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    cannon SnT

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    I've been running the SNT since it's inception. I like it a lot and I did not experience the problems that others had reported. I sometimes wonder if some of the reporting that goes on is not meant to sway peoples opinions irregardless of facts. But anyways, I use an inline dubro's release(about the same as a blacks) except you can unscrew the halves apart and re-assemble them on the cable. I stop the upwards movement of the dubro's with two scotty auto stop beads. They don't hurt the coated cable.

    One of the features that I like most about the SNT probe is that I can take it off for the ride in very easily.

    Oswego net pens

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Guys, here's a copy of Tom allen's post over on GLA looking for help.

    It's time to get them out again and we might need some help. Certainly no need for 20 guys to show up but as of now Oswego has 5 or 6 guys who are going to start re-stringing our net pens. I was told about 10 or 12 guys total might work out nice. New mesh is needed, it's here and this Saturday the 5th is the date. The old mesh needs to be taken off and the new stuff put on. Depending on time they might be put in the water as well.

    If anybody is free, we are starting somewhere around 10 am, it may take a few hours it may take all day. If you are available please drop by.

    If more info arrives we will post it here!!

    I will try to get a contact number for those interested, you can give someone a call to confirm maybe Dave Wilson?

    Thanks in advance !!

    Tom

    Jerry Bressadola can be reached at 315-427-2691

    PRO AM RULES

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    The Screamer team is not winning because it is being sponsored. They were winning way before that. They are being sponsored because they are good fisherman and they are winners! I know these guys and I know that they work very hard to be the best that they can be. They put in a lot of time prefishing and maximise their time out on the water to put fish in the boat. No one on that team is a Charter Capt. and therefore they are eligible to fish in the amateur division.

    It never ceases to amaze me how winners are always being bashed , especially when they continually win. They continually win because they continually work harder and harder to maintain that position. If the bashers would put the effort into learning how to become better fishermen rather than using energy and effort to bash the winners, who knows where they could end up.

    Tournaments do and should showcase the best fisherman around the lake. The guys that are getting into a tournament hoping to get lucky and win,probably won't win. Hard work and working knowledge go hand in hand to produce winners. If you want to enter and be "lucky" enough to win you might as well play the lottery.

    A lot of guys fish the turnys to socialize and have a good time. That is absolutely cool and there is nothing wrong with that. The cold hard truth of the matter however, is that once you reach a certain level, anyone of the teams at that level are capable of winning. I like the idea of once you win so many times that you should be bumped up to the next level. On the other hand you are punishing people for working real hard and being "TOO GOOD". Where do you draw the line? What about sandbagging? This could go on and on!

    Capt. Jimmy Samia

    www.acecharters.com

    actual downrigger depth

    in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?

    Posted

    A couple of other points missed. If you don't have the same rigger weights both in weight and shape, it could make a big difference. If you ask, a lot of guys will tell you what they are running. A lot of guys are now running power pro on their riggers. With the less blowback this could affect the depth they're running at. What speed are they trolling at. Where on the lake are they. The temperature may be a lot different were they are fishing than where you are. Beware chasing the radio!

    wire diver set up

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    Chug, you will be able to fit 1000ft of 20lb wire on that 27lc. However, running 20lb wire comes with it's own set of conditions that have to be met so you don't find yourself breaking off expensive tackle. I would suggest going to a sg47lc size reel and using 30lb wire to start. It would cost you a lot less in the long run .

    I had a 32lb 6oz king run all my 20lb wire almost to the backing before he stopped running. We did get him in. My man was not in the derby! OUCH! Here's a pic.

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    copper knots

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    We have had the best results using the spro power swivels as per Ernie. The connection is called a haywire twist. You put the copper thru the spro swivel twice and then wrap the copper back on to itself. You wrap the copper on loose for a couple of wraps and then tightly together to finish it . We have added shrink tubing over the copper side of the connection to maintain the integrity of the backing and/or the leader if it should come in contact with any sharp edges left exposed, otherwise.

