DRIFTER_016
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Aluminum boats have there place. There alright for the 1 day a week calm water trips, Give them the Great lakes test 5,6,7 days a week, 8, 10 hour days, then tell me if you don't have leaks. If I had to do it over again, I would go with Harborcraft or Stanley, cost more, but are life time boats. Just ask yourself if you see big cruiser boats in aluminum. Most charter boats that fish the great lakes are glass. I had the head guy from Princecraft look at my boat and he told me my problem was wave action. I was in a company in Bradford that repaired aluminum boats, he had every make there getting fixed. A buddy of mine only had his boat 2 years and the bow folded up from waves on Lake O. If it gets rough, trolling speed only back to port.
Out on the West coast you will find an abundance of aluminum boats.
And HarberCraft/KingFisheris the right up there, though there are lots of other aluminum offshore boats and skiffs to be seen.
Wooldrige is another big West coast name.
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I pull my batteries each fall and bring them inside where they go on the charger to get fully topped up. I will pop them back on the charger every few months to fully charge them. You don't want to leave them outside over the winter if they are not fully charged or they will freeze and become useless.
If you take proper care of your batteries they will last for years.
If you ignore them and leave them discharged you will end up with short lived battereies that let you down. IMHO
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If you're going to be there when bass is open make sure you have bass tackle with you as there are some very good fish in the area. My 2 biggest bass ever were caught not more than 100 yds from the dock.
My biggest musky ever (all 53 1/2" of her) was caught trolling within a mile or so of there.
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I used to use plain old 20# mono and just check after catching a pike.
Now though I would think 20#-30# Flourocarbon would be even better.
My fly leaders for pike I'm using 40# Seaguar flouro leader material.
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Here. Really great price but they only ship to the states.
http://www.knives.net/ULUPAGE.htm
You could also try try pm'ing Drifter_016
up in Yellowknife, he may be able to track one down for you.
Shouldn't be hard to find an ULU up here.
I actually have a souvenier one sitting on my bookshelf in the living room.
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If you are buying from a dealer they may have better rates. Read the fine print though, the lowest rates offered are usually for 2 or 3 year term.
This is true. My current vehicle I bought used from a Honda dealer when they had one of their financing deals on. The rate was 0.9% on new vehicles and 3.9% on used.
FYI
5.6% is a pretty decent rate on a used vehicle.
You will be hard pressed to get better than about 8% through a bank.
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In Canada there are several good choices.
As stated there is The Fishin' Hole and LeBarons (although their online ordering is a PIA) and Cabelas Canada.
There are a bunch of specialty stores across the country doing business online as well ie. Centerpin Angling
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Princess Auto and Napa only had the rubber wire with 3 conductors. Can i use that and just not use the ground wire? I got the fuses and fuse holder.
Yes, there is nothing that says you have to use all 3 conductors. Just tape it up and have at 'er.
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Unless he has had a pardon he will be denied entry in Canada.
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Next time tell them you know Billy Bob....you'll be set for LIFE...
Or taken down with extreme prejudice!!!!
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it is a big deal if they sent the wrong cork, which i believe they did. if you could see it in person you'd see how much larger the rear grip is than the fore grip and the reel seat. even with the tenon sanded the transition between cork and reel seat is HUGE! i wish i had a better picture.
It is not a big deal. As Solo said take a piece of 50 grit and hand sand it down to fit or just sand the tennon completely off and don't worry about it. Not really a big issue at all. You can also round off the outside of the shoulder for a better transition if you like. Start with 50 grit and finish down to 300.
It may be possible that they shipped either too large a diameter cork (1 1/8" as opposed to 1").
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Do they exist? You're darned right they do.
I captured this one on video last summer!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyVsHNEBeBk&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
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politicians and lampreys ( I know, not a lot of difference, but as we're leaving both behind, thats a moot point)
Don't forget to leave the lawyers behind too.
As for the amnimals, anything that stings or bites (scorpions, wasps, hornets, fire ants, jellyfish,poisonous snakes, spiders)
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Maybe Canadave has a point.
What's your license plate #.
If it's one of these it could be the reason.
Infidel
Jihad
Taliban
Kaboom
Allah
Revenge
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You can wire them both to the same battery with separate fuses/circuit breakers.
Personally I would use auto resetting circuit breakers (available at Napa).
10 Guage power and ground wire can be purchased at Princess Auto and car stereo shops. You may well be able to get it through Napa as well. I would just run them off your starting battery but if you find it wearing the battery down change over to the other battery. You really aren't running the riggers all that much so you shouldn't have a problem.
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Dan
I would say it's worth somewhere in the $2500 range just looking at the pics.
If you could get some better pics with the trailer it would be easier to tell.
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Sweet looking ride !
That little Merc look great!There's something manly about a Merc, no matter how big it is
Upgrade your man card to a "Real Man Card"Paul
When I repower it's getting 115 and 9.9 four strokes, Smartcraft guages and new controls.
Just need to pay off a few things first before I spend $15,000 on motors.
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Dragged the boat out today and checked out the fit of the new kicker (thanks to HTHM adn Solopaddler for getting it and shippping it out to me) and I installed the new Minn Kota bow mount I picked up last summer for a song.
Even better is I have someone that wants to buy my old TM for what I paid for the new one.
The main use od the little Merc is going to be on my inflatable but will do double duty on my big boat until I repower the boat in 2013.
The new motors look good.
Now I just need this to go away.
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I don't see any holes drilled out there??? How could you get that close to a lake, and not even drill a hole?? I couldn't do that@!!
S.
It gets old when you've been doing it for almost 7 months.
Can't wait to hit the open water on the Attawapiskat this Friday afternoon!!!
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If you let the gas station attendant pump your gas...
They do that?
That would be sweet when it's -50 up here.
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Went to my buddies cabin to chillax this afternoon and took a few shots for ya.
They were still driving their trucks on the lake Tuesday but the approaches are pretty sketchy now so I had to walk to their place. :-\
This is for yooze guys that are sweatin' yer butts off already. ;D
Oh yeah, the ice is still over 3' thick when you get away from the shoreline.
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You need your card punched if you drink Bud Light Lime!!!
You need your card punched if you have ever gone to the hospitial to remove a fish hook from your hand/arm/leg etc. Real men remove them themselves.
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Okay...
Lakair tackle tips
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You got that right!!!!
My big girl came on a 3oz tandem spinnerbait black with orange baits.
I retired it after that fish.