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Poles293

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  1. This is from At The Oak: Depth Of Water 23 N To 37N We've received quite a few e-mails asking for a conversion chart for latitude numbers to depth of water. We can only give you our own approximate figures. Of course, this will change both east and west of the Oak. For accurate info for the area you're fishing, purchase a nautical chart...most ship stores and some marinas sell them. North Lat Line Approximate Depth Of Water 23N 50' 24N 100' 25N 250' 26N 300' 27N 400' 28N 450' 29N 500' 30N 550' 31N 575' 32N 600' 33N 610' 34N 605' 35N 600' 36N 590' 37N 560' If you continue trolling north after this and the numbers keep dropping, it means perhaps you should do a 180, unless you have a Canadian license.
  2. Chamberlain just as fast and easy as Blacks with the ability to crank down the rod tension and still have a light release for shakers.
  3. You can also download a free app called pure-gas.org. It will use your smart phone's location services to tell you where stations near you have ethanol free gas anywhere you go. They also have a main website you can access via computer.
  4. Here are the depths of water from At The Oak website: North Lat Line Approximate Depth Of Water 23N 50' 24N 100' 25N 250' 26N 300' 27N 400' 28N 450' 29N 500' 30N 550' 31N 575' 32N 600' 33N 610' 34N 605' 35N 600' 36N 590' 37N 560' If you continue trolling north after this and the numbers keep dropping, it means perhaps you should do a 180, unless you have a Canadian license.
  5. I run snubbers on my wire dipsy rods when I am using mag divers to get deep. I prefer the Dreamweaver type over the surgical tubing types. The DW's don't seem to have as much stretch. My typical setup is wire to mag diver, DW snubber, 6 ft of 40 lb to the spinny and about 22 " of 50 lb fluro to the fly. If I'm using a regular 001 dipsy I don't use a snubber. I found that the mag divers on wire put a lot of extra pressure on the setup and I hook and land more fish with the snubber and the mag diver.
  6. Throw them in my neighbors recycling bin!!!
  7. +1 on the I-Pilot trolling motor. It works great on my 18 footer and running it on low setting lets it last all day. Use the outboard to push the boat and the trolling motor to steer on autopilot. The I-Pilot has both a compass and GPS settings.
  8. I just got downriggers this year and was going to go with the Blacks until I saw the chamberlains. I like the fact that I can really load up the rod but still adjust the release very light for walleyes or tighter for salmon. I have the regular one that I run off a 12 lb torpedo for salmon or 8 lb ball for walleyes. In my opinion they are totally worth the extra money. If you do a search on here you will see a lot of people run the Blacks and the Chamberlains are as good as the Blacks with more adjustment and versatility.
  9. I run mags with a ring on wire when I want to get below 50 feet. I also use a DW snubber with the mags I seem to get better hook ups with the snubber and mag dipsey. If I'm targeting the top 50 I use a 01 with no snubber.
  10. Here is a great thread from anther site: http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220562 (Sorry mods if this isn't allowed I will delete it) Check out the OP's YouTube video pretty neat.
  11. Harvey, Got my 12.5 and 8 lb'ers yesterday. Look great and a pleasure doing business with you. I will definately be buying more in the future. Thanks again, Mike
  12. Only once around the harbor wasn't too bad!!! You owe him a beer next time you see him. It was a great trip for the first time out with Joint Venture II. would've been a little better if we caught more. Next time have your cousin Sando eat an alewife omelette for breakfast that way when he chums the water it will attract the fish not put them down. Thanks again for inviting me.
  13. If you have a Lowrance, Garmin or Magellan GPS you can download the free version of this and save and sort them on your PC. Just upload the ones you think you need (sorted by date, water temp, species etc.) into your unit. http://www.easygps.com/download.asp
  14. If you radius the corners they won't peel up as easy.
  15. Mostly for walleye. We use jets, leadcore and snap weights off big boards to drag worm harnesses around and the perch, silverbass and even gobies mean checking lines alot. After dragging small fish around the lake for 30 minutes you learn to check your lines at the slightest change and that means re-deploying lines all the time. You probably won't need that many for Lake O.
  16. It was last August 25th and it was my first year with my 18 ft aluminum boat. I spent the previous two months walleye fishing on Erie and learned how to use dipseys pretty successfully. I just bought a couple of wire dipsey rods and was eager to use everything I learned on LOU. My brother and I launched at Olcott and spent an entire Saturday trolling with the crowd in 200 ft of water without even moving a rod. We were using SD's with Atomik flies and couldn't move anything. The next day we went back out and this time as we were idling out of the harbor I checked the reports on this site and read a good one by Tim Bromund who pointed us to 400 ft of water. We followed a couple of charter boats out and the three of us were the only ones working 350-500 ft of water. We hooked up immediately and what a thrill when that dipsey rod started jerking and the drag was screaming out. After we landed about an 18 lb king me and my brother were laughing and high-fiving like we were 12 years old again. Ended up with 2 kings and a nice coho on the day. No record breaker of a day but we had a blast now we're hooked on Lake O fishing.
  17. Also AO is a great company to deal with. If you are not happy with the color I would call them I'm sure they will make it right for you.
  18. If you want you can half hitch the rubber band to your line and put the other end in the clipper. You don't have to you can just clip them on the line or wrap the line around your finger twice and clip the loop. That keeps the line from sliding through when sliding them down the planer line. I use small one inch long #10 rubber bands on my Power Pro braid. The rubber band will either break off and if it doesn't I just reel it on the reel and its there when I redeploy. Also the rubber band acts as a shock absorbor and helps with false releases. If you watch the video above at the 01:35 minute mark you can see him double up the line and clip it. About half the people I know use rubber bands the other half don't. My advice is try it without and if it works then that's one less step.
  19. Great job and I always love your reports. I like the fact that you list exactly what your using and how you set up your spreads. Always a great learning tool reading your reports.
  20. Thanks for the advice just bought a lip grip made by Baker. Used it the other day on Laker and it worked great.
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