JimB

If you want to control the deer population, you shoot does. You kill one doe, you remove 2-3 fawns from the population. You could kill every male but one in a given area, and he will be happy to breed every doe around. You can't control a population by killing bucks. Pretty sure this move is designed to control the population, not manage for more antlered deer in the future.

Glad to help. I think Canon is the brand of terminal ends I use for the break away leader. If you don't find them at Gander, try Dicks, or Field and Stream (not sure where you live. In Rochester all 3 are within 2 miles of each other). You can probably use one of them at the end of the coated wire as well if you don't want to order the "Klinker" online. West Marine has a kit with 6 ends in it as well.... http://www.westmarine.com/buy/cannon--downrigger-terminal-kit-6-pc--316778

Lets see if this helps. Obviously, you first spool the coated line onto your rigger. Not sure if the new units come with the "new" Klincher kit or not, so I'm including a link to a site you can purchase spare parts for the subtroll. Scroll down a bit (22 items) and there it is. (It comes with easy to follow directions for attaching it). http://www.esgdirect.com/trolling.html Once spooled, feed the coated line through the wire pick up (picture 1 shows pick up zip tied to rigger boom), then through the pulley wheel and then attach to the clincher kit. (Again, not sure what they include at this time for attaching a clip to the end of the coated wire). 2nd picture is just how I secured the co axial cable to my rigger boom. 3rd picture is the "Klincher Kit" I used. 4th picture is my break away leader set up... Included in the kit is your break away 80# leader kit. I used the crimps they include initially, but I apparently didn't crimp them well enough, as I had one end of the wire pull right through the crimps one day. Luckily, it happened in the boat and I didn't lose anything. Because of this, I ended up buying terminal ends for general use on downriggers from Gander Mt. I use the clip supplied with the break away kit. Far more secure than the two (in my opinion) wimpy crimps supplied with the break away leader. (The top one was crimped better, and has held up, so I haven't changed it over yet, I would recommend just buying two terminal ends and skipping the crimps all together). 5th picture is the white dot on the probe itself. This is the "top" of the probe, and it is what you attach to the clip at the end of your coated wire. 6th picture shows entire set up. At the very top is the "Klincher Kit" then the probe (white dot on top) attached to the clip. On the bottom of the probe is the break away leader, and then obviously the weight. 7th picture is just the cable running from the pick up wire, to the display. Hope this helps. If you have other questions, I would be happy to help.

If the lake is calm enough, you can use your trolling motor to bottom bounce an old/battered cannon ball (I haven't lost one in 2 years, but other have had them snag and break off). Start trolling slowly with hammer head style flasher and a peanut. Let out your cannonball until it hits bottom, and if you are really worried about losing it, reel it in a foot or 2. You can see if you are hitting bottom by watching the bend in your rod. It will rise and fall as your ball tracks over the contours of the bottom. Some days you can catch more than you want, other days...meh. One tip I've learned. Try to reel them in slowly. They will come up quickly if you haul on them, and usually they blow their swim bladders and won't survive. Then again, if you are looking to keep them...haul away!

We have a similar one for our Standard Poodle. When she gets hot, I just pick her up by the handle, drop her in, she swims for a bit, and pull her back in by the handle. Easy as lifting up a suitcase, and it cools her down for a few hours.

Buggspray for the win. Make sure you order the "for biting flies" formulation. Have used it both on the lake and in the ADKs, and it's worth the price for the small bottles. www.buggspray.com This is a more direct link....bottom left is the biting fly formula. http://bugg-products.myshopify.com/collections/buggspray

Not sure if they will continue to do so, but the past 2 years Dicks/Gander and I'm guessing Field and Stream have offered wire combo's in the spring. They are Okuma rods and Okuma line counter reels, and I think they ran $179 or so (with wire spooled)? As far as quality goes, I've had them for 2 years and no issues other than the twilly tips fall off the tip (not sure if they are glued on, or just pressure fitted) but a small amount of crazy glue fixed that issue permanently. Funny thing about this sport....some would say $179 is cheap, others would say $179 for a rod and reel isn't that much of a bargain.

Bit of a late start. On the water around 9. Started in 180 fow and had nice marks and bait as we moved out to 240 or so. Dipsy's out 90 trying for Steelhead, and riggers at 90, 70, 40 and 20. Had a hit on the dipsy that took 40-50 feet before breaking off. Next the 40' rigger went, ran for a bit and came up empty. Rigger at 90 went, and boated a laker. Rigger at 40 went off again, nobody home. All this in the first 40 minutes, and I'm thinking game on. Not so much. After that, screen went dead for 2 hours. Headed out to 350 with nothing to show, so headed back to 200 fow. Hooked a small King 90' down, and that was it. Surface temps were around 64-65. Down temps at 40' was 60. Didn't find colder water (50 degrees) until I hit 60'+ down. Talked with a guy who started out in 400 fow with 2 small kings and a steelhead right off the bat, and then nothing else after that. Boat lived up to it's name Blind Squirrel again....still feel like it's all luck, and no skill!

For me, it was a great morning of fishing. Launched at 5:30, back in at 10:30. We went 4 for 7, (with at least 4 more "swing and a miss") with 5 Steelhead (2 boated) and 2 Kings. One was a decent skippy, the other was not much bigger than the spoon). Best action was in 200-240 fow, 20' down on orange/red spoons. Had one hit out 400 fow, but 5 of the 7 were in that 200 fow area. Temps ranged from almost 55 down to 51, with the warmer water being in the 200 area. Down temps at 20' ranged from 48 to 41, again the warmer temps in the 200 fow area. All rods had takers, 2 on dipsy's out 70 on #3, the other 5 on riggers at 15-20'. The bigger King actually hit about 15 feet behind the boat, at 5 feet down as I was getting a stacker ready. Suicidal for sure. Speed on the sub troll ranged from 2.25-2.5 on all hits.

They may look ugly, but 5 gallon pails work great. Drill a hole in the bottom, and feed a longer length of line than you will use for tying them to your cleats through that hole. Then tie off a 6" piece of dowel to it on the inside of the bucket. (I cut 6" lengths of an old fiberglass driveway marker). This makes a "tip" line for pulling in the buckets. They come in bottom first, and when you lift them, the hole in the bottom also breaks the water suction, and lets them pop out easy. Only down sides: You friend continually plays an air banjo and asks what it's like being cheap, and they will occasionally bump the side of your boat. Since they are plastic, and I have a metal hull, not an issue in my opinion.

New England didn't do a thing to those balls. The Colts just SUCKED so badly, they even affected the air pressure in the footballs.

I used the buggspray both on the lake, and in the Adks, and it works. I won't say it's 100%, but it's darn close to 95% effective. They still show up, they still check your ankles and feet out, but they don't land and bite often enough to really notice them. Again, make sure you get the "biting fly" formula, and not the regular mosquito repellent mix. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buggspray-Biting-Fly-Repellent-25-Deet-4-oz-Pump-/201130340577?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed44d70e1