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Great catch there. Thanks for posting.

May you and your families have a happy, warm and safe Holiday Season. Come on April!

You can also run short cores (2 or 3 colors) off of your downriggers to achieve greater depth and a more stealthy presentation.  Some refer to this as a special weapons rig, SWR.  Just add the depth that the cores would achieve to your downrigger depth.  There have been days where this has been the trick, especially on negative fish.  With this, you don't need to worry about running diving plugs to get greater depth.  Just one of many tools in your arsenal.

these bad boys where pretty good to me on kings both FLT high Viz

+1

Maybe it's a fault line where all of the salmon went the past two years.

I'm IN.  See you at the bar (not the Niagara bar).

Protroll flasher tape, slide divers and accessories.

Agreed. Tape and lots of it. UV and glow. Ladder backs, sheets and eyes.

I have never ran a spoon behind a paddle or spinny. Is this a regular in most guys setup?

I get some strange looks when I mention it to some fishermen, but it works and there are days when they won't hit a fly behind a paddle but will nail a spoon. The paddle/spinny is just an attractor.

Good selection. Nice to see FLT in the list.

Don't rule out fishing a spoon 4-6' behind a spinny or paddle. Sometimes this is the ticket.

I just confirmed with Kevin and the LOC organization the the 1k/day runs the week before and up to the WHI and the LOC start the 6th and runs the week after the WHI.  The LOC organization said it has to do with the timing of the walleye season.  It seems to me that far more people are targeting salmon than walleye.  smh

Am I reading the info right......the LOC is the week after the WHI?   When is the 1k/Day running?

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Someday I just might need a square piece of plastic. I better keep them!

Great job!

FH, I have the same dilemma. I intend to head there also but can't find any good info. I might end up hitting one of them one day and the other the next. I'm interested in any replies.

If your only fishing till mid May, I would say no way. Stick with spinnys/flies. You have very limited time fishing kings, don't try to complicate things and spend money on meat stuff.

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Agreed

Yup. Worth every penny! Especially when fishing deeper water. I ran manuals for many years before and cranking them up from 100ft down gets old quick.

Took me one whole year to realize that.  After the FF/GPS, you NEED electric downriggers!

Nice set up, do you find the electrics are worth the extra money?

Nice set up Bosun.  As far as electronics, get a good fishfinder/GPS unit and don't worry about down speed, down temp or radar for now.   A good fishfinder with GPS will get you most of the way there.

I work for a U.S company, same people different area. Appreciate the help, good luck on the water

If you get in the Wilson Boat Yard area this coming year on a weekend evening, stop by and say Hi.  I've always got some fish stories and a cold brew.  Look for this boat.  Only tin can in the marina.

Lots of good and knowledgeable guys on this forum.  Many who know a lot more than me.  I'm on the US side in Wilson marina, so we're not likely to cross paths.  Good Luck!

Spring fishing is usually targeting brown trout in 5-20 FOW with stick baits.  mid-March thru April.  You just use the riggers down 2-10' and run 100+ feet of line out to the stick bait.  Salmon are an incidental catch since the water is too cold for them to be very active.  Beginning late April through May, they are more often found in 60-120 FOW and that's where you need the riggers.  These are all approximations, but you get the idea.  When you're in 15 FOW (feet of water), you're brown trout fishing for the most part.

BOAT............ Bust out another thousand. My setup was free. Scraps off the job site. Works great.

Amen.  Free is good. 

Better pic of the downrigger on a pedestal and a short track.  You can use one long track to cover the entire side of the boat for multiple rod holders and riggers.

I do have a lowrance elite 5 Chirp, I'll just have to pay attention to the SOG without investing in a the hawk units.

Any suggestions on setting up the riggers? I've seen a lot of people use boards across the back of the boat, I do need something that I can remove or at least take the riggers out, 7 out of 10 days I fish are spent fishing for bass

A Bert's or Canon track system is the way to go.  Both rod holders and the downriggers can be installed in the track and can then be moved or removed.  Downrigger can be mounted on a pedestal mount that slides in the track to make them sit higher (easier to access).  The tracks come in several lengths and there are many accessories that you can use in the track system.  Check out their website.  Mount riggers toward the back and rod holders further up the side.