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Well, I did my own field testing with the 30lb Big Game line yesterday. Ran 2 rods side by side off the riggers. One with 20lb Flea Flicker and the other with 30 lb BG. The 30lb line failed miserably . It's better than the regular 12lb for sure but still picks up fleas enough to say, "why save your money". The only flea attachment on the Flea Flicker line was at the knot on the swivel connecting the leader. Now I know why RR goes to 50lb.

: ....and also assuming that your teeth are close enough together to strip`um

Good read,.....thanks

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You should have known better,........not enough lines port side

No, that wasn't me Scott. I was solo and only ran one wire dip and two rigs . Didn't pick up any legal salmon and one 17" bow. The lakers were running pretty good size early then just the 3 to 5 lb'ers. Weed clumps gave me a fit `cause I wasn't watching what I was doing. I don't like the FF line but just put up with it. I have an extra set of reels on board that are spooled with FF line and just put them on as needed. The reels don't hold much when you have that nasty stuff on but enough to deal with the Finger lakes fish. Frisco bout sold me on the 30lb `till you mentioned 50lb ^

Hi Scott,.......I've been using flea flicker right along and was thinking about trying the 30lb Big Game but after that comment you got me wondering, why bother change? I was across the lake from you yesterday over in Aurora doing about the same. Didn’t get much of the silver fish but the lakers were looking for a snack.

Won't that kill the action of the first lure?

It is doable. I used something like this > http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/ ... t104616180 and attached one of my cheater lines to it. You can also use a folded clevis,..> http://www.cabelas.com/product/Fishing/ ... t104616180. I put a small split shot under the slider/clevis lightly crimped just enough to hold it where you want it so if a fish hooks up on that lure it will slide down to the dipsey and trip it. It's a little bit of a pain to deploy but after a few times you'll get your own technique. I ran it for awhile just because and then abandoned the method and ran more lines ( that's another story). It's a way to get another lure in the water if you fish alone. I did get 2 fish on it once. Fortunately they were undersize AS. BTW, you'll get more tangels running a cheater over a dodger than you will with this setup as long as you run spoons. PS: if you are using wire I would put a 8mm bead on ahead of the wire knot so the clevis chafe the knot.

I used the vinyl letters & numbers for my boat registration # on the bow and also for my boat name on the transom. They have been on for 10 years now and still years of life in um. Picked the sets up at my boat dealer. Can probably get them in other types of stores or online.

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Hi Wes,......there is something about your best friend on board. My Wheaten ..... congratulations on your anniversary

I always called them silver bass. Catch alot of them in Oneida lake. The back of the gill plate is pretty nasty , just like a perch.

Here is a pic of a fish caught 100' on the dipsey line counter (33' + down) over 50' bottom. Like the others said, doesen't happen often at that depth but does happen. Hang in there. My best producer deeper than 50' is flies behind a dodger or flasher. All you have to do is get the first fish on a DF and you'll be sold on then. $$$$$$

...stopped to quick?

\\\.....best bet is to wait till 3 or 4PM

I guess I've been pretty lucky. I've been running my units in my driveway since the late 80's to set up the screens and get a idea how the unit worked after I installed them. Eagles, Garmins & Furuno's. They work just fine, never had a `ducer problem and it saved me a lot of time dinking around once I was on the water,.....but that is me. Tie a plastic bag full of water around your `ducer if that will make you feel better. My Furuno was on several times in the driveway to interface with two different autopilots and GPS's. I'm a little slow so the last thing I want to do is spend hours on the lake setting up a sonar.

Here is a list: http://www.ilovethefingerlakes.com/recr ... cayuga.htm

Happy Birthday Z',...........see you Saturday >

Toad,...I have the same setup as you but took the paddle wheel off ( two screws) `cause I didn't need it. Like the others said, great unit and using it in auto mode works good. You can increase the gain even in auto. Play with that `till you start to see better fish returns and downrigger balls. Also the scroll speed is important . I sat in my driveway and set my unit up as far as the information on the display I wanted. ( yes it will work in air also, 2' off the blacktop will display about 4' to 5' bottom because sound travels slower in air) Take the book with you so you can fine the features you want while your fishing. I'll post a screen shot tonight when I get home. Hang in there. You'll like the unit. The top of the screen shows the various settings at the time of this picture. Your book will tell what each means. The speed indication is being picked up from my GPS.

...just to add another look and see to all that stuff above. Watch your rod action with a dodger on it. It is pretty easy to tell your speed ( proper lure action) by the pulse of the rod tip. Slow & lazy or fast and erratic. Match your spoons and plugs to what the rod tip is doing. I think a dodger is the most speed tolerant tool you can have. It works as slow as 1.5 up 3 mph, depending on what you drag behind it and what fish your after. A thumper rod is a good example.

........especially after I cut threir heads off

Hi Rollie,.......I fished up the lake north of Long Point. Pretty lack luster for me. Ended up with a half dozen lakers and no silver fish. Plenty of fish up there but just couldn't get my program to kick in. I'll blame it on the moon phase