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I asked him if it was a long distance call. He said yes, so I put the phone (land line) on a chair & let him talk while I fed the dogs . He hung up after a couple minutes. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Right now it's tough on everyone. A lot of guys staying less than 10 FOW looking for Lakers & browns. Some reports of the salmon out deep but really not that many. I think last couple of years have spoiled all of us. Check thru the report sections & good luck. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. I'm guessing they're deep but high in the water column. Haven't been out in a while myself. Not to many being caught right now. Tom B. (LongLine)

Definitely will be flat for a ways out. Tom B. (LongLine)

As soon as you detect this, pop your line free from your release and let it set a little before reeling it in to reattach. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the board Charlie. Try running a flasher-fly above a clean spoon on the rigger's. Where's Wicklow? (Canada I assume?) Tom B. (LongLine)

Voltage is nice but amps are required to move that starter properly. My bet is on a bad cell. Tom B. (LongLine)

Well the 1st day of summer – Yay! Put in at the river just at daybreak. River surface just about 70F. Dead calm. Quite a bit of cloud cover over land. Took a left at the pierheads, again. Headed out to 90 FOW & pointed outward. Quite a few prop busters on the way out there, so be careful. Got everything set up and… Water was going nuts! I must have started out in the middle of an upwelling/downwelling. Very strange for such a calm day. I didn’t want to believe the speed changes on the probe but the light rigger cable angle changed a few times too. Major scum line in 108 FOW. Another, although minor & spread out from 130-140 FOW. Bait pods all over the place outside the 1sr scum line and they were tightly balled up. Fairly shallow too. Tops anywhere from 22 to 40 down. Anyways…what worked? The truck worked. The boat worked. The sonar worked. The GPS worked. The rigg’rs worked. What didn’t work? About 2 Grand in fishing lures didn’t work! No fish today. That’s why it’s called fishing & not catching. Oh, well, very peaceful out there & still beats working. Pulled them up around 10. Maybe 7 trailers in the lot. Luck to all, there's always next weekend. Tom B. (LongLine)

I run about 200 yds of 12 Lb with blood knot to some heavy stuff. Tom B. (LongLine)

My best days have been with east winds. North winds kill me. Figure? Tom B. (LongLine)

Did you do a search for a schematic drawing of the unit to make sure you're not missing a part. Locknuts are great but they do loosen without a little washer under them. Tom B. (LongLine)

Scenario #2: You & your buddy are trolling.(His boat) Your driving. Your buddy reels in the 7th T or S & it's thrown in the cooler. Each time you yelled "fish-on". A C.O. happens to stop you on your way in for the day and asks "how many fish you catch?" You jump right up & proudly say "I caught them all!" (yeah...right) Scenario #3: Your driving & your buddy reels in a sturgeon. Again you yelled "fish-on". C.O. happens to be watching. Again you jump right up & exclaim: "See what I caught!" (yeah...right...again) Scenario #4: You & buddy are fishing in his boat. He drives out to his waypoints. He tells you to drive while he sets up his "special-decial" lure on the 1st rod. As he's letting line out, a trophy salmon hits it & he reels it in. You jump right up & yell: "gurggle, gurggle, gurgle". FYI, translated that means "I caught that fish because I was driving." At least that's what it probably sounds like that when you underwater trying to get back to the surface. In all scenarios, you probably got what you deserved. Tom B. (LongLine)

Great job Chad. I got'ta hand it to ya...you know what your doing. Most sites that go down for troubleshooting or re-vamping go down for days. You da man! Tom B. (LongLine)

So let me get this straight...You're the driver of the boat, your buddy is watching the lines. A line goes off & he grabs the rod & reels like crazy to get it in. It's a trophy salmon. He tightens the drag as tight as it can go then points the rod directly at the fish and reels like a madman. The line snaps. You get all the "credit" for being a lousy fisherman & losing the fish...right? Tom B. (LongLine)

ditto the saran wrap trick. works on paint too. (unless it's oil base) Tom B. (LongLine)