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definitely. I used to fish smallies in the streams and largemouth in the lakes and ponds. More than a few times I took the 8 wt in the back of the bass boat and threw poppers and streamers for big smallies. Always a good time.

If you want elitism, try fishing an English chalkstream one day.

Looks like it was crushed somehow. The line that cuts through the tape spirals heading to the right of the main mark is what concerns me.

I don’t know what boat you have, but the autopilot’s speed limitation is the hull design, not the motor. It’s a barge which is what makes it so stable. It takes a lot more power to push it much faster. You can swap the prop to the airplane prop to get 0.3 mph more or so, but more thrust isn’t going to do too much.

From about 1998 or so until 2019 when we moved back I fished a fly rod almost exclusively. I’d use the centerpin for steelhead and grayling now and then. I’d throw a spinning rod for carp in the Uk half of the time (the other half fly rod). Otherwise it was a fly rod. Now that I’m back and focused on bass I haven’t picked up the fly rod in 3 years except when I took it to the Bahamas casting to bones. I’m still the same guy no matter which rod I have so…

registration is easy, just a couple documents and a dmv appointment. $60 initial registration. $12 a year after. I’ve not put a motor on the side so can’t say. However that’s been a common mount for canoes for a long time and enough guys do it on kayaks that I don’t see it being a problem.

The amistad falls in this category for me. Good pitching rod. Fishes a frog alright. Big spinnerbaits and a-rigs. A couple places I fish have musky and ill keep it rigged with a big keitech.

for the bait sizes you’re talking, go immediately to the classifieds of this forum and buy the falcon expert amistad that’s listed. Great rod for up to 2 oz and will go a little heavier if you want. I throw 6.8 keitechs with a quarter or three eighths hook to good effect. I also throw an a-rig on it. Then on a different day pitch a 3/8 Texas rigged beaver at the best cover you’ve got.

For NJ, any motor or power means registration. if it is over 12' then it gets titled. Exactly 12' does not get a title.

Yeah, they make more frogs. He could keep it if it were me.

If you need it to be a tube then the zman tubez will do what you want. Another option if you don't mind a solid body is the ticklerz. They are 2 3/4", tube body shape with a little taper to the body, and tentacles out the back. Great little baits for finicky fish. And of course a fish won't hurt Elaztech.

I have a bit of everything there. Some mass market, some boutique. Some expensive, some cheap as chips. Mostly I have these ones because I like how they smell.

I happened to have my phone earlier when I went upstairs and thought of this thread when I saw my bottles. I figured I might as well share. It’s 37 bottles on the counter, another 14 in the drawer that are mine, plus tons of 1/2 oz sampler bottles (probably a hundred or so).

$1000 is your budget option? I thought I was good at spending money on my boat... Just a small thing, you may want to put a closing hook or hook retainer on the top orange strap. If anything were to fail and the motor+ bracket falls in the water I suspect the steering cables might not be enough to hold it. the orange rope will, but not if the hook falls off. A rubber strip across the base of the hook and the top of the hook should do it.

For cheap and easy, you mount a piece of wood across the boat right behind your seat (I've seen variations that used the rod holders and used pipe) and have a wood pad hanging over the edge of the boat. You then mount a small transom mount trolling motor to it. You can get an old, used transom mount with ~30 lb of thrust for $50 most of the time on marketplace. All in you're probably $75 including materials plus a little handiwork. You'll need a battery too. I would also recomend a rudder or even a fixed position rudder. It will help with tracking a lot. I never have my rudder up from launch to landing. Also, before you get too far down the road of adding motors or other things, get the boat first and put some time in it. You might find that for where you're fishing you can paddle to a shoreline you want to fish easily enough and then just let the wind gentle blow you down it. I do that as often as I can as you're not on the trolling motor, you're not paddling, and you're just worrying about fishing. Sometimes when there's no wind am I'm fishing a higher resistance bait like a chatterbait or big spinnerbait I can cast down the bank and the lure will pull the boat along at the perfect speed.

