Musky Plug

Good Luck finding one of those, will definitely cost you a pretty penny. Someone I know had a couple stolen out of his boat at night when he was fishing PAB along with the rest of his musky baits...

These are some places that I found close to your area using ChatGPT with the prompt - welding shops in the GTA that will weld/ repair aluminum boats Minhas Mobile Welding - Mississauga RS Mobile Welding & Custom Fabrication Shop - Etobicoke Boat Toronto Inc. - Toronto

I have an 05 Crestliner fish hawk and have had to repair stress cracks in the aluminum in the past. It was a hard time finding someone to weld it but I found a welding shop in Hamilton that welded it for me. Cant remember what the place was called but it was on Lancing/ Hempstead off of Nebo Rd. I did have to remove a bunch of stuff before he would weld it but I haven't had any issues with the weld..knock on wood. I did have the exact spot on the opposite side of the boat welded the following year as it looked kinda iffy and for peace of mind. One thing I didn't do was drill the ends of the crack to "stop the cracking". The theory is it will hit the small drilled out hole and stop cracking then the weld, welds everything back together. This is the link for the thread I started back then.

I was up there beginning of May last year and the water down definitely down from the year before. I was there again in the summer and again in early November and the water level didn’t look it had changed much over that timeframe. But it is definitely going down year over year.

How much lower is the water this year? Majority clear water, some more clear than others but the only stained area I recall off hand are sturgeon bay and shawanaga river.

Doesn’t surprise me Jeff’s place is booked up lol. I stayed at pleasant cove 2 years ago for our fall trip and the cottage we had was nice and well kept. Power at the dock was an issue when I was there. If I remember correctly there was only 4 outlets for a bunch of guys that wanted to charge our boats. the weathers looking not to bad except Sunday as of me checking right now. Depending on your boat you should be good crossing or fishing open water there. If you have a fish finder with navionics and follow the navigation paths and use the visual markers that area is not hard to navigate.

As Bill stated above there is no parking there, unless you’re able to park at the shell gas station. Not sure if they still let people park there but they probably charge. When we go for day trips we just pay the fee and launch at Rock Pines. The launch is good, there’s parking and Jeff the owner is a good dude. There’s also a launch at pleasant cove but the launch is better at rock pines IMO.

The battery is new. Got it in June when I returned the old one as I thought it may be the problem.

I forgot to mention in the original post that a few times when I’ve gone for day trips, my main motor won’t start right way when I turn the key over. It takes a few tries to get it going and makes a sound like it’s not running properly? Also had the batteries charged overnight on the minn kota charger.

The units are wired directly to the battery with an inline fuse.

I had these units first installed when I got the boat, had the exact same battery. I got a new battery at the beginning of last season (replacing old one due to age)and never had an issue until end of last season. Wouldn’t I had the same issue originally? I check battery connections regularly.

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some insight into a battery drain issue on my boat. I’m experiencing a problem where, about an hour into a day on the water, I get a low battery warning on my Helix 9 unit, but not on my Helix 7. I get the low battery warning only when I start the main motor. Both units, along with my live well pump, bilge pump, and main motor, are powered by the same Group 31 lead-acid battery 225 Res. I've tried turning the brightness down or even putting them on night mode, replacing the battery - which temporarily solved the problem, but it happened again on the second trip with the new battery-, testing the battery with a multi meter - which shows it holds a charge -, a voltage test by keeping the negative end of the multi meter on the negative post and checking each positive lead - all reading were 0 -, checked all fuses which seem to be in order. Not quite sure where to go from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I forgot to mention before that if anyone launches there to keep their motor trimmed up and use their TM to get out to deeper water. Quite a few big boulders patches going from the launch to the middle of the lake.

The place we stayed at nice, small, but well kept. Had a fair size bunky. We stayed on the east side of the lake which seemed to be shallower then the west side. We were able to walk a good 150-200m from shore and it as only chest deep. The dock was shallow too. Only knee deep at the end of it which was about 8 foot from shore. The launch was indeed private as it was on someones property, he was a nice guy. That's probably why there's little to no info about this lake. There is no other available launch. He does charge a fee 20 in 20 out. Everyone who doesn't have their own launch on the lake uses this launch. I walked my boat off the trailer and down to the dock lol. It was that shallow. This seemed to be the ticket. Started trolling worm harnesses around the lake and let me tell ya that lake has some decent size sunfish. Must be thousands in there lol. We focused on one area of the lake and changed to slow trolling cranks and caught some decent bass, a few smaller size walleyes and a 27inch walleye. Autochart definitely helped out as well finding some shoals which did produce some fish but nothing great tbh. We did also try our hand at musky fishing for a day and a half -not as much as I wanted but hard to convince a guy who doesn't fish that often to chuck bucktails and shadzillas lol- but didn't catch or see anything but some decent bass lol. I spoke to a local and he said he lost one around 40inches recently but who knows. The lake is definitely on the smaller size. We casted 3/4 of the lake in about 2.5hours with the TM on constant. All in all we had a good time, the fishing was decent but I think we will be checking out different water next year.

Do you know if there's mucky in that lake? lol

Yes, I've been in touch with the people who are renting us the cottage and they said there's a neighbour close by that will let us use their launch for a fee. Hopefully there's still some eyes around to be caught. I will def do some searching, would be nice to have a fry one night.All the pictures i've seen on fishbrain are LMBs but im to cheap to pay for the Premium subscription. Hopefully the nighbour will be nice and let us use his launch lol.

Hi all, Been a while since I posted. I'm heading up to White Lake/ Dummer Lake in the Lakefield area below Gilchrist bay on Stoney Lake this weekend for a week. I've never fished this lake before and info is limited about the lake and species. Fish-On Line says LMB/SMB/panfish/walleye/musky, is this the case? Has anyone fished this lake recently? Any info would be appreciated. TIA!

Where did you get the image from?

Heard all good things about aikmans in Mississauga. I did see an ulterra in box at the Canadian tackle depot booth, didn’t see cost.

I was there today. Wasn’t as I expected, not many deals to be had. Jbs Pro j and Canadian tackle depot were the only retailers there from what I could see. Not many boat dealers, mostly atvs and such. Not what I thought it was going to be.

You won’t be disappointed. Did you get the i pilot or I pilot link?

If you’re able, I would suggest checking out all of the brands at the fishing show this weekend and speak to the reps at the respective booths. Might be able to scoop a TM up there for a “sale” price.

I have seen YouTube vids and read other forums where people have had issues late into the season using the ulterra and it freezing up and the auto stow/ deploy feature not working. If you don’t fish into late season shouldn’t be an issue. Other than that, not sure about other issues.

I can’t speak to any other brands but if you’re going Minnkota would choose the Terrova. If you’re going to change to bird units I would go with I pilot link. That’s one regret of mine, not getting the I pilot link. If you choose to do your own mapping on the bird units the I pilot link can take you down the specific contour line. Both foot pedal and remote have their time and place, but I tend to use the remote more when fishing walleye and the foot pedal more fishing musky/pike/bass. If you need one sooner maybe check out sportsman show next weekend. They had deals on electronics and stuff and the last fishing show a few weeks ago.

The boat I’m leaning towards is an fsx with a 150 Yamaha sho. Have you experienced any other issues with quality?