Tim Bromund

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As Les and John have stated, for the most part they have a lower effective speed range than some of the more modern spoones but on a slow troll they are killer, browns love them, and of the two types of evil eyes you mentioned, the ones that a metal like a regular trolling spoon are the Evil Eye Monarchs.  Those are a bit more speed tolerant and can be effectively run at normal king speeds, but even the bigger Size evil eyes will slay the kings on a slow troll that stays in their effective speed range.

Don't know if Andy Reekers are still made, but Eppinger is still making all of the evil eyes in a wide variety of colors.  Expensive, unless you buy them in bulk from the website.

http://www.eppinger.net/cgi-bin/index.pl?fs=1&mp=1&init=1 

I guess my point really was that since it has absolutely no discernible advantage in action, strength or reliability, spending the extra money on fluoro for your leaders is pointless, since the big cheap spool of big game that will last you 10 lifetimes works just as good.

I actually switched from 50 lb fluoro to Big Game quite a few years ago and like it better.  I've seen no drop off in bites with the Big Game and I think it is a bit more forgiving on some of those savage strikes due to its stretchiness.

Tim

Those old Joe's Pirates are pure gold, you scored yourself some great booty there .

And I mean pure gold from a fish catching perspective, not spoon blank material

They are 6"

http://www.greatlakestackleshop.com/products.php?cat=24

Along with the Orange/Orange mini doctor, the Chartreuse with Orange tape one has been killer on coho for me as well, particularly on 2 color and 3 color cores.

Seaguar and Gamma here.

Geez Guys, I'm not getting out of the game, just retiring the current ride.  A lot of the smaller stuff will be transferring to the next one .

couple pictures of the boat before it died

No worries, everything is fine, nothing to see here, fishing was the best ever.

He was such a douchebag, I'm glad he took his opt-out option.

Not necessary with the Amish Outfitter Redwood boards either, they ride low in the water, just like the synthetic boards do.

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Guess I can rest my case about the value of holding on to the old Evil Eyes

You can take my evil eyes when you pry them from my cold dead hands

Tim, how much are you willing to spend?  I have a Raven rod, so do many of the guys I fish with, they are GREAT!

But will set you back around $250.

 

Mark

Mark,

I have a Sheffield float rod now, it's a little heavy, but does a good enough job.  I've had and still use a Browning Syntec 10.5 Noodle rod with a Quantum Energy Spinning Reel that I've had for a long time and it is awesome, it's a shame Browning doesn't make them any more, I'd grab a couple spares.  I've just found that those Cabelas Fish Eagle II rods were great to fish with, but very fragile.  I've had everything from ultralight perch sticks to M/H Steelhead/Salmon spinning rods in the FEII and every one of them has broken.

Hey Brian,

Every year I tell myself I'm gonna make the road trip and head down to your event, but something always comes up.  That date is open right now for me, so I've already added it to my calendar before something else gets in the way again. 

Belli-cheat is a mediocre coach who lucked into a 6th round nobody draft pick that turned out to be a generational first ballot hall of famer.  He was a failure at Cleveland, only had 1 winning season, his first year at NE with Bledsoe at the helm was a stinker as well, then Bledsoe got hurt and the 6th rd guy that was holding his clipboard on the sideline went in in relief and all of a sudden Belli-cheat is a "genius". 

Once Brady retires, he will be a mediocre coach again.  But throughout all of that, the only thing that has been consistent, is that he is a always, ALWAYS, a huge gaping sphincter.

Interesting comment Tim and thanks for the link tandmbait.

 

what is interesting about your comment Tim is I had riggers mounted on a "bayliner" rigged for trolling for years, ( I know!  I was one of them) and I did quite well off the riggers, for being a "bayliner,"   bought the Grady last year from a guy that used it only for Walleye in Lake Erie, not trolling and put my Cannons on it, even one new one, and had my first season with a big downturn in rigger production, given same areas and tackle,....I have a lot of electronics and wires on the boat,...I did test once and was in the .5 range, which is close I thought.  It might be worth considering.

My previous boat was a "bayliner" as well.

