UNREEL

Just tie on 20 ft of 40 or 50 lb mono on the end of your wire and you dont't have the curly Q's to trim off. Wire should last for years unless you tangle with a copper or whatever.   

When the fleas show up around Rochester we splice in 150ft of Blood Run Sea Flea with back to back uni knot. 10ft or so of 20lb flouro to swivel from there. Seems to work for us

My advice would be to go to the first three posts on this topic list from Legacy. Rob has stated everything you need to know about reel sizes and spooling. Great info

WindAlert helps with wind direction and speed. 

Going west was the right move.    

Bought new planer reels in 2016 which came with 150-200 lb mono on them. It was OK for a couple of months then nothing wanted to slide on it easily. Changed it out with a 300 ft spool of 150 lb Power Pro last year and could not be happier. I run double keeled Otters with Clipper releases in spring and Scottys later on

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Lots of open water that part of I-Bay right now. I had no luck walking some shoreline. Good luck with the paddle search

Nice shakedown run I'd say

Would it be over by Southpoint Marina or farther north? I walk the trails on the east side sometimes

20 hours ago, joe g said:

just buy the new hi speed convectors. come with the upgraded drags aldready

Damn. Forgot all about this seminar. Started 30 min ago.  Should start writing more things down on calender

13 hours ago, Low Baller said:

Good info, thanks. Can't have too many lures. I'll probably have to get the extra keels for the otter boats to accommodate the drag. More stuff to think about.

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The single keels will be fine for pulling those mag lips or any stickbaits. The double keels help when you put out long coppers later in the year. 

21 hours ago, Legacy said:

 

Absolutely no need to upgrade the drags on a convector straight out of the box. Does tuna Tom's offer great drags for all reels... Absolutely.

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Agreed. Like finsntins, my Convectors and Catalinas had 6-7 years on em and needed some PM

9 hours ago, pieman9155 said:

anybody ever use mag lips for browns

 

Just got an order of 4 from Yakima. Can't wait to get em wet

Yup. Tuna uses a flat rate of $5.99 for return shipping. There is a form to fill out on their website

On 2/13/2018 at 7:41 AM, bandrus1 said:

How much r tom upgrades

FYI it's $9 for the Dragmaster drags and around $15 for the labor. You get the

old parts back in a baggie. Great value IMO.

 I also ordered several extra clicker springs for my Catalina wire reels. $2. 

On 1/18/2018 at 9:23 AM, rolmops said:

The DEC stocked 26000 Ciscos in I-Bay four or five years ago. Did anybody catch any in I-Bay?


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We've seen a few floaters in I-Bay during the heavy stocking years, '14 & '15, but have never caught one

Nice going you two. 

  C'mon summer!!

15 hours ago, lost a lure said:

"chart must be printed for accurate sizing"

Thanks. I missed that

On 1/4/2018 at 5:42 PM, Gill-T said:

Why are there pieces of corn in my Perch fillets?

Now thats funny,  gross but funny

On 1/1/2018 at 12:16 PM, Missdemeanor said:

That's why I don't hunt those birds anymore.... Scoters can be made into slim sticks.... But old squaws are down right gross.

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I just read somewhere Oldsquaw numbers on the Great Lakes have been increasing cause they're chowing on zebra mussels. Can't help the taste. 

Outstanding!!!! Congrats and Happy Holidays