The Fishmaster 196 is one of my favorite boats. A couple of my buddies have one. Not sure about that engine mounted motor. Push with the kicker, steer with the MinnKota is what I and most others do. As far as the livewell, I bleed the fish out in there, and after about 15 minutes, throw them in the cooler on ice. One thing....the livewell lid tends to bounce up and down in rougher water, causing the water to splash out. Not sure why Starcraft hasn't figured out a way to improve that, but otherwise a sweet boat!! Congrats and looking forward to seeing it on the water.
I finally got 8 cisco black aluminum rod holders but other than that nothing new. The few times that I have been out has been really nice although I'm still working on getting the 9.9 kicker starter. It has click over and ran for like 30 seconds and then shuts off. The last time I was out it didn't even click over. I actually used the engine mount motor to troll some and it was very nice. In the next few times I get out I need to try out the livewell, however people are saying that it tends to spill water over at times. Thanks for checking in on me.
Just watched the rest of your videos. Amazing to see how much your son grew up from one year to the next. You guys always have a good time fishing with family and that is what it is all about. I only have one suggestion, and that is to get a couple of those plastic vice grips on your knew boat. Those things have saved me from getting treble hooks stuck in my hand more then I can count. I cringe every time I see you put your hand in the net when using cranks. lol That is how I got my 1st treble in my thumb a couple of years ago. Now I won't put my hand anywhere near the net with out putting the grips in the walleyes mouth. lol KEEP FISHIN
Great Ne.w Ride Captain! Congratulations Some guides that I know use that main motor electric to push the boat and front one to steer but with a gas kicker really don't need it and adds weight to your boat I would pull that and any batteries and sell them. Just imho too much added weight. Have a lot of ideas on how to set up boat. Like push the rod holders further forward and set up a "meat seat" up front. Dang can you keep the old boat reg numbers always thought it was a DL down low boat.
Thanks. I definitely have a lot of set up options with this boat so I will be changing and adjusting things as needed. I purchased this boat out of state so I needed to remove the old boat numbers so that is why they are missing.
Beautiful boat! I love the rear splash well design with the seats. I have a 01 Starcraft Pro Elite 2000. Absolute fishing machine and cuts the rough water amazingly. Very deep hull. 1 small livewell in back, but mainly use the 50 gal bow livewell. I Never fished Erie, yet, but being from WI I fish the Bay of Green Bay alot. We throw 2 large bags of ice in the bow livewell.. I fill the livewell once and re circulate all day keeping the fish alive. At the end we bleed them put, drain live well, fill back up to submerg fish and dump 1 more bag of ice in when we leave a gas station. That's the way I do it and it works good. Others do it differently.
Thanks. Starcraft boats are amazing. Thanks so much for sharing how you use your livewell. I am more than likely going to follow exactly what you said for how you use your livewell. Hopefully at some point you can fish lake erie. I have heard that the walleye fishing in WI is really nice.
Just found your channel today. Saw you in a couple of other videos first with the older boat, then saw this one from just the other day. Nice upgrade. Saw you going out of wildwood in some of your videos, I go out of that general area quite a bit. Hope to see you and your family with the knew rig soon. I will be the one yelling KEEPFISHIN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Congrats on the new boat! You have a great channel. I have been lurking for while now and have been trying to figure out lake Erie boating and fishing with my family. You are a great resource and inspiration! See you out there!
Congrats on the new boat. Thanks for showing us around on it. I'm in the market for a larger boat myself, and still trying to make up my mind what to get. Can't wait to see how the Starcraft does on the water. Waiting for the next video.
In cooler temps (80 and below), I use the livewell as livewell - but keep an eye out for dead fish - I have a small cooler on board that if they die, they go in there. Perch will tend to die quicker than walleye. I can usually go out for 4-6 hours and have the walleye still alive - I bleed them right before motoring in then throw in big cooler in truck.
That boat would be considered a Tournament style boat and they would use the live well to keep legal size fish alive so they could cull the smaller fish after catching larger ones. Nice boat.
