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ok.i pretty much spend the next few months looking and shopping at boats and fishing equipment.ill let you know if i come across anything.

what is your choice of power?inboard,i/o,or out board,also single or twin screw?

130 days to the spring loc,not that im counting

sounds good,thanks

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welcome aboard,we usually have room if you ever want to go out when you are down this way.i am always willing to share info as long as its a two way street!!!!

giz just remember 10 color cores wont do you much good for spring browns when you are fishing mostly in less then 15 fow.

i like my big jon otter boats.we pull 500 ft copper off of them,no problem.

average knowledge and skill????come on rod,who are you trying to kid!!!!hahhaha

big bill,check out lotsa website for info and registration for the class,also,take fishtails advice on being an observer for a tourny this summer.he asked me to a few years back and i learned a tremendous amount from fishing with him and also observing on other boats.its alot of fun and you also get to meet alot of other great fisherman.

hey skate,where do you find ugly stick trolling rods for 40 bucks?i would love to go with them,but i cant find them for less then 60 bucks.

i bought a couple of bass pro rigger rods,which are fairly light,that i used for riggers and running them off the boards for browns.very inexpensive.okuma magda 20 series reels are also inexpensive and hold up pretty good.

giz,those would be good for browns.set them up with some short cores.

anytime dan,we are on the water every weekend,give me a shout on the radio,im always willing to share info.

good point bazooka,we do that for our split shot rigs,use our mono rigger setups and just leader down.and yes,the 17's do take a few cranks to get them in,but not to terrible.

they should be line counters,so you know how far back you are.as far as reels we use daiwa 17's for the short cores,but you can go with 20 series reels.the okuma magdas 20 are fairly cheap and will be fine for browns.you have plenty of time till spring,keep an eye on the classifieds or maybe post in the classifieds that you are looking for reels.

that is how many are on the reel.so what we do is we will let out 1 color 100 ft,so if you run a 30 ft leader and 1 color is 30 ft then you would have about 40 ft of backing out.then we send out the 2 color 100 ft.do the same thing on the other side.depending on how many rods we can run,we will also run a mono rod with a split shot or two.

this past spring was our first time for browns,so im no expert,but will share what we did.we ran otter boats,so we had 2,1 color core and 2,2 color cores,so you have one for each side.we ran them on diawa 17 series line counters,but i think any 20 series reel would be fine, with 25 lb mono for backing and 30 ft of 12 lb mono for a leader.i will be dropping down to 12 lb backing for next year,as there wasnt enough backing with the 25 lb.i know some guys run as light as 8 lb,but i wasnt comfortable with going that light,as there are some kings and steelies in the mix.any light action rod will do,its best to have them all the same length,as it makes it easier to stack them in the trees.we ran spoons on one side and sticks on the other and also split the riggers one spoon and one stick.as the fish start to tell you what they want you can adjust your pattern accordingly.this was good for early spring when you will be fishing in less then 15 fow.once they start sliding out,you can go with 3,4,5 color cores or start running big jon mini discs to get down.have a good variety of spoon colors,as it seemed to change from day to day.

we use 30 lb 7 strand blood run on okuma 30 series reels.1000 feet with no backing and a 25 lb mono leader with no problems other than trying to get the bass fisherman who we bring out not to set the hook!!!!!even after telling them 10 times not to.

check with the town you are looking to buy land in.some towns do not allow camper trailers to be put on vacant land.i know mexico is one of the towns.

x2.what gill-t said.