fishnkamp

Lots of us prefer 2 strokes. When I repowered my Lowe ( we moved and I no longer had a hp restricted lake to fish on) I jumped from the 25 hp Merc to a 75 hp Merc. I chose a 2 stroke on purpose. Realize you will not get the kind of gas economy that the four stroke will get you, but a 50 won't be bad. If the boat is all good jump on it. Take care of it and it will last a long time.

I would go for the buy one out there and leave it for the next time. Financially it my be better and if you fight off the bait monkey you could put a "LITTLE" tackle kit together pretty cheaply. Begin with some bait hooks, a pack of pinch on weights, a bobber or two, and some swivels. That takes care of playing with some panfish just, add some fresh nightcrawlers. As for bass or other larger species add a pack or two of grubs, some Sencos, and some soft or hollow bodied swimbaits. I happen to like the Reaction Innovation Skinny Dippers, but Keitech and Strike King work well also. For hooks look at Bass Pro for Perfect Finesse worm hooks, they are a worm hook with a molded on worm weight. 1/8 and 1/4 will do. These work with worms and grubs and creature baits really well. For the Sencos get some appropriate sized worm hooks as well a a pack of worm weights to texas rig. A pack of wacky jig heads might be a good idea as well. Lastly you can use the same worm hooks to fish the swimbaits weightless, get some belly weighted swimbait hooks ( 1/8 and 1/4) and a pack or two of swimbait jig heads like the Picassos. They look like a fish head on the hook. I use 3/8 and 1/2. With all of these pieces you can cover from shallow to deep using a small variety of baits. All of these could easily be fished on one 6'6 to 7 foot medium power fast action spinning rod. If you return to your destination often this approach would work best all around. All that tackle can fit in one of the smaller tackle bags or even a traditional tackle box. Bass Pro carries some decent spinning rod combos for around $60. That is the way I would go. Of course you will have to resist the bait monkey!

First let me welcome you to bass Resources. Let's talk about your first combo. I agree you can successfully fish lots more baits on that rig. Definitely spinnerbaits, all of your wakebaits, shallow and mid depth crankbaits will work here fine. Topwater plugs like Pop R's and Chug Bug type baits should work here as well. Include jerkbaits with this combo too. I would look to add some hollow bodied or soft swimbaits like Reaction Innovations Skinny Dippers. Fish these unweighted on a spinning rod, but lightly weighted using a belly weighted swimbait hook like the ones Gamakatsu makes (1/8 and 1/4). For deeper water get some swimbait jig heads like Picasso makes. I fish my Skinny Dippers on 3/8 and 1/2 ounce models. Since I added to your list of lures I prefer a copolymer line like P Line Floroclear in say 12 or 14 pound test. I would use your second rig for your heavier texas rigs (use a Medium power spinning rod for tx rigs less than 5/16, jigs over 5/16, Chatterbaits, buzzbaits, lightweight carolina rigs (under 3/4 ounce). For this rig I would use a line like P Line CXX in moss green 10 pound test ( it regularly breaks at 22 pounds). My choice would change if you had another rod better suited for the chatterbaits and buzzbaits. I would use 30 pound braid and a fluoro leader. That combo will not work for topwaters, the braid sinks. If you use the P line make sure to coat it with line conditioner as you spool it and a couple of times a season stretch it to get the memory out of it. The third rod would get 17 to 20 pound mono also. I am not sure how well either of your rods will handle the frogs If we look at true deep diving crankbaits like DD22s and others that reach 20-25 foot deep you may want to experiment throwing these on your swimbait rod. I think that may workout better. You could also experiment with an A rig on that rod. Good Luck, let us know what you do and how it works for you.

Welcome to the site as well as East Tn. My wife and I have been vacationing in Tn for the last 4 years. Boy you are surrounded with amazing waters. What city are you living in? So far we have fallen in love with Dale Hollow and Center Hill. These are a bit closer to Nashville but Cherokee and Watts Bar, and Chicamagua can keep your string stretched for sure.