Congratulations on that nice boat! I would still bring a cooler for your fish. I would throw some ice in your live well for use as a cooler, that way you can keep your drinks and snacks free from fish smell, lol .. Just a thought is all. Boat is still pretty sweet and will be great for Lake Erie.
I have yet to get my trolling motor to stay running. I have gone through a few test myself to get the motor running but no real success. Currently I'm using the trolling motor on the front of the boat to steer for me and it is working pretty good for now. When I get the kicker working I will look into the ITROLL though. Thanks for the tip.
Check out erie marine in Sheffield Lake....great place to get your boat worked on...your gonna wanna push with kicker and steer with minnkota....that's how I'm set up
I like your boat. Myself I would use your live well with ice instead of water. My experience with live wells is constantly changing water to keep them alive and end mostly with dead fish anyway. The minnkota electric motors on your outboard motor could possibly be a good thing. Some people use them to troll with and steering it with your outboard steering wheel. It could be used along with your trolling motor up front. Also people use them on smaller lakes where they don't allow powered motors, electric only. You have several options with what you have available in that boat. But I want to give a friendly advise on how much battery is needed for the one on your outboard. It sucks when your out of battery and don't have enough to start your main motor. Thats why you have two battery switches and what 4 to 5 batteries. Hope this helps.
Thanks. I appreciate the tips for the livewell. I figured I could try using the engine mount trolling motor on some smaller lakes when I am shallow. One thing I also need to figure out is which of the batteries is for all of my electronic devices. Gotta admit this will be an ongoing learning experience. Again thanks for the helpful tips.
Hey, I just bought the same boat. Except a 2012, but with only a 115. Anyway, which trolling motor do you have and how do you like it. Mine does not have one, and I’m looking at another terrova. I’m going with 72”, but was debating between the 80# and 112#. Just wanted to see what you had and if you would do it different
Congrats on the new boat. I have the Minn Kota Terrova 80/US2-60" w/I Pilot. I'm fine with the 80# but I would like the 72" for Lake Erie. There are times my blade comes out of the water depending on the waves.
@@KeepFishing I see guys putting like 2 tiller trolling motors on the back of the boat they say for breaking, put them in reverse to slow down drifting. Crappie fisherman
@@cutterok Say less....I get it.....It is just like adding the drift sock to slow down the troll......Not sure why my brain did not put it together when you said it before......but....thanks for explanation...I totally get it.....and I will be using that in the future 👍
Oh forgot I do use the livewell in my boat only to keep small fish alive to cull later if your state law allows that and also use to bleed the fish to throw on ice immediately. Some guys wait to end of trip like in this video but when your fishing warm water it is best to do it as soon as you decide to keep on. ua-cam.com/video/aFFJtbuYHzs/v-deo.html Also can use the livewell as storage and bleed the fish on a rope over the side to keep the mess there.
Congrats on the new boat looks like brand new and very well set up.You are going to love those track mounts and you can adapt your scotty rod holders to fit them for now. Scotty track adapter #340
@@KeepFishing congrats man. That is my dream boat as well. Don’t think there is anything better suited to the Erie trolling and still have that smaller lake potential. Enjoy it
Not yet!. I have been heads down trying to finish my basement....I can't wait to get out on the lake though cause we have had some good days and I keep hearing of people catching some good fish. I'm hoping in the next few weeks to finish up my basement to get back on the water. How has your fishing been?
@@KeepFishing I haven't been out as much as I'd like. My buddy and I just returned from several days of fishing/camping at Pymatuning. Hope you get out soon!
@@KeepFishing the carlton at the end was snot bubble funny lol almost spit my beer out cheers i just got a sylvan 17 adventerer prince rupert bc canada lots of great fishing here your welcome any time
I've used downriggers years ago and that is a good consideration from when the walleye are deep and I don't won't to use wire line running back 400 feet. This conversation will definitely come up in the future.
The Fishmaster 196 is one of my favorite boats. A couple of my buddies have one. Not sure about that engine mounted motor. Push with the kicker, steer with the MinnKota is what I and most others do. As far as the livewell, I bleed the fish out in there, and after about 15 minutes, throw them in the cooler on ice. One thing....the livewell lid tends to bounce up and down in rougher water, causing the water to splash out. Not sure why Starcraft hasn't figured out a way to improve that, but otherwise a sweet boat!! Congrats and looking forward to seeing it on the water.
