Sk8man

Hi Stan, I was there yesterday....launched at Dean's. Water level was just right. We trolled south on west side to about across from the power plant. That area was free of debris until across from power plant when it started to get some intermittent debris a few pieces of wood some scum on top, and some weeds on the boards and riggers. It was mainly an east wind until the afternoon so I'm not sure where it was coming from. The water was fine all along the west side from Deans until we reached that point though. We were after landlocks and browns but only caught lakers on jointed black and silver Rapala on board 7 colors leadcore and 4 color, and then doubled on rigger set at 32 foot one fish on cheater with Elmer Hinckley #87 silver and and a #666 silver on the main one about 7-8 lbs. (pic). fun having the two on one line Caught total 7 lakers -, all released fine. They really slammed those Hinckley spoons and lost a couple big ones on the boards (sunk the boards when they hit) A lot of bait 60-98 ft water.....huge amount right at Sheldrake Point.. Most fish came over 50-68 ft water.

That's great. Have a great season and enjoy your rig

The max. HP rating can be independent of the motor weight as I think it may be related to the difference in thrust between the 2 stroke and 4 stroke motors. The recommended max HP difference can be very much less for a 4 stroke motor than for the 20 hp rating for the 2 stroke...that is why I mentioned it. I'm not a marine mechanic so someone else may want to address it... I just noticed that the bracket itself is aluminum and sometimes the max rating can be different for them vs. a stainless steel bracket too. Just thought I'd mention it so you can be sure (and safe) out there

Ah.....I have kept 3 Mag 10A's and one Digitroll in service rather than go to the newer Cannons purposely as I prefer the slower retrieval rate and lack of problems, so the clip nests in them fine when retrieved so I understand the concern. I use the slower retrieval rate to rig things or change out lures while the rigger weight is one the way up. Dinosaurs like me have learned patience over the years I also have the drag on the riggers set so that if I don't get to it right away it just keeps the weight there while the wheel spins on the 10A's. I don't have autostop on them (thankfully in my view)

Lookin good. The one question I would have is did you carefully check the capacity max on the bracket because there can be a big difference between the max rating (both weight and horse power) for 2 stroke kickers and 4 strokes. Nice looking job on the mounting.

My "go to" for stacking is something I rigged up about 40 years ago (or more) and it has worked fine. It follows the principle of "simplicity can make sense" The trot line clip fastens to the downrigger cable at the one end of it by clipping to cable at the desired spot on the cable after the main lure is sent down. The rubber band is tied at one end to the lure line set out to desired length and then snapped into the duolock snap which is held to the trotline clip by shrink tubing. After release and the downrigger cable is retrrieved the trotline clip comes to the end of the downrigger and slides in place to be retrieved and used again.

Maybe wrap them stretched out fully with stiff shiny type paper before putting them in the ziplock?

Yep

Dre: I'm not sure of the specific answer to your question, but I do know that some types of plastics don't go well together and sometimes degrade some plastic baits. can fuse them together or melt them etc. Might want to take a couple of them and put them in the ziplock and see what happens rather than risking all of them

I'm sure you'll like them vs. the Roehmers

The browns have been in the lake and Naples Creek for years and they seem to be getting along OK

I believe it was only a partial stocking. They were from the Rome hatchery

Both styles of the Chamberlains work well and are less cumbersome than the Rohmers. I believe there is a max pressure setting of 4 lbs on them but they excel at lighter settings. I ocasionally use the stacker version for that purpose but I favor Black releases over others because they have just about infinite pressure settings so that when tightened they stay that way under load from dodger/flasher/Spin Docs.

3,000 9 inch browns stocked today at the pier at north end. No seagulls noted nearby and no floaters. Hopefully some wwill make it through adulthood

Traditionally they were used with a nightcrawler with a loose section hanging off the last hook JJ

Thanks Bill....much appreciated

Sweet Stan Those pics look good to me....beautiful fish!

Good going Brian. Looks like you are fully back in the swing of things and that is good to see. My first time back on the computer and the fifth day of Covid unfortunately. Can't wait to get out there myself. Lucky the boat didn't sink with all that hardwear back there

Although it may be unclear whether Gobies pass botulism on to humans they do however pass it on to other fish that eat them as well as birds that prey on them. They also indiscriminantly eat the eggs of other fish such as perch, bass, walleye and many others. They severely disrupt the food chain and food web so despite them eating the zebra mussels which is thought to be the source of the botulism and they may supplant a native species such as the freshwater Sculpin it is not without cost.

Gobies can contain Botulism and they can out compete Sculpin which are a re considered a native (rather than invasive) species

Oh Oh! Looks like the Round Goby has arrived (or possibly been there awhile)

The easiest way to tell is difficult from the pics unfortunately Steve. The Sculpin has two fins on the underside while the Round Goby has only one fin and it resembles a "suction cup" Just looking at the pics it appears that they are Freshwater Sculpin.