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  1. Broadhorizons
    If you aren't dead set on Okuma, the Daiwa 47LC's and Penn 320LC's are comparable reels for wire.
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    I've also been on the Miss Pass-a-grille, a party boat, a couple times now. Capt Randy and Brooklyn/Rich run it out of St. Pete Beach, probably about an hour from Venice. Caught a pile of fish each time and the crew keeps it interesting too.
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    Check out Florida Sportfishing TV on youtube.
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    I hated my otters BUT if you chose to spend your money on them and upgrade your planer line to something "non-stretch" I would get snubbers to save breaking the rope through the foam. Mine broke enough times and were backed up. Disclaimer...I will never promote the otters like many guys have...just my opinion. Other Big Jon products are quality.
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    What does the true depth really matter? You will be fishing by the temp reading and where you mark fish on the graph. Its all relative, if you have hooks at 80' you would put your riggers in that range on the graph, see fish, see the weights and adjust. You can't know the exact depth of the fish just like you can't the weights. If guys want to be so critical of the rigger depth, how do you transfer the depth of the probe rigger to a plain weight with less blowback?
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    WOW, don't let John see those prices! Atleast until he's done with my boat... Those prices are much higher than what I was quoted for my Predator. I would try to work something out with John.
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    The 10a and 5/10HS are the same square base. The ST/STX bases are different. The bolt pattern must be the same since both style bases mount on the low profile swivels.
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    Other than making sure you have good heavy gauge wire to them so they get plenty of electric, probably not. It's tough to compare the new riggers to the old slow ones. It's going to be night and day when you run them.
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    Dave, what riggers do you run and boom length? I'm wondering about the clearance on those rods.
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    Don't rule out the 223 Rage/225 Outrage's either. They are a little wider. My previous 223 may still be for sale by the current owner if you search the classifieds. I don't know if it sold or not.
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    You could also shield your ff wires. get the foil tape for HVAC and use it to insulate your power and transducer wires. Run the tape down the length of the wire and roll it around the wire. I would start with the resistor plugs and wires though. Turning the gain down might help also. On my Humminbird 958, I had trouble at first but was making the ff "look too hard" by having the gain higher than I needed.
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    Wire and copper are totally different. Wire is used with dipsies or added weights for a thumper rod. Copper is run as a flatline like leadcore and gets depth on its own. I would setup two wire rods for dipsies before one copper rod.
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    Bretts is gone from ebay too.
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    Track systems are nice but not necessary. There are several brands of permanent base rodholders that will work for dipsies. Big Jon or Great Lakes Planers are two.
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    I can't say I've ever had enough fleas built up on 30# BG to worry about it. And certainly not enough for the price difference for Blood Run. At $4 per salmon reel, I'm respooling with BG again this season.
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    Have you checked TSC or Lowes for pulleys? Tony from Great Lakes Planers makes some excellent ALL metal pulleys but they would be a little more than a box store.
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    He says "asking 4g" so maybe $4000?
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    My previous boat had weedwacker line on it when I bought it. I can't remember if I used that though for a short time or not before I changed the system. There were no reels, just the line tied to the mast and out to the boards. The previous owner would just pull the line by hand and coil it in the boat on hooks similar to wrapping a cord on an upright vacuum. I have used the planer line from Traxstech (heavy mono I think) and now use Scotty downrigger braid. Both worked fine but I think the mono contracted in the cold and cracked one of the reels.
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    Check out the pipe for chain link fence. Light in weight and fairly cheap. I used one on my previous boat for a few seasons.
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    John, call me. 527-3652
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    Haha, actually I never switch from blacks... I leave the blacks on all season and snap the swivel of the scotty on the straight wire running between the two ears of the blacks. That way the scotty can swing/swivel free around the rigger cable without getting wrapped up if the cable spins.
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    Yes. But you can see this on any of the pinch pad releases with a tether. The difference is the blacks is rigid so the rubber band acts as the tether. I run scotty's most of the season then switch to blacks in late July. I set mine at 7 to 8# with a scale. Most of the time you won't get them to release from the boat buy pulling the rod which is fine with me. I learned a trick from Hank for popping them.
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    Take the money you'll spend on otters and extra keels and put it towards big jon electric reels. Then make your own set of boards and next year if you aren't happy with your homemades, look at Amish Outfitters or get ahold of Hank. I had otters, did everything guys suggest (knot length, half keels, reinforcing) and never got them to run and pull as good as the homemade boards I had. After the second time the foam broke at the rope, I had enough. On my way to the dumpster with them, I offered them to a buddy and took them for parts.
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    I haven't noticed a problem. I run 30# instead of 40# like you are planning.
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    I just turn the wheel... maybe speed up a touch if I'm turning towards spoons so they don't sink and hang bottom. Just keep an eye on the inside planer line so it doesn't slack too bad. Keep in mind they are spread horizontally. Brown fishing in 6' to 12-15' I don't worry about spreading lures by depth too much. Once I'm fishing a little deeper then maybe.
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