Egoody

Not sure how or if this relates to the queston, but back in the day, 15-20 years ago, I used to troll, running 600ft of steel marked every 25ft and then with a 25-30ft mono leader, flat lining, for spring salmon on Lake Champlain. We'd drag small needle fish or speedy shiners or tandem flies and caught many a fish. We figured each 25 ft section would get us down about 5 - 7ft per section. This was at a trolling speed of 2.0-2.4 mph. I've never run copper so I can't compare to that.

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Egoody

This Big Jon planer mast is posted in the New Hamphire Craigs List. NH is a long ways from you but the shipping would be well worth the $200 that this is being sold for. The add says its new. 

Good Luck with your search...I bought one that was in "excellent" condition, but had to spend many hours getting it into a useable condition.

Big Jon Dual Planer Rigger + Extras - $200 (Epping)  hide this posting

There are several listed in the GreatLakesFisherman.com forum. I haven't looked in the LOU classified section but there are usually some here too.

Boat Safe,

Egoody

Thank You....

I can't even begin to imagine all of the work that goes into the behind the scenes effort to make this site one of the BEST for all of the people like me who are always looking for information that the more experienced members of this site are so willing to pass along for the benefit of others.

Like it has been said before, with this, the beginning of the new year and the upgrading of this site, it's a great time for everyone to upgrade to the professional level of membership.

Again THANK YOU and Happy New Year.....

Boat Safe

Egoody

Tyee,

I've gotta ask...what is a wire diver?

Hi...

What is the advantage of putting a length of mono to the wire? Why not just run the slide diver on a reel with just mono? Does running the wire help with the release of the diver due to the

lack stretch in the wire vs the amount of stretch of mono?

I have both wire and mono set-ups and I'm wondering what will work the best for me when I use slide divers.

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Egoody

Thanks to all.  

I'll have plenty of time to choose my next sonar/chart reader unit as the boat is put up until April. With the little research i've done in the past few days, I'm leaning towards the Lorance Ti unit, but i'll keep looking.

Maybe i'll ask Santa for for a nice surprise under the tree.

Thanks Again and Happy Holidays.

Boat Safe

Egoody

Hi Wallyandre,

Thank you for the comparison information. Do you have good or not so good experiences with any of these you can share? I'm looking for a unit with a great performance history that I can depend on while on the water. 

Thanks And

Boat Safe

Egoody

I currently have the Lowrance Elite 5 and want to go to a 7inch unit.

I'm looking for any pros and cons you may have with the units you are using. Especially the Raymarine Dragonfly 7PRO and comparable Garmin and Lowrance units.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Boat Safe

Egoody

Fitzwilliam, NH

Get in touch with Bikinibottom @  607 346 4782,

His Shark shaped weights are top notch. Depending on the time of the year he gets real busy, but he'lll always get back to you. His prices are much better than buying shark weights from the big box retailers and you won't be disappointed  with the performance of his products. I'm sure Troutmans stuff is good too, but I just have't bought from him yet like others have done here on this site.

Pancake weights just don't work with the existing currents in Lake O. Ask me how I know :>)). 

Boat Safe,

Egoody

I've had my 4 Cisco rod holders for 2 years now. I bought the Cisco tee slot mounts for my Lund Sport Angler that  the Cisco mount bar and Rod holders bolt to. This is high quality equipment that I expect will last a very long time with minimal upkeep.

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Egoody

Thank you for the information, it's much appreciated. I'll be running them off my down riggers and dipseys.

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Egoody

What speeds do you run your jplugs? Is the speed different when on the downriggers vs a planer board.

If on the planer, what depth do you run? How do you get it down there?

Sorry for all the questions...just trying not to have to spend several seasons learning what works. I only make it up a to Lady O twice a year...once spring and if I'm lucky I get in a fall trip.

Coming up next week for 5 days...out of Fair Haven.

Thanks and

Boat Safe

Egoody

Minion is a great guy to deal with. Excellent products and his prices are too! I received my order two weeks ago, just as expected. In perfect condition.

I'd be asking the post office what did they do to cause so much damage to that package. Looks to me like it was caused by some of their automatic handling equipment.

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Egoody

I cut down one of the yellow kitty litter pails so it fits in one of my in-flooor compartments. It keeps all of my shark and fish shaped weights in one place. 

Lots of good ideas posted above also.

Boat Safe

Egoody

I just ordered two spools of Blood Run Sea Flee from this place today.

 www.clearh2otackle.com

 I had the same issue on  the Blood Run site. They were all out of stock.

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Egoody

Hello Minion,

If you would make up 2 of each of the 5 inch flies you mentioned in your first posting above, I would like to buy them. I hate to buy only one of something, you know, if for some reason I lose one and its been hot, then I'm SOL.

Please PM me with with your Paypal email address so I can pay for them.

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Egoody

Thank you all for getting this clearly explained. Now i can't wait to get them in the water and put them to good use.

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Egood

Hi,

I need some help understanding the settings on the dipsey. On the moveable weight on the bottom there is an arrow pointing R & an arrow pointing L with their corresponding numbers, 1-3. If I set the weight in the direction of the L arrow, does it mean the dispey will go left when in the water and therefore run it on the port side of the boat? 

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Egoody

Hi 

How deep do you figure the 10 colors is running? What speed do you run it at?

I always thought about 5ft per color, but does that still hold true for 10 colors out?

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Egoody

Hi,

What are you asking for the 2 "cans" of spoons?

Will you ship them?

Thanks and Boat Safe,

Egoody 

Hi,

We're coming to Fair Haven the second week in Sept. trying our luck for salmon or trout (Browns or lakers). Just looking to see what the crystal ball says the fishing might be during this time of the season. I know it's a long way off, but any predictions?

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Egoody

Fitzwilliam, NH

Kudos to Bikinibottom.....I've bought both 12 #'s last year and 10 #'s from him just this past week. Fantastic products, fast service & good price. I highly recommend using him for your DR weight purchases.

Thanks and Boat Safe,

Egoody

Fitzwilliam NH

I'm checking to see if anyone has one of these walker downrigger clamps they want to sell. I can buy a new one on line but a used one in good condition will work fine what I'm looking for.

Let me know,

Thanks and

Boat Safe

Egoody

Fitzwilliam!NH

Thanks JayJay...

That's what I thought, but wanted to ask the experts who have the opportunity to fish Lake O more than once or twice a season for Brows in the shallows.

Boat Safe

Egoody