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If your talking the centre rib,and the hole near the stern, then yes i believe so.
For 162 the rib is riveted and there is a small hole near the stern end , lets water drain out that gets between the rib and the hull. You dont want any trapped water to freeze in the winter.

I have a Diawa Heartlands medium 8.5ft with an okuma convector.. The combination has worked well for me .

Mine has bunks which are great for loading and unloading solo ,, especially on steep ramps. My Inlaws old boat was a 19ft crestliner deepwater rig.. it had originally rollers only ( not even load guides) and what a pia loading solo with any significant grade. 1 roll back and scramble to save and was...

I usually run about 30ft back when under 40ft down. When deeper i start to bring in tighter.. also i watch the cannon ball,, if i start to see arches approaching or leaving the ball ,, i try pulling in tighter.

Nice Laker.

RJ wrote:Dartee back in da house! Great to see ya back on the Lakers.

RJ

Thanks RJ,, ,,it has been awhile both for on here and catching any decent lakers.. too much life getting in the way

EagleEyesFlash wrote:Good one !

( Dartee D3's use to be a fav. of mine. )

They have been my go to for lakers for years... This one was actually caught on a hardbody shiner ( with some blue of course)

Unbelievably,, I hadn't been out on the water till yesterday ( I know I know sacrilegious ) ..All my work recently once the weather warmed up has been exterior,, so when its nice weather,, its been all work . So yesterday I finally got to the lake to make sure the boat and gear was all working prope...

Looks like a nice outing,, whether catching or not.. Used to get some nice jumbos yrs ago as a kid through the ice (along with the odd ling and pike), about half way between the Rose Bay point and the 1st island through the ice (mind you I lived on Rose Bay so it was easy to get to on those really c...

I believe there is a launch closer to Westport as well that put you on the water directly across from Camp Iawah.

DropShot'r,, I was down there on the 5th. and my result was the about the same. Maybe a few more boats , no perch and a ...load of shad flies. I had left my next standing up,, probably had 10lbs of flies on it to shake off when i put the net away. The water is still pretty cold @ 53'F don't know wha...

You are probably fishing too deep. On opener weekend we fished our normal depths and got skunked, on the Sunday we flat lined in 25-30 FOW (with baits running about 10-15 ft down) and got 6 in couple of hrs. The surface temp was still only 54. It likely hasn't warmed up much yet to drive them deeper.

[Andre (Dartee), I think I saw you pulling out of the launch around 12:15 or 12:30...was that you?] W. Hi Wolfe might have been,I was using the Conservation launch in the village. Got the to dock around 11:30,, line up kept me there till about that time. A green 162 Princecraft (Fishhawk logo on th...

Ya,, saw them pass by several times yesterday but was never checked..

The MNR boat was out today in the rain this morning. Stopped only briefly they didn't want to step out from under their bimini top

Was good to see them out..

small, blue and silver williams with a fly tied 8-12 inches behind I use a BIG spoon like a a 6 or 8 inch with a fly 18 to 36" behind. I use the same method when the bite is really slow or they are hitting light, works pretty good. Sorta like using a dodger on the big lakes (but much smaller s...