TyeeTanic

The weight should always point towards the center of your boat. So think about which side you want to put it out on. The turn the weight towards the boat (so if you are on the starboard, you will have to turn it clockwise). You want to put the setting anywhere from 0.5 to 3.0. If you only have 1 on each side of your boat, #1 is a good setting. If you have 2 on each side a #1 on the inside and a #2.5 on the outside. The higher the number the less it will dive because the water is hitting the dipsey to create horizontal drag rather than all vertical drag.

What kind of a rod do you have? Roller guides won't let a small swivel through, and not sure about the crimps.

I use a snubber between the main cable and DR weight, for that exact reason and to take a load off the gunwale in bouncy seas.

If I couldn't use a micro-swivel to tie those two lines together (and the problem would be getting the swivel through the roller guides if you have a wireline rod), then I wouldn't bother taking the risk.

I'm not sure what is being asked. If it is the Fishawk X4 or X4D, you wouldn't ever attach this to a lure. If you are talking about the Fishhawk TD unit, I still wouldn't attach it to a lure, as you need to retrieve it to get the tempth/depth data. When I had a TD, I would attach it securely to a wireline rod, and put about 10 oz of drop weights on the end of the line to get it down as I was trolling. Once I felt it touch bottom, I quickly reeled in to get it off bottom (to avoid snags) and then retrieved normally. This would tell me the water temperature profile, and I could drop it down as frequent as I wanted to. I had a dedicated rod for it as well.

Yes, no problem, that's what I have on all 4 of my wireline rods with the convector 30D reel. Plus you can get about 100 feet of braid backing. Just make sure you reel the wire in nice and slow and tight.

Convector 30D, reliable and best value for money.

Owner or the new torpedo treble.

I would support the restriction of trout egg use. But I am in Canada, so I can't vote. lol.

Yankee, how do you keep the divers from floppy everywhere and damaging the pole when you're underway? I'm just afraid to have all that weight hanging off the end of my rod.

I use torpedo 7 strand 30 lbs or 45 lb test. Smokey color. Works fine - I have reels over 4 years old with them. Sometimes I have to cut off the last 2 or 3 ft, if I see some frays, but not much. If you treat it nice, it lasts a long time.

Seaguar flouro leader is good.

Sounds dangerous. I know if you have experience, you are good enough to avoid tangles, but it just takes a simple mistake, or strong currents, and then you are untangling line for 30 minutes. Is that loss of fishing time really worth it? I say that sometimes less is more.

Don, I got this advice when I started and never acted on it. It cost me thousands of dollars on wasted equipment, gas and time. Go on a local fishing charter. They will show you what equipment works and how to use it. You will also start figuring out how to find fish. It seems illogical to own your own boat and go on a charter, but trust me, you could save a lot of money and get so much more out of fishing with this initial boost. I have changed every major piece of tackle and fishing equipment at least once, if not twice, since I started. I finally think I have all the right stuff. I also own a tonne of crap I will never use and have my go to baits, which make up about 20% of what I own. If I had known at the start what to get, I would have saved thousands.

Go to port credit. Fishing is great there in July and early August. Bronte can be good on certain days if weather conditions bring the fish here.

We use the albright to join Leader to wire. The Leader is what we twist around the wire that is bent back. Make sure it's a clean knot and you should be fine.