J Francho

Another vote for Hydrostatic (HIT).

We had a place on the water with a large dock and boat hoist. There were always a few power boats around. Around 14 I started taking the tiller out on my own.

3-6, which depends on the water. I have some diverse places to fish, all close by.

I have a 6-3 and a 6-8 MXF from the Eyecon series that are great rods for the price.

Nonsense. My friend Bill invented the original wacky o-ring tool. Guys have been using them for decades now with one o-ring. Well known member @Wayne P. goes a step further, and rigs worms wacky weedless by running the almost through the ring entirely, and then turning it and burying the point back in to the plastic. I've used this method as well. If you are having hookset problems with an exposed hook, it's time hit the gym. https://billm.fatcow.com/

This is the answer. While we offer some server space, we're not an image hosting site.

By that logic, any weedless hook would not work. I use one o-ring and I don't recall it being a problem.

We used a worm harness that was very similar to the rig in your picture. I never really used them for bass, but did for walleye.

I've used both for tournaments. It really depends on the water, and your preference.

The bay is opening up. Any remaining ice is unsafe. Lake only had minor shoreline freezing.

I have a ton of Avids and several LTBs. Honestly, the difference isn't really much at all. I really have the LTB for certain things that I like a split grip. For moving baits - topwater, cranks, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, etc - I like full rear grip that the Avid features.

Get on level ground, and put a level on it. Or measure from the front and rear to the ground, and verify they are the same. Excessive weight on the ball cause front end lift in the tow vehicle, and can cause steering issues. If the ball is too high, you'll have trailer swaying issues.

Edge. There's your problem. The worst. Keep surfing in Chrome.

There's a ton of similar walleye rigs on Oneida at any given moment. Little 12-14' semi-v tillers with bench seats. That lake can be downright frightening when the wind picks up. I will say this, My 17' Sea Nymph deep-V tiller handled water that no bass boat could. And I can relate with @slonezp about feeling stupid and wet, but not unsafe.

Nice, and simple. I put clips for the retractable emergency paddle and bow/stern lights on the underside of the rod box lid. Too bad there isn't a hatch cover long enough, or is the rear one large enough?

No idea, I'm having no issues seeing the pics. Maybe clear out your cache and restart your browser.

Agreed. Many powerful, well made options if you add just an ounce.

I guess I mean, are you sure water is going to get in? I put new LEDs on my kid's trailer, and while the housing wasn't entirely waterproof, the bulb chamber was. Seems odd to outfit a trailer with lights that would fill up with water.

You don't move a frog fish with the reel, you move it with the rod.

There's several models that would work in the St. Croix Avid line.

I would not drill holes. That's how LEDs are, unless I'm missing something in the pics.

Heck, I fished Erie and Ontario out of my Xpress quite a bit. There's days NO ONE should be on the water irrespective what hull they have.

Just say no to wood screws, bad idea. You want well nuts. You can also look at the rigging bullet from Yakattack.

-1

It's the pleasure boaters you have to worry about...