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I am going to post this in two forums as I am not sure which one it should be in. We lost a bunch of wire from one of our dipsy rods. The question is can you splice with a small swivel or crimp two short spools/reels of wire to create on longer say 1000' spool or are we going to run into probles when we get a fish on. Thanks,

We lost a bunch of wire from one of our dipsy rods. The question is can you splice with a small swivel or crimp two short spools/reels of wire to create on longer say 1000' spool or are we going to run into probles when we get a fish on. Thanks,

Rich, When is a good time to call??

Musky Bob, Heard you on the radio and we began to talk but then were over run by what I call radio hogs. Sorry we didn't get a chance to talk. Nice report and glad the guys got to boat some fish. We were deep too on Saturday and had many monstous marks. Hope to talk or meet again some time. I think you are doing the Fair Haven Challenge, right? Maybe we can connect there. Clarke

Just a quick report from Team Lucky Enuff as Capt. Keyser has no intenet access at his current location. AND being old the memory isn't all that good either. He will probably give a better report later on. Got a later than normal start. Went looking - saw the pack. Alot of radio chatter about good pictures but nothing was turning on. They stayed on these fish for a long time with limited success. We on the other hand continued to look - trolloing our merry way to a 6-9 day. I won't count the swing and a miss as I call it on the wire. The wire had a short peel of the drag but by the time the rod was out of the holder nothing was there. But officially Capt. Keyseer wants to call it 6- 10. We had a steady slow pick until we pulled them around 2 p.m. Things that worked were green e-chip green fly, blue spin DR. (can't remember the fly), chrome dodger and T.G. Fly, white e-chip with white fly. I am sure we did a fish on something else but can't remember it. We caught our first 2 fisih out deep 450 500fow with 156foc out on the riggers. Even got out to 610 at one point and when we turned to come in shallower, BAM the rigger fired. At one other point I was headed to a way point and got involved talking on the radio and Capt. Keyser asked me if I was going in circles and realized I had done a "crazy Ivan" turn and BAM the rigger fired. I told him not to question my driving techniques and we all had a good laugh over that one. Had a lot of fun with Tim and Trevor (12) who boated their first ever kings this 4 day trip.

No need to worry now as the 20th place fish in the salmon division per this a.m. standings is 25# 4 oz. We weighed in a 25# 0 oz. fish yesterday and it never showed on the leader board.

Guys and Gals, I am having a discussion (arguement) with my son about the Henderson area and I hope you all will straighten this out once and for all. Is the "Wall" and the "Trench" the same? In the same area or two distinct separate areas?? Thanks in adavance.

What number is he calling? 800-reel2-in? There is another number that's not toll free 585-544-2563. I also have Dave Chilson's cell but not at this location. I can provide that tomorrow if necessary.

Mark, Awwesome video. I don't know if those who haven't fished a Pro Am can appreciate the anticipation and excitement one feels while watching this. Watching the boats schooled up waiting for release time to dash through the pierheads!! WOW WHAT A FEELING!!!!

Only One - King Me Sportfishing!!!

If you think the ones in Maine are big you oughta see the ones in Texas.....you know everythings bigger in Texas.

What's the length and hours on the engine??

We use older Cannon's. Very reliable no problems since I've owned them - 10 years and they were on the boat when I bought it. They do have a smaller footprint for mounting if space is an issue. Scotty's are belt driven and the ball freefalls when putting your setups down. I know some guys have troubles with the belts but know SPoonfed maintains his equipment in top notch order and has no issues as most do I guess. I remember issues with the belt if it gets wet. Maybe Spoonfed can add some ionsight to this issue. Honestly, if I was in the financial position to replace all 4 of my riggers I would seriously consider replacing my old Cannons with Scotty downriggers. Personally I don't like the Walker or Big Jon just because they have a 3 position/down switch with the middle position being "OFF". IMO the Big Jon are slightly better than the Walker because they have a "paddle" type switch which isn't as likely to get bumped as the Walker's "toggle" type switch which can be accidentally bumped and start spooling the rigger cable up or down. The down side to the Big Jon switch is you can more easily pass through the middle off position due to the paddle style that the Walker toggle. The Walker has goos area to grip to be sure you are in the middle position.

SS, You've got a PM

Fishman08, That's one feature (% of light) I hear is really nice on that Cannon. I hear Capt. Tony referrring to it all the time and many of the other charters are always inquiring about that from him. Glen, I can buy a heck of a lot of 9 volt batteries for $35-$40 which I think is the going rate for that coated cable

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Looked on LEI Extras and they don't list the X-16 anylonger. Could be I am blind though . Was going to refer him there too but couldn't locate the correct kit on that site.

I hear of everyone going through batteries like water (pardon the expression) with the fishhawk. I don't know what we are doing right but our battery lasts us quite a while. Mind you it won't last a whole season but we don't need to replace it during our long day trips and probably only after several trips. We do disconnect the battery every time we end our fishing day and maybe that is why we don't use a lot of batteries. :?:

Tank, Our speed was waya off. We were reading 2.75 on the Moore and our GPS SOG was like 3.7 and the temperature was bouncing around. By the time we figured out what was causing the problem it was too late to do anything about getting fishi in the boat for the LSRC. We were flying across the lake. We did get 4 very aggressive fish to take our lures but managed only 1 in the boat. I told the captain our stuff down below must have looked like pinwheels in a hurricane!!

Depth Raider, Moore SubTroll, Cannon SNT are three others that many guys use.

The stacker releases we are using are a large metal clip that hooks onto the rigger cable. The one we are using is the one in the middle picture in this link. http://www.johnssportinggoods.com/scott ... ge%203.htm

Learned the hard way - DON'T use these on the sub troll cable - it messes up the speed and temp readings.

Off Track, What type of hooks are you using? A couple years ago we went to some EWG (extra wide gap hooks) by Gamakatsu and they weren't heavy enough. No they weren't @X or 3X strong and we were experiencing the same thing. Some were straightening while others were crushed (2 of the 3 trebles were bent way in towards the shank). Since we went to @x and 3X strong hooks and haven't had another problem. Our thinking that the finer wire hook would penetrate quicker and deeper....NOT!!!

:?: Hey Guys, I see on the flyer for the LSRC that it says weigh in deadline is 2 p.m. sharp. Does this mean you have to be in line by 2 p.m. or have completed your fish weighed in by 2 p.m. Thanks,

Rick, How much separation do you have bow to stern between the 9' and 10' rods on the same side??