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Above the weight. You're asking for problems if you attach to the weight as the drag from the line & lure will tend to steer the weight. Tom B. (LongLine)

I assume you've made a permanent connection of your probe to your cable. If so, be carefull how tight you tape it. Too tight a wrap or too much tape will inhibit how it tilts in the water with any kind of blowback. If probe is not level, paddlewheel may not be functioning correctly. Tom B. (LongLine) p.s. the wheel is on correctly, right?

The coffee works - It seems like everytime I take a leak the rigg'r fires. Tom B. (LongLine)

For anyone wishing to email the govenor, here's the quick message link: http://www.governor.ny.gov/contact/Gove ... ctForm.php The bill is S2462-2011 Tom B. (LongLine)

August 5, 2011 - Officially delivered to the Govenor. http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S2462-2011 Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Tom B. (LongLine)

(or something else???) Happy Birthday Ray Tom B. (LongLine)

Angle of transducer makes a big difference on what & where you see down below. Transducer should sit approx 1/2" below bottom of boat if you want to see anything while running. Tom B. (LongLine)

Sorry to hear about the accident. Hope you mend real quick. Tom B. (LongLine) BTW - None of us "bounce" the way we used to.

What you hear on the radio & what is official may be different things: Devil's advocate: 1. Would you believe him? Some boat scales don't agree with the official weigh-in scale. 2. Some contests require a 20 Lb Salmon in order to enter them anyway. If you release him, how much longer do you expect he's going to live? 3. There's always 2nd, 3rd, 4th....place. Sometimes there's quite a difference between 1st & 10th. 4. How'd you feel if that "20 lb'r" was DQ'd at weigh-in? 5. What if that was a Brown trout that he caught & not an Atlantic like he thought? Tom B. (LongLine)

Guessing prime or impeller problem. Tom B. (LongLine)

Yes 12 Lb fish should take you down to that depth nicely. Just make sure they're running true. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy Birthday Nalod. Tom B. (LongLine) Nolad...Nalod...Nolad...Nalod...? Must be that Kay Roziatek guy again.

Glad you made it out of that situation safely. 99% of the boaters watch where their going however some bigger boats can't see (or won't look) over their bows. I've found that if you get your camera out & flash them a couple times when they're a couple 100 yds off, they sometimes will notice it out of the corner of their eyes. I hope someone finds him. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Actually there's a lot of us 18 ft'rs on board. (Keep your eye on the weather) Tom B. (LongLine)

Good luck & make sure you check in. Wouldn't want you to have to go out & get Yankee III. Tom B. (LongLine)

Are you wired direct to the battery? Should be. Tom B. (LongLine)

1st looks like interference. (maybe from GPS or satellite signal) 2nd looks like a split screen and that frequency is picking up your dipsey. Most probable that a cross current has pushed that dipsey and some wire into the edge of the cone. Next time you see it, make a turn, speed up, put it in neutral or pop it loose & see if it moves. (watch out if you pop it loose - a fish may grab it) Bait generally looks like a cloud or an "Ink blot." Tom B. (LongLine)

I don't know much about the 310's as I only use the 320's. Here's an article by Alantani, who has to be the ultimate guru of reel-repair. http://www.stripersonline.com/forum/thr ... ti-rebuild H.I.H. Tom B. (LongLine)

I thought about putting the ladder over the side, doning the lifejacket & tying myself to the boat with a rope...luckily my second thought was that I shouldn't try to outdo my previous stunt. Tom B. (LongLine)

Probably "down-welling". i.e. got hot quick. That's a smelt. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the site. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy BD - BF! Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishing Report LongLine Launched at dawn. Couple guys pulling out – they got some night fishing in. Clear with south waves on the river. Here’s a look back. Here’s a look forward. Winds out of SW. Little choppy. Maybe 1 ½ ft’rs with an occasional “wake-up†wave. Just enough to make handling a small boat solo a little tricky. Anyways, left the channel; took a left & went out to 160 FOW. Plan was to work 160-230 FOW off Russell. Found 54F with 75 ft of cable out. Almost immediately hit two shakers with NK Wnderbrd. GPS said 3.0, Moor said 2 ¼, Lowrance surface said 1.2 mph. Who knows? I was going North though & I’m sure the wind pushed me more off Summerville. About 220, ran into this guy same depth, lure, speed, direction. (75 down) Turned around & headed back shallower, aiming towards Russell. Just on a whim, last week, I retied a No-see-um with purple beads and a 12†lead. Having it behind a clown dodger, at 200 FOW , ran into this guy at 55 down on the shallow rigger All were nice clean fish. Not bad for only a couple hours of fishing. Now for the “Stupid Human Trickâ€: With that wind, I couldn’t hold the Rainbow over the side, for very long, to revive him, so I did the deep six thing....he went belly up. Seeing this I thought I better go back & get him. Unfortunately, a strong gust of wind suddenly swung the boat around and I hadn’t cleared the deep rigger with the probe on it. You guessed it, the rigger kicked. Luckily, by the time I finished my “expletive deleted†I had thrown it in neutral & killed it. Raising the engine up revealed the cable was wrapped 4 times around the prop. Luckily it wasn’t cut. I was able to reach the cable with a boat hook but it was painful to pull it in by hand. (14 Lb plus probe) so I discovered that two pair of needle nose pliers can be used to pull it up rather easily & not cut the heck out of your hands. Got the probe & weight in but had to cut the cable to get it off the prop. Thankfully the Cannon people put a decent clutch on those riggers & no other damage was done. (LongLine 1 – Rainbow 1) So with 90 ft of cable in the bottom of my boat, that tricky wind & feeling really stupid at never doing that before (in well over 40 yrs of fishing), I called it a day & headed in. (I did do a couple of circles though & that fish had gone under.) Back on the trailer at 8:30. Maybe 10 trailers in the lot. Water level at the launch is now just perfect! Luck to all Tom B. (LongLine)