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    The top shows an Albright knot. It does not seem to hold up to our lake ontario kings. The haywire twist as per Ernie IS the way to go.

    The bottom shows the haywire twist without the shrink tube on it yet!

    The leader is tied on with a clinch knot( double thru the hole). The backing is tied on with a double palomar knot. A single Palomar has a tendency to slip with the superlines.

    Copper

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    I'm here Tommy, back from So. Africa.

    We ran 500ft of a 600ft rig off of Otter boards last year. I prefer to have the knot in the water, but we didn't have any 500fter's on the boat.(Seadevils) . So out of necessity we half hitched a rubber band around the copper and attached it to a jolly release. It is designed to break the rubber band on a strike. Caught fish with it without any problems. The section of copper between the rod and the board dips quite a bit so we had the rod set in a high position to keep the copper out of the water most of the time. THE RUBBER BAND DID NOT SEEM TO HARM THE COPPER IN ANY WAY.

    The most common breaking point on copper rigs last year was at the Albright knot connection just ahead of the knot on the copper side at the backing splice. All the guys that used the Albright knot and new how to catch fish were cussing. Tom, you know who they are! They had to buy more copper from you.

    Ernie Lanteigne first showed me the copper set-ups over seven years ago on Lake Michigan with Tim Dawiduk from Howies tackle. He recommended using the spro power swivels to make the connections between the backing to copper and the copper to leader splice. The rigs that I had set up this way did knot break like the Albright knot splices did.

    I know that there are folks on Lake Michigan who promote the Albright knot for connecting. It just doesn't seem to hold up well enough on our Lake Ontario Kings. After about six or seven mature kings look out!

    I had one 600ft set up last year that took well over sixty kings and is still going strong. I even let BIG FINN use it! It has the spro power swivels on it. I think I became one of Tommy's best customers last year because of the Albright knot. A lot of my buddies had to buy copper from Tommy, too. Sorry Tom, don't mean to cut into your copper sales. I think I made up for it though, with all the other goodies I HAD to buy from you. LOL!

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    opinions needed for which fish finder to buy

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    The new technology is awesome. It really does mark fish going that fast. After a blow and everybody is in search mode, it is at its best.

    Last year when coming in from the morning trip I marked a bunch of big hooks just off the bottom in 100 ft of water. I called Kevin to let him know and they finished out their limit with the five more kings they needed.

    I used a raytheon v850 for the last 12 years and the faster you went the smaller the targets would show up on the screen till the screen became all cluttered. The chart speed on the new furuno can be set to go fast enough to off set the shrinking of the targets on the screen as the boat speed increases. The digital technology in the new furuno allows for the clearer picture.

    It will do what I say. If you know Jim Staves well enough and even if you don't, just ask him. I'm sure he'll tell you the same thing.

    Capt. Jimmy Samia

    www.acecharters.com

    opinions needed for which fish finder to buy

    in Tackle and Techniques

    Posted

    http://furuno.psicompany.com/prodweb/fish/585l.htm

    Here's a link to the new furuno which came out last year. At the advice of my buddies Kevin Davis and Hat Trick Jimmy Staves I upgraded to this unit last year. It is phenomenal in it's performance. With a thru hull transducer we can mark fish going over 25mph up on plane and mark them clearly. You can adjust the screen speed to accommodate the faster boat speed to mark the fish. Shopping around on the internet last year we were able to pick up the display and the thru hull for 1400.00. It has been well worth the money.

    Capt. Jimmy Samia

    www.acecharters.com

    Snubber Question...

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Thanks for letting me back on guys, Sorry about the overgrown photo. I used photo bucket and couldn't figure out how to reduce it. I'll just keep it off.

    L/M 'S set up is what most of the Charter fleet over our neck of the woods ,eastern Lake O, use . No snubbers, and drags set just tite enough so they bleed every now and then. 40lb leader from the dipsey to the attractors, 20lb test for spoons. Loose drags can always be tightened, tite drags to start, well that's another story.

    Capt. Ace

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