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Nice report John! Great pic with him!

Yea, if he only had cable steer I’d have to agree a bow mount electric would be more practical and if he’s a bass fisherman he’d want it on the boat anyways. 

Brian, not sure if he has hydraulic steering, or a dash console,  if he does, Raymarine Ev-100 would be my suggestion. Doesn’t need any electronics to support running it. Love mine. Think I’m on my 8th year and has worked flawlessly for me. 

There’s been past posts on this topic, I too have unhooked them and have gotten them in the water only to see them belly up.  Since doing the bogo grip on a rope trick I haven’t looked back.  If you haven’t tried it, do the fish a favor and give it a try. 

I’d say you have a setup that I wouldn’t change……….

If you have a FFinder that shows your weights on the screen , there is no need for a depth counter . The screen doesn't lie , and it's more accurate than your counter with or without blowback. 
 

Actually, the FF do lie. The angle that a transducer reads in feet is the same amount of cable that is out on the downrigger. What the FF can’t pick up is the actual depth of the ball due to blow back. It can only display what you think is the depth of the ball but is not accurate. You can perform this test by getting a fish hawk 4xd or a sub troll. So for example, FF shows my ball at 100ft, counter on DW says 100 ft. Fish hawk says I’m really at 90 ft.  For what it’s worth. 

Man, nice report!

Looking good Pete!

I’m not sure why your not getting advice from the captains your mating for? 
 

Sounds like you already are in? Not looking for advice or opinions on whether you should or not correct?

I guess my two cents, I’m not a captain, but for what it’s worth seek out people you know that are in the business. They can really give you the ground work on what they did to get them there. You’ll have to decide if it’s a 1) just like seeing smiles on faces and breaking even ( must have another source of income or finances ) because you’ll go broke one day or 2) looking to be profitable. If it’s the latter, treat it as no different than starting in like a business.  Keep in mind hr for hr there’s a handful of captains that can make a living on it with out having the other source of income. Boy my heart goes out to these captains that literally break there back day in day out. Not saying you can’t but you probably already heard this tune. Good luck to your endeavors what ever you end up doing. I wouldn’t be upset about not hearing from any. Busy season as you know. This would be a great winter topic for them. There are many that will respond sooner or later. 

10 hours ago, ac holmes said:

It always surprised me how easy it was to let the mess of wire back out without tangles or kinks. 

The days I remember with my brother and I running two lines with a wooden electrical reel pulling in fish and laying it on the floor. When we had two fish in the boat the look on our faces……..

For what it’s worth, was running big game 30lb and fleas were building a lot this past week.  Put the Blood Run See Flea 30lb on and was impressed!

Damn Bill, you’ve got those Browns dialed in…..

Nice day John with your daughter no doubt. Thanks for sharing!  Great report out.  

Hey Rob, there’s a bunch of the ole timers on here that still do it with style lol. Glad you keep that tradition alive. Still an awesome technique. Great bunch on here. Welcome!

2 hours ago, Gator said:Anybody have a compelling reason for the snubber to go below the probe? I like the breakaway cable, in case bottom decides to eat the ball.

I think for me Gator I was unsure if I could trust them with having the probe and weight attached to them as it was new deal 8-10 yrs ago.  I should probably replace them lol. 

Your going to want that snubber as mentioned if you have cannons like the 5ST just because of the snap when they quickly stop at the surface.  

Nice report Fjaq! You guys must of been busy during that flurry I’m sure. 

Java, I had wired an led light in the corner of my boat under the gunnel.  Used it a lot when input it in. Then I learned a uv light is 10x the power to light up my spoons.  I keep three in the back of the boat.  There cheap. 

Way to go Bill!

Awesome pic John! Great story!

Now that I have a closet full of Roy Boys and the Rod Father…….lol. As always, thanks Rick for the info.  

Way to go John, dialing them in!

Love that pic Bill, and you did have hair……

Is what it is I guess……