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J.D.

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  1. Once the thermocline sets up, My 3 rod "search mode"  still includes the old school rubber squid.

     

    Low rigger with Evil Eye high speed dodger / squid with a fixed cheater above, ( spoon or Apex )

    wire diver with flasher / fly

    high rigger with spoon or Apex and a fixed cheater above.

    This gets 5 different baits in the strike zone using 3 rods.

     

    Once the fish tell me what they want - or don't want, I change up the offerings.

     

    Just my $.02

  2. After reading SoSarrie's post, I also ordered from Outdoor pro shop. Great customer service.... I got a call from them a few hours after placing an internet order, informing me that they were out of stock on one lure color, asked if i would like to pick another color or short ship the order... also promised to e-mail me when the color I wanted was back in stock... shipped the order that day... no sales tax and free shipping for orders over $50. They have more colors and sizes of Apex lures than I have seen anywhere..

     

    Jim

     
  3. I replace the trebbles with single hooks on my trolling spoons, and upgrade the stock hooks on minnow and crank baits to the stronger Owner ST-41 style.

     I now have a number of trebble hooks - many brand new that I don't use, and would like to pass them along to someone who can use them.

     

    180 Hooks total:

     

    50 pc. trebble, used with standard, NK-28 size spoon

    30 pc. trebble, magnum size spoon

    50 pc. trebbles, various smaller sizes, from minnow and crank baits, J-Plugs

    50 pc. single siwash, various sizes from 2/0 to 5/0, some opened eye, some not.

     

     

    Make me a reasonable offer, and I'll get then out to you via US Postal

     

    Thanks, Jim S.

  4. Multiple lots of tackle, buyer picks up near Braddocks bay, or pays shipping.

     

    Thanks for looking

     

     

    Eppenger Jr. Flutter Devles

    8 lures, new, never seen water... upgraded with Gammy siwash hooks  $40

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    Attractors, 4- LJ size 0 dodgers, 1 LJ,- size 00

    1- Shasta West coast style dodger

    2- 10 inch Spin Doctor flashers      $30

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    Springfield seat base, older style, fits the straight 1 3/4 inch post.  $15

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    PM,s will be answered in the order they are received

     

    Thanks, Jim S.

  5. If you can get the measurements from the old gears, (outside diameter, hole size, and number of teeth), you could look online at the big industrial places like MSC, or Mc-Master Carr for a replacement gear. If the worn ones are blown away, get your dimensions from the good rigger. 

  6. No letter here, but I did take a look at the launch area at Rochester Harbor today. The marina basin project is underway full tilt, but a section of road is open to the boat launch area. I was suprised to see how low the water is....  even the small boats like mine will run out of dock before the boat is off the trailer. Most of the shoreline ice is gone, and after next weeks projected warm forecast, we should be good to go in the Rochester basin area.

     

    Just my $.02

  7. Jeff, Good point on the zoom range... I forgot to mention that I have my marker zoom range set to read a 60ft. section of water, and key in on the thermocline area. For example, fishing in 200fow, 52 degrees  80 down, will zoom to 50 to 110 range on one side of the split screen, with full depth on the other side.

  8. Jeff, I've run the 620 for 4 seasons now and don't have the issues you describe. Here's a few things you can check:

     

    Pressing the gain knob, gives 3 choices, fishing, cruising, and off.  The auto gain must be "off" for any of your manual changes to take effect.  You can offset the gain for each frequency. I boost the gain  on the 50 kz low frequency side, almost to the point of having a cluttered screen, and keep the high frequency side at "0".

     

    Check the interference settings. Turn it off and see if you have any electrical interference on the screen... use the minimum supression needed to keep the screen clean.  Same thing with low level noise and weak echo settings.... turn off as much of the auto filtering crap as you can to get a true picture...... dump the fish ID icon setting too.

     

    Remember, you are looking at a 3D world on a 2D screen.... what you see on the screen depends on how a fish swims through the cone angle. Very seldom do I see that perfect "arch" of a fish ... more often it's a blob, line, or streak on the screen.

     

    Check out this link for more help.

     

    http://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-electronics-forum/196651-i-need-help-operating-my-furuno-fcv-620-using-sonar-general.html

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