John Bacon

The carpet in your boat (and the wood or aluminum underneath) are designed to get wet. Some people may store their boats indoors; but many store them outside, and the boats are designed to withstand rain, hail, and what else mother nature may through at it. I don't think you can compare this to the interior carpet in your vehicle or the kitchen floor in your house.

The one Quantum reel that I have owned didn't make me want to buy another one. Shimano reels that I have owned have made me want more Shimano reels.

Black bear shot in Scarborough. Not far from my old neighbourhood. I remember there being tracks in the area back in the 90s http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-bear-kill-1.4114073

Really? I can't understand how you guys have trouble getting the rods out of a Salty. You just lift the rod straight up. I've used Salties, Berts, Cannons, Scotty Quick Draws, & Scotty Orcas and I find that Salties to be the easiest to get the rod out of. The only other holder that even comes close to the Salty for ease in removing the rod is the Scotty Orca.

It doesn't look like clamp ons will work for you. I would mount some tracks; then you can attach Berts, Cannon, Scotty, or other rod holders. Down East Salties may require a custom bracket to be mounted on a track.

Thanks, I guess I won't be heading there tomorrow.

What kind of gunwhales do you have? And what are you fishing for? Down East Salties and Scotty have clamp on models. I think Cannon and Berts have clamp on options as well. The Down East Salties won't fit on my gunwhales; but the Scotty mounts will. Scotty has a number of different rod holders that will fit their bases. Their bases can also be bolted on if that makes more sense for your boat. Mounting tracks will give you a lot of options. Pictures of your boat would help with tips as well.

A pain to take the rod out of a Salty??? You just lift it straight up.

Has anyone seen Bluffers this week? How are the ramps? They were supposed to be closed down for maintenance last fall. Has that been completed? Any luck with fishing?

From what I have heard, they are also experiencing high water levels down stream on the St. Lawrance. So, releasing more water out of Lake Ontario will cause floods further down stream.

Yeah, there was a lot of water that last couple of times that I was there. Edit: I saw a post on FaceBook today. The road way from the bottom of the hill all the way to the parking lots is flooded.

New ones start at about $200. So half is optimistic.

Actually, I think Matt may have said it a few times.

Maybe Ranger needs to re-think where they put the drain plug.

Not really a fair comparison. Yours doesn't drain the bilge when you are on plane. That's like comparing the price of a motor bike to a CCM 10 speed.

You may want to consider a two battery setup; one for the main motor and one for all of your accessories. I think there are isolaters that will allow your main motor to charge both batteries but prevent your accessories from draining your starting battery.

What size motor do you have? If you are trying to start a big 250 hp motor, then a deep cycle may not be able to supply the amps required. Smaller motors should be fine with a deep cycle.

Do you need a signal to use the app or does it store the data on your phone? I don't always have a signal when I am fishing; and most users have limits for their data.

Make sure to leave enough slack in the cable for the motor to steer.

If there is a current draw (which there probably is) then new batteries are not going to solve the problem.

You may not have had the ability to close the vent. But there had to be someway for air to get in there to replace the fuel.

The motor wouldn't run if the tank wasn't vented. There has to be a way for air to get in to replace the gasoline that is being pumped into the engine.

Here is a perspective from an Ontario police officer.

You can debate whether it is okay for tournament anglers to lug fish around in their live wells and cull them through out the day. But it is legal for them do so. If a TV Pro is letting an out of season fish out to dry for 30 seconds, then I would say they are breaking the law. It is probably legal for an in season fish. The fish that inspired this thread was out of season and must be released immediately. Taking a few seconds to take a picture before releasing the fish may very well be less harmfal than culling a bass that has been in the livewell for half a day. But the law favours the tournament bass fisherman who culled the bass that has been in his livewell for three hours; not on the side of the casual fisherman who took three seconds to photograph an out of season fish.

Like I said earlier, too cheap to offer a decent incentive. https://www.thestar.com/business/2017/04/14/delta-approves-offers-of-up-to-9950-to-passengers-who-give-up-seats.html