Thanks. Yeah I plan to start bleeding the fish out as well. Thanks for the tip on that and water splashing out on bumpy trips.
@@KeepFishing What's the update on your boat? Add any goodies to it? The lake has not been playing nice lately.
I finally got 8 cisco black aluminum rod holders but other than that nothing new. The few times that I have been out has been really nice although I'm still working on getting the 9.9 kicker starter. It has click over and ran for like 30 seconds and then shuts off. The last time I was out it didn't even click over. I actually used the engine mount motor to troll some and it was very nice. In the next few times I get out I need to try out the livewell, however people are saying that it tends to spill water over at times. Thanks for checking in on me.
@@KeepFishing Did you ever figure out that MinnKota motor mounted on your big motor? How about that weather system? Fish on!!
Just watched the rest of your videos. Amazing to see how much your son grew up from one year to the next. You guys always have a good time fishing with family and that is what it is all about. I only have one suggestion, and that is to get a couple of those plastic vice grips on your knew boat. Those things have saved me from getting treble hooks stuck in my hand more then I can count. I cringe every time I see you put your hand in the net when using cranks. lol
That is how I got my 1st treble in my thumb a couple of years ago. Now I won't put my hand anywhere near the net with out putting the grips in the walleyes mouth. lol KEEP FISHIN
I do need to look into the plastic vice grips. Thanks for watching and the tip.
Dude that is a nice boat! For being 10 years old it's in immaculate condition! You definately upped your game! Congrats!
Thanks 👍
Great Ne.w Ride Captain! Congratulations Some guides that I know use that main motor electric to push the boat and front one to steer but with a gas kicker really don't need it and adds weight to your boat I would pull that and any batteries and sell them. Just imho too much added weight. Have a lot of ideas on how to set up boat. Like push the rod holders further forward and set up a "meat seat" up front. Dang can you keep the old boat reg numbers always thought it was a DL down low boat.
Thanks. I definitely have a lot of set up options with this boat so I will be changing and adjusting things as needed. I purchased this boat out of state so I needed to remove the old boat numbers so that is why they are missing.
Beautiful boat! I love the rear splash well design with the seats. I have a 01 Starcraft Pro Elite 2000. Absolute fishing machine and cuts the rough water amazingly. Very deep hull. 1 small livewell in back, but mainly use the 50 gal bow livewell. I Never fished Erie, yet, but being from WI I fish the Bay of Green Bay alot. We throw 2 large bags of ice in the bow livewell.. I fill the livewell once and re circulate all day keeping the fish alive. At the end we bleed them put, drain live well, fill back up to submerg fish and dump 1 more bag of ice in when we leave a gas station. That's the way I do it and it works good. Others do it differently.
Thanks. Starcraft boats are amazing. Thanks so much for sharing how you use your livewell. I am more than likely going to follow exactly what you said for how you use your livewell. Hopefully at some point you can fish lake erie. I have heard that the walleye fishing in WI is really nice.
I push with the kicker and steer with the bow mount! The ultimate autopilot setup!
Currently I have not been able to get my kicker starter, however I have been using my bow mount to steer.
Great set up,congrats my friend👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Just found your channel today. Saw you in a couple of other videos first with the older boat, then saw this one from just the other day. Nice upgrade. Saw you going out of wildwood in some of your videos, I go out of that general area quite a bit. Hope to see you and your family with the knew rig soon. I will be the one yelling KEEPFISHIN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Congrats on the new boat! You have a great channel. I have been lurking for while now and have been trying to figure out lake Erie boating and fishing with my family. You are a great resource and inspiration! See you out there!
Thanks bro. I appreciate you checking out my channel.
Congrats on the new boat. Thanks for showing us around on it. I'm in the market for a larger boat myself, and still trying to make up my mind what to get. Can't wait to see how the Starcraft does on the water. Waiting for the next video.