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SORRY GUYS, THE BOAT IS GONE.  I SOLD IT IN AUGUST.

Hi Guys,

Just  heads up at this point, My 1986 Thompson 24' Hardtop has kind of officially bought the farm, so once winter is over and I unwrap it, I'm going to be parting out what I can before I junk the hull.

Item's I'll be looking to try and sell off of it:

• It has a good 5.0L Mercruiser (230HP) Engine, MR/Alpha 1 outdrive and transom assembly.  The trim motor on the transom assembly was replaced 2 years ago.  I'll either sell as a complete powertrain or as components.  It is in the boat and you can hear it run

• Anyone with a soft top Thompson looking to upgrade to a hardtop,  It looks like the HT is just screwed down to the gunwales, so it should come off the boat fairly easily. Complete with Drop Curtains and a Full Camper Canvas Enclosure.
• 1998 Shorelander tandem axle bunk trailer.  The bunks need to be replaced which I will do in the spring before I sell the trailer, once the boat is off it.
• 60 Gallon Aluminum Gas Tank.
• Full Teak Cabin Door Assembly.
• full width Teak Swim Platform (Maybe. depends on whether I can use it on whatever this boat's replacement will be)
• Any other odds and ends, Thompson trim pieces that might be salvageable.

I haven't thought much about pricing yet since we're still a couple months away from doing anything with it, but if anyone sees anything on the list you're interested in, PM me here on LOU and we can talk.

Thanks,

Tim

Yes, from everything I've seen, since he bought the company, Trevor has been very responsive to his customer's input and needs.

This topic comes up occasionally and you'll get a variety of opinions on it.  some think it's snake oil and some think it helps.  My opinion is that it depends on what your boat is doing. 

Based on my own personal experience, I'll say that if you have a boat with no electrical/grounding issues it won't do anything for you.  If your boat DOES have any electrical issues, it can help tremendously. 

When I first got my Thompson in 2002, I really struggled to get a rigger bite, we caught a ton of fish off the riggers on my previous boat, but I couldn't buy a rigger bite on the new one, tons of diver and core bites , but the riggers were dead.  I did the test with the multimeter and found that the voltage at my rigger cables was in the .1-.2v range.  So I bought a Cabela's black box (same as the Pro Troll, just re-badged for Cabelas, and after I installed it, I immediately started getting rigger bites again.

Over the years I almost completely rewired the boat and somewhere along the way I corrected whatever the problem was and it hasn't been necessary for a number of years now and it's no longer even on the boat, but I am 100% convinced it helped initially.  I went from being able to count the number of rigger bites over the course of a full season on both hands with a couple fingers to spare, to my riggers being the hottest setup on the boat on many days.

Tim

Do you do the tournament tie, with the large single in front? Much better percentage of staying buttoned up with that arrangement. 

I've been using a #2 Gami 2X treble for years and have had good luck with it, with a 5/0 Mustad 92553 Beak hook as the single in front.

At the Niagara Show this weekend Matthew from Torpedo Diver gave me some samples of the new trebles he's selling and they look really sweet.  I'm going to tie up a bunch of harnesses with those for this year and see how they work.  They are really, REALLY sharp when you touch them, I think they are going to be great hooks for fly harnesses.

Tim

The Owner of Fish Hawk, Trevor Sumption was at the show this weekend, so it's likely that Nick was talking to the big guy himself.  Hopefully he takes Nick's concerns/suggestions into consideration.

Thanks guys, it takes a ton of time and effort to put that together every year and it's nice to know that it's worth doing. Sounds like I missed quite a few of you as I was walking around. Would have liked to have finally met Les. I met Rolmops last year at the show. Saw lots of familiar faces like Big Dave, who I think has come to every one of them, both the Salmon Schools and the EXPO/ Marketplace. The Main Show had a ton of great 1hr seminars throughout the weekend, I hope you guys took advantage of some of those.

That said, I'm glad it's finally over for another year, between the Salmon School and the Marketplace I've been working on that since mid September. It'll be good to get a little break now.

Thanks to everyone that came out, your support is greatly appreciated.

Tim

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