carpcatcher

Thanks for the info Hop. I'm actually down in central Pa so borrowing your grandsons isn't an option. I actually just ordered a Garrett pro point to try.

I was lucky enough to get in to a batch of geese in the last couple of weeks. I would like to try and make some sausage out of some of it but before I run it thru the grinder I would like to check if for BB's. I ordered a cheap wand style detector off line and when it came it would pick up the plain steel shot but not the copper plated ones. Does anyone know of a good inexpensive metal detector that picks up copper well? Also if anyone has a good goose sausage recipe I'd love to hear it.

Just wondering if anyone has had an eye on the water temps around the chippawa bay area? Comming up in a few weeks and really hope the SMB have spawned and moved off of their beds. I hate seeing guys bed fishing so hopefully they will be done by the opener.

Thanks Kevin, so your saying don't connect the stick to the BB arm, put a 3 way rig above the BB and attach the stick to that on a leader?

I just started getting in to trolling for eyes with bottom bouncers the last few years. I mainly troll river systems with fairly heavy current and very uneven bottoms. All I've been using has been worm harness's and I would like to try some stickbaits. My question is when trolling in 25 to 40' depths would a shallow running floating stick, like a rogue still go deeper than the bottom bouncer or would the boyance keep it up a little from the weight? Keep in mind that I'm pretty new to this whole trolling thing so don't beat me up to bad.

I just recently put a hook reveal9ts on my boat and spent the week in the thousand islands area. The contour map that is already on the unit leaves a lot to be desired. I would like to get a micro sd card to put in it with better contour maps. Can anyone give me some advice on a good brand and model chip for the area up there?