You can get a custom shaft made. 112# trolling motor is going to be about 3-4hp gas motor in real use.
Don’t forget to leave your gps and graph at home.
I’ve fished with some of the best fisherman in the world and have yet to see a ipilot on the front of there boat. Maybe me and the rest of the old cavemen will keep throwing meat on the deck. Maybe if my boat would accommodate one I would try it if someone has one on a 30ft boat please give me some insight on how good you stay spot locked in let’s say a 2-3 knot current and for how long your batteries last
Just reel or get broke
I remember all of the old salts balking at using braided line as well, and four stroke outboards, and and and and…
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Leadenwahboy what boat you running you ipilot on offshore since you have the most insight
Just reel or get broke
It’s one thing to be skeptical of a “new” way of doing something or a “new” tool for doing it but to totally discredit it because it’s not what you use or you don’t “need” it to do something is ridiculous. Don’t confuse stubborn with being oblivious. Regardless of what some people think, change isn’t always a bad thing and not all technologies are evil or alien. If you’re one of those people that think taking advantage of available technologies makes other people less of a fisherman or less of a hunter then I pity you and your sorry existence that the only thing you can contribute to our sport is negativity to your fellow sportsmen.
Technology has opened the doors to some fishing opportunities (opportunities go far beyond the fishing world) that others may have never gotten a chance to experience. Now I know those of you that think each spot is “yours” and the fish on those spots are “yours” and you wish others would leave the water and the fish all to you, but I don’t see how growing our sport and sharing these experiences with others is a bad thing. There are enough entities out there pushing exclusivity but hopefully the fishing world, and more specifically fishermen, won’t become one of those entities.
No matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall…you are never out of the fight.
Bangstick it’s a lost art of the old fishing ways and I wish many young men would step on a boat with some old knowledge. It’s not a matter of technology we all got it. My argument is the guy that buys all the latest and greatest and doesn’t know one thing about the rules of the road or navigating period. This new technology as well as the old technology will fail sooner or later and some of this old school stuff will get you back safe. I find it funny that a lot of guys can’t even read a compass properly to navigate because they have a gps and don’t need it. I encourage anybody that can learn from some old salts that is willing to teach do it cause those guys have been at it a long time.
Just reel or get broke
Technology has nothing to do with knowing the “rules of the road.” A GPS or radar system have no impact on knowing what certain color buoys mean or correctly identifying specific channel markers/hazards. Technology doesn’t have any impact on knowing when, why and how to pass or overtake another vessel. So that comment is beyond a reach.
Besides, no one was coming on here talking down about “old school” techniques. In fact, even some salts on here said while they know how to do things “old school,” they welcome new technology. All of my years in the Navy, I knew how to plot ship’s movement on MOBOARDS and all of that “old school” stuff but we always verified our results with GPS. Now why would that be? Again, no one (including myself) was bashing anyone’s “way of doing things” except you. I find it funny that you went from bashing others for using technology as opposed to being proficient at using an anchor and then switch it to being concerned about the safety of others.
Bottom line, we all should be as prepared as possible for anything and everything when we hit the water, but being prepared for “anything and everything” may mean different things to different people.
Knowledge is power…that’s undeniable, but knowledge can come from somewhere other than an “old school” setting. To ignore something “new” is only depriving yourself of a chance to learn and add to your knowledge arsenal. You can teach an old dog new tricks but only if the old dog wants to learn something new.
No matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall…you are never out of the fight.
bashing people’s ways of doing things come on man. I said a lot of people don’t know how to get an anchor heading and set up on a piece they want fish. I can promise you this step onto any succefull charter boat or tournament team with. 30+ft boat and tell me how many trolling motors you gonna see. That’s my argument. I said I didn’t think it would work on my boat so if you got a set up you want to try on my boat then bring it and make me a believer. I’ll just keep throwing my old rusty anchor and keep being unsuccessful because I don’t spend my money every year when the new latest and greatest technology comes out.