Welcome back. The nice part of this hobby is that it always waits for us when we get to busy for it. DO you own a boat and what type of waters do you fish mostly. Are they usually small rivers, BIG rivers or lakes?

Do you own a boat and if so what type. Have you fished Lake Wallenpaupack, Blue Marsh, Raystown Belltzeville, or Cowanesque lakes? Do you fish the Susqy. I lived in Duncannon PA for about 5 years, those were some of my favorites.

Check this one out.It might be a scam since there is a towel over the license tag but if I was looking for a boat I would check this one out. The Ranger R-80 were good boats. http://newjersey.craigslist.org/boa/5960797566.html

You have offended no one, these boards only provide a benefit if we are all here to help each other . Sorry your computer gave you trouble. I hope the carbs work out. When you get the boat back on the water let us know how it runs. Hope you catch lots of big ones this year! BY the way where in that beautiful state do you live. My wife and I started vacationing in Tennessee a few years ago. So far we have fished Center Hill and Dale Hollow Lake multiple times. Boy you are blessed with tons of good lakes to choose from.

Well the guys in MD that set boats up for our drinking reservoirs build their boats just to fish these types of water. In fact if you get a permit to fish Liberty, Loch Raven and Pretty Boy reservoirs you have to sign a paper stating that you will not run your boat in any other body of water. You can not even splash it in the other two reservoirs in our area. There are clubs that only fish the reservoirs, so if they would spend 25 grand for an gas outboard new then they consider the price of one of these motors and a stack of batteries to be normal.

Torqeedo has made the 4.0 They used to say it was equal to a 9.9 They now say 8.0 hp. This is the motr that a lot of guy are running here in MD to fish our reservoirs. I have even seen several guys using two of these motors. These 4.0s are higher horsepower and get better battery usage. The 5 hp Ray requires 60 volts and most of the reservoir tournament guys run 10 6 volt batteries in order to get decent battery usage. However think about this. The 6 volt batteries they usually choose weigh the same as high end group 31 agm or lead acid batteries. This means they have to spead the weight throughout the boat. A Torqeedo 4.0 requires 48 volts.

The most popular high power electric outboards are Torqeedo, Parsun, and Ray electric. The Torqeedo 4.0 is a 9.9 hp electric outboard, and Parsun produces electric outboards up to 9.9 hp as well. Ray Electric motors come in several voltages. Their 60 volt motor produces 5 hp. If you look closely at the picture above, you will see the small blue Ray emblem on the side. For decades Ray was "THE" motor to have. It was the standard since the 70's till Torqeedo came along.

I usually buy the 300 yard spool and I always spool 1/2 the reel with 14 pound test Stren Original Clear blue mono first. This saves a ton of money by filling a bunch of reels with that 300 yard spool of braid. The cost per reel for the 1/2 spool of mono is around 3 cents a foot. Makes each reel much cheaper to spool. Also if you ever get a catastrophic backlash you only need to replace 1/2 of a reels worth of braid or fluoro.

I have been using the Pflueger Presidents for years and really like them. However I also own an Okuma RTX30. It is a bit faster speed reel, but mostly it is a super lightweight reel. If you are drop shotting with a rod around 6'8 medium light then it may balance better with the lighter reel. My RTX is on my 6'6 medium fast tipped rod that I throw unweighted Sencos, and lightweight texas rigs. It plays really nicely with the super light baits. I doubt either reel will disappoint you. I have nothing against the Lews I have no experience with either one.

