yammy and Honda are the two best but there's lots of other good machines out there, like Kawasakis and Suzuki's, Can-Am etc

I use a small motor and can get 1.0 - 1.3 mph trolling in forward gear, but have not found the gas motor to affect my catch rate in shallow water.

Wow, what is that? Enticer 410 or VK? Or is trapper the model name? Looks like a great sled but dont you already have a bravo?

I'm getting antsy waiting for the snow to fly, still gotta get my safari and fix a couple things on the polaris in the next little while

That looks incredible! Did you get a place on shore to cook up your catch?

He picked a good week to be within the borders of the park