SlowPoke

i-Pilot is sweet but conversion from the Powerdrive means you lose the foot pedal, Terrova conversion retains the pedal. If you're okay with that, you'll love it.

It won't be but it won't drive you nuts. A friend of mine has a Zuki 200 and 20 combo and the only concern is whether it will go slow enough. He has an 18' tho

"Most of the boats had left" can only imply not all of the boats had left. Not sure how you can read it any other way unless you are unable to define the word most.

I never said it wouldn't do musky trolling speed but you're not doing yourself any favours running a kicker balls out to hit 5mph when the main motor can do it just above idle. My high thrust 9.9 will do over 5 but I don't think it will hit 6 and at that rate probably using my fuel than my main motor!

Just my luck! I used to be in Cheektowaga daily but doubt I'll ever get back there now. Looking for the one on the bottom in the pic... http://www.attwoodmarine.com/userfiles/images/attwood-old/238142_grp.jpg

It wasn't unattended. The OP said most of the boats had left.

You can download a lot of legal tunes for the price of a cheap USB turntable and have a better digital copy. If you want to really enjoy your albums, invest in a quality turntable. I have a Rega RP1 and will be upgrading my receiver before I'll match its quality!

No, not likely an issue at any speed. Your hull would push it aside as you went over it. You could try 1000 times to get it caught in your prop and probably miss it.

I replaced my wood floor with aluminium but the same consideration applies... If you have sides or bulkheads that are fastened to the floor you may be required to use the same thickness that was in there. In my case I used 3/16" aluminium plate over 1/4" 2x2 angle supports to get close to the 1/2" voids where the sides and rear bulkheads met the old floor. If this is not an issue, I would use 3/8" minimum and wouldn't be afraid to use 3/4". Marine ply is very lightweight.

I like my Lowrance LSS-2 Down/Side scan. I find the down scan really allows you to inturpret what you see on your regular sonar and the side scan allows you to see what you never would have seen until passing directly over it. Down/side scans are most effective in shallow to 30' fow and 1-3 mph. It don't use it on the big lake or still/drift fishing. If you think it will suit your most common fishing methods, you'll appreciate it.

If you're considering a kicker, don't waste your time with a small HP. Noisy single cyl drink mixers with above water exhaust and not enough power to handle even a light wind. No too mention, as an auxillery (emergency) motor...almost better paddling. Do it right with an 8 or 9.9 high thrust minimum 4-stroke for walleye/salmon/trout. Musky guys would benefit from 15-20hp for speeds 4mph and up.

I wouldn't have touched the marker if there was anyone in sight and only if it was unattended for a long period of time. Maybe a primitive marking method but still effective. Structure or not, if you had a big girl follow you can leave it alone and come back to it later. With that said, it sounds like they went off the deep end. I'd be pissed if it was my marker but hopfully would have handled it better.

Cabela's and most other retailers won't carry the long posts. If you think finding a 27" post is tough, try finding the 238 slider!

Open water jigging is tough unless you have a very calm surface and a wide angle cone on your transducer. Your DSI won't likely pick up a jig under any condition. DSI units are most effective at a slow troll and even then fish may only appear as single pixels while bottom structure and growth seem very detailed.

Try West Marine if you have one nearby... The 238 series are hard to find for some reason, especially considering they come in so many new boat... add Starcraft, Sylvan and Smokercraft to that list. Should be $60-$80 max

'12 Ram Sport It hibernates for the winter and pulls the yacht in the summer. It's a nice ride but not 'pride and joy' material; I'm still waiting for that ride! Dan, I haven't seen Andy's car since he painted but I'm sure I'll recognize it when it rattles my windows driving by. Any chance you could see my ride in person on Monday...maybe on the hoist? Spring service time.

Food for thought... If you want a kicker to troll with, get one with the exhaust below the water line and I would start at 8hp for good control. If you're looking for something just to get you home when things go horribly wrong, a 4-5hp will do...provided things don't go wrong on a bad weather day. I would be skeptical putting a kicker on that boat but if you have your heart set on it.... From the picture, you might need a long shaft on a bracket to keep the powerhead out of the water. The weight shouldn't be a huge factor provided you don't need another fuel tank and battery. A pull start tee'd into your main fuel line would be ideal. Motor and bracket will be less than 100lbs. Get in the habit of landing fish on the opposite side of the boat that the kicker is on

The new styling doesn't do anything for me but I think they're on to something. Easily removed accent panels could be repainted or wrapped for colour match/design. Previously, you would have to bring the motor into a paintshop for the lower unit. This would probably appeal to sponsered fish guys, wake boats, pleasure boats etc... Along the lines of having fancy rims and colour-matched trailers.

Didn't miss a thing, simply called you on your bee-ess

You've "got nothing good or bad to say about it"? It's okay if you don't like Evinrude but stop lying about it. I got my 300 hours in two and half years without so much as a misfire. Blame your dealer for ripping you off at $65 a jug, it's $50 everywhere else. If you don't want to run XD100 you can change the ECU parameter to run XD50 and select from a variety of synthetics. A lot of warranty refusals stem from motors set to run on XD100 and customers cheaping out (or mis-advised) and running Amsoil etc. I had an Amsoil retailer tell me it was the same as XD100....it's not. I wouldn't have picked the ETEC for my new boat purchase but it was pre-rigged and $12k below retail as a non-current model. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another nor would I slam the other brands.

Maybe. what's a sous chef? LOL!! Sadly, Saturday's have become work days now... my cushy Tue-Fri job has been tampered with.... tue-wed-thu-sat grrrr.

Can you get a moose on that spit of yours?

I've been spooled enough to know you bring extra line to the pier. As a last resort I'll free-spool it hoping they'll turn. It's worked at least a couple times for me. The worst part about doing that is when it doesn't work and you wonder if they would have turned on their own in that last 50' of line! Spooled out my downrigger cable last year 80 down in 120+....mystery suspended cable or something. Got my cable/cannonball back but Rob (speedtroll) is still pissed about losing his dipsy/flasher/fly rig.

I have had great success buying and selling on kijiji; the numbers are staggering when I stop and think about it. The funniest story I have is from selling spice rack for $10. The lady was coming from 20 miles away and wanted a discount since it was so far away. I let her talk me down to $8.00 and a large coffee. Here's a couple things that I found work great for selling: Make it very clear in the ad that "OFFERS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IN PERSON - EMAIL OFFERS WILL BE IGNORED" Select a reasonable amount of time to be available for viewing and pickup. Serious buyers will work around your schedule. "AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AND PICKUP SAT AND SUN BETWEEN 12:00PM AND 3:00PM" Price your item properly; don't add 20% because you think you'll get lo-balled. Price it fair and stick to your price. Don't be a desperate seller!! If you post an item with obo (or best offer) you'll invite offers, usually lo-ballers. Then they come to your door (if they show up at all) and change their offer because its bigger/smaller/heavier/lighter than what they had in mind. Yet, they are still wanting this item that doesn't suit their needs at a further reduced price. Post your item with the right price and don't say "obo" or "firm".

Hey guys & Mo.... No takers when I went to bed Saturday night...when the alarm went off at 5AM, I rolled over and went back to sleep.