Thanks. Best of luck looking for your new boat!
Great boat! I've been looking for similar ones, maybe older. Enjoy, keep fishing!
Thanks…I hope you find a boat that you will love. KeepFishin!!!!
LOVE IT!!! Happy for you my man! My dad and I fish Erie for walleye out of Wheatley, colchester and erioue as well.. perfect boat!! Enjoyy !
Thanks bro
Nice upgrade... I'm looking to do the same currently running a 09 superfisherman 170.. I'll take that baha!!!!
Thanks. The baha is nice but I can't tow that around :)
Congrats dude on a big boy boat.
Thanks my friend :)
That’s a really nice boat! I actually would love to have one like yours. Enjoy 💯
Thanks! Will do!
In cooler temps (80 and below), I use the livewell as livewell - but keep an eye out for dead fish - I have a small cooler on board that if they die, they go in there.
Perch will tend to die quicker than walleye. I can usually go out for 4-6 hours and have the walleye still alive - I bleed them right before motoring in then throw in big cooler in truck.
Thanks for the tips. I plan to start bleeding them cause I have never done that in the past.
That boat would be considered a Tournament style boat and they would use the live well to keep legal size fish alive so they could cull the smaller fish after catching larger ones. Nice boat.
Thanks for the information. I used the live well when I forgot my cooler lol.
Congratulations on that nice boat!
I would still bring a cooler for your fish. I would throw some ice in your live well for use as a cooler, that way you can keep your drinks and snacks free from fish smell, lol ..
Just a thought is all.
Boat is still pretty sweet and will be great for Lake Erie.
That would be cool! Thanks for the advice and tips.
I would highly Recommend getting a ITROLL system for your kicker....I love mine..
I have yet to get my trolling motor to stay running. I have gone through a few test myself to get the motor running but no real success. Currently I'm using the trolling motor on the front of the boat to steer for me and it is working pretty good for now. When I get the kicker working I will look into the ITROLL though. Thanks for the tip.
Check out erie marine in Sheffield Lake....great place to get your boat worked on...your gonna wanna push with kicker and steer with minnkota....that's how I'm set up
Will do...I will check them out...Thanks
Nice boat 👍🏻
Thanks 👍
I like your boat. Myself I would use your live well with ice instead of water. My experience with live wells is constantly changing water to keep them alive and end mostly with dead fish anyway. The minnkota electric motors on your outboard motor could possibly be a good thing. Some people use them to troll with and steering it with your outboard steering wheel. It could be used along with your trolling motor up front. Also people use them on smaller lakes where they don't allow powered motors, electric only. You have several options with what you have available in that boat. But I want to give a friendly advise on how much battery is needed for the one on your outboard. It sucks when your out of battery and don't have enough to start your main motor. Thats why you have two battery switches and what 4 to 5 batteries. Hope this helps.
Thanks. I appreciate the tips for the livewell. I figured I could try using the engine mount trolling motor on some smaller lakes when I am shallow. One thing I also need to figure out is which of the batteries is for all of my electronic devices. Gotta admit this will be an ongoing learning experience. Again thanks for the helpful tips.
I have the same boat. the live-well sucks! you will end up with a ton of overflow into the bildge. you better hope your pumps work!
I have a 2021 Fishmaster 196 set up the same way. I’m out of Lorain, OH with 2 years under my belt. Would love to discuss fishing tips with you.
How has fishing been for you so far this year?
I just got the same boat and color. Would like to see an updated video of your layout. I'm in Avon, Ohio.
Great. Glad you will be fishing with the same boat. 👍🏽
Congrats on the new boat ide be dancing also..J.P. ps gotta name her lol !!
Thanks...I do need to think of a name...
sweet boat!
Thanks
Sweet rig, man! Hope you are getting em.
I'm trying. The waves on Lake Erie are a bit too high for me now but soon.
@@KeepFishingI just bought a Starcraft too. Picking it up tomorrow.
How are you liking your new boat
Dang nice Rig, Pal!
Thanks
Very nice boat bud
Thanks
Nice! That's one fine boat.
Thanks!
