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  1. Sk8man
    Hughes 8-10-17 What a Day! Admiral Byrd and I got on the water at 6:15 and motored out to about 470 ft to begin what turned out to be a real good day of "kinging". We marked fisjh quickly and without a temp device we were stuck with the old standby of fishing the marks but based on LOU reports elsewhere we figured 100 ft or so might do the job. A few minutes later first king on a downrigger set at 100 ft. and we continued north marking intermittent deep marks and some in the 6o--70 ft over whatever. We fished it out to 750 or so with a king here and there and all but one on the riggers parked at 90-100 ft. with bright colored medium spoons. We fished in and out of the 450-700 range all day and accounted for 12 kings and 2 steelies one of which was a football shaped beauty at about 12-14 lbs that was returned to fight another day as were all the kings we could safely return. Two of the biggest kings were in the low 20's which fought like hell and most others in the teens with a couple juveniles thrown in the mix. A couple kings came on sliders. We had a few other hit and gones and lost a couple fish as well. Only two fish (one 20 lb. ) came on the homemade flies with a couple hit and gone's on them as well. It was definitely primarily a rigger/spoon bite for us all day. We fished it until about 7PM and only had a few of the fish in the late afternoon and not much after 1PM or so. They also seemed to want a pretty fast trolling speed going northerly and the current was pretty strong where we fished. Bob took a few representative pics. It was also a day of experimentation regarding the stable flies. I anticiapated them by wearing a long sleeved very light weight poly shirt and long lightweight "breathable" hiking pants that were long enough to cover my ankles while Bob opted for his "lucky" shorts and short-sleeved shirt. I know it is sinful but I kinda chuckled to myself early in the AM when we started out for Hughes and I saw how he was dressed Worst of all we have been through this scenario before but a combination of Dutch stubbornness and superstitious behavior got the best of Bob and he just couldn't shift gears apparently Check out the pic with the red pointer P.S. The flies never bothered me once as they had Bob cornered and he was fighting them off all afternoon and he even ran out of swear words toward the end....The day also suggests that although a Fishawk is very desireable you can still have a good day without knowing downspeed and temp
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    I think the potential problem you are referring to is because I believe the Fishawk runs at about 70 khz and any new full CHIRP covers an entire range from low medium and high frequencies. The medium frequency range would include 70 khz and therein lies the potential interference problem. It may be a matter of relocating one of the transducers or perhaps not using the medium frequency range. Maybe someone who has been through the problem can pipe in.
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    tt
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    Check out the ones by bikinibottom on here
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    Thas one for the wall
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    I have a 250 and a 300 set up the way I described above. You probably have 45 lb copper and maybe heavier backing? The 30 lb Power Pro is pretty small diameter. The nice thing about that reel is that it has a higher gear ratio than the standard 47H. I also replaced the drag washers with carbon fiber ones. P.S. I only use them on the Fingers though
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    Aaron if it is only going to be used on the Finger Lakes you could use 150 yds of 30 lb Power Pro and 300 ft of 30 lb copper and that should fit on the 47LC Great Lakes model
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    Welcome to LOU Jim and thanks for the video very cool. Haven't seen that many smallies up close in a long while
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    Nice going Aaron Pretty addictive isn't it?
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    Shouldn't it read 150 lb cable?
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    It can help to run the riggers with shorter leads and deeper but a wild king on a rigger can change everything too and clearing the leadcore quickly may be advisable. ( I looked for a pic I have of my 10 color rolled up in a ball on the bottom of the boat for reference but couldn't find itt
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    We can all be thankful we live in the modern age of medicine and technology when these situations occur. Others have been through it successfully so take heart, stay positive, and especially remain very understanding and supportive of your wife as it is really important that her emotional state stays as stabile as possible under the circumstances.
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    Ditto on this 700 ft is plenty for the Fingers as you seldom let out more than 400 ft and that still leaves you the length of a football field on the spool. For Lake O because of the king potential you'd want new wire at 1,000 ft. If only on the Fingers another option (but less sound) would be to cut out the bad section and rejoin the two remaining sections with a small SPRO heavy swivel and use crimps on both ends of the swivel. This would allow you to keep the extra 300 ft. as a (backup) just in case you got hung up on bottom or something and needed the extra 300 ft but it would still probably be the potentially weakest part of your setup and you would have to make sure the swivel would safely clear the line guide ofthe reel and the eylets of the rod.
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    Use a 124mm Deeper Diver (Walker) on 30 lb wire set to zero if have longer diver rod if not #1 to get it away from the riggers and run it deeper with more wire out.
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    Will do thx.
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    Anything is worth a try and you'll never know until you actually do try it but again I'd compare it right along with your other braid.
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    I'm not familiar with that particular line but line diameter may not be the most critical factor. Line texture is what seems to make the most difference with fleas combined with the density of the fleas encountered. Although some types of fleas seem vulnerable to line diameter lines like braid and leadcore seem to load up more than certain mono like Sea flee which has a slippery surface and at 30 lb test it usually also provides some relief in terms of diameter as well. I have had 6-8 ft long thick strands of fleas on 150 lb downrigger cable on Keuka Lake in the past and that suggested that for some flea densities at least diameter may not be the critical factor but the texture of the wire and heavy concentration of that particular type of flea gave us that "headache". It might be interesting to run one rod with it against one with your usual braid and see the result
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    Thanks for delievring the package too Sammy.
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    WTG bud! You smacked them pretty good Brian. I sure wish I had gone there today. I was tempted but I had to do lawn work and the wind prediction didn't look great....big mistake I guess Man..the landlocks coming out of there look healthy don't they? I think I'm going to give it a try there as soon as possible. The big pond looks a mess right now maybe let it calm down a bit before going back there.
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    Nope but he was interested in that boat and may have waited too long on it
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    Friend looking for 16-17 ft center Console glass w/4 stroke A buddy of mine who already owns a new large pontoon boat is looking for a fairly recent fiberglass 16-17 ft center console boat with a 4 stroke motor to fish solo on Finger Lakes. If anything interesting out there I'll get his contact info.
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    Great fish and really nice photo as well..the clouds and chop in the background make it pop
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    I think that water is going to be pretty mixed up for a while temperature wise and otherwise
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    The bottom line is no matter what the size of the boat when it is that rough out there you aren't able to fish the way you want (although someboats may be more comfortable than others) and have no control over your speed and presentation and this ='s no fun
  25. Sk8man
    5ft 9 inch Quantum rod (medium/heavy action) with a Shimano Bantam Mag reel with 10 lb Power Pro
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