djpeterbilt
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Caught 2 dinks on it
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Going to clear water and the south end of Grand Lake this weekend. I haven’t fished a swimbait other than a Mikey all year long. Guess I’ll give it a try a see what happens. I’ll be fishing docks and docks and even more docks. Any tips on swimbaits and docks?
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I'm heading to Grand Lake O' The Cherokees for the weekend. I'll be down in some clear water, might actually throw a swimbait which I haven't done all year. Order myself a Ram Mount for my HDS unit. Trying to get my boat set up the way I like it.
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Finally have been taking my Triton out. I experienced the Triton chine was Saturday. Started at about 5000-5500 RPM's. So Sunday went back out made a few minor adjustments. First I eased the trim up, bumping it up a little at a time. No more chine walk.
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Yeah, the amount of broken fishing poles/equipment I saw was amazing. Figured some of the baitmakers or some of the guys who literally spend thousands of dollars on swimbaits might want to help out. I already got a bunch of stuff from Academy and Lucky Lure off May so if nobody else is in to help, I got enough to make at least a few people happy.
What did David at Lucky Lure donate
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As a resident of OKC Sounds like a great idea!
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I still haven't taken her out yet. I haven't had anytime.
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Lew's has a huge line capacity for low profile reels
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I've been using a regular Lew's Speed Spool throwing swimbaits, a-rigs and have no problem. The Super Duty will work great.
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What kind of a swimbait is that? A Shellcracker?
Cheapie H2O swimbait
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I took one look at the color of that fish and the color of that lake and thought to myself... "this Mother effer must be from oklahoma" then I looked at your profile and BAM. Glad to see you're pulling em out of that muddy water!
Yes sir we love the dirty water here in Oklahoma
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I just got one the other day tested it out after we got a warm rain. I got a dink on it in about 5 minutes of fishing. The action is good dives about a foot on a fast retrieve. Sits up on top and does a really good wake on a slow retrieve.
Just wondering if anyone else has tried one yet?
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Dont know if your still looking for advice but the one thing I can recomend is dont drive it like alot of guys do... to the redline on the tach. THink about it like a car... you wouldnt drive around with your foot hammered down all the time right? It easy to get caught up driving fast and in a hurry but cruising at around 4k rpm most of the time will save you cash on gas and repairs. I keep mine around there and it seems to humm right along. I need to get a variable pitch prop to help with torque too... anyways, thats my one tip... drive it like a commuter car not a race car and it will save you cash and headaches. Besides that, practice and use your trim as much as possible, it helps with planing, rough water, how tight your boat will turn, and is also what determines if you are going to have a smooth ride or get your lower bqack beat to death. Sounds like you have a nice rig... good luck and tight lines
Thanks man for the advice. Top end it should run 65-68 mph. Right now I'm more concerned about learning to drive it safely and not destroying it or myself. The motors an '07 I believe it is still under waranty. Only problem is mechanics who fix ETEC's are few and far between here.
The hull and everything is good it has been garage kept since day one. The hours on the motor should be low too. My dad never went fishing just to go fishing it was always tournament fishing. So the boat would go out about 6-10 times a year, so the hours should be good.
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I've had luck in our stained waters here in Oklahoma I've had luck with Jackall Mikeys. This was in late July to late October.
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You can download a GPS speedometer app also to check speed
Funny story about that my Dad has just gotten a HDS 5 my Dad was coming accross the lake. He was looking at the HDS my dad thought he was in 35 ft of water instead he was going 35 miles per hour and ran up and got stuck on a sand bar.
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Not that guys here won't know, but Bass Boat Central would be a good resource to check out.
I've been looking on there, as well just thought I'd ask you guys as well.
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Anyone has any boating tips for a new boater. I inherited my Dad’s 99 Triton TR-19 with a 150 Evinrude Etec H/O. I’ve driven it once this summer. I’m just a bit nervous to drive it.
It’s set up with a hot foot, when I drove it for the first time I had it trimmed out to about 3 thought I had it wide open. The hot foot was all the way to the floor. The speedometer doesn’t work, just the tach.
I lnow to trim down to get on plane and trim down when running in rough water to take the wake better.
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After talking to several people who use Shimano and have for years, I will never buy a new Shimano product. I have 20 Curados between 6-8 years old, with that being said the quality between now and then has gone down hill. I own those reels and 2 Lew's reels, my next reel will be a Lew's Super Duty.
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Sorry to hear, man. I'd be there if I could. Unless someone wants to pick me up on their way through. I live in Maine
That's a ways away.
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Sorry for your loss, I lost my dad on 9/24/2012 of liver and colon cancer. I wish i was closer, I would love to fish this. Good luck, this is a great cause.
I feel for, it was very painful to watch my Dad (being someone who did everything for everyone) not being able to do the things he wanted to do.
About a month before he died, he told me I just want to get out on the boat for a hour and fish. He was so weak from the chemo he couldn't even do that.
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Sorry to hear about your dad man. What yall are doing is a great thing! Best of luck on the tournament and if I was anywhere near Oklahoma I would join in. God bless you and your family.
Thank you
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Cross my fingers I have no need right now to get my motor repaired, but here in Oklahoma there is no one that fixes ETECs
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Good choice
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So I now can drive through and control Triton Chine Walk.