Sk8man

Just wondering.....why is the Wilker being represented as a Boston Whaler made boat?

Nice going and report and it sounds as though you had some quality time on the water with your daughter and that is what memories are made of for both of you.....neat!

:smile: Geez and I thought Ed busted me pretty good....good one! I'm training the dog to breath real hard on them for the next batch Les

Nice going.I'm surprised you could even jig or drift in that wind today. Les

Sounds good Ed.......hope that does it and you're back in business.

If the finish is good on them leave them "as is" would be my advice.It is a great combination and over the years I've caught more fish on the combo spoons especially the hammered finish (and I've had and used hundreds of Suttons). Les

One of the things I've been considering is shifting to some 90 lb seven strand instead of the 150 lb I now have on to help cut the blow back. I think barring a major hangup on bottom it would be strong enough (I only use10 lb max.weights) and yet cut through the water better and you can buy it in 1000 ft spools so you could probably put 500 ft. on each downrigger. I know this would be quite risky using the lighter wire with heavier weights. The one concern I do have however is whether the wire might be more prone to slipping over the edge of the pully wheel at the end of the boom. Anyone have any actual experience with this approach?

And I think the price of silver is sky high compared to a few years ago. Silver can be seen from a much greater distance than chrome.

I've recently been accused of having "girly" spoons but I've been using the nail polish on them for more than 30 years and it doesn't interfere with the action or impede them in any way. It is temporary though which is both "good" and "bad" (depending on whether you like to monkey). The nail polish (even with an acrylic hardener coating over it does come off after awhile but this is OK with me because if the color doesn't work real well I can easily change it (as long as I feel the action of it works OK). I had a bunch of older spoons that the finish was worn on (including Suttons) sitting in the basement a while back and decided to rejuvenate them and I've been hammering fish with them since (as well as saving money on new spoons) and I 'm not as concerned about losing them either It is noted though that colors in their element (outdoors in sunlight for example) do not appear the same at depth in water and in fact reportedly either "washout" or darken to black down deep (e.g 70 or 80 ft on down) although this may be slightly different depth wise with extremely clear water. Reportedly red shows up as "whitish" at about 40-50 ft in normal water conditions or so for example. Glow finishes themselves (depending on specifically what they are composed of) supposedly show up better at depth. Obviously I didn't do the studies but that's what the "color scientists" have published anyway. I should also mention another downside to the nail polish....daughters....they like to steal your stuff....and its usually the good "glitter" Oh and before anyone "nails me" about the nail polish smell I let it dry for a few days and then whenI put them in withmy other spoons Ispray the inside of the lid with shad scent spray I guess that's most of my "girly" secrets....

Really sorry to hear about the loss of your husband and from the sound of it a great fisherman as well. I know it is a tough thing to go through the auction but I'm sure a lot of happiness will result from it on the part of the recipients of the fishing equipment. Best of luck to you with it as well as your other life endeavors. Les

Same as Tim here....it works fin in Firefox