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  1. Mark_VTfisherman

    New Vermont Walleye Record

    I never caught one quite like this!
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    the experts have spoken? really?

    I was trying to satiate my late-term fishing withdrawal by trying to learn stuff on youtube- sometimes there is good stuff (The Next Bite, etc). Sometimes you have to click off quick-like before you make an irrational decision to never fish again for fear of being associated with the nitwit you...
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    104 days to go...

    ...'til the opening day of Walleye in Vt!
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    titanium braid- more fish or fail?

    Been reading about Titanium Braid (rapala) and saw it on a video about walleye fishing- claims that it will run cranks deeper. I know that braid is thinner than mono of the same pound test, but has anyone used this product and had failures? Rapala claims that it will not knot and whip around...
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    Posts that make me nuts

    I love the iBoats forums. Some of the most helpful and knowledgeable boaters hang out here. I have gained so much in this community! But three things make me nuts: A new post comes up with an interesting title. Turns out it is a thinly-veiled spam trying to sell me fishing equipment from some...
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    Fishing in the off-season

    I had hoped to go fishing on Champlain Monday if the weather was good and waves calm but my fishing buddy backed out. I have never had my boat not put away this late before, but apparently I am going to have to acquiesce and store it- the off-season has arrived. I brought the rods in last night...
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    1964 windshield available

    I was looking to see what MFG stuff was on cl right now and spotted this ad for an intact vented windshield but I think they have the year incorrect. Just thought I would share in case someone is looking for one. I don't know the poster or anything about the thing though...... FYI
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    Big breaks- Storm Lures that got away.

    I posted a while back about a big Muskie- as unlikely as it seemed- biting off the head and bill of a Storm Jr Thunderstick. It happened; no fish, broken lure. OK - strange things happen right? But having a second storm lure that has caught walleye in the past break off the bill behind the...
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    Salmon in the Palisades, Lake Champlain

    I've lived in Vermont for almost twenty years but I haven't fished Lake Champlain a lot. Been in Mallet's Bay and the Inland Sea a few times, but never the "big lake." Now I just gotta share! This week four of us launched our friend's 19' Mirrocraft out of Converse Bay and fished through The...
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    wiper motor trolling jigger plans

    I just wasted about a half hour trying to find a plan for something I have seen on boats and which I had plans for many moons ago. Didn't find it. Does anyone else remember when you could find stuff with a search engine that wasn't a retailer?!! Arrgh. What I am looking for is the "plans" which...
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    Tiger muskie bit it off!

    I bought a storm deep thunderstick jr. at 4S Sports while I was fishing at Canadarago Lake in New York. I put it out about 5 minutes and got a REALLY solid hit, but lost the fish. When I brought the lure in, it actually had been bitten OFF right behind the line tie and bill, leaving me only the...
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    Help! Big Jon replacement knobs

    I have an (older) Big Jon downrigger. Actually has a Sears sticker on it but the reel and pulleys all say Big Jon and isidentical to a Big Jon with the stainless curved arm, base, While I was in New York fishing, the plastic tension/clutch knob split, and a friend picked me up a pair of new...
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    Open bow Niagara?

    Hi- some of you will probably cringe at this post, but that is OK. I haven't cut it but I do consider it now and then. I have a 1964 Niagara Deluxe. I would like some input from other MFG-ers about a thought I have had- and dismissed- on-and-off for about 10 years now. The thought? Modifying my...
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    fiberglass canoe - strange cracks

    Need to get a picture to post later, but I thought I would ask the question. I have done a fair amount of fiberglassing over the years, so when a friend's boyfriend asked me to repair his fiberglass canoe in trade for another canoe he had at his girlfriends house, I said, "sure." Thing is, the...
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    Fishing with Eagle GPS

    I debated posting this in "electronics" but really this is a fisherman's question so I posted it here. I have been planning to buy a new sonar with GPS for some time now, and actually buying the thing is getting close. However, I have a question some fishermen might be able to answer for me. I...
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    force trim/tilt issue

    Hi- I just did a bunch of wiring on a guys 18.5' Mirrocraft that has an '89 85hp Force. The trim switch on the control handle is non-functional. I have it working through an auxiliary switch but the guy wants to replace the switch in the throttle handle. Anyone have one for sale? How much...
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    1965?? Edinboro Custom up for grabs

    Just thought I would post this in case anyone is interested- There is an Edinboro Custom for sale on a trailer- owner wants $1500. Says that is a 1974, but the owner's brother (the guy I spoke with) said that was a guess- they had no idea. I would say it was a 64-67-ish. Has a Mercury 650 and...
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    Canadarago thermocline issues

    I am fishing @ Canadrago Lake in NY this summer, but I have never been there. I have asked a few questions in various places and learned a lot from that as well as from searching around on the internet. I will probably learn a lot from the guys I will be fishing with as well, but I am trying to...
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    Steel leaders - do they catch more walleye?

    I was thinking about a fishing trip I am taking this summer. The lake in question has walleye, my target specie, as well as pike and tiger muskies. So I was wondering about using steel leaders due to the fact that some of the fish reported from the lake are substantial. When I first started...
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    Shakespeare line counter

    Hi- Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue - I bought several Shakespeare add-on line counters last year. They attach to your rod, spinning or casting, and will count the number of feet you let out- good for trolling. However, I seemed to be having trouble with line "slipping by"...
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