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  1. Mark_VTfisherman

    That time of year...

    I haven't been around for a while- other than a little lurking and to look something up. But here it is winter: cold, some snow, and although there is still open water at several Champlain ramps it is a little too icy for my 2WD car to fish. Time for catch-up! I have spent the last week or so...
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    1964 Niagara Deluxe, with photos

    OK - so just in case anyone is like me and wants to see, I just took some (grainy) pictures of my Niagara on my phone. I have posted in the MFG section occasionally and have been asked for photos of my layout but have neglected to post any. Until now... Looks like just another Niagara: But...
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    what's on a Lake Carmi pike's menu?

    Got a good chuckle filleting a small 24" pike I caught in Lake Carmi yesterday. Had a small pike about 6"? in its belly, along with an alewife, and little 1" fish of what looked like baby perch or walleyes :( That cannibalism of the little pike made me happy - one less! Maybe I am perverted...
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    2 Eagle Sonar units on one cable?

    I have an Eagle Fishmark 480 on my boat, as well as a FishElite 640C. I use the 640C for GPS but would like to incorporate sonar data (temp, etc.) for both units. I LOVE the big display on the 480 for sonar. and the grayline feature makes it wicked useful. My question is this: has anyone tried...
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    Walleye opener- Lake Champlain

    So May 1st is the Vermont walleye opener. I have been reading posts on blogs by captains -some charter, some "private" operators- who have had incidental catches of walleye on Champlain while fishing for landlocks. The reports seem to indicate "spawned out" fish. Anyone here been fishing...
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    Satellite Imagery for fishing- finding ice-out?

    Hi- I need some help from other fisherman who use satellite web servers to see when the ice is off of lakes... Last spring I was using a website to see when ice was out of Seymore Lake and Lake Champlain- I can't remember what it was, but I can't find it today. Google maps shows a photo I can...
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    Navionics SD Card, Navionics Explorer

    I recently acquired my planned Fish Elite 640C Sonar GPS combo, and I am looking to buy an older or last year's Navionics SD card since there is no need to buy the new one- they didn't add any Vermont lakes. I was thinking of buying the "Navionics Explorer" DVD as a companion to it, but I am...
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    Jeep Wrangler as a Tow Vehicle

    Just occurred to me that there must be some on here who would have some insight on what i am planning to do this year for a tow vehicle. I have a '94 Wrangler with the 4 cylinder. Have a class 2 jeep hitch that I will install, not a bumper hitch. (Maybe it's a class III, but from looking at the...
  9. Mark_VTfisherman

    New Vermont Walleye Record

    I never caught one quite like this!
  10. Mark_VTfisherman

    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...
  11. Mark_VTfisherman

    104 days to go...

    ...'til the opening day of Walleye in Vt!
  12. Mark_VTfisherman

    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...
  14. Mark_VTfisherman

    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
  16. Mark_VTfisherman

    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...
  18. Mark_VTfisherman

    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...
  19. Mark_VTfisherman

    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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