Hooked on Kings

For lake Ontario, boat depth and weight is very important, my family had boats all my life and then when my wife and I got married we bought our own boat. We are now on are third which is a 22' sea ray that weighs 5,900 lbs and has very good depth. One reason for this choice of boat, being able to fish Ontario and we vacation at BB and like Sandy pond area, but it can get rough in a hurry. This boat with its depth and weight cuts through waves and you don't feel like your getting pounded. My wife got seasick  on lake O in the smaller boats we've owned,  but so fare with this one she's hasn't. I would suggest buying used, if you take a good look around and take your time, there are many good deals to be had with the ecomony the way it is, boats depreciate very fast the first 5 years. If you have mechanical ability check it out good, if not, it might be worth taking one with you. One reason for not going much bigger is being able to trailer it, my max tow capacity is 8,900, which when it loaded with gas,fishing stuff or fun stuff it's pushing max weight. Good luck, nothing like fishing and boating on the big O with her sunsets.

I use 9 wsyr.com has a marine forcast page also gives live wind speeds and wave height.

Had the same issue with my 1997 Sea Ray, put a new steering cable on it steers great now. Mine was really bad last season when cold and out for spring browns. Piece of cake to change, took about 2 hrs, I think the cable cost was around 120$ with tax.

The clippers look good especially the price, thanks for the tip. Does anyone use a shock absorber on the planer line. Happened to see them while looking for prices on releases.

Sounds like I will start with a dozen and go from there, looking at some prices, cost will be somewhere around 90$ to 100$ for that many........ going to have to get part time job to pay for this obsession or maybe just won't tell the wife, what she doesn't know won't tic here off... lol...... thanks for the info. 

Thanks Bazooka, how many to start with, is dozen a good number.

Bought Otter boats for sping browns, want to know what releases to buy and how to use them. If you have your spread out say 3 or 4 lines pre side and you catch one on outside line, how do you redeploy it. Do you leghthen the lines you have out and send another release out, making the redeployed one the inside line or do you bring the boat in and redeploy everything. My plan is to run three sticks on boards and two spoons on riggers. 

We normally do small turns during our troll, this changes the speed of the dipsys without changing speed of the boat, inside one will drop, outside speeds up and raises in the water column. If we are doing a 180 we keep the same speed, just don't let wire go slack, dipsys will spin and tangle. If our bite is poor, then we always try adjust speeds but turns still stay the same for us. 

The one on the left is the walker, the one on the right is Luhr Jensen, both mags and same weight. Not saying they're any better, but they go deeper faster, like running Luhr Jensen with the ring on them. 

Nice .... how long do they stay charged for.... only been on the big lake O for two years so first I've heard of this, but I like the idea.

Welcome aboard EH...... nice to have more canadian friends..... love your      .... ha ha ha 

ya what ^ said, only thing I would add, is the flys during summer that come out to feed on those dead calm days.....ha ha .... they sure can bite ..... drove me off the lake once last summer, couldn't take it anymore. If you guys have any tips on keeping them away I would like to hear it.

For me 2 to 1 minus 10% works dead on until about 80 ft, then the % changes, last year trying for the kings in the afternoon sitting on bottom had to put out 290 to get down 120 ft. After 80 ft the extra drag from the wire changes things a bit. I use Walker divers, They are now called deeper divers, after Fishhawk bought them out.

Nice ......... covers coming off the boat, can't wait much longer..... soooo ready for spring.

We ran 4 dipsys last season, mags on inside on .5 or 1 and #1 dipsy on 3 or 3.5 on out side, all on 30lb wire. You can get almost 2 to 1 on mags and 3 to 1 on #1 dipsy on the outside.  This gives good seperation, did have one tangle but it was in rough water when it was tough to control the turn. 

Most are using 30lb wire, but braid is ok for depths up to 50 or 60 ft, when the fish go deeper you will need wire, the fleas that time of year stop braid dead in its tracks. You can use 12 lb, but I would recommend using at least 20 lb until July when the fleas come.

Keating talks of using Akuna spoons so it maybe native to lake Michigan.

Nice catch..... got to get me a small boat to use early season......  

Nice job......... looking sooo foward to getting out........... thanks for the post and pics.

Well you may not catch any, but we all know your pole would be in the water......    

Thanks Mathew for the info, consistency and trust are two key ingrediants when trying to brake into a market, so fare so good. This is good forum to establish both, I for one think if your willing to bring a new product on line in this forum, you MUST have confidence that it will perform well. Just remember being transparent is the best way to success. I'm on board and waiting to see how much this system cost.  

Pap, I have a old Pandigital tablet that is a version 2.3 android that will work, it is blue tooth capable, no need for any extra services, so there is no added cost to you. The Pandigital has a 5 x 7 in screen, I will just need to get a water proof case for it. One nice feature, I am also buying a new phone, so I'm looking at the androids this time, this will be great to have a screen at the helm and in my pocket for when i'm at the stren, Just my thoughts.  

Goog luck...... can't wait to open the boat and get her out ....... was thinking another two weeks but the reports could get me out sooner.

Hey sk8man, I see you fish out of Sodus, nothing like going to Captain Jacks and having a prime rib sandwich after a good day of fishin and can't forget the  or    ha ha ha. Maybe see your whaler out there this summer.

We stacked last year,  paddles off the torpedoes and spoons above with no problems. Usually paddle back 10 to 20 feet and spoons above 15 to 20 feet and back anywhere from 40 to 70 feet. Setup worked well for us. If you keep releases loaded going down minimizing blow back and have apposing angles with you poles, the paddle will clear when hit. 

I've only been fishing salmon for two summers now and I'm going to purchase a probe for this season, my concern, besides the price, is there enough inventory if this unit is a hot seller or will it be on back order all summer. I don't want to put money out there and wait all summer to receive this product.