J Francho

I am on my 3rd season with a spool of Tatsu. I'm changing my 5 year old Invisx simply because it's getting low on the spool. Hit them with KVD L&L the night before, and coils will be gone in ten minutes of fishing.

You're laying the groundwork for perception. First impression will not be "entry level." This is supposed to be ground breaking: an aluminum boat with glass bits. Seriously, look at the link slonezp posted. Do you think any of those features look affordable? Not in a million years.

Everything you need to know is in those Sure-Life videos. Great company, people, and products.

I guarantee you that the launch boats will not be affordable. That will come later, after making a splash with flagship models. First aluminum, then glass.

If a company makes no profit, then there are no lures.

The yackattack is aluminum. It's not breaking.

I do it all the time. I usually have to get out once, and make an inches adjustment - fwd or rev - and then get out and drop the jack. When you're hooked up, take note of what's in the mirrors, and commit to memory. I know I use the indent in the gate where the handle is to center the hitch and boat.

Right? It's confusing. Black or brown letters on the aluminum above the orange stripe should be good.

It only looks that way because the surface is so steeply slanted. Also, I think my letters may be bubble letter, too. That's not my boat, just a reference pic from the googles.

Bruh!

@webertime, what's going on over there?

I've been warned that I should put my numbers on my boat so the rub rail would be in the middle of the numbers! This was a vessel inspection for a USCG sticker, done on the trailer, so maybe they were being sticklers. I have a Bullet, and the bow rake is steep, but I'm not moving them. Mine appear as they do in the pic below. Seems fine for me:

They're heavy and slow. (Said the Bullet owner)

I'll bet it's still frozen. We've three nor'easters rip thru, and temps at night have been in the low 20s, and Champ is north of us and at a higher elevation. I don't really know about any shore spots. It's such a huge lake, I've only fished by boat.

Does it matter if it hasn't been a problem for you? That doesn't change the legality of the issue. I once drove around undetected with an expired inspection sticker for 3 months. I had forgotten it had expired, until I noticed I was the only one with a different color sticker. Does that mean we can skip the inspection, or do whenever we feel like? Think about it, *most* of the participants in this thread are going to be first time boat owner/operators. Let's put them on the right path, instead of what's "good enough."

If you over tighten them, and the main drive is brass, you run the risk of putting a flange at the base of the keyed portion of the drive shaft, where the handle snugs up against. Do that, and you'll find it near impossible to remove the drag washers and main gear assembly. The fix is gently file those flanges on the driveshaft. I've had many reels come across my bench with this issue. Guys think they're helping by making them Hercules tight. Totally unnecessary. Finger tight, then 1/6 turn and whatever it takes to get the nut in proper alignment for the retainer cap.

Nope. Also chop gun hull.

I think it's just a combination of the right rod, a screaming reel, the exact right weighted bait, aerodynamics, and casting technique. I use a nasty, heavy, overhead, snap cast. It's an old pre IPC Avid AC62MXF. It was a demo rod, with hand written specs on it. I've had SC rebuild it twice for me. The reel is a fairly stock purple Alphas.

My longest casting setup defies logic. It's a 6'2" MXF rod with 20# Tuf-Line Supercast. That thing will throw a Sammy or a Popmax a mile. I'd braid on a spinning reel would be the longest caster.

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I would say I cannot tell the difference in sensitivity between the two.

Your looking in the right place. I use Tatsu.

This is a very unusual lake. In fact on the NYS official guide exam for fishing and small boat handling, there is a question about this. I know this because I got it wrong It's a safety issue. If he's fishing the thawed side, while the lake is thawing, then there isn't ice on the shoreline. Why fish at ice out? Because. Why ice fish for them? We do that too. Because. Float 'n Fly will catch anything if it's there and hungry - even big trout up here.

This is nothing you can't practice and learn to do yourself. I might have to get out and check once or twice, but I usually get it on just a couple minutes.

Bodies of water thaw starting from the shore.