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There is an attachment that the Smart troll probe goes into with a speed wheel attachment. I had to use mine last week when my 3 month old Fish Hawk lithium probe died.

TTT Deal fell through. They are back up for sale.

Its not the setup that make you troll slow. It's the cowbells that limit your speed. I run Hammerhead 5/0 cowbells exclusively and they produce best from 1.0-18 ball speed.

2.0 is a touch fast for lake trout if you are using cowbells. 300' usually hits around 130' - 140' at 1.4 (the sweet spot for cowbells). I used to run this set up a lot when laker fishing but two riggers and a thumper rig were too much at times, so I thinned it down to two riggers and two spare rods ready to go down as soon as a rod fired. It was way more efficient.

I am selling caps that go in the rod holder holes on Cannon downriggers. If you do not have a rod holder mounted on the side of the body of the rigger, these will close up the hole and make it look good. The stainless-steel bolt is included with the cap. They are $12.00 each. They are available in Black or White. Shipping is available.

Sold pending payment

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LOC ended Sunday so you are off the hook!

Gambler Rigs are available on my website at www.gamblerrigs.com, Mitchels Bait and tackle on Lake Ave in Rochester, Rt 18 tackle at Narbys in Oak Orchard or Roy's Marina on Seneca Lake.

Jigging lakers on Lake Ontario is way harder than Cayuga. You don't have the big currents we have on Lake Ontario.

You can run a wire thumper rig. Use a three way swivel, a 1lb weight and your cowbells. Run a 3-4' dropper for the 1lb weight. Let it out until you hit bottom. Let it settle and let it out to bump again. dragging the weight will get you more hits. Fighting lakers this way is not fun but very productive. I highly recommend Hammerhead Cowbells and Gambler Rigs!

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Survey is a must on any used boat. It could save you thousands and lots of headaches.

Rob failed to tell me that part!

Glad to see you are finally starting to come around to laker fishing Billy! When you are ready, I will give you a deal on Gambler Rigs!

I use the old Penn 345 GTI's. The are slow but get the job done. They hold 300yds of backing.

Friday morning, we left the creek and set down in 300' knowing the inside would be a mess after the blow Wednesday. We found a small break in 385' that was holding a ton of fish. We pounded kings and steelhead all morning. It was mostly a meat bite for us. Spoons only took skips and small steelhead. Riggers parked at 100, 110 and 135, mag divers out 265 and 335, 500 and 550 coppers did most of the damage. We 6 kings over 18 including two over 20. At the weigh in for Big Fish Friday, our 21.57lb king was one place out of the money. Saturday morning, we left the creek and headed to our weigh points from Friday. When I set the probe rigger, temp had come up 25' overnight. We adjusted our spread and started taking kings right off the bat. The bite was slower than Friday and the size was way down. Riggers at 80, 90 and 120, Mag divers at 250 and 265, 400, 450 and 500 coppers did the damage. At weigh in, our box came up short of the money and we landed in 13th place. This is only the fourth time in 17 years we didn't place in the top ten. Congrats to Blue Collar Sports for their win, and Always Something for their LOC winning lake trout that was part of their 2nd place box. Here is what worked for us: Custom painted echip with a Hawks Tackle Electric funeral meat rig Green UV E chip with an Atommik UV Grinch Meat rig Hawks Tackle Snowflake paddle with a Hawks Tackle Snowflake meat rig. Green Dot E chip with a Lances 2 Face Atommik meat Rig Custom Painted Live Wire E chip with a UV Jaxson Atommik meat rig Hawks Tackle Anxiety mag Hawks tackle UV Carbon Mag Hawks Tackle Electric Funeral Mag Hawks Tackle Snowflake Mag Stinger Stingray NBK