Hey, I just bought the same boat. Except a 2012, but with only a 115. Anyway, which trolling motor do you have and how do you like it. Mine does not have one, and I’m looking at another terrova. I’m going with 72”, but was debating between the 80# and 112#. Just wanted to see what you had and if you would do it different
Congrats on the new boat. I have the Minn Kota Terrova 80/US2-60" w/I Pilot. I'm fine with the 80# but I would like the 72" for Lake Erie. There are times my blade comes out of the water depending on the waves.
If you don't mind answering, from the back of your boat to the centerline of your axle, could you give me a measurement?
Great boat wish we could get them here in ireland 😢
Thanks
As for the motor mounted motor. I see guys adding a trolling motor to the back of the boat for braking and extra boat control.
Yeah I can see the boat control. I have used it for some slow trolling so far. I'm lost on using it for braking though.
@@KeepFishing I see guys putting like 2 tiller trolling motors on the back of the boat they say for breaking, put them in reverse to slow down drifting. Crappie fisherman
@@cutterok Say less....I get it.....It is just like adding the drift sock to slow down the troll......Not sure why my brain did not put it together when you said it before......but....thanks for explanation...I totally get it.....and I will be using that in the future 👍
Like a kid on Christmas morning 😊
You got that right!
Daaaaaaaaaaamn Daniel!!
hahahahhaha
hell yeah bro !! love your videos !!
Appreciate it!!
Immmmmm ready!!!!
I'll keep you posted
Oh forgot I do use the livewell in my boat only to keep small fish alive to cull later if your state law allows that and also use to bleed the fish to throw on ice immediately. Some guys wait to end of trip like in this video but when your fishing warm water it is best to do it as soon as you decide to keep on. ua-cam.com/video/aFFJtbuYHzs/v-deo.html Also can use the livewell as storage and bleed the fish on a rope over the side to keep the mess there.
A few people brought up using the live well to bleed the fish so my plan in the future is to try that.
Beautiful new rig. Did you sell the old one?
Thanks... Yes I did.
Congrats on the new boat looks like brand new and very well set up.You are going to love those track mounts and you can adapt your scotty rod holders to fit them for now. Scotty track adapter #340
Thanks. I will look up the Scotty Track Adapter.
Where’d you find it? Usually people don’t re-sell these
Yeah I was looking hard...Found it in Michigan
@@KeepFishing congrats man. That is my dream boat as well. Don’t think there is anything better suited to the Erie trolling and still have that smaller lake potential. Enjoy it
now it won't fit in your garage..... Loved your old boat - it worked great but upgrade is nice - !!
I was worried it wouldn't fit but after some intense efforts it's able to barely squeeze in.
Hey, TJ....haven't seen any new videos. I'm sure you've been out there. :)
Not yet!. I have been heads down trying to finish my basement....I can't wait to get out on the lake though cause we have had some good days and I keep hearing of people catching some good fish. I'm hoping in the next few weeks to finish up my basement to get back on the water. How has your fishing been?
@@KeepFishing I haven't been out as much as I'd like. My buddy and I just returned from several days of fishing/camping at Pymatuning. Hope you get out soon!
Also. Start saving for Cisco rod holders. those fuckers are expensive but worth.
Yes. Let me check those Cisco rod holders out.
nice !!
Thanks!
@@KeepFishing the carlton at the end was snot bubble funny lol almost spit my beer out cheers i just got a sylvan 17 adventerer prince rupert bc canada lots of great fishing here your welcome any time
Hahahahaha!!!! Glad you enjoyed that. I looked at a used Sylvan before buying my first boat. It can get the job done. Cheers!
Just need a couple of downriggers and a fish hawk.
I've used downriggers years ago and that is a good consideration from when the walleye are deep and I don't won't to use wire line running back 400 feet. This conversation will definitely come up in the future.
@@KeepFishing plus you can make a trip to Lake Ontario with the riggers and catch kings or go to erie of of Barcelona and get giant Lakers.
Hey 4 hours away now
More like 3 hours
ONLY IN AMERICA!!
Right on
Nice boat!
Thanks!