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That's almost as bad as the sail boaters setting up a race course in the middle of the pack area where all the charter and rec boats are fishing the staging salmon at Pt. Credit and then at the end just cutting the anchor lines from their buoy's to then get caught in down rigger cables.

Yes but I don't know how long it will last.

Yup, has a 2.1 amp USB connection output. Plug your phones USB cable into it and it will charge it up.

Nice. 😁

Getting closer to having electrical up and connected. Have to use some regular breakers until I next go to the US to pick up a bunch of combination Arc Fault/GFCI breakers for my wet areas. Got all the Arc Fault breakers for the rest of the cabin on sale when I drove through MN, WI and MI in December. And yes, I like my wiring neat and organized.

There was a reason I gave up on river salmon and didn't come out to fish until all the rubes left.

Yep, use the same one on my Honda Pilot. Even worked with only a 25% charge on it. Good for charging USB devices on remote fishing trips too.

See lots available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=nanofil+fishing+line&crid=GM1Q11BMVSAI&sprefix=nanofil%2Caps%2C480&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_3_7

It's the kind of emergency a 12 gauge is made for.

End of the video there is a blurry screen grab of the #'s.

Some more Aurora shots from last night.

The sky cleared up last night in time to take a few photos. I put some together in this little 4 second movie. Enjoy.

As a guy that owns an 18 footer I say go with the 20. 😉

Been running one of those for years. Good choice.

I run manuals on my boat (Canon Easy Troll) but spent many years chartering on lake O and if I were getting electrics I would get Big Jon Captains Packs. They were always my favorite riggers to use.

Got my sweet fan installed this week. Took quite a while as there were a ton of parts to it. Dim-able LED light, 9 speed low draw DC motor, reversible, timer. It's got everything a feller needs.

Do you leave the boat in the water? Store uncovered outside? If you leave the boat in the water and water sits in the boat for any length of time the flotation foam can become saturated with water and add hundreds of pounds of weight to the boat. The only fix for this if it is the problem is to remove the floors and chip out all the wet foam. Either replace with closed cell sprayfoam or jam a ton of pool noodles in there. I know one of the big West coast manufacturers has a known issue with this. On a 20 foot boat water logged foam can add 600-1,000#'s of extra weight.

I use the rolls of hollow lead for that kind of fishing under a float. http://www.fishermans-marine.com/oregon-tackle-pencil-lead-wire.html And use a rubber dropper like on the left of this image when bottom bouncing.

I just have dozens of giant T60 Flatfish. The guys I know in Alaska & Washington use a lot of Kwikfish for salmon.

Got one of my attic access panels done. Took a lot longer than expected but it fits perfectly. 18" of high density foam should stop any heat loss. Also put LED lighting in the attic for inspection and working. There's no room to get into to the attic without removing one of the walls to the access but it was built for inspection and access to the pipes that connect to the sprinklers if the galvanized pipe needs replacement at any point.

Mike Borger's son was harassed by bylaw there a week or so ago. They have also closed the other piers and all public beaches to fishing. Sad really. I caught a ton of fish off Bronte pier. 😪

NAH, it's a good 7 or 8 weeks to go. 😁

Another crappy day in paradise. 😎

That's the one I used to use. Looks like it's still there on the map.