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I am sorry to hear your experience with Seadek. As I fished on our boat today, I couldn't help but think of how different experiences we each have. Our floor still looks great and I am happy that |I had a certified installer do our boat... and actually videoed it. I summarized my thoughts similar to vehicles. I am a happy ford f150 owner and have had very few issues, just bought a new Bronco. Where others have had a terrible experience with ford and would never own another Ford. I hope you have moved on and are enjoying that new boat! Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment, much appreciated Stay safe on the water

@@captcrow thanks...it wasn't just their product not standing up, the bigger issue was seadek not standing up for their product. Instead they just say its someone else's fault.

Thank you for the comment. I am glad the tip will make your fishing adventure a better one. Also, thanks for the sub, I appreciate it 👊

Thanks for watching the video and commenting. Sorry to hear about your swim platform deteriorating; that shouldn't happen. Oddly our platform was the only part with the only decking when we purchased the boat new. It was fitted with Ultra Deck from British Columbia, so ours is on its 5th yr. They had a pattern for our boat but no installer in my area so we chose SeaDek because we had a local installer. So far so good. I hope they make it right for you. Stay safe 👍

Hey thanks for watching and for the tip. I would have never thought of using a hammer drill, but I will keep it in mind the next time I am struggling to clean the floor. Thanks again

Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it. Sharing is caring 😉

You're welcome. Thanks for watching and leaving me feedback. Much appreciated.

Thanks for watching and I am glad the video provided you with another point of view. I liked what Marine Mat had to offer but they weren't available in my proximity. Go with who gives you the best service because product wise I think they are both close. Stay safe 👍

Hello and thanks for watching and for asking a question. The grippers come with a small (~12") rope. We added a 4-5ft cable so we can drag them, revive them, take their picture and let them go. If you search "fish gripper" on Amazon you will see lots of grippers. We have a set from Rapala. Thanks again for the question and good luck

Thanks for the question. I have never fished the West Coast Kokanee but I can't see why these spoons wouldn't attack these fish. The rotators with meat rigs would definitely work since we are using West Coast herring on our rigs. I would give it a try with the Dreamweaver super slim. Good luck and thanks for watching

Hello and thanks for watching and the question. We strictly troll for Kings, we have never jigged however from my experience with our ps30 setup I would choose standard orientation which covers both starboard and port side. I do think both orientations would cover for jigging. Good luck and enjoy you panoptics.

Thanks 👍

Awesome! Yeah rm gold member better kick some ass this season, I am counting on it. Thank you for watching 👍

Thanks Joe, this cold weather spell has put a damper on my itch lol

You are welcome!

Thanks for watching and thanks for the question Bob Our ps30 hangs down about 1.5" below the bottom of the boat. We get a good display when running. The RyTek mount is approx 6" from the top of mount to the bottom of boat. I haven't noticed a rooster tail when on plane but I also have a 24" deck on the back of the boat which may knock it down if there is one. I hope this helps you out

Thanks for the quick reply. Tight lines@@captcrow

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I will try to get some better content on our meat rigs. We are prepared with over 300 strips ready for this season. Subscribe and stay tuned

Hello Scott! I never heard of Controlking brand until now. They all do similar things that make us happy. I look forward to having control of the rpm while at the back of the boat fighting a fish. Good luck this season buddy

Yes she was a big girl for sure!

Hello @James-jn4xz, thank you for the question. In the video, the log book I use is just a basic 8"x5-1/2" blank note book. I looked for a fishing specific log book and my son actually bought one for me when we first started, however there are so many columns that I needed for all the specifics, there isn't a log book available for my needs. What I have found is that it's practical for me to write down as much info as I can about the trip, weather, and catches etc, then transfer all the info from the log book into an excel spreadsheet that I created on the computer. The spreadsheet is dynamic and it can easily be modified if I need to add a new item/column. The log book then goes back out with me every time we fish and is available for reference as well as new entries. You tube doesn't allow me to add photos or links to these replies...so I will see if I can put together a video of my computer screen showing my excel spreadsheet and go over all the columns or items we are logging. I can also add my email address to the video for those whom may want the excel file of my data log. I would be happy to share it. Thank you for watching the video and commenting, I appreciate the question. That was a really good question with my complicated answer lol. Just starting writing down everything you think will help you on future trips. That is a good start. What, Where, When and How

Thanks, will do!

