J.D.

The spoons pictured above are indeed Illuminators, I ran then for a while back in the late 80's......  As I recall, they never put a fish in the boat.  They were not speed tolerant at all, and made of plastic, you can't tune them by bending.  I do think they would be a good choice for walleye at slower speeds.

1996 Starcraft Superfisherman 170, rebuilt stern from multi-species to full height for big lake fishing.

 I use 30 lb.Trilene Big Game mono on all rods, and add different pound test flourocarbon leaders as needed, usually 10lb. off the boards and riggers for spring browns, 15 lb. off riggers for late spring / early summer, then 20 lb. for summer and fall.

I picked up the golf shirt and a coffee cup when the site first started with Cafepress.  Pleased with the qiality of the products. I've used the coffee cup for a few years now every day at work, and have put it through many dishwasher cycles.... it still looks new.

Check this video out.....

REZ !!!!!!!

Nice to see you on the board, Gary!  I didn't hear from you last summer, so I figured either you didn't make it up to Sodus for the salmon action, or you wised up in your old age and decided not to hang out with me.....  Either way, i hope things are going well for you.

Merry Christmas!

Jim

Unclepaul, We may have to get together for coffee and some boat rigging discussion this winter... I have a 17ft. aluminum I've rigged as a multi-species boat, also run from Braddocks Bay. I checked your profile.... we are also the same age, birthdays are a week apart... We can talk after the holidays if you'd like.

Jim S.

North Greece / Braddocks bay

Bought my Furuno 620 from them... great prices and service ( and no NY sales tax)

Great idea!!!..... except the number should be 288..........

repost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH6G9YJbyQk

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The   city's updated plan shows the boat launch remaining intact when the marina basin is finished...... we'll have to wait and see...

Marina Rendering Phase 1.pdf

No screws or bolts are included. Each mounting application is unique... fiberglass vs. aluminum, backer plate thickness, etc.

Original buyer backed out..... still for sale..

http://smoothdrag.com/

For Sale:

3 - Tite-Lok Rod Holders, #5710,   4 - mounting bases, #5602, with 4 - locking rings, #5600.

Rod holders are used, but in very good working condition.    

As we all know, when there's trouble, mariners and boaters rise to the task...

Complete Angeler's Guide to Transducers..

http://www.furunousa.com/ProductDocuments/Transducer%20Handbook%202007%20-%20web.pdf

I switched to shorter rods 4 seasons back... one of the best moves I've made. I've never lost a fish because I didn't have enough rod to handle them. Running Shimano TDR 7' medium action for riggers and board rods, same rod in medium heavy for lead core. Chopped the butts down on all rods, so length now is 6' 8"..... also using 7' 6" heavy musky rods with twilli tip for wire divers.

Just my $.02

Also running Furuno 620.... best I've ever owned

When you can see the bananas on his dash...

Old school here.... fishing from a small boat.. stack 2 rods per downrigger and a wire diver on each side.. 6 rods. I can put the 4 rigger lures exactly where I want them... sometimes the wire divers are a "best guess" depth.

Starboard corner

I use 7 1/2 foot medium heavy  musky rods with twili tips for my wire divers.... lots of leverage, easy to handle on a small boat.  I tie a 20 ft. leader of 30 lb. mono to the wire with a #8 Spro Power swivel and run a slide diver on the mono.... makes netting fish with a short rod easy.

Tangler, I was  thinking the same thing after seeing Tim's pic..

I my opinion, the advent of the internet has a lot to do with it.

For example, we've all had days when every lure we put down gets hit, other days, nothing gets touched. .. So i go out one sunny Saturday and pound the snot out of the kings on a glow frog spoon. Chances are, if the bite was hot, most any green spoon in the zone would draw strikes, but I ran the frogs.. I post pics here and tell you the glow frogs are hot, a ton of members read my post, Sunday morning, 50 boats are out running glow frogs...... they catch fish, post pics here, and the "hot glow frog saga" continues... By Monday afternoon, the local tackle stores are sold out of glow frog spoons..

 Funny thing is, the guys running other spoons, flashers, dodgers, j plugs, and meat rigs caught fish too.......

welcome to " the age of information overload"