I've had it out in some moderate chop on Lake Erie (3-4 footers) and it handled fine. Just got to take your time. Just got to be mindful that it is an aluminum boat, so it's definitely not as smooth as what you'd get with a fiberglass. And it's truly designed as a multi-purpose boat. If you do most of your fishing on big open water, I'd suggest looking at a different model. But if you're wanting something that is really well-rounded, then the Alaskan would be my suggestion. Let me know if you have any other questions.

@bearbonesfishing 4 footers are plenty enough for me, any bigger than that I'll fish the missouri lol thanks so much for the reply.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Thanks Juice. Hope you're enjoying the holidays.

Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too!

Thanks Joe! Hope you guys had a great Christmas.

Thanks! Hope you had a Merry Christmas too.

I went to him in the spring, and he's got a great service. It's a bit of a pain for me to get there when I'm towing the boat though.

I've got the Geigertech Mega Mount. It's a super solid mount. Built really well

I believe the closest launch on the American side would be on the Black River (Port Huron). Water Street I believe. I'm coming from the Canadian side, so I'm not entirely sure.

Found it! I really appreciate it bearbonesfishing

Angling Sports in London. They haven't carried minnows much the last few years, but managed to source some nice ones this season

Oh no!!! I'm sorry about doing that lol! Average size this year was probably 17-18 inches. I didn't catch many monsters that's for sure. Mid-November is my favourite time. The weather is still pretty nice, but the full on Fall bite has arrived. You get best of both worlds.

It's the Geigertech Universal Mount. I can't post a link for you, but a quick Google search and you'll find it. It's an awesome mount. Built really solid.

I was looking for the transducer mounting system. The pole and bracket Thanks

The pole I have came with the Geigertech and the transducer is attached to the pole with the mount that came stock with the Active Target.

Thanks Joe!

Metal Supermarket. It's on Oxford near the airport.

Yep... That would have been it 😂. I just hope the snow didn't make my cover collapse while it was waiting to be wrapped. Oh well, live and learn. I'm hoping to get up to Quinte for some ice fishing this year. Do you have any outfitter recommendations?

@bearbonesfishing Have stayed all around Quinte but have settled with Merland Park. It's a couple clicks from downtown Picton but is right on Picton Bay with great access to both shallow and deeper water ( check LakeMaster or Navionics) The Operator Kevin is great and a very seasoned guide down there- he has cabins and 3 motel units with a common kitchen. I run down there solo so the motel units are perfect- with launch, docking, trailer parking and accomodation for 2 days was $300. A motel in Napanee will run $120/night. There is a 1-day walleye tourny put on by Tackle Depot in Jan out of Demoretsville I believe Mike, if your competive juices are still flowing.

Thanks Rob! This was Nov. 21.

I'll be living vicariously thru you for a bit now lol! Let me know how it goes.

get down to the passport office and wait in line, then you can join me. lol

😂😂😂... My wife made that lol! Came home from work and there it was lol

My preference is to let it hang loose. That said, if I'm picking up a lot of weeds and debris on the stinger (usually happens late spring and early fall), I'll hook it into the tail of the plastic.

@@bearbonesfishing thanks. I tried them once this summer and found that when pinning to tail it really affects the way the paddletail swims, so will try it loose. Ive lost a lot of fish I feel because I did not have the stingers on.

@rumcoke9123 Good call. Definitely let it hang when using a paddle tail. Let me know how it goes next time.

Piscifun Flame 2000 size

15 lbs. braid to 8 lbs fluoro leader.

@ 15 lbs! You aren’t messing around. I use 8 braid to a 8 mono but was thinking of moving up to 10 lbs.. My line counter reels for trolling and bottom bouncing in the summer are 15 though.

@Joe_Duchon I use those same rods and reels to jig for lake trout, burbot and whitefish up north during the summer. The 15 lbs. braid comes in handy then.

I read this in a paper recently. It was published in 2022 and is from the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario region. So things in Erie might be a bit different, but this may give you an approximation; "...there's a spawning site fidelity was high for both rivers (Trent and Napanee Rivers, 91-97%) and annual residency within the Bay of Quinte was low (9.5%)." So it looks like there's generally a low percentage of walleye that remain resident throughout the year. Here's the article info if you're interested; Journal of Great Lakes Research Volume 48, Issue 1, February 2022, Pages 159-170 Spatial ecology of Bay of Quinte walleye (Sander vitreus): Annual timing, extent, and patterns of migrations in eastern Lake Ontario

@@bearbonesfishing thanks

Thanks for the kind words! I use forward mode on mine most days. Let's me see straight down then around the boat too. I find it most helpful to see how the fish interact with your bait. But I'll be honest, it can be super irritating to see fish around your bait and not have them bite no matter what lure you throw at them 😂.

30 to 50 feet

Hahahahaha! Yep! Did you get a measurement on that one? It looked pretty big from my boat.

@ I think that one was around 21”. What did you think of that jig I gave ya, did you try it?

​@@Joe_DuchonWe gave it a try. The last fish in the video was caught on it!

I like the pimp daddy color as a alternate, but I think the whitish colors are superior

Fishing deep...in the channel. Nice fish.

Hope you guys had a great day out there!

These jigs were from a local company called Pow Casting.

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