SRT8 smoker craft

couple more things today and I got my curado back from repair getting ready for the pike tourney ,I also got the design back for my tourney jersey so I added that to.

can't wait till May 7th

Hope to see ya there buddy it will be lots of fun this year being a week later than normal it might not be as miserable as it has been and hopefully I can do better than 11lbs for 2 pike this year

Hey folks I just wanted to give every one a FYI about this tourney on Longpoint Bay it's a fun event and gets ya out there fishing here's the info

http://straitlineanglers.com/LongPointPike/LongPointPikeTournament.htm

There is also another tourney the following weekend on the 14th for the LPBAA which is also a fun tourney

http://longpointbayanglersassociation.com/calendar/event.php?eid=20090314083649542

Hope to see some OFNers out for these come say hi if you do.

Ryan, since I haven't thought of anything better I decided to just contribute 10% of the proceeds from my recent Classified sales to your cause. I can't think of a more popular cause to contribute to. My own family has been touched by cancer so many times, and from the posts here onviously a lot of OFC members have been affected as well, so why not keep the circle happening and give back to an OFNer's fundraiser with money raised through OFC services?

 

Thanks to Misfish and the others who purchased items.

 

JF

Well I'm very happy with my tiller. And something else that some of you might want to verify. I never, at any speed have trouble seeing over the bow. You might want to check your trim settings. Just sayin'.....

In my 14' tinner the motor was a manual trim and it didn't matter were I put it I had a hard time seeing over the bow while coming up on plane or slow speeds tried everything even spacers my buddy made wouldn't do it.I put a hydrofoil on it and that helped a lot but still had some issues, power trim it's not a issue at all.

here's a few things I have picked up lately,I have 4 new rods on there way to me also

This one could be interesting. I love tillers but with a young boy and a wife that is uncomfortable on the water I went with a full walk through I got a lund rebel 1825 xl sport have a look at the 1625 I sat in that boat and it is very nice takes up to a 75hp and is affordable.

I'm not disagreeing with ya just saying that bigger is better but all depends on what your doing and what you can afford I went with a 24v 80lb on my 18'tinner because the banks paying for it LOL

I would agree.......BUT I have a feeling the OP is more interested in occasional use of a electric trolling motor than have his foot on it all day like a tournament bass fishermen......so I would recommend a 40-50 pound thrust via a 12 volt system (group 27 battery).....I have a similar set up and it works great without ever running low on battery power....but I do have a good on-board charging system that I plug into every time the boat is not fishing.

 

Bob

40lb will barely move that boat I had a 12v 40lb PD on my 14' tinner and if the wind picked up even slightly it was way under powered made it very difficult to control the boat always better to have to much than not enough .what your suggesting(55lb) will work fine on calm days though.I wouldn't even try a 40lb

Very sorry to hear Cliff Andy was a goergeous looking dog thanks for the pic Bly never a good thing to lose a beloved companion.

for a 17' glass boat I would say 65 min but 80lb would be better you will definitely want a 24v TM 12v will just kill the batteries like crazy and they make some sweet lookin brackets for bow mounts on glass bowriders now seen them on a fish-n-ski at the london show.

Done I will try to vote every day Wayne it won't let me share or I would do that to

DO IT !!!!!!!!! How about Erie to I am SOOOOOOOO sick of seeing the slaughter board shots with 20-25 dead steelhead This is very good news

I don't have a boat my driveway looks naked only 13 more days and I will be the bays wide open and I know 1 launch that is clear for sure

A 40"+ pike and the 8lb bucket that I know is out there in long point bay somewhere just dying to meet me

As a Jedi you must learn to think more positively.

In a couple of weeks the ice will be gone and the Crappie and other pan-fish will be in the shallows.

In mid-May Pike will open, in early June Musky season will start, then at the end of the month you can target Bass. In the mean time quickly release any incidental Bass you hook by accident.

Garry2R's

I will be pike fishing on april 2nd open year round on erie can't wait to break these puppies in.

Done x2

As a backup, an electric trolling motor is a lousy option. You can walk faster than it will propel your boat, they are for positioning and VERY slow trolling speeds. Your 9.9 is the way to go. BTW, how the heck did you mount that on an I/O??? A bracket on the transom??

With one of these .

http://www.basspro.com/Trac-Outboard-Motor-Brackets/product/10200395/-1548390

what they said and hopefully you won't ever need it

Thats horrible .

I wouldn't worry about putting a 1 peice rod in a car if you have fold down seats it's real easy to put them in and out of the car if not get a rod sleeve like the rod glove to protect your tip's, 1 peice feel way better than 2 IMO.I would also consider going with a MH fast action rod rather that the Mediums I really don't think anything lighter is needed for bass fishing unless your using less than 8lb test line. I run 20lb braid with a 8lb flouro leader on a 7'MH fast action for smallies drop shotting and never have a problem I also hauled LMB out of the weeds all day long on the same set up one day last year, prolly 20 bass without 1 break off. it's all personal preference but I think the lighter action rods aren't needed for bass fishing but thats just my opinion.

Here's a huron trib bow with the same hunch back not near as fat though

I didn't catch it just took a pic cause it was funny looking LOL

Apparently, his name is Bob!

LOL I fully meant to type Billy Bob ,apparently I forgot the Bob part.

SRT8,

 

There is no guarantee a sound sleeper like yourself will wake up in time but at least your wife did and saved your life....most deaths from a house fires are a result of the toxic fumes from the fire, not the flames.

 

The more WORKING smoke alarms present in a home the better chance you have of waking up....I have 5 smoke detectors and 2 CO detectors in my 3 bedroom ranch.

 

As someone else already mentioned, smoke detectors are priced very reasonably and so are CO detectors.

Don't get me wrong Billy I agree smoke detectors save lives.

Do you guys fish for them right at the mouth??

Corner holes in the river seem to be the best from what I have been told for catfish creek I have only fished the channel with only a couple small cats to show for it .