I work in the consumer products industry and I was in charge of managing flavors and fragrances for a large part of our portfolio. The fragrance houses that make the majority of perfumes also make the fragrances that are in your laundry detergent, air fresheners, hand soaps and creams, and anywhere else that has a scent added.

you’ve hit on one of my other interest areas. You don’t want to know how many bottles I have upstairs and I couldn’t actually tell you without going and counting (if I had to guess, I probably have 50 unique bottles). I have more than I can wear the rest of my life if I wore two different ones a day for the next 40 years. In my own defense, I didn’t buy most. A good few were gifts, a couple were my own purchases or trades, and a lot were because I worked in the industry. For a good number of years I worked closely with fragrance perfumers for my day job. I’ve spent time at one of the perfume houses school of perfumery. At one point I had a perfume ingredients reference seton my desk and then at home. Every year we would get a couple bottles of the perfume liquid in an unbranded spray bottle. I’d also have various perfumes as reference samples when we were developing new fragrances and wanted to call out various aspects of an already developed thing. in terms of what I wear? Most all of it. It depends on the mood I’m in. I have light and easy stuff, I have classical old school mens, I have rich and sweet stuff, fruity and fun, dry and powdery, you name it. The best way to try is to go to Sephora or a high end department store and try one on each wrist for a day. See how it smells at first, after five minutes, and after 2 hours.

If you want it just for propulsion you have options. The torqueedo and similar motors fit the rear. You can mount to the tracks and put a transom mount trolling motor near the seat. If you want spot lock though, the one objective mount and an xi3 kayak version is the solution and nothing else is close. If you do that, plan for the rudder add on pack for the paddle version. A rudder makes a big difference in tracking.

correct. That plug type is sold on its own I think and you could get the boat side receptacle. Then again, you could make your own copying that but with different plugs.

Yes, that's the old town battery box for the autopilot boats. It also has a built in 50-amp surge protector. Its probably overpriced for what it is, but its a ready solution. Some guys with autopilots don't like the plugs but I've not had a problem in 2 years. If you're hard on equipment then maybe consider a beefier option.

In that case you have a blank slate to work from. If you're taking everything out when not needed, then design the system that way. A QR mount for the motor on the front is a known entity (I'd leave the mount on the boat). Same with TM plugs. You'll need to leave the female end of the plug mounted in the hull, the wire under the boat, and another plug or plug socked at the back end where the battery goes. Not saying to buy this one, but as inspiration this is the old town battery box that is in my kayak. Next to the battery box in the hull is the other side of the plug. The rings stay on the battery all the time. In my case, I put the charger connection to rings and they stay mounted and the box stays in the boat, but if you wanted to pull the battery every time its simple to unplug it from the hull and pull the box out. If you're pulling the battery anyway, I'd just do the charging at home and outside of the boat. You could still leave charger leads connected to the battery full time like I do and tuck them into the battery box when in the boat.

A 24V won't work with the charger you have, but the amped 24/50 comes with a charger so you don't have to buy anything else. Since that would be your only 24V need, you could leave that one in the boat if that's an option. Not sure on the wiring connections you have coming from the motor, but if its a simple ringed connection then its just two bolts and you're free if you're using a battery box and leaving the box in the boat. In the case of my kayak, I went the other way. I don't take out the battery to charge. I've left a set of terminals connected to the battery with a 2-pronged plug that connects to my noco charger. The charger stays at home, the terminals are connected to the battery in the boat. When I get home, I just plug the charger into the plug in the boat and be done. Super easy since my kayak lives on a cart in the garage within reach of a wall outlet.

You may just want to get a 24V/50Ah. It will save you the space of a battery and a battery box (if you box it). It will be a little cheaper than two 50's individually. And you won't have to wire them together. Just connect the motor and go. Nominally it will be a couple pounds lighter also (maybe 3-4 lb).

I concur. In fact, each of the primary categories in a grocery store (for instance) has a category manager which is responsible for optimizing the breadth and depth of the facings. Sometimes adding a new flavor/fragrance/color adds incremental revenue. Sometimes it takes away revenue because it replaced a second facing of a better selling item. There is a lot of money spent by both the supermarkets and the consumer product makers (of which I am in that industry) to optimize it. Costco works a little differently. Their business model isn't selling products. They sell memberships. The more memberships the better. They sell memberships by having the 1 or 2 leaders in a category at best price per unit/usage. They don't want depth in a category (more colors/flavors/fragrances), they want breadth across all categories so that their shoppers will know that they are getting the best long term deal on whatever they are buying there and that they can usually find most of their common needs there.

I've looked at those a couple times (and also microskiffs) Guys up here will convert them to duck boats too. certainly a cool little option.