Just reel or get broke
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Originally posted by noslack63bashing people’s ways of doing things come on man. I said a lot of people don’t know how to get an anchor heading and set up on a piece they want fish. I can promise you this step onto any succefull charter boat or tournament team with. 30+ft boat and tell me how many trolling motors you gonna see. That’s my argument. I said I didn’t think it would work on my boat so if you got a set up you want to try on my boat then bring it and make me a believer. I’ll just keep throwing my old rusty anchor and keep being unsuccessful because I don’t spend my money every year when the new latest and greatest technology comes out.
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Just reel or get broke
Nope. Not bashing at all.
You just keep doing you, noslack63. One word of caution though…the planet isn’t really flat. 
No matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall…you are never out of the fight.
Bangstick are you sure
Just reel or get broke
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Originally posted by noslack63bashing people’s ways of doing things come on man. I said a lot of people don’t know how to get an anchor heading and set up on a piece they want fish. I can promise you this step onto any succefull charter boat or tournament team with. 30+ft boat and tell me how many trolling motors you gonna see. That’s my argument. I said I didn’t think it would work on my boat so if you got a set up you want to try on my boat then bring it and make me a believer. I’ll just keep throwing my old rusty anchor and keep being unsuccessful because I don’t spend my money every year when the new latest and greatest technology comes out.
What size wooden hooks you use for those groupa? Handling?
Just reel or get broke
Sellsfish, that is one more gorgeous catch; I don’t recall seeing anything to compare. You are truly the Professor. It is unfortunate this topic got off in the weeds, but we are so glad you are back on the water. Fish beware.
Roger
Reeldawg I don’t even want to flood this post with all the grouper pictures I got some wooden hooks I don’t think U want to go there.
Just reel or get broke
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Originally posted by noslack63Leadenwahboy what boat you running you ipilot on offshore since you have the most insight
Just reel or get broke
Actually, if you read my posts you would see that I have yet to use on offshore. This was about it’s ability to make the offshore bottom fishing experience BETTER and EASIER for us. I’m simply embracing the tech, like most everyone here.
Like most everyone here I also learned the old ways, the hard way. I’ve come in from offshore on a compass, I’ve pulled 1000’s of feet of anchor rope while being yelled at to do it a different way (thanks for the “lesson,” Dad!), I’ve navigated our waterways in complete darkness with no spotlight or GPS, and and and…
That doesn’t change the fact that an iPilot (on whatever size boat, as long as adequate for that boat) would absolutely be a game changer offshore bottom fishing.
PERIOD.
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Noslack63- I think I and others here have made a valid point. I don’t think you use wooden hooks and I also think you use a gps and fishfinder. Weather you need one or not.
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Originally posted by Ona MissionSellsfish, that is one more gorgeous catch; I don’t recall seeing anything to compare. You are truly the Professor. It is unfortunate this topic got off in the weeds, but we are so glad you are back on the water. Fish beware.
Roger
Very good point. My apologies for my contributions to the derailment.
No matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall…you are never out of the fight.
Reeldawg I like shaping my hooks out of stone like the Indians use to do a little more work but worth it lol jk just got to scrape the barnacles off from time to time and your good to go again
Just reel or get broke
Rocks for weights and hemp rope for line. Lol
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Originally posted by leadenwahboyI’ve pulled 1000’s of feet of anchor rope while being yelled at to do it a different way
Ledenwahboy, when we eventually get to fish together, just know that I actually guarantee “yells” on my boat. Fish are a bonus, but I’ve always found that the crew enjoys a good tongue lashing every once in a while.
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Originally posted by leadenwahboyI’ve pulled 1000’s of feet of anchor rope while being yelled at to do it a different way
Ledenwahboy, when we eventually get to fish together, just know that I actually guarantee “yells” on my boat. Fish are a bonus, but I’ve always found that the crew enjoys a good tongue lashing every once in a while.
Yes you will hear… “You’re resting he’s resting” amongst other things
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PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”