FleetTracker

I have been using this new Seaguar Fluoro material over the last few months. Have tied 100+ flies and cut bait rigs with it with great success. It is abrasive... So I keep a small dish of olive oil on my tying bench, dip my finger in, and slip the whole length of material between my fingers putting the slightest amount of lube throughout. Knots and snells cinch up nicely without abrasion.

http://www.fishusa.com/Product/Seaguar-STS-Salmon-Fluorocarbon-Leader-Material

**Word of caution** If you're using a fly vice and making dual hook rigs, after tying the rear hook and putting the forward hook in the vice, the rear hook dangles there. Watch your fingers while tying the second hook. Catching a dangling hook point with a finger and feeling the slight prick, your instinct tends to yank away and then it sinks in deeper because the other hook is locked in the vice. Haha luckily this only happened once, but it's not fun to yank it out. Those Owner ST-41's are SHARP!!! My wife had no compassion... She Said "now you know how the fish feels"!

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Got 20' shy of 500' with 45# Blood Run Copper, 150yds of hi vis 50# power pro backing, a 6' section of 50# Ande premium mono between the backer and copper, and 30' of 30# Fluoro Leader.

Yes!!!

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I run my coppers with the spro swivels, haywire twist with shrink tubing, Uni knots and I also add 6' of 50lb floro between the backing and the copper so the releases hold better.  I run the Scotty Power grip releases.  Find the double stacker releases and cut the mono and add a shower curtain hook to the one that will be missing one.  They run around $12 each.  The Scotty Power grips alone run around $12 each so this way you get 2 releases for the price of one.  The problem I see with the releases in Sk8mans post is the clip.  Once a release comes off the copper, and you send a new one down with a line in it,  it can swing over your line and wrap keeping your rod from releasing.  These new Diawa reels have my attention.  If the drags are as smooth and adjustable as the Saltist, all my Penn copper reels will be sold one by one and replaced.  My only worry will be the line guide.  Will it be big enough for the spro swivel to go through smoothly. 

Line guide is huge... no worries there.

I have!!!

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Look up Tony at Great Lakes planers. By far the best equipment you will find in a planer mast.

http://www.greatlakesplaners.com/store/products.asp?cat=12&pg=2

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I second Shappell. I have the DX3000... It's a nice shelter. I fit all my gear flush just inside a Jet Sled XL (auger, 4 rods in bag, support equipment, lunch/drinks, dozen tipups, two 5 gallon buckets, tackle, buddy heater, etc) and the DX3000 folds in half and sets right on top and I bungee it down.

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Not sure exactly what issues you're having. Use a fly vice if you aren't already... Helps a lot.

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Excellent, good to know - thanks for taking the time to share this info!

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Haha by the looks of the design on the back side my $ would be on Northern King. Natural Born Killer's worked well for me in 2013.

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few months ago there was another site (bargainmarinemall.com), that was selling outboard motors for ridiculous pricing.  Like a brand new mercury 9.9hp kicker for $995.  Company said it shipped directly from Japan... it has since been removed from the web... these type of scam sites show up all the time.

Same story.  Too good to be true... website design isn't very hard... doesn't take too long either... they add just enough detail to get you interested... but if you look for any company history, contact information, address, phone #, email, etc... and come up empty... it's fake.  I wonder how many people actually follow through with it and how much $ these lowlifes make ripping people off.

So torn. I want a fish hawk but also want a new GPS/ff/chart combo too

You need both. Trust me. I went without the fish hawk for the majority of last year thinking "eh, I can figure it out". Biggest mistake of the year. You already got a boat, rigged it, lots of tackle, rods/reels, etc... Lots of $ and time invested right? When you get the chance to go out you want to catch fish. Period. There's nothing more important then having that piece of equipment on board to make that happen IMO.

Scam. Don't do it. Not real. Lots of sites out there like that a nowadays. Don't do anything overseas. Immediate red flag.

Speed probe? Do explain? What's different then the X4D?

Cheapest place I found for the new Fish Hawk X4d and where I got mine. They even included a nice fish hawk probe storage case and the fowl weather cover for free!!

http://northwoodsoutlet.net/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=76_93_94&product_id=2103

If u call them it's $649

It's also the cheapest place I found for the Bert's ratcheting rod holders. $59.99ea

It's a start. I still don't see us lining up to register this Spring... Should be interesting.

Capt Rich & Fleettracker thanks for the info,

I like Diawa equipment so 2 new Seagates to be ordered. I have 2 older Sealine 47 that I was thinking to spool with Blood run 32# copper. I was thinking 150' and 200'. Any thoughts on 32# and if you think I can get that on the Sealines, I'm not sure of the mono capacity for them

You'll have to check the mono capacities to similarly used copper reels to see for sure, but I would imagine a 150' should fit. The one thing you have to check is if a SPRO swivel can fit through the line guide on those reels.

I was on the Blood Run tackle site and they have a chart that shows how much copper & backer will fit on a few different reels. All of their information shows reels that are fairly large to fit 400' plus of copper with a good amount of backer. I would want to buy the new Seagate but from the blood chart I don't think it will hold enough copper. I sent a email to Diawa to see if they have a copper capacity chart for the level winds.

Hi Scobar - blood run posts their capacities using their own 30lb backer material - 0.019 diameter (a little over 20lb mono equivalent). Not 50# power pro like most use - 0.014 diameter (12lb mono equivalent). Their larger diameter backer is the reason why their capacities are a bit lower then you would expect to see. 500' of 45lb copper should fit on the new Seagate 60's with 150yds of 50# power pro.

I'll be spooling my new Seagate 60 up with 500' of Blood Run 45lb copper and 150yds of hi-vis yellow 50# power pro when I get it. Shipping info now shows delivery this Thursday. Should be done this weekend. I'll let you know how I make out.

I replace mine with Owner ST-41 Trebles in size 2 for your regular size 28 spoons and size 1/0 for mags. Same trebles I tie my snelled flies and cutbait rigs with.

I should have mine in hand tomorrow. I'll let you know. They made this reel series specifically for the Great Lakes salmon fishing market to target lead core and copper rigs. Sure would be a major fail if a SPRO doesn't got through the line guide!!!

Neighbor has one on his 70 hp Mercury 2-stroke.  Also works great!

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Hey thanks walleyemagic... yea I was only there for a long Memorial Day weekend trip... Stayed up at the cabin on the hill and kept boat in the water while I was there. Wife liked it up that way so we ended up getting an RV and settling on Bedford Creek in July. Good time bringing neighbors and friends up for solid fishing trips too. Prepared to hit it hard this year... I'm sure we'll run into each other both on the water and on 81N. Haha

Oh yea - went through there probably 100 times this year but just wasn't familiar with that bridge and it's clearance. Even having routes on GPS that shoal freaks me out. Haha it gets shallow fast on that finger from that small island just east of the lighted Buoy.

Hey thanks for the info PAP! Guess around the islands it is. Pretty funky shallow shoal there too that can sneak up on ya quick.

Hello All,

I'm curious to know if any other Henderson Harbor folks know what the bridge clearance is at Snowshoe Bay between the Mainland and that Association Island RV Park? Will a '90 Penn Yan 245 Contender fit under comfortably? Or will it be seasonal low water passage only? Any info would be appreciated.

Am putting a rocket launcher and spotlight on top and want to know what type of clearance there will be. Or do you guys swing around the RV park entirely?

Thanks for the heads up!