Hello neighbor! Thanks for watching the video and appreciate your questions. Hellfire was silver back. Hyper-vis tape is a new glitter tape that came out a couple years ago. Email me and I will send you a link where I can get the tape and/or get spoons and flashers with it. TH-cam blocks links in my comments but I will be happy to share with you over email. Your US dollar will go further buying cdn product too! Email me, Mr.crow099@Gmail"dot"com maybe u can send me a pic of that flasher. I appreciate your offer. Look fwd to hearing from you. 4 more weeks and we will be starting our season 👍👍

thank you!. I am not familiar with 3-bay. If you can copy past link that will guide me

@@captcrow change the 3 to an E and remove the (-)... for some reason TH-cam blocks when Google owns both companies...lol

@captcrow I sent the link but they took it down

@westmichiganfishing9613 thsnks for trying. I searched eBay and couldn't find them. Try emailing me the link @ mr.crow099 at gmail_dot_com

Can you send me a copy of our last email conversation. I lost all my emails. thanks

Your welcome Scott

Thanks 👍

Thanks Joe, yes we will get out for sure

thank you for watching and for the feedback + question. We run a 5ft leader on the Triple Threat hotfish flashers. Those Kings love the meat!

Merry Christmas Scott 🎅, as long as we get the opportunity to fish, it will be a great year. Wishing you a healthy and happy new year

Thanks Scott!

Thanks for the question. I am going to presume you're talking about what you see on the Panoptics. I believe what you see is skewed a bit, over exaggerated because our ps31 transducer is tilted a bit fwd. I also think the angle setting in the down view screen may exaggerate it as well, each user will have a different value entered. We are pulling 16# weights and I can see the angle change when I fluctuate the trolling speed, as to be expected, but it's not as bad as it looks on screen. I will make a point to adjust the angle setting when we get out again to see if I can validate what I think. You gotta trust me though, I can tell by the rigger cable when we are blowing back hard; currents and trolling speed are real time factors. Thanks for the question and thanks for watching. I like it when viewers pick out details.

I use 15 ib sharks and X4D. Don't ever get the angle I saw on your Cable.. No Biggie just noticed big blow back

Hey Chris, thanks for watching and for the question. We have two brands on the boat 1: The Fish Grip (our red grip) made in USA, they have a website and 2: Rapala Floating Fish Gripper (our white grip) as seen on Amazon. Both are fine but we have had a few fish release by themselves with the Rapala brand. I hope this helps you out because I would like to see another angler get into reviving and releasing. Good luck fishing and stay safe.

Thank you!@@captcrow

Glad you enjoyed it Johnny

Wow, thanks for the positive feedback, it helps drive me to the next video. It's crazy the amount of time that is put into the post edit, it's a good thing I am retired

Hey thanks for watching and for the comments. You are very observant and didn't miss a thing lol. I appreciate it and it makes the post editing work worth it. Yes we do have the Reactor 40 and it is awesome. Lol yes, the marriage saver indeed. We have it on our Evinrude which is not compatible with the reactor 40, so we have steering but no throttle control. Bummer because I had it on a previous Suzuki kicker, so I miss that feature. I had a local machinist make me up 24 small bushings for the connecting arm ends, that is what has been wearing over the past seasons. We are good for at least the next 12 years now. We release the majority of our fish and keep what we need to eat and any that won't revive. Can't keep em all! We drag them along and make sure they are ready to go before releasing. Seems like the right thing to do. btw, I love Michigan. I use to travel for work to several locations from River Rouge to East Tawas. Great people Thanks for subscribing!

Glad I could help. Panoptix has changed the was we fish for salmon, coho's and bow's, that's for sure.

Hey Scott, thanks for the question. The history of the name is that my father's boat never had a name, his nick name was Crow. When I inherited that boat I gave it the name 'ol Crow out of respect to my father. We then sold that boat in 2020 and bought a new boat together with my son. Since it was an upgrade to what we had, we decided to call it 'ol Crow 2.0, for version 2. No link to whiskey or Bud Anderson's P51. Our surname is Crozier, everyone calls us Crow for short; my father, me, my son and I am sure my Grandson will get it too. Thanks for watching, asking questions, and providing tips!

