Recent content by Seafarer_Bob

Not NJ but I'm in OBX for a while and caught a few decent Gaffers Monday. Ran out of Oregon Inlet and fished south towards Hateras.

Yes, the starting battery is isolated with an ACR switch. The 36v to 12v stepdown in the link above to amazon is 30amp, that's probably not enough to be my only house source, the windlass would probably cycle my electronics which is annoying. My onboard charger is a Monster Marine "Ultimate...

No, sorry if that wasn't clear. I have two 36v / 60AH batteries rigged parallel so that's 120AH dedicated to the trolling motor. I'm saying use 36v to 12v converter they sell on amazon https://a.co/d/06nYCLEj and use that to connect the TM bank to house. Just thinking I'll need a one way diod...

I'm thinking about connecting my 36v trolling motor batteries to my 12v house for more capacity, anyone do this? The 36v / 60AH batteries are parallel so they'll add 360AH at 12v which should all but eliminate low voltage alarms when I'm not running. Right now the 36v batteries a're connected...

Last Saturday morning on the Shrewsbury river there were boats trolling right behind my brother's house. Ran up the Navasync, netted bunker, fished within site of the house all day, missed a bunch due to circles and caught 5 decent bass, 2 slots and the biggest at 36". Tomorrow I'm picking up my...

The guy that cut the plate for me talked me out of using 1/2” aluminum in favor of 3/8” and I’m glad he did. The only flex is in the pulpit itself and zero concerns about the integrity of the aluminum. PM me your address and I'll trace it on a piece of paper and mail it to you. I still...

I repowered with new f250xb mechanical last summer. In a hurry at the time and didn't realize the new engine is Command Link so just swapped out the old gagues with a new CL5. Just finishing the dash panel and I'll add some pics later. Aside from that, I have a box full of small add-ons and...

Thanks for the comments and happy to answer any questions. After a couple seasons use I'm pleased overall and no regrets about choosing this installation option. After 2 years of use I'm honestly not sure if i could have used a shorter shaft but think it will be close. When I purchased the...

Would have liked to have gone to SRR but my SIL started turning green so glad we didn't. My brother is going to delay winterizing but with no Bluefin season this may have been my last fishing trip in NJ this year. Mine is in Ocean City MD so I won't winterize until Dec, usually get an...

We ran from the hook to the rocks both Sat and Sun and no bass. There were a lot of birds and other boats in search mode but no real concentrations or surface activity. Marked loads of bait and a lot of fish but couldn't make it happen. We stopped on one of the Highlands wrecks and caught a...

That's discouraging but thanks, we're still planning to go Sat and Sun and I'll post a report. I'm hearing there are a lot of smaller slot size bass in the Navasync and Shrewsbury rivers where we keep the boat and I'll bring some bait for Tog and Seabass if we can't find any action along the beach.

I ran my brother's regulator to the Bacardi at the end of Sept and went 2 for 4. The next week I ran with a friend on a big boat out of CT, started at the Dip in 65 degree water and got a nice Bigeye right away. Made it to the 100 square picking away on Albicore on the troll and just a big Mako...

My boat is in MD but I'll be running my brother's 28' Regulator this weekend. The boat is currently at Gateway right next to Bars and the Highlands bridge. He just finished building a new dock about 1/2 mile up the Shrewsbury from there, not sure why is still in the marina... We're all arriving...

Looks like a we may have a rare Sat/Sun weather window coming so let's hope it holds. Haven't decided which day yet but we'll be running out of the Highlands to either Bacardi or the Tripples, hopefully not both... Anyone else or intel?