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NOTE!!! the situation at the Catt is changing rapidly. Silver Creek residents are getting ready to be evacuated according to some of my relatives down there. I would not plan on a trip out there being a sure thing as things are starting to percolate.

So it seems that a charging system will not really help with my downrigger power. What is needed is something between the battery and the riggers that help supply a consistent source of amps. Does any product out there do this?

Similar to last year. Smaller fish, higher in the water column fishing, lots of leadcore, spoon bite. The hope is we didn't lose the year class of Kings like last year. Fishing was great last year for everything but kings on the west end. 50 fish in four hours of shoreline trolling, 35 lakers in 4 hours of trolling with two rods in.....these are crazy numbers that happened last year. For me however, ........it all about the kings.

Exactly Senior Snagger! You are making my point for me. The DEC is hypocritical stocking species all over the place at their discretion. Now this has opened up wonderful opportunities for us sportsman ....for sure! So on one hand they are planting "exotic" species then take an anti-exotic stance when money is involved.....see also King Salmon vs Lake Trout. Hypocrisy. PS: Some interesting reading about what the Canadian Atlantic Salmon farming program has done to the Pacific Salmon on the west coast.

So I am reading that the 9.9 will only produce 6 amps at full throttle and the small amount of charge happening at trolling speed may not help anything. What are you seeing PAP on yours?

Let me get this straight......the NYSDEC gave New Jersey steelhead and salmon eggs to develop a PACIFIC species fishery on the Atlantic side..... If this is true HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSE TO TAKE THE DEC STANCE THAT THEY ARE CONSERVATION MINDED AND ARE PRO NATIVE SPECIES AND AGAINST EXOTIC SPECIES????? THIS IS AS STUPID AS CANADIANS FARM RAISING ATLANTICS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. I see someone mentioned the article was from 1988. Man I hope smarter minds prevailed.

I am using new Cannon downrigger power cords only. Two batteries hooked to a perko switch placed on "both" setting. Agreed on the amp/voltage draw at the rigger but how am I going to measure that?

Exactly! I like simple.....that is why I didn't get the digitrol model. A simple machine that goes up and down. I don't think my center Big Jon Brute has a circuit board.

I would like to add charging capability to my trolling motor. Specs are 9.9 Merc 4 stroke manual start. What do I need?

I don't know Pap, I have a voltage meter at the helm and I have never detected low voltage issues.

The Canadians are moving steelhead stocking to mostly Western ports of Lake Ontario because they are finding steelhead are breeding in tribs of the St. Lawrence River.

Brand new power cords, brand new connections so neither case fits the failure.

Help me out here as I am not an electrician. Where is the capacitor placed? Between the rigger and the battery? I am wired direct to the battery. The capacitors I see available are for marine stereo applications. Wouldn't onboard chargers have a capacitor built in?

So after contacting Cannon representative thru their customer service email service, the company is standing behind their less then adequate 3 month warranty. I have received no satisfaction from going down this path. Would anyone buy something if they thought it would last only 3 months? Inferior product, inferior warranty. I will look elsewhere when it comes time to buy new.

Downrigger balls in all forms rarely spin but move in a "watch-wind" motion. Given there are two metals in the cable twisting back and forth over time, their dissimilar properties are probably changing at different rates over time. Just a guess.

Too difficult to tell with leadcore. It won't be deeper by much...really a non-factor IMO.

Thanks everyone .....for the enlightenment.

Steve, I remember the process at the Pro/Ams. Different people in office, maybe we resubmit the findings? Cuomo is giving away Billions in incentives for businesses in NY (supposedly). Seems to me he ought to be interested in the well-being of the sport.

If these meetings don't have a state representative then nothing will ever get done. A DEC employee will not want to complain, stomp their foot, or fight too hard for a good cause if their job is placed in jeopardy by doing so. I probably would be no different. I would want to protect my job to protect my family and my pension. We need to be speaking directly with state officials......esp. economic development people.

Thanks Brian. So help me to understand what these meetings look like and what parties are represented. The Federation's reps, the DEC, and ..... Is there anyone from the state at these meetings or are we only talking to the DEC?

Is there an advisory board for the DEC? In Canada they have a council made up of stakeholders who speak to the OMNR. I think we need representation between the state and DEC.

Exactly! This is something the DEC can be held accountable. In years where there are plenty of returns, the biggest and brightest should be selected. This speaks to laziness more than anything. Once the three and four year old spawning genetics are gone........their gone for good.

The lower river looks mint for all you drifters. http://www.webcamgalore.com/EN/webcam/USA/Youngstown-New-York/18879.html

These are nice look at with all the pretty colors. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/greatlakes/lakeontario_cdrom/images/a1_lg.jpg