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you are not alone my friend!!!!!it never ends,but its worth every penny.if you think wire is fun to work with,wait till you try to deploy the first 50 feet of copper!!!!

last year was my first year with wire dipseys and it was well worth it.alot of action on them.always keep keep tension on the spool!!!!i let it out a ways and then put it in rod holder with it in gear and just enough drag to let it out slow and then go deploy other rods.another valuable lesson i learned when fishing wire dipseys is a quality metal rod holder and strong mounting surface.when a king hits that dipsey,it has alot of stress on it and if you cheap out on a rod holder or mounting base.you will be sorry!!!!

i just saw a nice hard top regal with alot of equipment for sale on craigslist under utica boats

i would try the hull truth or iboats.com. or just try google,something should pop up for you.

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like nessmuk asked,depends on what you are looking to do and go with it.i had a 17 foot tyee that i started fishing with on ontario.nice solid boat with deep sides for a 17 footer.however,you will out grow it fairly quickly as you start to grow your spread.so,depends on what your intentions are.lund makes a quality boat,but if you are gona fish ontario,you may want to look at something bigger.

thanks guys,guess ill give them a try,i have a few of the black and purple.

i bought a box full of spoons last year and was just going through it and have a bunch of these spoons,dont think they ever got wet,just wondering if anyone ever used these on lake o.thanks

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ive never used lead core and have some copper left over from last year,so i thought i would try it,but maybe i buy some lead core to try.i have some old penn level winds from my days of fishing for blues and bass in the salt.i think they would be fine for short copper or lead core.

we fished about everyweekend from june through sept. in mexico bay.this was my first full season on the lake and i had never fished for salmon before 2012.didnt really keep score but i would have to say that we averaged 6 hours a day and probably averaged landing one a day,2 to 3 missed fish and lost 1 or 2.we were doing alot of experimenting and learning,so obviously people did better then us,i hope!!!!we pretty much targeted salmon.from what i heard this year was a year of quality,not quantity fish.we had 2 days where we landed 6 fish and id say we only caught a few fish under 20 lbs all season,with our best being 27.we went for lakers a few times when the salmon were deeper then my riggers would go and after reading a few posts here on where to go and what to use,i dont think we would go more than 15 minutes without a fish.cant wait for spring to try for browns,gona be another learing experience,as i have never fished for them,but im stocking up on gear and info from this website,thanks to all!!!!

rolmops,call me.i sent you a pm

i have a 1992 wellcraft sportsman walkaround 24'.i bought the boat last year and just dont have the time to work on it.the boat is in great shape,just needs a good cleaning.nice big,stand up cabin with stove,sink,and stand up head.plenty of cockpit room for fishing.would make a great lake o boat.i just sold a 21 footer and the guy didnt want the motor,so i took it off.its a 200 yamaha which is what the wellcraft is set up for.i would sell with or without motor it also needs a steering system, i dont have a trailer,but could deliver it in the spring or if you have a trailer,i can load it with a back hoe.if this is something you might be interested in,let me know.i hate to see this boat sit,it would make someone a really nice fishing or cruising boat with a little work.i dont have pics,but if you are serious i could get some.make me an offer or i am looking for 2 newer digitroll 10 riggers.

thanks guys,i have otter boats and would assume you cant put the lead core in the release clips,so i would need mono backer???

thanks tim,again,if weather isnt to bad ill try to make it,almost a 2 hour ride for me,but it sounds interesting.

looking foward to fishing browns this spring and have been doing alot of reading about fishing for them.in regaurds to spoons and stick baits,i have read that sometimes you have to ad weight to spoons and even flasher/flies for coho if they are out a little deeper.i know you can put them on short dipseys and shallow riggers,but what about short copper or wire off the boards or flat lined down the chute,instead of weights,seems to me it would be a little more "stealthy".would have to run maybe a 30 foot leader of say 10lb mono and some mono backing for the clips on the boards???havent read anyone doing this and was just wondering,thanks in advance.

can you explain a little as to what is discussed and can anyone attend?

im haeding to pulaski area tom.i can deliver with in reason.i will take fishing and or boating stuff you might have or make a reasonable cash offer.

heading to pulaski area tom.can deliver with in reason.i will take fishing and or boating stuff you have or make a cash offer.

thanks guys,it looks like they never saw water

thanks guys,i have increased my spoon arsenal this winter,now im gona start stocking up on sticks,its nice to have an idea on where to start,thanks again

thanks,anyone use these and for what

just bought a bunch of spoons and in the mix of stingers and moonshines there were 10 spoons that have a skull over crossbone with the number 55 on the color side of the spoon where you would attatch your line and the backs are silver with the same scale pattern as dream weaver spoons.thanks in advance,id post pics.but i dont know how.

tim,do you think 4.5" are to big for browns?