Tjames09

Howd you do in Callendar? I went for 3 days recently and got 1 fish over 3 days. A bunch of guys got zero fish. Fishing was really tough and slow where we were.

Id image that is true. Just the hassle of used and trying to find the right price, some boats get replaces or renamed so its tough to know what the boat was worth when it was new. I also dont want to buy someones 10 year old problem.

I think the reason I looked at the brands I mentioned is because they offered rear bench seating which could fold down to a casting deck. In and around the 22000 mark. Other boats with seating for 4 seemed to be about 28000 or higher

Lots of great info thanks. No idea how I will check into those build specs haha. Half the stuff you mentioned Im not sure what it is. I would imagine the quality of legend starcraft and smoker craft should all be the same if they're built In the same factory.

Thanks for all the replies. The boats I was looking at were about $22,000. I don't intend on doing any great lakes fishing with this, it would be all in the Kawarthas. All the boats we saw had Mercs on them, and didn't seem like anything else was even an option. Thanks for the good reply jjcanoe. I dont recall seeing Alumacraft at the boat show, its the only book I dont have lol. Are these brands all affiliated: starcraft, smokercraft, alumacraft? I recall seeing the starcraft and smokercraft booths. The boats looked identical.

Went to the boat show and feel more overwhelmed with choices now than before. Thought I new what I wanted in a boat but I honestly feel less sure now. I was looking for something simple, a side console, 16 feet and enough power to move around the lake. My wife felt a bit differently and was thinking more friendly to having 4+ people on the boat which increased the budget and different boats, all of which were full walk throughs. Anyways, there was a few brands that stood out to us, but without a ton of knowledge about boat brands and reputation etc, I feel a bit unsure. We were leaning towards Lund, Lowe and Legend. They all offered a similar boat in a similar price range. All of them had a rear bench foldable, with 60hp motors, trolling motors. It was pretty important for the boat to seat atleast 4 people. Do you guys prefer one brand over another? Is one brand considered more reliable?

I dont get it? Shows pricing at 279 and 299. not 750.... 300/301- $279.99 400/401- $299.99

300 HG would be a nice jerkbait reel. 40" per crank.

NF forum would be a great idea

Where did you read this from? any links?

300 looks like it replaced the Curado

He never moved our hut, we went out with him last Sunday. We were definitely not on fish. He checked in on us at 12 noon and we had only caught one fish. It seems like a massive job to move these huts as well though.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/videos/gallery/fishing-tournament-accident-caught-on-camera-watch/sharevideo/5287110188001/

Pretty substantial price difference between this and a flasher. I saw one of these on sale for $149. I haven't seen a flasher for less than $500.

http://www.basspro.com/Offshore-Angler-Magibraid-TournamentGrade-Dacron-Trolling-Fishing-Line-300-Meter-Spools/product/20099/ Is this the dacron line you guys are talking about?

ThanKS for the replies guys. Do you guys prefer circle hooks or quick strike rigs? Also do you go weightless or use some split shots

Awesome thanks for that. I called and unfortunately the ice transducer is on back order until mid February.

Found a good price on one of these units, was wondering how it would work for ice fishing? Its a portable unit, but not sure entirely what that entails. Id imagine I need to buy an ice transducer for it.

Looking to spool a tipup, its really going to be used for a variety of fish, I dont want to pigeon hole into one specific species. I have an assortment of LBS of braid and Mono at home to work with. Also do you run a fluoro leader with them? It could be targeting anything from perch, walleye, and pike.

Wasn't this the incredibly racist guy? Who posted probably the worst Kijiji ad ever.

How small of a hook are you using to achieve this? Im using just your standard size minnows around 2"

Doesnt this kill the minnow? Unless my minnows are to small...or the hook is to big. Was using a #2 circle hook.

Trying to figure the best way to keep them lively on the drop shot dead stick. Seems like hooking above the dorsal fin was the best way to keep them alive. Anything else seems to kill them. Considered split shot as well, not sure the +/- if there is any.

Good luck! The fishing was pretty bad yesterday (Sunday the 15th). We only caught 2 perch and the hut beside us caught zero. This is with Tim Hales. huts were about 20FOW. The fishing pressure in that area seems immense, tons of sleds, ATVs, probably over 100 huts in a really close area.

Wow 14 inches of ice. The next 10 day forecast is 3-4*c every single day, that might reduce the thickness.