@@captcrow Very nice. Thanks

Thank you, I will be

Hello Mike, you asked a great question! Thank you. It required me to pause my response until I double checked at the boat this morning. We have two brands; 1: The Fish Grip made in USA, they have a website and 2: Rapala Floating Fish Gripper as seen on Amazon. Both are fine but we have had a few fish release by themselves with the Rapala brand. On that note, I seen today that Bass Pro/Cabela's has Bass Pro Shops® Lunker Lock Gripper. It has a lock feature. I think I might try that gripper for when we are bleeding out a keeper. No worries of it floating off without us noticing. One other tip for you. We attached a nylon rope to each grip to get em away from the boat along with a d ring to snap to the boat. I can't tell you how many times we have been dragging a fish and bringing in a line and the treble goes into the nylon rope. You're pretty much screwed and have to cut the barb off the treble, takes you out of the action while you switch spoons. Today we switch one rope out for a cable to try. It will eliminate our grief. We drag at the back of the boat but if you were dragging on the side it may not be as much of a problem. Nylon ropes and hooks are not friends. I hope this info is helpful and I would love for you to try and recoup these bad boys. As I say, respect to the King! Thanks for watching!

Hi Mike, I've used Fish Grips and have found that if you're not careful the lower jaw on the salmon can split at the tip and the fish will come out of the still closed Fish Grips. The larger the fish, the more this is an issue. I love Fish Grips. Just be careful where you grip the fish. For fish we are keeping we use a great big carabiner from Harbor Freight. We carefully insert it through the mouth and out under the gills. We have the carabiner on a rope hanging in the water to bleed out the fish. The carabiner is also a good handle for handling the fish. The giant carabiners are not expensive, so we have several on the boat. Good luck!

I was thinking of using the carabiner too for bleed outs as well; I haven't been able to source one yet (in Canada). Good tip Scott

The carabiners I have are 8-inch from Harbor Freight. They have a rubber grip on them that I remove.@@captcrow

Thanks Johnny 👍

Thanks for that tip. Is it the hook or loop on velcro that you're using?

@@captcrow the hook.

Glad it helped, we switched to wire divers this season and although we have less fleas than braid, we still needed to use the rag trick. I use the insta360 one inch camera. I wouldn't advise a 360 camera unless you are proficient at post editing. There is a lot of work put into getting the shot you want and exported to use in another video editor (premiere Pro). Thanks for watching and leaving a comment/question. I appreciate it

they got you by the knockers lol. We are quite fortunate and I know it. All good things will come to an end I am sure

No problem 👍

Thanks for the feedback Scott. I can see where one might get the impression we are serious as hell when we are fishing, but it's hard to get the whole picture when I edit a 7 hour trip into 20 minutes, not to mention we weren’t wearing any mics to pickup our grunts and groans. I won't lie though, “Fish On” means game on, especially when we were hunting for the $100k King in the SSC derby. Everyone responds differently in game time situations. We do have a good time despite I game faces. Your feedback is appreciated and will be something we will consider.

Thanks for watching and commenting. This season we switched to torpedo wire on our divers to help reduce the fleas. It has helped, a lot but we still need a towel.

X2 on torpedo wire. I like the wire especially with the mag divers.

Thanks for sharing Mike! I wouldn't have believed that octagon handle could bend so I appreciate your feedback. I am glad it's just not my opinion on the tangled hooks. My anger/disappointment was slowly building with each instance. If you find a landing net that surpasses your previous experiences and you're very please with, please share with me. Thanks for watching and sharing your comments!

I'm sorry to hear that, Scott. Like I said in the video, I love the Ranger handle design vs. the standard aluminum tube. I am going to have to buy a new Beckman handle for my other net, I hope I have better luck. Thanks for watching, and thanks for the comment. I appreciate it

Thanks for the comment. They just blew me away with their answer. I have never seen mice, rodents on my boat while moored at the marina. I couldn't swallow the answer and response. The trebles getting wrapped up in the netting was beginning to cast doubts on my purchase.... I didn't know it was the beginning of the end for that net. What are you using and do you have a recommendation on your favorite landing net? Thanks

Thanks for the comment. We try our best not to handle the shakers but every now and then one will inhale take all three hooks in the mouth. Amazes me how they can open their little mouth to take the entire treble hook, Those fish get handled differently and that's not by choice. Thanks for watching!