Newbie boat discussion

[puckster_guy]

It's official, I now own a sweet boat for Kipawa! Picked it up today, couldn't be much happier. Well, maybe if I could get away next week with it to fish Kipawa, would make me happier? 

Look at you go, Hodge! Wow! No more wobbles and breaking rods... 

Man gets bit by Kipawa...buys boat. You're a man of action....nice work. Can't wait to see it next July...

T-Bone.

He'll be buying a camp next....

[Fort Wisers]

It's official, I now own a sweet boat for Kipawa! Picked it up today, couldn't be much happier. Well, maybe if I could get away next week with it to fish Kipawa, would make me happier? 

Look at you go, Hodge! Wow! No more wobbles and breaking rods... 

Man gets bit by Kipawa...buys boat. You're a man of action....nice work. Can't wait to see it next July...

T-Bone.

He'll be buying a camp next....

Bahahahaha aint that the truth

[limacharley]

He'll be buying a camp next....
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I'm sure he'll have to buy his wife something sparkly first.

[Hodgey1]

He'll be buying a camp next....

Bahahahaha aint that the truth

I'm sure he'll have to buy his wife something sparkly first.

If I lived 300 or 400 miles closer............... 

My wife "I think  "would actually see the idea of a camp as something sparkly.

[Hodgey1]

What is the best anchor for me to use while at Kipawa for the 17' Lund?

I've had the suggestion to use a piece of scrap iron for a anchor while at Kipawa, so when unretrievable there's not a monetary lose. Problem is my lack of accesess to such material. So what a good commercially available anchor? I currently have a cheap Danforth.

[T-Bone]

I've had the suggestion to use a piece of scrap iron for a anchor while at Kipawa, so when unretrievable there's not a monetary lose.

Yeah...and when the winds and current pick-up I'll wave as you go floating by as I'm locked tight to the honey hole. I've lost one anchor in 17 years of fishing Kipawa, but have been caught-up many, many times.

15 pound navy or mushroom, or a 14 pound Richter will set you up right; most important thing for getting out a stuck anchor is to be sure you have adequate chain, strong set of u-bolts, and 100' of thick / soft rope. Thickness for strength, softness of comfort in retrieval. Don't buy poly/plastic rope...go with unicord.

[Canuckbass]

Anchor getting stuck really sucks, but taking your time and using big motor pulling from opposite way usually wiggles it out.
Strong u-bolts is key and I usually use a piece of chain about two feet attached to bolt. Stops breaking rope rubbing on rocks etc.
Mushroom anchor is good or I make my own.

[Balsams]

Re the trim - I think it's trim up (bow up) when throttle up. You'll get us to when it's too much trim...what is the fine line for optimum riding at speed. For long runs, and gas consumption in mind, someone told me 3500 to 4000 rpm.

[Hodgey1]

After reading reviews of the Richter anchor, I ordered one with 4 foot of chain & shackles and 100' 3/8 anchor rope. I really like the design on the Richter where the chain can slide to allow it to be pulled from the opposite direction if stuck.

[Hodgey1]

New boat report

This Lund 1650 Rebel seems to have been built with Kipawa in mind. What a sweet ride. My wife and I spent four days on Kipawa and couldn't have been more pleased. The flat floor areas make it so nice to walk around and basically fish anywhere on the boat. Comfortable seats, Live well was real handy, plenty of storage and boat seemed very stable on plane. The wide beam really helped anchored stability, I never had the wobbles back on shore like I had every time after a few hours in the tinner.

The 60 hp motor was plenty and don't think it would need much more. It came up on plane in seconds. I have studied up on the rpm's and Mercury published the max rpm's at 5500-6000. When pushed to full throttle, the gauge read 6200, I backed it down to 6000 and checked the gps speed at 34mph. I typically kept the sustained rpm's at 5200 which gave us a nice cruising speed of 26mph. The water was pretty smooth all week so I didn't get much chance to test her for rough water.

The Garmin Stiker worked well but has some short comings. The pluses are the sonar works great marking fish and the gps also worked well for marking favorite spots and returning to them later. It really needs background maps like in the car versions and I understand that the newer models have that capability. The other complaint is no ability to save a track? You can save waypoints and create a route from them but the track would be so much nicer, if once the track was finished you could save it, but nowhere could I find that in the manual or while using the menus.

Minn Kota trolling motor worked sweet, since the waters were mostly calm, I would not anchor a lot and use the minn Kota to bring us back to our target depth. I have to say, the i pilot would make a world of difference, I think that will be one of my first up grades.

All in all, wow. My Wife enjoyed it and so did I, so much we booked a full week together next September. 

[RHYBAK]

Good for you.
Enjoy

You should look into the Garmin further.
There has to be a way to keep the tracking.
Mine does.

[Canuckbass]

I believe the Stryker is their entry level before the bigger units with all the bells and whistles. I'm not a Garmin guy.
How is their mapping versus a Humminbird? I know they are still working on Canadian mapping.0

[Hodgey1]

You should look into the Garmin further.
There has to be a way to keep the tracking.
Mine does.

I'll keep looking, thanks!

I believe the Stryker is their entry level before the bigger units with all the bells and whistles. I'm not a Garmin guy.
How is their mapping versus a Humminbird? I know they are still working on Canadian mapping.0

I just looked at Garmin and the low end unit that does both Sonar and Chartplotting was $1500usd  so the one I have is just a sonar unit.

[RHYBAK]

This is the one I have and it is not 1500 dollars U..S.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/boating/marine-electronics/sonars-sonar-gps-combos/pc/104794380/c/104707080/sc/104588280/null/2434336.uts?slotId=7

[Hodgey1]

This is the one I have and it is not 1500 dollars U..S.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/boating/marine-electronics/sonars-sonar-gps-combos/pc/104794380/c/104707080/sc/104588280/null/2434336.uts?slotId=7

Awesome. That's way more in my price range. Did it come with preloaded Canadian Lake Maps?