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Run attractors and flys. White on white and green on green. Troll a j-plug and a mag spoon and as long as your presentations are running at the depth the fish are you will get bit. You could start running one side of the boat with a short lead of 10 to 20 feet and the other side with a longer lead of 35 -40 feet. When you catch a fish pay attention to all the details and start making adjustments to your spread accordingly. One fish could just be coincidence but two on the same rod can tell you volumes about what they want that day. Good luck. Glen

Nice job Dave. Glen

Hanks a good man. Nice job boys. Glen

Looks good Scott. Good luck with her. Glen

I believe Mikes Marina in Mexico is an authorized service center. Glen

Yup. Skinny water off the boards. Glen

Thanks to Longline and Lyteline. Tom and Zeke, When fishing 2 people on the boat or when we are searching deep water for fish, this law will really help make the fishing experience more enjoyable by allowing us to cover more water. It will allow us to make the most out of our meager day and a half of fishing when we come up for the weekend. Thanks for the time and work you guys put in to making this a reality. And thanks to the guys who emailed, sent letters and called. Glen

36-8 Theres some big ones this. Glen

Good luck bow. I don't think you will have any problems as I've been running off the back of the weight since about 1994 without issues. Pancake weights might cause some problems. Glen

Why not attach the scotty release to the back of ball? When you load up the rod your lure will be above the ball because of the lead from the ball to the release. Usually about 18" or so. Glen

Thats what I use for my trout Carp. Excellent knife but small for salmon. Glen

Forschner Cimeter 12" is what we use and am very happy with it. Dexter Russel also makes a good knife and uses fine steel that holds an edge great. A ceramic honning steel will keep them razor sharp. Used a steel honning rod at first but they rust on the boat. Glen

Nice job. Good trip for your first time out. Whats a walleye? Glen

Hope you have a good one split. Glen

Sounds "FISHY" Glen

We run Okuma pro classics at about $30.00 per for our attractors with heavy mono. 81/2 ft MH action. Shimano Tolaras at about $70.00 per rod for spoons and plugs with lighter mono. 8 1/2ft med action Have dragged the attractors with the Tolaras on occasion and they are pretty sweet rods. Pricey but nice and great longevity. Shakespear Ugly stiks for Browns. 8 1/2 ft light action. To light for salmon in my opinion. Glen

Coffe and tobbaco seems to work pretty good.

You say you put your probe and head unit on your friends boat and still had the same problem? You should swap them out one at a time. Probe first with his head unit on his boat. If you still have the problem with your probe and his head unit then it's your probe. Then try his probe with your head unit and see what happens. That way you isolate the bad component and then call Moores and tell them what happened. I got to figure you did put a new battery in....RIGHT ? Glen

Thanks for the as always accurate information Tom. Glen

I stand corrected. Glen

Welcome Jack. The stuff that used to catch Salmon for you will still take them today. Cut bait is still responsible for taking big Kings every year and there are days my dodgers out produce my flashers. J-plugs are responsible for killing many Salmon each year. The fish are still the same. Find out what they want to bite and give it to them. Conditions will dictate where they are and if they stick around, and how long they stage in front of the rivers. A variety of trolling flys, for running behind the dodgers and flahers, is a deadly addition you might want to consider. Again they have there days. Somedays they want spoons and plugs, others they want the attractors and flys. Despite what you might hear, all the major brands of flys will catch fish. There will be days your divers are going better than the riigers and others it's the opposite. There is a wealth of good information on lure and color selection here on this site. Read through the recent reports and tackel and techniques section to get a general idea of whats catching fish and how it's presented. And no there are still no magic lures on the market. Good luck. Glen

Nice fish Todd. Glen

Happy B day Ray. No luck on the Bass thing yet. Still working on it though. glen

Nice going Bud. Hope things are well with you. Glen

To answere the original question,yes I use backing on my Tekota 600lcs for wire. I like to keep the spool full to within an 1/8 of an inch of the rim. The counter is more accurate and you get faster retrieves as you are taking more wire on per revolution on a full spool. I used heavy mono as a backer. Alot cheaper than braid and with 1000 ft of wire on top I will never get to the backing while playing a fish. Just there for a filler. Glen