I have had several boats that ran on electric only lakes and several of my friends have also. They were stable and enjoyable to fish from. My friend Ed fishes in an electric only club in Carroll County MD. If you are caught up on the fiberglass then you will need a pair of Torqueedo 4.0 or something like it. Here in MD we have lots of waters that electric is the only thing allowed. Check out a few of these that are for sale. http://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/5957043204.html This next one has been used in tournaments and works fantastic. This is a stable as you are going to get and the owner needs to sell it since his new one is almost done. http://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/5924509836.html

When I posted my response earlier I stated I own a Falcon Bucoo Micro series rod and really like it. I have not had the SR series (non micro guide series) but I would expect it to fish just as well as my rod. If I needed another rod I would definitely consider another Falcon rod. I expect you will like it. As for the CT I purposely sold off my other reels and enjoy fishing my 2 CTs and 4 Tatula Type Rs, so I think you will like it also. I would never call those mediocre, but then again I have fished them.

I use both right and left handed baitcasting reels. I am right handed. If I am throwing baits that I just cast and retrieve I like right handed reels for this purpose. I cast switch hands and then crank down things like rattle traps, crankbaits, spinnerbaits,etc. For any baits that I cast and work back by hoping, dragging, crawling etc I keep my dominant hand on the rod and just take up he line with my left hand. So baits like jigs, carolina rigs, creature baits, texas rigs etc. aall fall into this category.

Welcome Rob Just for your info we have another new member from your area that just joined. Give Rohan Lupin a quick hello and maybe you both can hook up for some fishing. I just left him some places to check out and it seems like you already have some you can share with him Good deal. He is located in Milford PA.

Welcome to the site. Lake Wallenpaupack is great in spring and fall not so much during summer due to boat traffic. My wife and I have caught some nice smallies from that lake. check out Beltzville lake near Lehighton PA. I have caught some nice bass in there. I also liked fishing Blue Marsh Lake near reading Pa. Lastly the other lake I used to fish was located off route 15 on the Ney York border. It is called Cowanesque Lake.

Welcome I am from Baltimore MD. If you give me an e-mail at fishnkamp @comcast.net I will happily give you my cell number. I fish lots of places you can go with that boat safely. I also have a friend that has a reservoir only boat that lives in Carroll County as well. Lakes like Long Arm, Redmond, Piney Run, Rocky George, Black Hills, etc. I would be happy to meet you at some of these places with our boats and show you around. I also fish tidal waters over here in Middle River.

Call Susquehanna Fishing Tackle in York PA.. Ask who they know that can do it. The last time I had one replaced it cost less than $20.

Personally I do not care for Shimanos, but I really do like the Daiwas. I sold off some Curados, BPS reels and Chronarch 200Es. I replaced them all with Tatula type Rs and Tatula CTs. I love those reels. As for your swap, I think it will make a nice combo. I fish a Falcon Bucoo Micro series Trap Caster and that is a great rod for small to mid size cranks, traps square bills and even some larger spinnerbaits or chatterbaits. For $5 that is a steal!

We use 10 pound Suffix 832 (that line is thinner than regular Stren 6 pound mono) on two line counter reels that we troll live worm rigs for white perch. That setup was nice! Also the fresh water white perch are delicious too.

I helped a friend fill in tons of tiny spots eaten into by pressure treated wood so the posters concept is bunk. We filled in and coated 16 feet of aluminum so trust me it eats aluminum. My fried coated every tiny hole, sealed a ton of rivets the coated the entire boat inside and out with basically bed liner paint. I joked we were doing what they do in the Flex seal commercial. The boat turned out totally water tight even after a complete season. Now we built an electric only reservoir boat but since the boat came for free it was worth it. Please do not feed us that garbage that pressure treated wood does not eat aluminum!!!!

Here is another one. Now this is much newer and a bit farther away but it is coming from a Tracker dealer also. There might be some wiggle room on the price or maybe you can bargain for any changes or options etc. http://foxborough.trackerboatcenter.com/boats/detail.cfm?boatID=6049275 I think any of the two Trackers may fit your needs pretty well. The newer one having a 4 stroke might be nicer but I would have to look at both real good.

Check out a few of these used boats in Craigslist. http://newlondon.craigslist.org/boa/5920644375.html http://newhaven.craigslist.org/boa/5934238226.html