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There are three launches that I think are all open now: 1- Mexico state launch at the mouth of the Little Salmon River 2- Pine Grove state launch on the Salmon River estuary 3- Light house launch in Selkirk at the mouth of the Salmon River I would go to Mexico now that it's open again

According to Fish Hawk the X4D will work with the same transducer as the 840 or the X4 Should be plug and play Fish Hawk X4D now with Bluetooth Smart wireless technology! NEW FOR 2015 - You'll get trolling speed and water temp at the lure, the true running depth of your downrigger weight, and surface temperature and speed - all key information for succesful trolling. The Fish Hawk X4D uses Bluetooth Smart wireless technology to send data to your mobile device and the free Fish Hawk Mobile App turns your smartphone or tablet into an extra display anywhere in the boat. The App's Catch Log feature lets you quickly record the species, size, GPS coordinates, time, probe data, and lure notes everytime you catch a fish. The app also lets you quickly and easily share Catch Log information with fishing bubbies in other boats via text or email. This complete system includes: the X4D Trolling Probe with protective bumper, LCD screen with mounting gimbal, transom mount transducer with bracket and hardware, 12-volt power cable,foul weather cover and breakaway cannonball safety cable. Patent Pending. Wireless digital data transmission guaranteed to 300-feet Magnum digit LCD can be seen from anywhere in the boat Easy to use with any downrigger Displays surface temp, surface speed, probe depth, probe temp, and probe speed Works with any downrigger cable including superbraids, coated cable not needed! Water pressure sensor provides true depth of downrigger weight Works with the same transducer used by the X4 and 840 Operates at unique frequency of 70KHz Units of measure: Fahrenheit/Celsius; feet/meters; MPH/KPH/KNOTS Sealed probe electronics, totally leak-proof Water activated probe, auto-on and auto-off 100+ hour life on 4 AA batteries Cannonball breakaway safety cable included Adjustable red backlit screen eliminates night-blindness Backed by the Fish Hawk Catch More Fish Guarantee Sammy I'm headed up tomorrow morning - maybe I'll see you at Arney's

Since your divers have a steeper dive curve and will run deeper than a your copper a copper run inside of your divers will tangle with the wire every time the diver trips and comes up towards the center. Standard rule of thumb is with lines off the side to always run your deepest lines closest to the boat. You can run a copper down the chute, straight off the back, as long as you get it out of the way when you bring in any other line. The key to launching a copper on a board over top of your divers is to keep the boat running straight, deploy the copper slowly down the chute and let the copper stabilize straight behind your boat before hooking it to your board. Since copper's dive curve isn't as steep as your divers' it should pass over top with no problems....unless you have some strange currents, the diver trips, you change speed or turn the boat

At least it's not going up: http://w3.lre.usace.army.mil/hh/GreatLakesWaterLevels/GLWL-CurrentMonth-Feet.pdf They've been releasing 10200 cubic meters/second, almost 2.7 million gallons/second, since 5/24 and it's still not dropping. http://ijc.org/en_/islrbc/Lake_Ontario_Outflow_Changes

The only problem with the Scotty snubbers is the odd snap they use on them won't work with my weights, the rubber holds up fine. Big John's have a regular snap swivel on them

A-TOM-MIK is now selling cut herring: http://atommik.com/a-tom-mik-cut-herring/ Great Lake Tackle has it also: http://cart.gltsupplies.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29827

Angler's Avenue has it, even sells it all set up on pre-spooled reels or you could order direct from Torpedo Divers http://www.anglersavenueproshop.com/weighted-steel/

I have a T9.9 on a Penn Yan 255 Intruder and it does the job in most conditions. As long as you get a "Hi thrust" motor I don't think it would make much difference if it is 9.9 or 15 hp. I would suggest going with a extra long (25") shaft to keep the prop in the water, a long shaft (20") will work but will probably ventilate once in awhile when the waves pick up.

A Sealine 47 size reel will hold 280 yds of 20lb test, maybe 180 yds of 30lb A 300 yd spool of 30lb Sea Flee or 30lb Big Game fits nicely on a 57 with just enough room for a leader and 3 colors of leadcore to make a SWR From Daiwa.com website: LINE COUNTER REELS WITH COUNTER BALANCED HANDLE Model Number Action FW / SW Bearings Gear Ratio Line Per Handle Turn Wt. (oz.) Line Capacity (Lb. Test / Yards) Drag Max SG27LC3B H / L 3BB 4.2:1 24.4" 16.2 MONO: 12/450, 14/30, 20/210 BRAID: 40/300, 50/240 15.4 SG47LC3B XH / M 3BB 4.2:1 24.4" 17.5 MONO: 14/480, 20/280, 25/230 BRAID: 40/480, 50/380 15.4 LINE COUNTER REELS WITH POWER HANDLE Model Number Action FW / SW Bearings Gear Ratio Line Per Handle Turn Wt. (oz.) Line Capacity (Lb. Test / Yards) Drag Max SG57LC3B XXH / H 3BB 6.1:1 42.9" 19.6 MONO: 20/580, 25/430, 30/330 BRAID: 40/830, 50/650, 60/550 20 Like Les, I prefer the smaller size 47 reels and use them on my riggers with 20lb test until the fleas show up then I start using the 57's with 30lb. I hate fleas!

The 57 works great for a rigger with 30lb test. I run 2 of them during flea season. A 47 is perfect for 20lb test and a 27 works for 12-15lb. I like having 300 yards of line, just in case Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Here's another option to look at: http://www.coastalnightlights.com/orders.html

One more: https://www.wunderground.com/MAR/LO/043.html

Daiwa DXT Roller Rods? For years I've been using Heartlands with a Twili tip for my wire divers and always wondered if roller rods are worth trying? Now I am looking at a couple 8'6" Daiwa DXT 's For guys that already made the switch to roller rods what do you think about these rods now? pros and cons compared to using twili tips? Thanks

I wouldn't use anything lighter than 50lb power pro for backing and I would rather just go with 1000' of wire. 1- if you cut back or "lose" any of your wire 500' won't be enough so you end up replacing it all 2- if your backing breaks or knot fails you lose all your wire, a dipsy, a paddle and a fly - ouch! 3- do you really want to worry about the backing and the knot when you have "that fish" on? 4- how much are you really going to save between 1000' of wire and braid backing anyway? Pay me now or pay me later, just one man's opinion

Why not tie up some of your own using barbless hooks? Fish Doctor Charters has a good tutorial video for tying a tournament tie leader http://www.fishdoctorcharters.com/template.tpl?selector=video

If you do mount it in the pedestal you may want to put a tether on it to hold it down in the pedestal mount The mast can have a tendency to wiggle upwards and can pop right out of the pedestal mount if you don't keep an eye on it.

Fish USA has it in 4 different flavors: Torpedo, Malin, Mason or AFW https://www.fishusa.com/Wire-Lead-Core-Fishing-Line Take your pick

Fish Doctor Charters out of Oswego, call and talk with Ernie http://www.fishdoctorcharters.com/template.tpl?selector=home